The human body is a masterpiece. Beautiful beyond words. Limitless in its expression. For thousands of years artists have been inspired to recreate the intricacies of the human body through…
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You know that saying, "Give someone a fish and they'll be fed for a day. Teach someone to fish and they'll be fed for life"? Well this is exactly the…
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Most medicines have a proper time and place to be used. I think we can agree on that. Deciding when to actually use certain medicines, like the birth control pill…
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While the glossy ads with promises to cure every skin disease under the sun sound promising, they are usually nothing more than a bandaid. Whether it is a steroidal based cream…
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Many of us have dry skin, an obvious consequence of our environment, lifestyle and genetics. By learning to moisturize and protect oneself, dry skin becomes completely non-problematic. If left un-checked…
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There is a saying in Chinese called yang shen, which quite literally means to "nourish life". This is associated with the prevention of disease through eating well, exercising well, thinking…
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It is has really only been in the last hundred or so years that the switch to synthetic medicines has taken place, a relatively recent amount of time. Many of…
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Something I truly love about Chinese medical theory is that the mind and body are not separated from one another. In fact most diseases are often seen to be from…
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I recently had a short article printed in the health action network society magazine on the treatment of psoriasis using Chinese herbal medicine. You may have a read of the article…
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Modern medical science is largely based on isolating chemicals from plants, or animals, with the belief that the so called "active chemical compound" within the herb will work better than…
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