Researchers have found more people are turning to acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to alleviate symptoms caused by the emotional stress of everyday life. Their findings indicate more people are seeking acupuncture and herbal treatments for emotional issues such as depression, stress and anxiety.
With people working longer hours and dealing with the economic and social pressures of today, many are finding it hard to cope. The top three emotional issues for which acupuncture treatment is sought are depression (18%), anxiety (13%) and insomnia (10%) with stress following closely behind.
At least one out of every six people becomes depressed or anxious in the course of their lives. One in 20 is clinically depressed. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are playing a bigger part in the way patients address mental health issues. Stress, anxiety, depression and other psycho-emotional disorders tend to bind up and stagnate the flow energy and blood in the body, which can lead to even more serious health problems.
Depression and anxiety are, actually, one of the most common health issues acupuncturists are approached about. An acupuncture session completely focuses on the patient and hears what they experience. It involves one-on-one time in order to understand them as an individual with their treatment plan specifically custom made. This, in combination with the needling to lift mood and give much needed relief, can be very powerful. Depression is in the top five health problems among acupuncture patients alongside back pain, fertility, headaches and skin problems.
Acupuncture is an Oriental therapy that aims to improve the overall wellbeing of the patient, rather than treating specific symptoms in isolation. Traditional Chinese philosophy states that our health is dependent on the body's motivating energy - known as Qi - moving in a smooth and balanced way through a series of meridians (channels) beneath the skin.
For any number of reasons the flow of Qi can be disturbed leading to impaired health. By inserting fine needles into the channels or meridians of energy or Qi, an acupuncturist can stimulate one’s own healing response and help restore its natural balance. For many patients a natural approach is preferred over western pharmacological drug therapies, which never actually treat the root cause of these disorders.
Meridian Harmonics
Monday, December 01, 2008
Acupuncture Beats Aspirin For Chronic Headache
Researchers report acupuncture works better than drugs like aspirin to reduce the severity and frequency of chronic headaches. The study involved nearly 4,000 patients with migraine, tension headache and other forms of chronic headache and showed 62 percent of the acupuncture patients reported headache relief compared to 45 percent of people taking medications. Researchers say 53 percent of patients given true acupuncture were helped, compared to 45 percent receiving sham therapy involving needles inserted in non-medical positions.
Acupuncture is becoming a favorable option for a variety of purposes, ranging from enhancing fertility to decreasing post-operative pain, because people experience significantly fewer side effects and it can be less expensive than other options. One of the barriers to treatment with acupuncture is getting people to understand that while needles are used, it is not a painful experience. It is a method for releasing your body's own natural painkillers.
The researchers found it took on average five to six visits for patients to report sustained headache relief. In Chinese medicine, headaches have a number of different etiologies. Each requires unique therapeutic strategies to treat successfully. The key is determining the individual cause for each patient's particular type of headache.
Meridian Harmonics
Acupuncture is becoming a favorable option for a variety of purposes, ranging from enhancing fertility to decreasing post-operative pain, because people experience significantly fewer side effects and it can be less expensive than other options. One of the barriers to treatment with acupuncture is getting people to understand that while needles are used, it is not a painful experience. It is a method for releasing your body's own natural painkillers.
The researchers found it took on average five to six visits for patients to report sustained headache relief. In Chinese medicine, headaches have a number of different etiologies. Each requires unique therapeutic strategies to treat successfully. The key is determining the individual cause for each patient's particular type of headache.
Meridian Harmonics
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Nervous System Damage by Excitotoxins
Excitotoxins are chemical compounds that damage nerve cells. Long term exposure to excitotoxins can be a contributing factor in the development of spinal cord injuries, stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) such as Multiple sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, Alcoholism and Huntington's disease, hypoglycemia and brain seizures.
They come in a variety of forms. The most common are found in processed or package foods: glutamates (MSG), and aspartame. They affect the nervous system by creating lesions or diseased tissues inhibiting normal cellular and organ function. As a result, they can play an active role in chronic diseases and the insidious progress of a number of pathological disease processes in the body.
The majority of patients have various levels of excitotoxicty. Consequently, it is imperative that their treatments involve a detoxification of these substances, as well as others, that prevent their bodies from returning to optimal health. Another aspect is limiting or avoiding exposure to these substances in the diet.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can provide treatment strategies that allow patients a safe method for not only purging toxins from the body but also restoring vibrant health to the body’s organs and nervous system.
