Heaven Mountain Goji Berry
Goji Berry Super Food Lots of foods are super foods, in terms of anti-oxidant or anti-biotic value, like cabbage, nettles, and onions. One that has received a lot of well deserved hype are “Goji Berries” or Gou Qi Zi in Chinese Medicine and Culture. Gou Qi...Statin Drugs: Smoke and Mirrors, or Mirrors and Smoke
The below article written by Dr. Mercola really sums up the problem with the bio-med approach to heart disease and cholesterol. Never mind that besides the issue of cholesterol, Dr. Ornish and the research on both the Okinawan and Mediterranean diets show that a big...Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention of Illness
While Acupuncture is most often used in the USA to treat an illness that has already occured, since ancient times acupuncture has been used to prevent illness. There are specific discussions on this topic in the Nei Jing, or Yellow Emporer’s Classic. In...Sliding Cups in the Treatment of Colds, Flu, and Pain
Sliding Cups is a specialized method of cupping that involves moving cups along large areas of muscles and fascia, like the IT band or hamstrings, or along the rhomboids, after massaging the skin with Ayurvedic oil, lotion, or counter irritants like Tiger Balm. It is...Importance of Diet in Chinese Medicine
Over the millenia Chinese physicians developed a very effective and scientific (empirical) model for assessing health and disease. Practitioners assess a person’s health by feeling the quality of the pulses at each wrist, and by observing the color and form of the...