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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Friday, January 4th, 2008
The characteristic symptoms of Parkinson's appeared in ancient Chinese medical texts that described trembling of the hands and shaking of the head. The disorder and its basis has been subjected to considerable analysis over the centuries. Syndromes in which elderly patients suffer from spontaneous shaking, or from other muscular manifestations ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
The modern practice of traditional Chinese medicine brings together many thousands of years of medicine practiced in China including the use of Chinese medicine for curing insomnia naturally. The term 'traditional Chinese medicine' is a relatively modern term first used by the People's Republic of China during the 1950s when ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
The Chinese system of medicine has been developing for over 5,000 years. Chinese medicine is a natural, holistic approach to reestablish harmony in the human body. A prominent component to Chinese medicine is the use of herbal remedies. Through the combination of various plant properties, herbs can and do assist ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
By Carrie Elizabeth Sklar
For the 4.5 million couples experiencing infertility each year, acupuncture may be just what the doctor ordered. Acupuncture can increase fertility by reducing stress, increasing blood flow to the reproductive organs and balancing the endocrine system, according to several studies and medical research.
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