Original article by Emma Suttie, D.Ac for Chinese Medicine Living Summer represents the outward expression of energy, expansiveness, movement and activity. It is the most yang of the seasons and is ruled by fire. Life and energies are at their peak. Summer in TCM is the season associated with the heart and the small […]
Valerie Harper is a “year and four months past my expiration date” that she was given at the time of her terminal cancer diagnosis early last year. Harper, 74, said she was told at the time that she had three to six months left to live. The “Rhoda” actress testified […]
Written by Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOM for Acufinder.com The season filled with abundant energy, long days and sunshine. This is the most yang time of year. Summer is about expansion, growth, activity and creativity. Element: Fire. Color: Red. Nature: Yang. Organs: Heart, Small Intestine. Emotion: Joy. The Fire Element Summer is the season of yang, […]
Original article by Sarh Calabro for Huff Post – Healthy Living Last week was the first day of spring. Yahoo! Except for that fact that many people don’t feel so hot this time of year. The flu is — knock on wood — mostly behind us. Allergies have not quite exploded yet. So, why do […]
At one Ohio hospital, patients get herbs as well as drugs Original post by Alexandra Sifferlin for time.com Lora Basch, 59, sometimes suffers from poor sleep and anxiety. She’s uncomfortable with the side effects of drugs, so she’s tried acupuncture and magnesium supplements, but with only minimal success. After years of low energy, she went […]
Original Article by: Shu-Ping Fu equal contributor, Su-Yun He equal contributor, Other contributions by: Bin Xu, Chen-Jun Hu, Sheng-Feng Lu, Wei-Xing Shen, Yan Huang, Hao Hong, Qian Li, Ning Wang, Xuan-Liang Liu, Fanrong Liang Bing-Mei Zhu Abstract Background Acupuncture exerts cardioprotective effects on several types of cardiac injuries, especially myocardial ischemia (MI), but the […]
An acupuncture trial in four Melbourne emergency departments has found it is just as good as drugs in relieving lower-back pain and that from sprained ankles and migraines. The finding could open the door to Australian hospitals offering the low-cost Chinese therapy, which is used by more than 1 billion people worldwide for pain […]
Allergies occur when the body’s immune system misidentifies a normally harmless substance as a threat to the body. Common allergens (substances that produce allergic reactions) are foods, pollen, animal dander, mold, insect venom, drugs, and dust mites. An inflammatory reaction takes place in an attempt to eject this substance from the system, resulting in a […]
Original post by Marjie Killeen from her blog – Ripe Peach. MCOM Graduate, Dana Hoffman weighs in on Season Effectiveness Disorder and TCM. Marjie: What a brutal winter. I don’t know how you’re coping, but I’ve been in a mid-winter funk. My energy is low, I’m grumpy, and I complain all the time. My family […]
Article by Susan P. Joyce for workcoachcafe.com Many job seekers have described to me that submitting a resume in today’s job market is mostly a banging-their-head-against-a-wall, extremely frustrating waste of time. You want that resume to get you into an interview, but it doesn’t. I think this could be why: 80% of employersGoogle job […]