Meridian Harmonics
They come in a variety of forms. The most common are found in processed or package foods: glutamates (MSG), and aspartame. They affect the nervous system by creating lesions or diseased tissues inhibiting normal cellular and organ function. As a result, they can play an active role in chronic diseases and the insidious progress of a number of pathological disease processes in the body.
The majority of patients have various levels of excitotoxicty. Consequently, it is imperative that their treatments involve a detoxification of these substances, as well as others, that prevent their bodies from returning to optimal health. Another aspect is limiting or avoiding exposure to these substances in the diet.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can provide treatment strategies that allow patients a safe method for not only purging toxins from the body but also restoring vibrant health to the body’s organs and nervous system.
Meridian Harmonics
Prolonging Diseases with Food
Why is it that most people are still so resistant to eating a healthier diet? I’m convinced that it is due to the fact that certain artificial flavoring and coloring that “enhances” the tastes of nutritionally substandard processed foods actually is addictive.
It is no different than being addicted to recreational or pharmaceutical drugs, sugar, dairy products, chocolate, excessively spicy foods and fried or greasy foods. In working with patients, I often find they are eating foods and chemically enhanced food products that are actually contributing or prolonging their particular signs and symptoms of disease. Over the last fifty years, food processors have steadily increased the amount of MSG added to foods. One of the primary and most consistent effects of MSG and other excitotoxins is triggering "an insulin/adrenalin/fat storage/food craving response." That response is what causes the, "I'm hungry again an hour after I eat fast food," quandary. It is also why some of us crave potato chips and other snack foods that contain monosodium glutamate, even though we're full. MSG abnormally increases the weight of the adrenal gland increasing the levels of adrenal adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin in the body leading to development of Type II Diabetes.
MSG causes us to crave the foods processed with MSG-and a majority of processed and prepackaged foods now contain monosodium glutamate. In fact, monosodium glutamate is crucial ingredients in low-fat and non-fat foods, since much of the natural flavors are lost when processed. One characteristic of obesity induced by excitotoxins is that it doesn't appear to depend on food intake. This explains why some people cannot diet away their obesity – it’s a toxicity problem. Food labels hide MSG by renaming them: natural pork flavoring, bouillon, natural beef flavoring, whey protein concentrate, whey protein, whey protein isolate, maltodextrin, ultra-pasteurized, barley malt, protease, protease enzymes, soy sauce, soy protein, anything protein fortified, natural flavor(s), seasonings.
The pharmaceutical industry also uses MSG, and sugar, to improve the taste of some otherwise bitter drugs. Monosodium glutamate was used in powdered baby formula until the 1960's when it was determined MSG had detrimental neurological impact on the brain of infants.
Often MSG reactivity is called the "Fast Food Syndrome" because of the physical symptoms that some people often experience after eating fast food. Some of the most common symptoms of MSG sensitivity or allergy include headache, sometimes called MSG headache, flushing, numbness or tingling in or around the mouth, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, muscle tightening, or lightheadedness, migraines and even mood changes.
The solution to many of our modern diseases is two-fold: 1) patient education to empower them with specialized knowledge, and 2) natural and holistic treatment strategies that treat the disease process at its root rather than “band-aiding” it. This is precisely the goal of Chinese Medicine.
Meridian Harmonics
It is no different than being addicted to recreational or pharmaceutical drugs, sugar, dairy products, chocolate, excessively spicy foods and fried or greasy foods. In working with patients, I often find they are eating foods and chemically enhanced food products that are actually contributing or prolonging their particular signs and symptoms of disease. Over the last fifty years, food processors have steadily increased the amount of MSG added to foods. One of the primary and most consistent effects of MSG and other excitotoxins is triggering "an insulin/adrenalin/fat storage/food craving response." That response is what causes the, "I'm hungry again an hour after I eat fast food," quandary. It is also why some of us crave potato chips and other snack foods that contain monosodium glutamate, even though we're full. MSG abnormally increases the weight of the adrenal gland increasing the levels of adrenal adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin in the body leading to development of Type II Diabetes.
