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Digestive Disorder – A Chinese Herbal Prescription
Posted by admin in Prescription on September 27, 2011
The term digestive disorder in Chinese medicine includes: indigestion, gases, stomach pains, minor ulcer, acid reflux, lack of appetite, sensitivity to certain kinds of food, diarrhea, constipation, etc. They are all symptoms of a digestive system not performing well. Treating the symptoms individually only results in temporary relief but cannot reduce their occurrence, not to mention eliminating them. The Chinese approach involves nourishing the digestive system back to health with some patience required.
Nature of common digestive disorder:
o Multiple symptoms usually occur with different intensity.
o Some symptoms occur more often than others.
o Symptoms usually disrupt the person’s eating habit.
o The disruption of eating habit in turn may aggravate the symptoms, causing a downward spiral.
Causes of common digestive disorder:
o Irregular eating habit.
o Over-consumption of food especially spicy, greasy or sour type.
o Too restrictive a diet making the stomach extra fragile and sensitive. Read the rest of this entry »
Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Be Beneficial
Posted by admin in Prescription on September 27, 2011
Traditional Chinese Medicine also known as TCM is becoming a popular form of medical treatment in countries where western medicine is practiced, in addition to being a huge part of the health care system of China. Studies being preformed by health care providers in the west are beginning to show the great potential benefits of this traditional oriental medical practice. Traditional Chinese medicine has been found to be able to ease the side effects of prescription medications and medical treatments such as chemotherapy and successfully treat several types of chronic illnesses. This type of traditional oriental medicine is also being shown to be quite helpful in the treatment of common illnesses such as a cold. Some of the reasons supporting these findings include the following.
Traditional Chinese medicine takes a more natural approach to treating illnesses. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine work on not only diagnosing the cause of an illness but assist the patient in dealing with outside, often environmental, factors that may also be contributing to the onset of the illness. This approach to treating common illnesses is becoming more and more popular with patients as usually in western medicine doctors only treat the illness itself.
Studies by western doctors have shown that over one hundred of the seven hundred different herbal remedies used in traditional Chinese medicine are successful in treating illnesses by the standards of western medicine. Many of these herbal remedies have proven to be quite effective in the treatment of antibiotic resistant illnesses. These findings come as a great relief to, for example, those that suffer from chronic ear infections and are not finding relief from prescription medications. Read the rest of this entry »