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Acupressure Therapy A Terrific Alternative Therapy Used To Resolve Pain Related Conditions

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Acupressure in Overland Park is a very old healing technique that uses the fingers to stimulate acupressure points. It’s utilized for the self-treatment of disease and overall preservation of health. The seven relevant acupressure points discussed below, when activated effectively triggers the natural self-healing capacities of the human body.

Commonly known for its ability to relieve physical pain, acupressure can be also used to treat other ailments such as back pain and headaches. For issues … Continue reading

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Removing Toxic Energy Stuck In The Body With Gua Sha Therapy

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According to a 2012 study entitled, “The Effects of Scraping Therapy on Blood Perfusion Volume and Local Temperature in Healthy Subjects,” Gua Sha “is a beneficial form of stimulation therapy performed on the skin.”

The article states that Gua Sha enhances tissue metabolism in the area scraped and in adjacent areas and relieves tension in the nerves and blood vessels.

The therapy can also reverse blockage to microcirculation. This means if something is obstructing the … Continue reading

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A Combo Of TCM Therapies Can Help You Get Rid Of Menopausal Symptoms

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The foundation of TCM or Traditional Chinese medicine lies in the belief that there are pathways of energy called meridians running throughout the body. The energy that flows through these channels is called chi or qi, which is the life force or vital energy of a person. When one thinks of traditional Chinese medicine, what most probably comes to mind is acupuncture in Spokane. If you have no idea what the ancient art of … Continue reading

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A Five-Point Combination Of Auricular Acupunture Points Is Extremely Effective For Losing Weight

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Auricular acupuncture in West Orange can successfully cure obesity. This is based on a new study,which concluded that a unique five-point combination of auricular acupointscan help overweight people lose weight. This article will discuss auricularacupuncture for hunger and obesity treatment.

A single point auricular therapy was also shown to work but not to the level of clinical success as the five-point acupoint combination.

A randomized controlled clinical study was conducted that recruited 91 people each … Continue reading

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How Feng Shui Cures Can Improve The Health Of A Person

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Feng Shui has become a highly successful form of traditional art in the West. Remedies that come from using this home decoration method can be anything from relaxing to healthy. Perhaps, a more precise description would be a methodical form of home arrangement. This is due to the fact that the positioning of objects is a key factor in feng shui. Chinese culture was the one who developed Feng shui and since then, it has … Continue reading

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Winter and The Water Element in Chinese Dietary Therapy

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According to the Nei Jing, “Water… keeps on flowing, and simply fills up all the places in which it flows; from any dangerous spot, it does not shrink, not from any plunge, and nothing will make it yield its own natural essence. Under all conditions, it (water) remains true to itself.”

The element of the most Yin of seasons, Winter, is Water. It stands for the accomplishment of a cycle and the purifying of past … Continue reading

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The Importance Of Yin & Yang In Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Traditional Chinese medicine can be quite complicated for people who have relied on Western medicine for a long time. Don’t the planets revolve around the Sun and doesn’t each of them have their own moons that orbit around them? Isn’t our own Milky Way a lenticular type of galaxy that spins like a giant cartwheel in space?

Let’s take a look at our Earth. In summer, it gets very hot in many places but when … Continue reading

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How To Derive The Benefits Of Falun Dafa

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Falun Dafa is a total ‘cultivation practice’ to hone the body and mind. Also known as Falun Gong, ‘cultivation’ is an exact word to explain the impact it has on the spirit, mind, and body since the demands work on the part of the person practicing this process. Like a garden, one literally ‘cultivates’ traits, by sowing seeds of goodness and not allowing that goodness be harmed by any event or circumstances. Genuine cultivation practices … Continue reading

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Cupping Therapy For Treatment Of Respiratory And Lung Conditions

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Most of us are probably familiar of herbal medicine, massage therapy, acupuncture in Maitland and the other more popular modalities of TCM or traditional Chinese medicine. But, when we study TCM a little deeper, we find that there are other lesser-known treatment protocols that TCM practitioners use on a regular basis. One of these therapies is called cupping therapy which is used to alleviate a host of maladies.

Cupping therapy involves the application of small … Continue reading

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What Is Holistic Drug Rehabilitation Therapy?

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Eastern philosophy is a major part of our culture and we often hear people on TV approach physical and mental issues with natural and alternative types of healing. Holistic drug rehabilitation includes the use of a plan of treatment that will help heal the spirit, mind, and body of the addict. This includes the use of medications for detoxifying the patient if that is what the alcohol or drug abuser needs. However, the plan itself … Continue reading