MSG causes us to crave the foods processed with MSG-and a majority of processed and prepackaged foods now contain monosodium glutamate. In fact, monosodium glutamate is crucial ingredients in low-fat and non-fat foods, since much of the natural flavors are lost when processed. One characteristic of obesity induced by excitotoxins is that it doesn't appear to depend on food intake. This explains why some people cannot diet away their obesity – it’s a toxicity problem. Food labels hide MSG by renaming them: natural pork flavoring, bouillon, natural beef flavoring, whey protein concentrate, whey protein, whey protein isolate, maltodextrin, ultra-pasteurized, barley malt, protease, protease enzymes, soy sauce, soy protein, anything protein fortified, natural flavor(s), seasonings.
The pharmaceutical industry also uses MSG, and sugar, to improve the taste of some otherwise bitter drugs. Monosodium glutamate was used in powdered baby formula until the 1960's when it was determined MSG had detrimental neurological impact on the brain of infants.
Often MSG reactivity is called the "Fast Food Syndrome" because of the physical symptoms that some people often experience after eating fast food. Some of the most common symptoms of MSG sensitivity or allergy include headache, sometimes called MSG headache, flushing, numbness or tingling in or around the mouth, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, muscle tightening, or lightheadedness, migraines and even mood changes.
The solution to many of our modern diseases is two-fold: 1) patient education to empower them with specialized knowledge, and 2) natural and holistic treatment strategies that treat the disease process at its root rather than “band-aiding” it. This is precisely the goal of Chinese Medicine.
Meridian Harmonics
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Notes from The China Study, Part 2
Current healthcare problems in the U.S:
1) Vascular (heart and arteries) disease. The most pervasive killer in our culture is heart disease. Heart disease will kill 1 out of 3 Americans. 60 million Americans currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease.
2) 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women will develop cancer.
3) Obesity in the US now significantly outnumbers those who maintain a healthy weight. Over 33% of adults 20 years of age and over are obese.
4) 1 out of 13 Americans now has diabetes. The annual economic cost of diabetes is $98 Billion! Diabetes and obesity are SYPMTOMS of poor health. They rarely exist in isolation of other diseases and often predict deeper, more serious health problems, such as heart disease, cancer and stroke. MILLIONS of Americans unknowingly are developing diabetes and will suffer its consequences, including blindness, limb amputation, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and premature death. Despite this fact, fast food restaurants that serve nutritionally defunct foods are now fixtures in nearly every town. Americans spend more time watching TV, playing video games, and using the computer and thus are less physically active.
5) Physician error, medication error and adverse events from drugs or surgery kill 225,400 people per year. That makes our health care system the THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH in the United States, behind cancer and heart disease. Even with the use of approved medicines and correct medication procedures, over 100,000 people die every year from unintended reactions to the “medicine”. 7% (1 out of 15) of all hospitalized patients have experienced a serious adverse drug reaction that prolonged their hospitalization or permanently disabled them or resulted in their death.
There is a way to a life free from disease. It begins with the recommendations from this great book, The China Study, and using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to rid one's body from the pathological processes leading to the disease process. It really is this simple.
Meridian Harmonics
1) Vascular (heart and arteries) disease. The most pervasive killer in our culture is heart disease. Heart disease will kill 1 out of 3 Americans. 60 million Americans currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease.
2) 1 out of 2 men and 1 out of 3 women will develop cancer.
3) Obesity in the US now significantly outnumbers those who maintain a healthy weight. Over 33% of adults 20 years of age and over are obese.
4) 1 out of 13 Americans now has diabetes. The annual economic cost of diabetes is $98 Billion! Diabetes and obesity are SYPMTOMS of poor health. They rarely exist in isolation of other diseases and often predict deeper, more serious health problems, such as heart disease, cancer and stroke. MILLIONS of Americans unknowingly are developing diabetes and will suffer its consequences, including blindness, limb amputation, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and premature death. Despite this fact, fast food restaurants that serve nutritionally defunct foods are now fixtures in nearly every town. Americans spend more time watching TV, playing video games, and using the computer and thus are less physically active.
5) Physician error, medication error and adverse events from drugs or surgery kill 225,400 people per year. That makes our health care system the THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH in the United States, behind cancer and heart disease. Even with the use of approved medicines and correct medication procedures, over 100,000 people die every year from unintended reactions to the “medicine”. 7% (1 out of 15) of all hospitalized patients have experienced a serious adverse drug reaction that prolonged their hospitalization or permanently disabled them or resulted in their death.
