Under normal circumstances, the weather will have no pathological effect on the body. The body can adequately protect itself against external environmental factors. The weather is only a cause of disease or illness when the body is weak. Of course 3,000 years ago it was a life or death factor. Today with forced central heat [...]
Qi-Understanding the force.
September 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Traditional Chinese Medicine figured out many things before the west did. Physicists have, comparatively recently, determined that the whole world is made of energy. Some of it comes together to make matter and seems solid, but it’s still a bunch of loosely associated particles of energy. That is so simplistic as to nearly be wrong, [...]
It all starts with balance.
September 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
I have had requests to know more about the basics of Chinese Medicine. I will write a series of articles that break things down. So here goes The first up is Yin & Yang (yong). (I know it is spelled with an A, but it is pronounced with an O.) Earliest references to Yin & [...]
Its all about balance.
June 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Just because you’re not familiar with something doesn’t mean it can’t work. Such is the case with Chinese Medicine, a range of practices that have been used to heal and prevent disease for thousands of years. From acupuncture to herbal medicine and massage, much of Chinese Medicine is about treating and preventing illness and disease [...]
