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Facial skin care: acne spots types analysis

20/04/2009 / / 0 Comments

In many skin disorders, such as psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis and acne, acupuncture is very effective. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the skin is related to the internal body organs, especially the lung and the large intestine and stomach. Both “repletion” and “vacuity” conditions on those channels, can be helped by acupuncture therapy.
There are a few patterns of acne type which need to be diagnosed before acupuncture therapy- these can be told by a visual inspection of the lesions themselves. Continue reading

Back pain & lower back pain with Acupuncture, Tuina, Cupping & Guasha

21/02/2009 / / 0 Comments

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, pain indicates a blockage or stagnation of the flow of blood, fluids or Chi (energy). “No Blockage, No Pain; No Pain, No Blockage”

London is a very stressful and stressed city. We have all suffered from back pain at one time or another in our life time. Acupuncture, Chinese Tuina massage, cupping detox seem to be growing rapidly in popularity in recent years. Especially in the City of London area, treatments for back pain, shoulder pain, lower back aches, headaches, and neck pain all those aches, soreness, pain, are in very high demand. Yoga, Taiji, swimming, gymnasium exercise is also very popular. There are so many reasons for back pain. We talk about back pain here in a angle of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). So

What are the main reasons for back pain, neck pain, and lower back pain?
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40 Chinese Natural Remedies to stop getting cold and flu

01/01/2009 / / 0 Comments

I got a cold just before Christmas, two days of sore throat and 2-3 days of runny nose. I had to wear a white face mask on to stop the flu virus from spreading.
Common cold and flu are very common illnesses during all four seasons of the year but winter is definitely the worst time of the year. Thinking about blocked nose, teary eyes, sneeze, sore throat, cough, headaches, chill, high temperature – it’s better to prevent ourselves from getting all those nasty symptoms.

Chisense food therapy for cold and flu, gouqi, chinese wolfberry

So, how can we stop ourselves getting flu and cold?
How can we protect ourselves from the flu and cold?
How to prevent the cold and flu? Continue reading

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