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A team of Japanese researchers recently conducted a study evaluating the beneficial effects of an herbal medicine formula with regards to aiding side effects from a western cancer medication.  Studies like this will likely be seen more and more and show an excellent collaborative stance between mod…

Similar to large numbers of people being told they have low vitamin D in recent years, there appears to be a similar increase in men being told that they have low testosterone.  For better or worse many cultures, ours included, often seem more concerned with finding a way to increase testosterone (…

Before we get into details the crux of this article can be summed up in one statement...  Chinese Medicine treats patterns of illness that can contain any number of symptoms/western conditions whereas generally western medicine is symptomatic/condition based.  This is an important distinction to ha…

As we often mention on this website, Chinese Medicine treats "patterns" not individual symptoms/conditions.  A very common set of diagnostic patterns to have, particularly in westerners, is liver qi stagnation combined with spleen qi deficiency ("LSSD" in this study).  Symptoms-wise this often aris…

ALS or "Lou Gehrig's Disease" is a quickly debilitating and near exclusively fatal neuro-degenerative disease with no known cure.  Chinese Medicine including herbal medicine, acupuncture, Tong Ren Therapy, Tuina and other aspects has been used to help slow the progression of the disease, but has of…

Tai Chi is shown repeatedly in clinical studies and in real world examples to produce a broad array of health benefits in participants.  Researchers from the University of Missouri recently conducted a small pilot study evaluating these benefits in women who had recently had treatment for cancer. F…

Many Chinese herbs and herbal formulas are used and studied in the treatment of various cancers.  Some are used alongside western treatments and others have similar anti-cancer properties without the cost and side effects of western drugs.  Researchers from the institute of biochemistry and molecul…

Chinese Herbal Medicine is widely used both as an adjunctive therapy or even in lieu of western treatments for various cancers.  Many of the components of herbal medicine have been studied extensively including some studies on traditional formulas yet strong studies on which formulas, herbs and d…

A recent study published in the biological and pharmaceutical bulletin analyzed the neuroprotective effects of leonurine (yi mu cao, chinese motherwort, herba leonuri) on brain damage from a stroke (in rats). Rsearchers from the department of pharmacology at Fudan University treated rats with leo…

This the fourth edition in my general introduction to the meridian/organ systems in Chinese Medicine will focus on the Stomach and Spleen meridians. As we have discussed in previous articles on the Liver, Kidney, and Heart systems, Chinese Medicine uses meridians named after and related to our phys…

People from around the world often ask me what is the best way to learn Tong Ren Therapy if they cannot attend one of the training seminars led by Master Tam or other senior practitioners.  Certainly the seminars are quite useful but I always tell people they shouldn't worry too much if they canno…

A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland recently performed a small study looking at the effectiveness of acupuncture for persistent hiccups in cancer patients.  There has been many studies recently looking at the benefits of acupuncture for cancer patient…

There have been a host of studies along with significant long-term clinical experiences in aiding advanced cancer patients with acupuncture and associated techniques.  As of yet, however, acupuncture is largely an adjunctive technique sought out by individual cancer patients who, generally, are una…

A study published in the recent Psychological Science journal explored the changes within our immunity which happen just from looking at people who are sick.   The study took healthy volunteers and had them watch slides of people who were sneezing, etc. - people with basic cold/flu signs.  They fou…

I am reprinting an excellent article written by William Daly, MD a gifted and unique physician and Tong Ren Therapy proponent based in Andover, MA.  His writing provides a clear analysis and approachable introduction to our energy healing system - Tong Ren Therapy.  Very worthy of sharing with our …