There is a way to a life free from disease. It begins with the recommendations from this great book, The China Study, and using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to rid one's body from the pathological processes leading to the disease process. It really is this simple.
Meridian Harmonics
Antibiotics Damage Tendons
U.S. health regulators recently revealed certain drugs such as Cipro, Avelox, Factive, Levaquin, Floxin, Noroxin and Proquin XR need stronger warnings about the risk of tendonitis and ruptured tendons. The estimated risk of tendon ruptures is about three to four times higher with these drugs or about 1 in 100,000 in the general population. Most cases involve the Achilles tendon, which attaches the calf muscle to the heel. Less frequent ruptures affected tendons in the shoulders, biceps, hands and elsewhere.
Government data indicates 262 reported tendon ruptures, 258 cases of tendonitis and 274 other tendon disorders through the end of 2005. Since then, roughly 100 more cases have been reported. The risk is greater in patient’s ages 60 and older, those who have had certain organ transplants and those using steroid therapy.
Despite existing warnings, the FDA continues to receive a considerable number of reports of tendon-related adverse events. The FDA believes that these new labeling changes will better inform health-care providers and patients about the risk. In some cases the damage is irreversible, in spite of surgical therapy.
Many patients are unaware that Chinese herbal medicine is a suitable alternative to western drugs, without the dangerous side effects.
Meridian Harmonics
Government data indicates 262 reported tendon ruptures, 258 cases of tendonitis and 274 other tendon disorders through the end of 2005. Since then, roughly 100 more cases have been reported. The risk is greater in patient’s ages 60 and older, those who have had certain organ transplants and those using steroid therapy.
Despite existing warnings, the FDA continues to receive a considerable number of reports of tendon-related adverse events. The FDA believes that these new labeling changes will better inform health-care providers and patients about the risk. In some cases the damage is irreversible, in spite of surgical therapy.
Many patients are unaware that Chinese herbal medicine is a suitable alternative to western drugs, without the dangerous side effects.
Meridian Harmonics
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Notes from The China Study, Part 1
A new standard of nutrition is surfacing from recently published research, spanning more than 30 years, documented in the book The China Study. The evidence is overwhelming. A few of the findings:
Many of the diseases Americans are facing are actually rooted in three things: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our food has become the worse enemy of our health and wellbeing. Certain people and companies are making a lot of money selling foods, which are actually, killing us. In fact they want us to continue eating these foods, even though they make us fat, depletes our vitality and shortens and degrades our lives. Their goal is to keep us docile, compliant and ignorant. They are afraid of informed, active and passionately alive consumers. They are willing to spend billions of dollars doing so.
Good diet is the most powerful weapon we have against disease and sickness. Misinformation dominates our society. As a result Americas health is failing. Our country’s strength depends on the strength and vitality of its citizens. If our society continues on its present track, our nation’s enemy’s ability to defeat us increases simply due to the fact we are already dying, from the inside out.
America spends more on health care, per capita, than any other society on the planet. Yet two thirds of Americans are overweight, and 15 million Americans have diabetes. 50% of Americans have a health problem that requires taking a prescription drug, every week for the rest of their lives. Over 100 million Americans have high cholesterol.
American children are in the worse condition than they have ever been. One third are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. They are developing diabetes at an ever-increasing younger age. And now, American children are taking more prescription drugs than ever before. Children who eat the highest protein diet are the ones most likely to get liver cancer – typically children of the wealthiest families.
Nutrition trumps chemical carcinogens in controlling cancer. After cancer initiation, low protein diets block subsequent cancer growth. Dietary protein proved to be so powerful in its effect that cancer growth can be turned on and off by simply changing the level of protein consumed. (more to come…)
Meridian Harmonics
Many of the diseases Americans are facing are actually rooted in three things: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our food has become the worse enemy of our health and wellbeing. Certain people and companies are making a lot of money selling foods, which are actually, killing us. In fact they want us to continue eating these foods, even though they make us fat, depletes our vitality and shortens and degrades our lives. Their goal is to keep us docile, compliant and ignorant. They are afraid of informed, active and passionately alive consumers. They are willing to spend billions of dollars doing so.
Good diet is the most powerful weapon we have against disease and sickness. Misinformation dominates our society. As a result Americas health is failing. Our country’s strength depends on the strength and vitality of its citizens. If our society continues on its present track, our nation’s enemy’s ability to defeat us increases simply due to the fact we are already dying, from the inside out.
