Posted by Daan on August 29, 2004 under Uncategorized | 
The bedroom is an important component of your health and well-being. It could be beneficial to arrange it according to feng shui principles:
“Feng Shui experts believe that the positioning of your bed has a great effect on your well being. As far as possible the bed should be located against a solid wall (inside looking out), with your headboard to your favourable direction. They also believe you should locate your bed sector where there is a good mountain of stars!
However large or small a bedroom is, it should be a room concerned with moods. You must be able to fall asleep easily so invest in soft carpeting, scrumptious amounts of soft cushions and fabrics.
Choose colours and patterns that you love. Remember that soft colours will create a comforting and restful room.”
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Driven by the escalating cost of some herbs, harvesting is damaging some fragile environmental areas:
” Yushu and its neighbouring Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture claim the best aweto worms in the country, and as such bear witness to the worst devastation of mountain slopes where it is supposed to grow.
Every year, from April to June, more than 100,000 diggers swarm to the meadows there for the golden collecting season. Eyes peeled to hunt the “soft gold,” this digging army leaves behind it slopes peppered with numerous holes that disturb the fragile vegetation of the plateau, where soil can take 10,000 years to become one centimetre thick.
“You didn’t see so many people digging here years ago,” says Lamo. “Local people have always dug for chongcao traditionally, but not on such a massive scale.”
The driving force behind the digging craze is money, says Qiuying Lanze, an official working for the prefecture government of Yushu.
His remark is backed up by Jin Xingqi, an aweto worm dealer based in Xining, the capital of Qinghai. In the 1970s, the government-set purchase price for aweto worms was only 21 yuan (US$2.50) per kilogram, but the price has been soaring since the early 1990s, he says, to 42,000 yuan (US$5,060) per kilogram this year for top- grade herbs. In coastal cities in East China and Southeast Asia, Jin says, it can cost 4,000 yuan (US$481) more.”
Posted by Daan on August 26, 2004 under Uncategorized |
Some helpful tips for arranging your children’s rooms to help them study and achieve:
“Practical, real-world uses of Feng Shui include setting up a child’s room so that he or she is certain to succeed,” said Olmstead. “It’s not necessary to hang crystals and use a compass to make Feng Shui work for you,” she adds. “Simple, common sense changes are all part of contemporary Feng Shui.”
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Another article about the growing acceptance of herbal treatments:
“Chen is one of a growing number of practitioners, many of them Chinese, who are treating illness with herbal medicine, a centuries-old system that focuses on naturally strengthening the body as a whole to fight disease.
In Hawaii, where herbalists ran prosperous practices a century before anyone had ever heard of managed care or preferred providers, nontraditional treatments were widely accepted, especially in Asian communities. Now, a growing number of people of all ethnicities are using herbal medicines, creating brisk business for Hawaii’s herbalists and helping to dispel criticism that alternative medicine is offbeat and ineffective.”
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Some studies indicate acupuncture may be successful in treating carpal tunnel:
“Cohen said some studies show laser acupuncture or yoga may help in cases of carpal tunnel by reducing pain and improving grip strength.”
Posted by Daan on August 14, 2004 under Uncategorized |
Some herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine can boost athletic performance, according to this article from the Singapore Straits Times:
“Ms Zhang, who is a member of the Singapore Nutrition and Dietetics Association, feels that local athletes would do well to ignore old wives’ tales but pay heed to some of the plant extracts and herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, which has a history that is centuries old.
She says: ‘Some traditional Chinese remedies can boost an athlete’s sports performance and enhance his overall well-being.”
Posted by Daan on August 11, 2004 under Uncategorized |
An innovative treatment for allergies using acupuncture points:
“Dr. Crandall says, “The point of this treatment is not treat the organ like the skin that’s showing the symptom but rather treat the part of the nervous system that’s causing the reaction to begin with.”
“We’re going to stimulate your acupuncture points now in your wrist and your feet.”
Dr. Crandall says massaging the points stabilizes the treatment.
“What we’re doing is going into the nervous system from the deepest level, the energy of the body, allowing a balancing affect to happen there so there is no longer a reaction in the rest of the body.”
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In a growing trend, health insureance companies are covering alternative treatments:
“Oxford members also receive discounts ranging from 15 percent to 25 percent for some complementary and alternative medicine services, Muney added. Acupuncture, massage therapy, yoga and nutrition services that are part of a credentialed network are among those eligible.”
Posted by Daan on August 9, 2004 under Uncategorized |
An herbal wonderland in South Korea, dedicated to soothing your senses and enjoying the benefits of herbs:
“Defined as a plant or part of a plant valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities, herbs incorporate any plant useful to man. In fact, although the word “herb’’ is Western, Koreans have also been using herbs for thousands of years. Any plant used in Oriental medicine, including ginseng, or in traditional cooking such as spices or teas, can be categorized as a herb. There are around 3,000 kinds of herbs used around the world and surely it’s impossible to find a culture that doesn’t use them.
Aroma Herb Land opened two years ago aiming to be a kind of herb multiplex where one can experience herbs with all the senses.”
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A man in Korea who ate a prized 150 year old ginseng plant must pay compensation to the owner of the plant.
