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Asthma, Childhood

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

As a Respiratory Therapist for some 20 years, most of which have been in pediatrics, I have witnessed first hand how frightening an asthma attack can be for both parent and child.

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Magnetic Therapy for Pain Relief

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Historically it is reported that magnets have been around for an extremely long time. Magnets were first documented around 2500-3000 years BC. Their origins are first noted in Asia Minor in a vast land called Magnesia. The earth there was enriched with iron oxide which attracted metals to it. The ...

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Blood: The Mother of Qi - Why Donating is a Big Deal in China (A)

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

In the West, donating blood is no big deal - some juice and cookies and it's back to work. But in China, blood is associated with qi, or life energy, and so many people are (unnecessarily) reluctant to donate.

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Chinese First Acupuncture and Moxibustion Book Writer-Huangfu Mi

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Huangfu Mi was born in the year 215 in a poor farmhouse in Anding Chaona (now Lingtai of Gansu Province) of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). He was first named as Jing, later changed into Mi, with a style name of Shi'an.

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Pulse Diagnosis Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

A pulse diagnosis is an important part of the diagnostic process in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), an ancient medical practice which has been an important part of Chinese culture for over two thousand years. The practice of TCM relies on the basic principle that illness arises from imbalances in the ...

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