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What Does It Take To Be A Master Practitioner Of Tuina Therapy?
Tuina is a form of external therapy and as such, requires extensive training. It definitely should not and cannot be learned within just a weekend or two of teaching. It is a method that has evolved and been refined for over 20 centuries of observation and empirical studies, and to … Continue reading
Syndromes Related To Dampness And Heat
Dampness and heat are two of the six harmful elements in traditional Chinese medicine that have opposite effects on the body. Stagnation is caused by dampness while heat leads to a rise in activity in a body system. These two factors have their own set of syndromes related to their … Continue reading
Go To A Chinese Medicine Practitioner And Get A Physical And Mental Tune Up
Doctors in ancient China would go from village to village, where they would see every villager, and as required, would provide them with advice or treatment. The physician, in return would receive a tiny recompense from each person he saw. Villagers would stop paying the doctor when they got sick.… Continue reading
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is a rapidly evolving industry and science. We define alternative medicine as therapies that are used alone or as alternative to allopathic medicine. In the same way, we define complementary medicine as therapies that are used in combination with allopathic medicine.
In the modern world of both allopathic … Continue reading
The I Ching, Unlocking The Universal Code Of Life
Today, in the world of holistic and complementary medicine, there are a number of exciting and new topics offered that can give new insights and inspiration to our imagination. However, there is one age old and ageless fount of wisdom that is as important today as at any time in … Continue reading
The Role Of Intention In Energy Medicine
Intention applies to your desire of receiving or giving a treatment of energy medicine and in no way indicates force, or using your will to affect the result of a treatment.
One must understand that a practitioner of energy medicine is not responsible for the way a patient responds to … Continue reading
The Advantages Of Using Traditional Chinese Medicine
As an alternative to conventional Western medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is designed to correct imbalances in the body and works in ways that include:
• Enhancing the lifestyle of the patients – This includes advancing healthy exercise and diet
• Assisting the patient to relate to internal emotions in … Continue reading
Spring TCM Nutrition
We all feel the change coming into our bodies that the season of spring brings what with the warmth of the sun on our pale winter skin and the bright green sprouts pushing through the melting snow. We need to react to the changes in the environment with habitual and … Continue reading
The Importance Of Cold And Hot Foods In Chinese Nutritional Therapy
There is nothing more basic to human health than eating healthily. Sadly, there is a lot of confusing information out there that it is really very difficult to select the right one. The aim is to give a few fundamental standards of Chinese Nutrition that anyone can follow without altering … Continue reading
The Four Elements Of Qigong
Qi gong is comprised of four basic elements. Generally, this is deemed to be a self taught method or process that entails tapping into a person’s Qi through proper mental focus, breathing, and body posture. Both your mind and body need this focus to attain results. Qigong is a blanket … Continue reading