Posts From Adina Stanescu, R.TCMP
Treating Red Skin Syndrome with Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
Over the last few months, several of my eczema patients have brought up Red Skin Syndrome and asked for my thoughts on it. This syndrome...
Chinese Herbs for Mouth and Lip Sores – Cankers, Cold Sores and more
Sores and skin rashes of all types cause us considerable discomfort, but none as much as those that affect the mouth and lips. These sores...
Autumn is Lung Season: Breathe Easier with Chinese Medicine
As the humid days of summer give way to the brittle, dry air of fall, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners begin to turn their attention to...
TCM FOR ALLERGIC ASTHMA: Chinese Herbs Aid Recovery
Allergic asthma is one of the unfortunate health consequences of industrial development and the pollution it brings. Three hundred million people have it, worldwide. Incidence...
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Skin Conditions
Editor’s note: According to the Acne and Rosacea Society of Canada, two million Canadians are affected by, so April 2016 has been declared Rosacea Awareness...
Traditional Chinese Medicine – Dandruff
Herbs and Treatment for Dandruff and Seborrheic Dermatitis Dandruff, or its more severe cousin seborrheic dermatitis, is a skin condition affecting the scalp, face, and...
TCM for Boosting Your Kidney Chi
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the kidneys are the fountain of youth, the foundation for a healthy, vital life and for graceful longevity. They are...
TCM Herbal Formulas for Patchy Baldness
Treatment for patchy baldness, also known as Alopecia Areata (AA) Patchy baldness, also known as Alopecia areata (AA), is a fairly uncommon but troubling type...
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Eczema
Herbal Formulas to Clear Eczema Eczema is a many headed beast. Some cases are textbook-clear and relatively easy to treat, while others fall between types,...
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Allergic Asthma and Cough
Allergic asthma has become an epidemic in Westernized countries, showing dramatic increases over the last few decades. In Ontario, according to a 2010 study published...
Traditional Chinese Medicine—Skin Diseases of the Hands
Are you looking at your hands with disgust You hate them now and hide them you must But mama, there’s no shame in hands so...
Healing Psoriasis with Traditional Chinese Medicine
Psoriasis has been with us since ancient times. In old medical texts, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) described psoriasis as “pine skin dermatosis,” a term descriptive...
Chinese Herbal Treatments For Female Infertility
Fertility support has become an important area of medical practice, as people in modern societies increasingly delay childbearing into their 30s and 40s, only to...
Chinese Medicine: Treatments for Atopic Dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis, also known as atopic eczema or allergic dermatitis, is one of the most common skin diseases of modern, affluent societies. This eczema is...
Foods that Heal Skin Disease
“What should I eat?” That is the question I am asked most often by skin patients in my Traditional Chinese Medicine practice. They ask it...
Chinese Herbs for Treating C. Difficile Infection
Clostridium difficile, or c. difficile, is an aggressive bacteria which causes intestinal infections and colitis in patients treated with antibiotics, often in a hospital setting....
