You grew up with being brought to a modern doctor. Your mum and dad grew up going to modern doctors. Your grandparents most likely grew up going to modern doctors. But now there’s a renascence of interest in drugs like herbs, important oils, pressure points and acupuncture . You wonder if these are any better [...]
The term alternative medicine can bring to mind a vision of unlicensed practitioners, using a variety of experimental treatments to try and cure diseases. Alternative medicine was once the common source of treatment for ailments. Modern medicine gradually stepped in and alternative medicine was pushed back from the mainstream population.
Today, alternative medication is [...]
Some folks believe cancer can be successfully combated by traditional Chinese herbal medication. But it’s imperative to make the distinction that herbal remedies are not a cure for cancer. It’s quite easy to find a website that promotes a particular herbal remedy as being a cure for cancer, however such claims have not been verified [...]
Using herbs to treat ill health and disease probably sprang from China. Thousands of years ago, ancient Chinese herbal medicine was created, and it has been working ever since. Although we now enjoy the rewards of advanced therapies to treat severe illnesses, the time tested ancient therapeutic techniques are still very relevant. This holistic, natural [...]
The use of herbs for healing has been practiced by individuals in eastern countries for thousands of years. The idea behind ancient Chinese medicine is that the body has to be kept in a condition of equilibrium in order to achieve health and that illness takes place when particular energy fields in the system are [...]
Lower Back Muscle Pain - Chinese Medicine Viewpoint
In Chinese Medicine also Know as TCM, when pain occurs there is obstruction of the flow of Blood, Qi and Body fluids through the channels, tissues and organs. More often then not pain is a subjective ailment involving physiological, emotional and psychological issues and can thus be quite [...]
About Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
Balancing the mind body and spirit is essential to the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. There is definitely a positive benifit in using Traditional Chinese Medicines. Considerably more in some cases than using Western Medicine.
Many Options To Choose From
To treat a particular condition, you need to have an understanding of the [...]
Chinese Herbal Medicine An Introduction
In regard to studying Chinese herbal medicine it must be said that these herbal medicines are far different than traditional Western medicines. In concept, diagnosis and also treatment. Whereas Western medicines deal with removing symptoms Chinese herbal medicine looks at the problem in a more holistic manner. Western medicine is focused [...]
Introduction to Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
When you first start learning more about Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine the one thing that will hit you is that many of the notions that you have about traditional medicines will change. What we understand about Traditional Medicine is far different from the facts and ideas used in Chinese Medicine. [...]
Preventative Medicine
“Think of Western medicine as looking at the tree and Eastern medicine as looking at the whole forest.” Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine often cite this analogy to describe their alternative medicines and practices. The practices do not contradict each other, but rather take two different approaches - while Western medicine looks at nerve [...]