America spends more on health care, per capita, than any other society on the planet. Yet two thirds of Americans are overweight, and 15 million Americans have diabetes. 50% of Americans have a health problem that requires taking a prescription drug, every week for the rest of their lives. Over 100 million Americans have high cholesterol.
American children are in the worse condition than they have ever been. One third are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. They are developing diabetes at an ever-increasing younger age. And now, American children are taking more prescription drugs than ever before. Children who eat the highest protein diet are the ones most likely to get liver cancer – typically children of the wealthiest families.
Nutrition trumps chemical carcinogens in controlling cancer. After cancer initiation, low protein diets block subsequent cancer growth. Dietary protein proved to be so powerful in its effect that cancer growth can be turned on and off by simply changing the level of protein consumed. (more to come…)
Meridian Harmonics
The Cost of Neck & Back Pain
Back and neck problems are the most common pain in the United States. In 2002 26 percent of respondents reported low back pain and 14 percent reported neck pain in the previous three months. The proportion of people with impaired function due to back and neck problems increased drastically from 1997 to 2005, even after considering the aging factor.
The medical cost for treating back and neck problems have jumped faster than general medical expenditures during the past decade, but the increase apparently has not resulted in a health status that matches the magnitude of the increased cost. The cost for treatments of back and neck problems in the United States reached $86 billion in 2005, a 65 percent increase from 1997 after adjusting for inflation. When inflation was counted, medical expenditures for Americans with back and or neck problems rose about 65% from 1997 to 2005.
In 2005 the average medical expenditure among those with spine or back and neck problems was $6,096! The data suggests that spine problems are expensive, due both to large numbers of affected persons and to high costs per person. Unfortunately, improvements in health outcomes from drug or surgical therapies were not correspondent with the costs.
As a result, more patients are turning to alternative treatments for both acute and chronic neck, back and spinal pain. Many patients find tremendous pain relief using acupuncture and Chinese herbal therapies. They, often, return to normal daily life, without drugs and surgery, much quicker than they would have with traditional therapies.
Meridian Harmonics
The medical cost for treating back and neck problems have jumped faster than general medical expenditures during the past decade, but the increase apparently has not resulted in a health status that matches the magnitude of the increased cost. The cost for treatments of back and neck problems in the United States reached $86 billion in 2005, a 65 percent increase from 1997 after adjusting for inflation. When inflation was counted, medical expenditures for Americans with back and or neck problems rose about 65% from 1997 to 2005.
In 2005 the average medical expenditure among those with spine or back and neck problems was $6,096! The data suggests that spine problems are expensive, due both to large numbers of affected persons and to high costs per person. Unfortunately, improvements in health outcomes from drug or surgical therapies were not correspondent with the costs.
As a result, more patients are turning to alternative treatments for both acute and chronic neck, back and spinal pain. Many patients find tremendous pain relief using acupuncture and Chinese herbal therapies. They, often, return to normal daily life, without drugs and surgery, much quicker than they would have with traditional therapies.
Meridian Harmonics
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Identifying and Treating Adrenal Fatigue
Often times, patients complain of being burned out with symptoms of premature aging, fatigue, no energy, lack of interest, drive and satisfaction. Most of the time this is due to excessive stress, anxiety, tension, overwork, and insufficient rest. In Chinese medicine this is known as an excessive consumption of Qi (life force or energy), blood, Yin, Yang and Essence. This will be accompanied by weakness in several organs and their associated meridians: Spleen, Stomach, Heart and Kidneys. Other signs associated with this disorder are generalized weakness, forgetfulness, being easily frightened, low-grade fever, night sweats, decreased libido, compromised immune system, obesity, depression, insomnia and other sexual disorders.
Its important for patients to realize that simple lifestyle changes can improve the symptoms of adrenal fatigue, also known as Addison’s disease. Beginning with nutrition: increase the consumption of more fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds and nuts, fish, fish oils, onions, garlic, olives, olive oil, soy products, yogurt, fiber, sea vegetables (kelp and dulse will replenish magnesium, potassium, calcium, iodine and iron), vitamin B complex. Avoid and reduce: red meat, alcohol, fats, processed foods and stimulants (coffee, sodas, sugar foods). Food allergies and chemical sensitivities place additional stress on the organs, draining them of energy and causing fatigue.
