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Articles: chinese / oriental medicine
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An Ancient Remedy for Children with Nephrotic Syndrome
by Yao Jie Blair
To make it easy to understand, it occurs when the kidneys leak large amounts of protein (mostly albumin) into the urine.
Authentic Feng Shui
by Pauline Jeffreys
I have very mixed feelings about the recent explosion of media interest in Feng Shui. As so often with a glut of articles about any alternative discipline, the facts become watered down to such an extent that a serious science becomes almost unrecognisable.
Balancing Your Internal Climate
by Liz Koch and Martin Grasby
This article focuses on finding our internal balance which, the authors say, should not be confused with ridding oneself of unwanted emotions. Balance is a perpetual process of becoming ever resilient, adaptable and capable of experiencing a variety and range of emotions.
Chinese Culinary Herbs
by Susanna Dowie
In the west, our choice of foods is frequently driven by taste alone. However, a look at Chinese dietary principles can lead us back to a clearer focus of how we can use foods to build healthy bodies and minds.
Chinese Face Reading for Health
by Maura Bright
The ancient art of face reading has been used since the time of Confucius by Chinese doctors as an aid to diagnosis and a way of helping their patients. Close observation of the face afforded them a deep knowledge of the personality of their patients.
Daoist Diary – Late Summer
by Vicki McKenna
In her Daoist Diary for late summer, Vicki McKenna looks at how we face change in our lives. At these times we often feel vulnerable and deeply uneasy. We create strategies to allow ourselves to avoid the pain of transition and feel less threatened by change. Instead of doing this...
Daoist Diary: Autumn
by Vicki McKenna
To followers of the Dao the seasons can be powerful teachers and through them we learn to flow better with the circumstances of our lives. This is a time of letting go, of withdrawal to conserve for the winter.
Daoist Diary: Spring
by Vicki McKenna
Outer seasonal changes seem to affect us on an inner level. In Spring, this manifests as a surge of energy and enthusiasm for new projects. This is a very appropriate response, according to the ancient Chinese philosophy of Daoism, which sees all of life as being composed of change and that we need to flow and adapt ourselves to these changes rather than indulge our habitual tendencies to force circumstances. We need to learn to balance business with stillness.
Daoist Diary: Summer
by Vicki McKenna
Vicki McKenna continues her Daoist diary from Issue 87 (April '03). According to the Daoist view, summer is the season of the fire element. The changing of seasons gives us the opportunity to accept change, rather than to block it, which can be self destructive. Embracing the changes in nature allows us to live a life that is in balance.
Daoist Diary: Winter
by Vicki McKenna
Regular Contributor Vicki McKenna presents the winter entry to her Daoist Diary. She looks at the importance of creating a restful time for ourselves in winter to build healthy immune systems and allow us to feel fresh when spring arrives. Winter is the season of the Water Element, cold yin energy, and a time when Kidney energy should be preserved. Winter is a good time to adopt rituals – lighting fires, burning joss sticks and natural oils.
Ear Candling: The Basic Facts
by Patrick Quanten
This article looks at ear candling, an ancient treatment that was re-discovered by the Western culture from the Hopi Indian practices in North America. Traditionally ear candling was used in healing and spiritual ceremonies and an essential part of the medicine man's kit and knowledge, along with that of herbs and plants.
Feng Shui for Health
by John Bethell
As the popularity of Feng Shui grows in the Western world, it has been notable in the fact that its primary function is being lost in the midst of the enthusiasm for it: primarily, Feng Shui is for your health and energy.
Insomnia – a Chinese Approach
by Vicki McKenna
Tackling the problem of insomnia from the perspective of Chinese medicine, which states that problems associated with sleeplessness are due to imbalances in 'The Three Treaures': Chi, Shen and Essence.
Medicinal Mushrooms - Ancient Medicine in Modern Times
by James Zhou Ph.D.
Although mushrooms have been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years, their medicinal properties and health benefits have now been proved through clinical studies, particularly in preventing or treating serious health conditions such as cancer, hepatitis, AIDS, hyperglycaemia and high cholesterol.
Menopause – A Chinese Approach
by Vicki McKenna
The author has been practising acupuncture since she qualified with The College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in 1984 and is a founding member of the Scottish Post Polio Network, takes a look at the menopause from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
Seasonal Influences of Five Element Chinese Medicine
by Mike Eatough
Using a lyrical style of writing, sometimes rather like a prose poem, acupuncturist Mike Eatough describes the influence of the seasons in Five Element Chinese Medicine, a model derived from Taoist thought.
The Chinese Energetic Method: Conscious Healing, Conscious Living
by Accem Scott, ND with co-writer Mimi Sandeen
The Chinese Energetic Method (CEM) is a form of energetic medicine that has developed from several concepts and approaches, which were originally brought together by Dr Kam Yuen in a technique called Yuen Energetics. CEM is a hands-off technique that enables both the identification of where energy in the body is out of balance and also moving and changing that energy through conscious awareness.
The First Chinese Medicine Degree Programme Outside China
by Henry Lee
The watershed for complementary medicine/therapies (CMT) was in 1993 when the British Medical Association acknowledged that CMT's rise in popularity was not due to a "passing fashion".
The Holistic Treatment of an Ageing Population with Traditional Chinese Medicine
by Bernadette Ward
Bernadette Ward, Director of The Acupuncture Foundation in Ireland, describes the basic tenets of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and how TCM can be used effectively to combat the impact of ageing.
Westerners Learning Complementary Therapies in China
by Anna-Louise Haigh Milne
The decision to travel to the East to participate in learning about traditional Chinese methods of health care, is not just a geographical journey but rather an expansion of oneself over immeasurable distances.
Why do we become ill?
by Peter Mole
Western and Chinese medicine have radically different views about how we become ill. In Western medicine, for example, the notion that the emotional life of the person plays a significant role in a person's physical health is still a controversial hypothesis.
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