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Integrative Medicine for Optimal Health
This is an information portal about various natural and integrative methods for health promotion and achieving optimal health. These methods include: acupressure, acupuncture, food and diet, herbs, meditation, Qigong and Tai Chi exercises, massage, and other natural techniques for the whole mind-body health. Scientific studies and clinical trial reports about these practical methods are also provided.
Integrative medicine studies how to achieve health through a holistic way. It contains contents from mind-body medicine, preventive medicine, biomedical sciences, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). |
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Acupuncture: An Acupuncture Point for Treatment of Cough and Chest Pain
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By Dr. PharmTao
As a part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has thousands years of history and has been proven effective on all kinds of diseases. Here a commonly used acupuncture and acupressure point is introduced, which has been found useful for disease treatment including cough and chest pain by current clinicians and researchers.
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By Dr. PharmTao
With thousands of years of history, moxibustion is very effective on healing diseases such as asthma and diarrhea. Moxa cones and moxa sticks are two main types used in moxibustion.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Moxibustion is a natural healing method in traditional Chinese medicine that can be used for many diseases, including asthma, common cold and flu, arthritis, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. To perform moxibustion, you need to have moxa wool or moxa cones, or moxa sticks, matches and a tray to hold the ashes.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Similar to acupuncture, moxibustion is a method for both prevention and disease healing. It works through burning moxa or mugwort, a kind of herb, to warm the meridians or acupuncture points. In this way, it can help improve the flow of the blood and qi, and achieve better healing effects.
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By Dr. PharmTao
To achieve good effects from practicing qigong, the training should be done constantly and step-by-step. Here are some guidelines to be followed before, during, and after practicing qigong to accomplish good results.
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By Dr. PharmTao
To practice qigong well, appropriate training duration and degrees are important. According to some qigong classics, qigong training is similar to fire. Scattered and evaporated “fire” can become air. The accumulation of air or qi can turn into “fire.” Therefore a good practice of qigong is to “concentrate and accumulate the single qi to prevent the loss of the genuine and primary energy.”
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By Dr. PharmTao
Regulation of the mind is the basis of qigong practice. It is one of the three key elements in practicing qigong. These three key elements are “regulation of the body,” “regulation of the breath,” and “regulation of the mind.” One of the purposes of qigong practice is to integrate the mind and body to enter a state of harmony and relaxation, to release the body’s natural healing power.
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By Dr. PharmTao
There are three key elements in practicing qigong. These are “regulation of the body,” “regulation of the breath,” and “regulation of the mind.” “Regulation of the body” includes adjusting body postures. Correct and appropriate postures are essential for correct practice of qigong. Right postures are necessary for smooth breathing, mental relaxation, and tranquilization of the mind.
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Herbs: Using Herbs in Different Formats
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By Dr. PharmTao
The most common way to use herbs is making herbal tea. However, there are many other ways to use herbs to make them easier to be taken orally, better to be absorbed, have stronger effects, or just taste better. In Chinese medicine, these methods of herbal healing have been used for thousands of years. The following are some ways of using herbs, and different formats of herbal products.
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By Dr. PharmTao
As an important component of Chinese medicine, qigong exercise is both a mind-body medicine and a preventive medicine. Qigong can help one achieve better health through improving functions of internal organs. Through concentration of the mind and regulating mental activities, qigong can improve the health of the heart-qi, a state that can be manifested as an even, gentle, but strong pulse, with a rosy and lustrous complexion.
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Acupuncture: Choosing Effective Acupuncture Points for Disease Treatment
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By Dr. PharmTao
Correct selection of acupuncture points is critical for the efficacy of the treatment. A group of acupuncture points selected for a treatment is called an acupuncture or moxibustion prescription.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Moxibustion is a method for disease healing in traditional Chinese medicine. It has good effects on cold-type diseases including asthma, common cold, and diarrhea. Moxa cones are usually used in performing moxibustion.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Moxibustion is a method for both prevention and disease healing in traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion can be used to warm meridians and remove cold factors. According to Chinese medicine, pathogenic factors such as cold and heat can cause abnormal flow of qi and blood in the body, which may lead to all kinds of diseases such as arthritis. For example, cold can cause slow flow or even stagnation of qi, which is one of the main reasons of pain. Moxibustion can help remove the stagnation of qi and the blood through warming up qi, and relieve pain and other ailments.
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By Dr. PharmTao
The effects of qigong on health promotion and disease healing have been proven by millions of people in thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have also demonstrated that qigong can benefit different systems in the human body.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Qigong practice is an integrative healing process for the mind and body. It is more than a simple exercise and is quite different from other exercises such as aerobics or jogging. For the harmony between yin and yang, and between the human body and nature, when to practice qigong is important. Practicing qigong at the right time can help improve the training quality.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Qigong practice is one of the most important methods in Chinese medicine for health promotion, disease healing, and achieving longevity. There are several principles that need to be noticed when practicing qigong. These principles should be followed in coordination with the three elements in qigong practice. These elements are the body, the breath, and the mind.
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By Dr. PharmTao
As the Taoist Zhuang Zi (or Chuang Tzu) said, “Breathing control gives one strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.” Regulating the breath is one of the three key elements in practicing qigong. These three key elements are “regulation of the body,” “regulation of the breath,” and “regulation of the mind.” “Regulation of the breath” means to pay attention to breathing exercise and guiding qi.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Although best known for acupuncture and herbal medicine, Chinese medicine actually has much more contents other than just these two. For example, cupping therapy is a very useful healing method in Chinese medicine. The mechanism of cupping therapy is to treat diseases through making local blood congestion to adjust the blood and qi circulation.
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Herbs: Why Herbs Are Better than Synthetic Drugs
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By Dr. PharmTao
Herbs have been used for centuries by people around the world. They may be the oldest “evidence-based medicine.” Herbal remedies have been recorded to cure all kinds of diseases for billions of people as a critical therapeutic method in many cultures. These cultures include Native American, European, Egyptian, Hebrew, Indian, and Chinese.
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By Dr. PharmTao
Qigong practice is based on the yinyang theory of Chinese medicine. The yinyang theory is very important for qigong practice. Exhalation is excretion, and inhalation is nourishing. For instance, those with hyperactive yang and excess of fire should emphasize on exhalation during qigong training, to clear away the excessive fire. On the other hand, those with deficiency of yang and qi-collapse should enhance inhalation, to benefit the insufficient yang.
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