Traditional Chinese Medicine for Spring Allergies

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In addition to beautiful weather, sunshine and flowers, Spring brings seasonal allergies. For people suffering from allergies, the congestion, runny nose, itchy eyes and sneezing can be debilitating! Luckily, Chinese medicine has a treatment for seasonal allergies that treats both the “root” and “branch” of the disorder. TCM looks to the lung channel as the [...]

The Eight Perimeters of Traditional Chinese Medicine (part two)

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Acupuncture looks at our body as composed of energy. This energy is called quiz (pronounced chee).  Qi energy is responsible for every function of our body — our heart beat, our stomach digestion, our thinking, feeling and moving are all functions of qi.  Every organ has qi and every organ’s qi has functions. All the different [...]