In Oriental medicine the root of excess weight is an imbalance within the body caused by malfunctioning of the spleen and liver organ systems. Acupuncture points, as well as foods and herbs selected to assist with weight loss can directly influence the Qi of the spleen and liver systems and treat the imbalances that have …read more
Month: November 2015
Eat According to Your Type- Five Element Food Guideline
According to Chinese Medicine, each individual is born with a certain constitution that strongly establishes their personality, emotional state, health risks, and their strength and weakness. The five elemental constitutional types are – wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Eating according to your own constitutional type can nourish your body, strengthen your constitution and optimize your health and wellbeing. Wood Element 木 Intense personality, headache prone The Wood …read more
Archetype Self-Assessment Profile
Understanding your individual psychology according to the Five Phase theory can help you identify who you are and how you function within the Chinese Medicine paradigm. It can help you evaluate your personal strengths and weaknesses, it can also guide you in the use of therapies such as acupuncture, medicinal herbal formulas and food therapies. …read more
How to resolve emotional issues for chronic diseases?
When addressing emotional impact on chronic diseases, there are two aspects of concerns. Although conventional medicine tends to overlook the emotional component in the formation of chronic diseases, traditional Chinese medicine has long recognized emotion as one of the causative factors of illness and diseases, among other pathogenic factors such as diet, life style, genetic …read more