While acupuncture soon to be covered by Medicare for chronic lower back pain is an exciting development in the integration of traditions, we would also want to be concerned about yet another repetition of our error in treating the symptom (however effectively) but leaving the root untouched. In general, health is a product of several … Continue reading wellness supporter 706: lower back
The Urinary Bladder (UB) system, in the paradigm of Oriental Medicine, is the yang companion to the yin Kidney system. Both Organ/Channel systems, as well as the winter season (maximum yin, or yin within yin) are assigned to the Water Phase in the doctrine of the Five Phases. The Urinary Bladder Channel is the longest … Continue reading health builder 116: foundation principles
If there are 10 things right in our lives, and one thing wrong, that one wrong thing will irk us--whether consciously or unconsciously--despite our gratitude for the 10 right things. Stagnant qi pockets (SQP) are like that one wrong thing which puts a damper on our good vibes; to remedy these imbalances, therefore, is kind … Continue reading mood booster 007
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