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Chinese Medicine provides for a broad range of potential applications within the realm of cancer, both in conjunction with western approaches or entirely on its own.  In cases, Chinese Medicine can be a good balancing point to western medicine, so to speak, as on average it is well tolerated and do…

While far from a universal application, the Chinese Herbal Formula liu wei di huang wan plays an important role for aiding a range of pre and post menopausal issues in many patients. Estrogen deficiency, post-menopause, forms the backgroup of most of the common issues a woman may experience such as…

The process of treating cancer can leave the patient exhausted on nearly every possible level. Even when treatments are effective, the patient may be left with considerable fatigue for months to years after remission. While there are a host of treatments within Chinese Medicine for cancer itself, a…

The internal arts of qigong, tai chi, and meditation, among others, have been shown through numerous studies to offer the practitioner a range of health benefits. The majority of these benefits are related to cutting stress hormones and the destructive processes (i.e. inflammation) that coincide wi…

Diabetes is a global health epidemic that has many underlying factors, with diet being a critical part of the equation. Currently, over 100 million people in the US are reported to be living with diabetes or pre-diabetes and that number appears to be growing. For type II diabetics, in many cases, t…

by Abby Stewart, LMT, MLD-C Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is a technique used in the prevention and treatment of both edema and lymphedema. It is estimated that worldwide, 1 in 30 people suffer from lymphedema, an incurable condition that requires constant care and attention in order to control s…

Infertility, by clinical definition, is the inability to produce offspring after trying to conceive for a year. The many issues that may contribute to fertility problems vary from person to person as well as by age and other health factors. Taking into consideration that partners are having sex and…

Multiple Myeloma (MM, Kahler's Disease, or Plasma Cell Myeloma) is a cancer of the white blood cells.  With this condition a persons body produces too many abnormal cells in the bone marrow which effectively causes the blood to thicken and tumors may form in the bone.  It is a somewhat uncommon can…

Researchers from China recently conducted a meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled clinical trials involving 1327 patients and concluded that "acupuncture is effective for CRF [chemotherapy related fatigue] management and should be recommended as a beneficial alternative therapy for CRF patients…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very commonly treated condition within Chinese Medicine. It along with a host of other digestive issues tend to respond quite well to acupuncture, herbal medicine, and as this study indicates techniques such as moxibustion. As IBS can be quite debilitating and…

Xiao Chai Hu Tang is one of the most important formulas within the extensive offerings of Chinese herbal medicine.  As with many Chinese herbal medicine formulas it offers benefit for a broad range of issues when it is properly used according to the correct underlying diagnosis (see "how to choose …

Chinese herbal medicine is a complicated system with generations upon generations of thought, research and clinical use behind it.  For the most part Chinese herbal medicine is prescribed in formulas that are comprised of individual herbs.  These formulas, which are often hundreds if not thousands…

Both published research and general observations have shown numerous health benefits of drinking tea in general, and green tea in particular.  Many of these are covered in a previous article "the health benefits of drinking tea".  Of interest today is the anti-cancer properties of green tea, with …

What does it mean when we say we are "healthy"?  In the west it may often mean that we through any number of means (medications, diet, etc.) don't have anything that is too problematic physically.  To a lesser extent in the west we might also consider our mental health in that definition.  And to …

Cancer rates are on the rise globally, due in part to the fact that people are living longer, but there are also a multitude of risk factors in our modern times. For women, breast cancer is a serious risk accounting for nearly a quarter of all cancers. While breast cancer is often treatable with …