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3 Great Cold Weather Soups for the Liver and Kidneys

Cold weather soups are one of the best ways to strengthen your body during the winter months. A bowl of hot soup can warm up and nourish your body. Why not give it a try? To get the best results, making the right choice of soup and the complementary ingredients is important.   What soups are good for the cold season then? We recommend three soups ...

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Effective Tips For Lowering High Blood Pressure (Part 2)

For a doctor of Chinese medicine, lowering high blood pressure is not the most important thing, because it is more important to solve the cause of the high blood pressure. In Part 1, we looked at mood and how things like anger, nervousness, and fear can activate the sympathetic nervous system, driving blood pressure higher. ...

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