Jul 15
Ancient Chinese Art Provides Holistic Approach to Curing Wide Range of Maladies
LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Enriching its portfolio of wellness opportunities, Crystal Cruises is introducing onboard acupuncture, along with a menu of Chinese herbs revered for restoring and enhancing health, beauty and longevity. A menu of optional acupuncture treatments, launching this month on Crystal Serenity, focuses on weight loss, pain management, stress reduction, detoxification, smoking cessation, facial rejuvenation and even sea sickness.
Jul 13
Here are some steps to reclaim a healthier you
THE DOCTOR’S WORD
1. Attend every possible health camp that takes place in your vicinity. Whether it’s a diabetes camp, a blood pressure check-up or a regular cholesterol test, being proactive about health could save your life.
2. Swap the weight scales for a tape measure. The measurement of key areas that hold fat in your body can be just as important as your weight. If your measurements are on the higher scale, lose weight now!
THE DOCTOR’S WORD
1. Attend every possible health camp that takes place in your vicinity. Whether it’s a diabetes camp, a blood pressure check-up or a regular cholesterol test, being proactive about health could save your life.
2. Swap the weight scales for a tape measure. The measurement of key areas that hold fat in your body can be just as important as your weight. If your measurements are on the higher scale, lose weight now!
Jul 12
It’s summer! The season of baseball, barbecue and fireworks. Mirroring ways of nature, the five elements depict the season of summer with fire and heat, and late summer with humidity. You might ask, why is this important? Since our body has to adjust itself to the rising temperature and humidity, it is usually done through intake of what TCM calls “cold property” foods like watermelon, iced drinks, cucumbers, and so on. Intake of such “cold property” foods do cool us off, but in excess they might cause one to feel sluggish, lose appetite, or have slight water retention. Here are some healthy and delicious ways to fight off heat and sluggishness that summer brings.
American ginseng
Although American Ginseng is not as potent as Red Panax Ginseng, it has a more cooling properties than Red Panax (American ginseng replenishes more Yin than Yang. Red Panax tonifies more yang than yin). Hence, American ginseng tea or American ginseng roots are a great way to boost your energy and to cool your body down at the same time!
Taiwan’s Shi Shen Tang
This is a popular summer’s soup dish in Taiwan. It is a common dish used when the kids have guzzled down one too many soda pop or popsicles and are not eating their meals! The four herbs used are to reduce “dampness” cause by eating too “cold property” foods. Hence, this is also great for those suffering from water retention!
Shi Shen Tang contains Dioscorea Batata, Euryale Ferox, Poria and Nelumbinis Semen $3.00/pack, 4 servings. Please contact Susan Yen at 1-877-322-6168 to order.
Cantonese summer soup
Cantonese people are well known for their frequent use of herbs in their cooking. This particular soup is consumed when one feels hot, sluggish and thirsty from the heat and muggy summer days.
This soup contains Glehnia Littoralis, Polygonatum Odoratum, Stemona Sessilifolia, and Doscorea Batata. $3.00/pack, 4 serving. Please contact Susan Yen at 1-877-322-6168 to order.
Jul 12
You can find acne remedies in your kitchen!
Acne can erupt anytime and anywhere. It is a mysterious skin disorder and as yet has no definitive singular cause. Because of this, several remedies are put forward by medical experts and alternative health practitioners, which unfortunately works only on a case-to-case basis. The most that they do is heal the most basic symptoms and not the root cause, often resulting to several sporadic acne eruptions. Mostly, over-the-counter products are very expensive. They also tend to be very harsh and strip the skin of its natural oils. Some people, in their desire to use only the most organic products turn to natural remedies to help cure acne.
Jul 08
Alternative medicine is gaining popularity in Australia
DESPITE natural antipathy to health approaches that seriously challenge its pre-eminence, the medical profession can no longer afford to scoff at and reject all complementary and alternative medicine as non-scientific.
Rather than introducing “irrational nonsense” into its curriculum, as claimed by Rose Shapiro, the author Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All (quoted in The Age, 5/7), the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is being responsible and demonstrating appropriate leadership in tackling the controversial issue.
Jul 08
Two of the world’s biggest countries are teaming up on traditional medicine research
India, China to step up cooperation in traditional medicine
BEIJING: China and India have agreed to intensify bilateral cooperation in the field of traditional medicine and discussed ways to enhance mutual understanding of each other’s ancient treatment systems.
Nodal agencies were identified on either side to work out action plans and timetables, during discussions held by an Indian delegation of the government organisation AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoepathy) with their Chinese counterparts.
Jul 06
Chinese medicine emphasizes that brain shouldn’t be loaded with relentless workload but for people in Turkey this is not a problem
When a man is in China, he not only changes the environment but his entire viewpoint is affected or changes because China is a world on its own. Every one of four people in the world lives in this country spreading across more than nine million square kilometers of land, which is equal to the entire European continent.China, as a “hyper power” turning into the biggest rival of the United States in the 21st century, is experiencing tremendous growth, but at the same time it is an incredibly “ethnocentric” country. After all, it is a world in itself as it embodies accumulation of a thousands of years old civilization and culture.
