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Archive for January, 2008

How Traditional Chinese Health Beliefs and Chinese Culture Influence Health and Illness?

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Traditional Chinese health beliefs adopt a holistic view emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in increasing risk of disease. According to Quah (1985), these factors influence the balance of body's harmony, yin and yang. These are two opposite but complementary forces and, together with qi (vital energy), they control the ...

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Relieve Allergies Naturally

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Note with any herbal remedy, please consult your medical physicians and a trained herbalist as to the appropriateness of using herbs. Natural Antihistamines Custom Chinese herbal formulations can be one of the most effective ways to relieve allergies with long lasting results. A trained herbalist will use bulk herbs that are free ...

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Programs in Acupuncture - Needling to Healing

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Find Programs in Acupuncture in the United States and Canada. In North America, there are several programs in acupuncture from which to choose. While many acupuncture schools and colleges provide a standard education in acupuncture and Oriental medicine

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Popular Types of Massage Therapy

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

There are well over 80 kinds of massage therapy available today. Of those that are most widely practiced in the massage industry, the most popular bodywork therapies include modalities like Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, acupressure, reflexology, sports massage and chair massage, among others. Acupressure massage therapy, for example, is founded ...

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Insomnia in Taditional Chinese Medicine

Friday, January 4th, 2008

In TCM, a primary concept is the idea of "root and branch." Symptoms like insomnia are considered to be the branches of a disease. The root of a disease is a dysfunction or imbalance of the fundamental substances (Chi, blood, Yin, Yang, Jing, Shen), or of the major organ systems ...

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