Posts From Adina Stanescu, R.TCMP

Chinese Medicine for Treating Lichens – the “Thick Skin” Diseases

November 1, 2010

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...

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Fungal and Yeast Infections

April 1, 2010

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...

Autoimmune Disease Treatment with TCM: Lupus, COPD, SJOGREN Syndrome

December 1, 2009

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....

Beat the Summer Heat

July 1, 2008

Chinese Medicine Can Help You Turn Down Your Internal Thermostat Feeling hot hot hot!! One of the fundamentals of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory is...

Curing Eczema of the Hands with Chinese Herbs

December 1, 2007

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)

September 1, 2007

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...

Chinese Herbs for Crohn’s and Colitis

November 1, 2006

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

June 1, 2006

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...

TCM for Rosacea

April 1, 2005

Chinese Herbs Help Clear Blood Stagnation Caused by Toxic Heat Build-up The primary feature of rosacea, as the name suggests, is flushing. This inflammatory condition...

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE FOR HERPES

April 1, 2004

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....

Chinese Herbal Medicine for Psoriasis

December 1, 2002

Updated August. 15, 2021 Psoriasis is a relatively common skin disease, occurring in about 2% of the population. Onset is usually between 10 and 30...