Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine for Treating Lichens – the “Thick Skin” Diseases
One category of skin diseases with interesting visual manifestations is the “lichen” group, so named because the different types resemble the lichen that grows on...
Green Tea Clears Toxic ‘Heat’
Please note: While herbal “teas” can be brewed from a variety of leaves, flowers, or roots, in this article we focus on tea leaves. Tea...
Be Good to Your Gallbladder: Flush Out Gallstones the Natural Way
Gallbladder removal is the most common surgery performed in North America. Every year, more than half a million people in the U.S. and over 50,000...
Chinese Medicine for Crohn’s, Colitis, and IBS
Irritable bowel is a catch-all name for abdominal pain and bowel problems that do not have another explanation. For the sake of this article, I...
Chinese Herbal Medicine for Fungal and Yeast Infections
Fungal and yeast infections of the skin are some of the most common and tenacious dermatological complaints. Parasitic organisms that colonize the skin of susceptible...
The Healing Power of Qi: Working With Vital Energy
“Qi is the vital energy that powers all life on the most fundamental level.” One of the most distinguishing features of the Eastern healing arts...
Chinese Medicine for Common Childhood Complaints
You would do anything and everything for your child, including the best treatment possible when they are not well. As children grow, they go through...
Autoimmune Disease Treatment with TCM: Lupus, COPD, SJOGREN Syndrome
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is fast becoming global medicine, spreading from its traditional home in Asia to all of Europe, Australia, North America and Africa....
Traditional Chinese Medicine to Prevent and Treat Cancer
The ultimate reasons for the formation of abnormal growth of cells (cancer) are complex and still not fully understood in modern western medicine. According to...
Chinese Medicine for Hay Fever
The burden of rhinitis is nothing to sneeze at! Americans spend over $3 billion annually on prescribed antihistamines. Over the past 30 years, the prevalence...
Curing Eczema of the Hands with Chinese Herbs
Eczema of the hands is a very interesting skin condition, although this quality may well be lost on sufferers whose lives are undeniably impaired by...
Traditional Chinese Medicine For Vitiligo (Loss of Pigment)
Vitiligo is characterized by loss of pigment (melanin) in the skin, leading to bleached white spots, which may spread over a large part of the...
Sleep Better – TCM for Insomnia
Insomnia can be described as: difficulty or inability to fall asleep, waking throughout the night, restless sleep, waking in the early hours of morning with...
Chinese Herbs for Crohn’s and Colitis
Crohn’s disease and Colitis are inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Colitis affects only the rectum and occasionally the lower colon, whereas Crohn’s may affect...
Traditional Chinese Herbs For Food Allergies and Environmental Sensitivities
Allergic disorders are varied in kind and increasing in frequency in the industrialized world. They range from respiratory conditions such as seasonal “hayfever” and asthma...
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR HERPES
Herpes refers to a group of disorders which manifest with an eruption of red, painful blisters or sores on the skin, genitals, lips or eyes....
