Are you experiencing short term memory loss and worried that this is an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease? Do you know that the current Alzheimer’s drug treatment protocol focuses on treating the symptoms rather than addressing the root cause? That is, the drugs that your doctors prescribe to treat Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Do you know that capers, the tiny little flower buds that many Mediterranean cuisines call for, are not only a great condiment but are extremely good for your gut? They may also be a good remedy during times when the food that you have ingested creates pain in your bowel due to an allergic/inflammatory reaction. Continue reading
Eat walnuts every day; help cancer shrink and decay?! Did you know that walnuts contain super nutrients which can suppress 13 types of cancer! – Article written by Bernadette Yu. R.TCMP, R.HN Continue reading
Used in Chinese Medicine for 5,000 years, Goji berries are now being studied and investigated for the next generation of chemotherapeutic drugs Continue reading
Barley in China is an ancient crop. According to research, as early as the mid-Neolithic, the ancient Qiang people (living in Qinghai) began planting barley in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. This dates the history of barley cultivation in China back more than 5,000 years. Dating back 2000 … Continue reading
This Ganoderma (Ling Zhi) 灵芝 and Salvia root (Dan Shen) 丹参 Tea Recipe was designed in the old days for heart conditions, chest pain, atherosclerosis or high cholesterol problems due to phlegm-blood stasis complex (a Chinese Medicine Syndrome Differentiation Pattern). The recent research studies have confirmed their effectiveness in: lowering blood … Continue reading
In a previous post I wrote about the history of the Chinese Medicated Diet in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In this post, I’m going to write very briefly about Traditional Chinese Medicine and eye health, then cover five different Chinese Medicated Diet Recipes for Eye Health. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, although all … Continue reading
Eating and Eating Practices for your Health in TCM Thousands of years ago, the Chinese people were already practicing specific principles of eating and following eating practices as set out by the Traditional Chinese Medical Doctors of those ancient times. These principles and practices began to be recorded in chinese medical texts dating to more than 3,000 … Continue reading
Expectant mothers often ask if Acupuncture during Pregnancy is safe, and if so, who should they use as an Acupuncturist given that many different types of healthcare practitioners offer acupuncture treatments. The short answer is that acupuncture during pregnancy IS safe and there are very minimal risks to receiving acupuncture … Continue reading
There are wide ranging factors that can make conception difficult to achieve and as a result, more and more couples are undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Despite the many advances in IVF techniques over recent years, each IVF treatment cycle is expensive, lengthy and stressful and successful conception often remains difficult to … Continue reading
