7 Essential Concepts of Traditional Chinese Alternative Medicine
Posted by admin in Alternative Medicine on September 27, 2011
Traditional Chinese Medicine is the foundation for which homeopathic medicine around the world is based. While Western modern medicines have helped heal disease, traditional Chinese medicine goes a step further, working to analyze the whole body and whole person to prevent disease before it occurs.
Alternative Asian medicine has seven basic concepts which outline its practice. I’ll explore them in basic detail give you a better understanding of these concepts and how they work to promote overall health and well-being.
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang works on an idea of opposing energies and the different gradations between them. A relative concept, something is always yin or yang to something else. Yin and Yang forces are seen at work throughout the world as well as within the human body. Take, for example, the idea of hot and cold. Hot and cold weather are extremes of one another, and the varying temperatures in between are various levels of hot and cold.
Qi/Chi – Our Vital Force
Qi energy is potential energy that is within all living things, including plants, insects and humans. Qi strength in an individual determines our vivacity and is the catalyst for all bodily processes. It’s Qi energy that moves the blood, which in turn nourishes our organs that in turn produce more Qi. Guarding and nourishing your Qi energy is the most significant step you can take to protect your health. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »