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New Year’s Cleaning & Detox
By Xiaomei Cai, L.Ac., Ph.D.
The New Year is traditionally a time to re-focus our attention and energies. For many of us, this includes a renewed interest in our physical health. Taking the time and effort to “do a cleanse” may have become a trendy idea in recent years, but it is actually an age-old practice with many benefits.
Posted in Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Diet, Health, Wellness
Also tagged acupuncture, cleanse, detox, new year, Santa Monica, tcm
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Who’s Pushing Your Buttons?
By Qineng Tan, L.Ac., Ph.D.
Everybody wants to be happy. But, who is in control of your feelings? You? Somebody else? Life itself?
Once, I had just flown back to L.A. After waiting in a long line, I managed to get a taxi.
When I got in, the driver asked, “Where to, sir?” He sounded nervous.
“Santa Monica.”
“OK!
Posted in Anxiety, Chinese Medicine, Depression, Stress, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Also tagged acupuncture, anxiety, Chinese proverb, depression, Santa Monica, stress, TCM philosophy
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TCM for Cold and Flu Season
by Qineng Tan, L.Ac., Ph.D.
TCM has a history of treating illness going back thousands of years. One particularly famous doctor of the Ming dynasty (6th Century A.D.), named Sun Simiao, wrote a 30-volume encyclopedia called “Prescriptions for Emergencies Worth a Thousand Gold.” This work not only described herbal formulas (although it did detail over 4000 of them), but treatments
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Eating to Reduce and Prevent Inflammation
By Xiaomei Cai, L.Ac., Ph.D.
We usually think of inflammation as something that affects our muscles and joints, causing them to swell and ache. More recently, science has made it clear that inflammation is also part of what causes poor blood flow through the arteries, causing problems of the circulation and the heart. But, really, the root cause of inflammation
Posted in Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Diet, Health, Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wellness
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We Help You Heal
By Qineng Tan, L.Ac., Ph.D.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on thousands of years of practical experience and research. It is also based on the philosophy that human beings are one with Nature. Nature built our body with systems to repair itself. Ideally, the body can heal itself from almost anything. But the universe is constantly changing; so are
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