In western medicine, adrenal fatigue is related to imbalances in the endocrine system, the primary organs of which are the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Normal functioning of endocrine system is essential for health. Imbalance of the endocrine system will lead to disease. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can be used to stimulate the endocrine system in order to balance hormone levels, resulting in improved circulation of energy, blood and body fluids, increased energy and well-being.
Its important for patients to realize that simple lifestyle changes can improve the symptoms of adrenal fatigue, also known as Addison’s disease. Beginning with nutrition: increase the consumption of more fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds and nuts, fish, fish oils, onions, garlic, olives, olive oil, soy products, yogurt, fiber, sea vegetables (kelp and dulse will replenish magnesium, potassium, calcium, iodine and iron), vitamin B complex. Avoid and reduce: red meat, alcohol, fats, processed foods and stimulants (coffee, sodas, sugar foods). Food allergies and chemical sensitivities place additional stress on the organs, draining them of energy and causing fatigue.
In western medicine, adrenal fatigue is related to imbalances in the endocrine system, the primary organs of which are the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Normal functioning of endocrine system is essential for health. Imbalance of the endocrine system will lead to disease. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can be used to stimulate the endocrine system in order to balance hormone levels, resulting in improved circulation of energy, blood and body fluids, increased energy and well-being.
Benefits of Cinnamon
In Chinese herbal medicine, cinnamon, known as gui zhi, is a very commonly used herb in many traditional formulas for thousands of years. Recently, the western medical community has begun to take notice of many of its benefits. It is classified as a warm acrid herb that is chiefly used for releasing cold pathogenic factors from the interior of the body by inducing sweating, in the case of colds, influenza, allergies where there are more cold signs and symptoms.
It is to be used cautiously for patients or conditions where there are heat signs: fever, inflammation, hot flashes, night sweating, sore throat, dry mouth, bleeding disorders, heavy menstrual periods and pregnancy.
It acts strongly on the Lung and Bladder meridians, which play a major role in colds, influenza and allergies. Cinnamon can also be used to treat painful obstructions (i.e. arthritis) in the joints that are aggravated by cold damp weather. For women with painful menstruation due to “cold trapped in the uterus”, cinnamon can be used to move blood and energy in the uterus.
It is important for patients to know that to properly determine whether they are candidates for cinnamon, they consult with a physician of Chinese medicine to undergo traditional tongue and pulse diagnosis. Self-medicating with cinnamon, or any other herb, can be counterproductive to a patients condition, especially if the nature of the herb and the condition are not fully known.
Since cinnamon has a warm nature it can adversely affect patients with high blood pressure. Western medicine has recently discovered that cinnamon may improve glucose and lipid control in some patients with type 2 diabetes. It is important to note that not all patients will respond positively to cinnamon therapy.
Chinese medicine is all about restoring balance to the body’s organs and meridians. This can be achieved through acupuncture and Chinese herbs. When used together, the results can be very powerful.
Meridian Harmonics
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It is to be used cautiously for patients or conditions where there are heat signs: fever, inflammation, hot flashes, night sweating, sore throat, dry mouth, bleeding disorders, heavy menstrual periods and pregnancy.
It acts strongly on the Lung and Bladder meridians, which play a major role in colds, influenza and allergies. Cinnamon can also be used to treat painful obstructions (i.e. arthritis) in the joints that are aggravated by cold damp weather. For women with painful menstruation due to “cold trapped in the uterus”, cinnamon can be used to move blood and energy in the uterus.
It is important for patients to know that to properly determine whether they are candidates for cinnamon, they consult with a physician of Chinese medicine to undergo traditional tongue and pulse diagnosis. Self-medicating with cinnamon, or any other herb, can be counterproductive to a patients condition, especially if the nature of the herb and the condition are not fully known.
Since cinnamon has a warm nature it can adversely affect patients with high blood pressure. Western medicine has recently discovered that cinnamon may improve glucose and lipid control in some patients with type 2 diabetes. It is important to note that not all patients will respond positively to cinnamon therapy.
Chinese medicine is all about restoring balance to the body’s organs and meridians. This can be achieved through acupuncture and Chinese herbs. When used together, the results can be very powerful.
Meridian Harmonics
http://meridianharmonics.blogspot.com
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