Among the earliest forms of health prevention passed on in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are what is referred to as the “Four Breaks and Four Seals.” Since ancient times, traditional Chinese culture has paid great attention to health preservation by nurturing righteous qi. Rather than just treating the symptoms once an illness surfaces, traditional Chinese ...
I want to discuss one of my favorite topics, the five elements theory in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and how you can actually use it to stay on top of your health and wellbeing. Imagine a theory based on the accumulated knowledge, trial, and error of physicians more than 2,000 years old. Incredible? Well, get ...
Going for an interview for a job can be stressful, so imagine having to go for one with a huge company like Google. The Internet giant would ask some ridiculously off-the-planet questions and brain teasers before the company banned them in 2011. Now, it must be remembered that most of these questions didn’t have an answer; they ...
Is the acne you have caused by stress, late nights, a bad diet, or hormones? Through understanding some basic face-mapping, you can know what your acne is telling you, and take the right course of action. In traditional Chinese medicine, the face is believed to be the window to the soul, and Chinese medical physicians look at ...
There is a famous story about the Daoist Doctor Xue. One day, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, a gang of robbers ransacked a village. At the time, the roosters crowed, dogs barked, and all the villagers hid. There was a prominent family in town who was well-known for being beneficent. When the ...
There are many toxins in our modern daily lives, such as contaminated water, food containers with lead compounds, food with various additives, polluted air, and deep-sea fish contaminated with heavy metals, to name just a few. After these toxins enter the human body, they will gradually accumulate. Getting rid of these toxins is very difficult, ...
Traditional and Western medicine use different approaches when treating a headache, the common cold, a sprained ankle, and even food poisoning. Anyone can benefit from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments, often even more than from Western medicine. Here are some examples of their different approaches. Different approaches of traditional and Western medicine 1. Headaches/migraines Headaches ...
At a young age, I enjoyed watching my mother paint flowers on porcelain. Her painting to me was amazing and inspirational. The bright cheerful geraniums, the gorgeous roses, lavender, and delicate irises growing outside in our garden also left an imprint on me. I suffered from epileptic seizures from the age of 9 until I ...
Just like any other country, there are Chinese jobs that are irreplaceable, for example, a teacher, physician, or butcher; however, Chinese society has also developed many strange occupations. Most people do not regard them as jobs, but for some, they are ways to make a living. 12 of China’s rather unscrupulous and strange occupations 1. ...
During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there lived a renowned physician named Hua Tuo. Having been taught by divine beings, he was called a divine healer, and he traveled among kingdoms performing many healing miracles. In those days, most people were interested in becoming an official, but Hua Tuo was different. He wanted to help ...
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