Sexual health http://www.tcmadvisory.com/2007/8-23/2007823185846.html is a topic we often find difficult to define and master. Chinese medicine, with its focus on whole body wellness, supports sexual vitality in an active, complete way. In the age of quick-fix healthcare, it is becoming more necessary to slow the pace and reconnect with ourselves on a deeper level.
Sexuality is not widely considered a healthcare issue, but sexual desire can be a powerful source of healing and personal growth. When suppressed, diminished or dysfunctional, it can have negative effects on wellness. Sexual energy and passion make up a portion of our qi and feed positive aspects of our overall welfare. Sexual health can be greatly enhanced by principles inherent in Chinese medical philosophy.
Chinese herbalhttp://www.tcmadvisory.com/Herbaltea.asp aphrodisiacs work in conjunction with every aspect of healthcare, such as good diet and exercise practices and maintaining positive mental health. An individual's sexual vigor will be increased and aided with the right herbal formula, but overall health and vitality are the key success factors. Chinese medicine seeks to strengthen entire body health.

Acupuncture has been used to treat infertility and sexual functioning to enhance the body's natural aphrodisiac responses. Studies have shown that acupuncture may affect parts of the central nervous system related to sensation and involuntary body functions through which blood pressure, blood flow and body temperature are regulated. These functions factor greatly into sexual vigor.

Acupuncture also regulates the flow of energy in the body. Jing energy is responsible for growth, development and reproduction and represents our sexuality. Jing is lost or consumed little by little throughout life, and once we lose jing, it cannot be replaced. We lose jing when we live recklessly -- drinking too much, excessive emotional reactions, working too hard, or inappropriate sexual behavior, for instance. Acupuncture can reduce the loss of jing, and with greater success when paired with moderate living.

Alopecia areata is considered to be an auto-immune condition in which the body's immune system, specifically the white blood cells, attack the hair follicles, leading to hair loss, which can be on the scalp or elsewhere.

In most cases of alopecia, the hair falls out in small round patches about the size of a quarter. Alopecia areata affects approximately four million Americans of both sexes, and all ages and backgrounds. The effects of alopecia are primarily socially and emotionally disturbing, because of its unpredictable effects on a person's appearance. It is not life threatening or painful.

There are a number of Chinese herbs that can be beneficial for this condition. Chinese medicine treats the root imbalances in the body that result in alopecia. When the body is brought into balance, symptoms resolve themselves and slowly disappear. There are two patterns in Chinese Medicine that can result in the hair loss symptomatic of alopecia areata. The first is a pattern of Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency. This means that the energy of the body that normally nourishes the hair follicles is deficient. When herbs are used that nourish Liver and Kidney Yin, hair can start to grow back. The second pattern is that of Toxic Heat in the body. This means that there is an inflammatory condition in the body that is a result of excess acidity from a poor diet, exposure to pollution or other toxins, or an infection. In most people with alopecia areata, these two conditions exist in combination with each other.

It is necessary to reduce inflammation and acidity in the body while nourishing the cooling yin energy of the body that nourishes hair growth.

He Shou Wu, polygonum or Fo-ti, is one herb that can be beneficial for people with alopecia areata. This herb has been used traditionally in China for graying hair and premature hair loss. It is a general tonic for the brain and the body, and can improve the quality of hair growth on the head. It can take three to six months of use to see the full benefits of Fo-ti. The Chinese have also traditionally used this herb as a longevity tonic.

Ligustrum and eclipta are also two Chinese herbs used to nourish hair growth by strengthening the Liver and Kidney Yin energy of the body. Research done in China have shown that these herbs can promote hair growth in people with alopecia areata.

Chinese wolfberries are also a general body tonic that improve blood circulation to hair follicles of the head. This herb can work well in combination with the herbs listed above.

In order to clear the inflammation and acidity that can trigger alopecia, mint, dandelion, and honeysuckle herbs can be used in combination.

Some supplements that may be of benefit in combination with Chinese herbs include vitamin C, flaxseed oil, and nettle tea. All of these are anti-inflammatory and detoxifying to the body. Eating black beans and black sesame seeds can also be helpful when taken alongside Chinese herbs.

Chinese herbs are a safe, natural, effective, health-promoting way to treat alopecia areata and increase hair growth.

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Researchers at the University of Connecticut have revealed that eating broccoli can effectively fight heart disease.

Broccoli has always been a rich source of antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber that may protect against cancer. The new study led by Dipak K. Das has found that it may benefit the heart.

The team conducted the research using rats where they gave broccoli extract to lab rats for one month and examined its effects on the rats'heart muscle.

The findings revealed that broccoli-fed animals had improved heart function and reduced heart muscle damage when deprived of oxygen compared to control group that ate a regular diet.

Researchers believe that broccoli¡¯s beneficial effects are likely due to its high concentrations of certain substances that seem to boost levels of a heart-protective protein called thioredoxin.

The study is scheduled to be published in Jan 23 issue of ACS'Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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Chinese Medicine (TCM) Diagnosis of Heart Disease

In Chinese medicine, chest pain and heart failure have many different causes.  The basic cause of chest pain is obstruction of the circulation of Qi and blood.  Chest pain may be caused by either deficiency or excess patterns.  Deficient patterns include weak circulation of blood with pooling of blood causing stickiness or increased viscosity of the blood (yin deficiency) which causes stagnation of both Qi and blood.  Excess patterns include pathogenic substances which block the circulation of Qi and blood.  Generally heart failure is a complex disorder which combines both excess patterns with underlying deficiency patterns (root and branch). 

Chinese Medicine Symptoms of Possible Heart Disease ¨C vertical or tangential crease on earlobes, Horizontal crease across the bridge of the nose, deep narrow central crack on the tongue extending to the tip.  The Left side of the heart connects with the Liver and/or the heart while the right side of the heart belongs to Lungs.

Kidney Yang, Heart Yang, and Lung Yang deficiency are the most prominent patters which may result in water retention and/or Blood Stasis.

Kidney and Heart control whole body Yang

Right foot edema - Yang Qi disorders

Left foot edema - Yin disorders

Chinese Medicine Heart Pain Patterns

Heart Yang Deficiency

Yang deficiency is the root of many chest pain patterns that involve the heart, especially those which are due to deficiency cold and phlegm obstruction.  With yang deficiency there is accumulation of cold, the heart is weakened therefore circulation is impaired and fluids are failed to be transformed accumulating into phlegm and dampness.

Clinical symptoms of yang deficiency are chest pain as if  heart is being squeezed and crushed, cold limbs, aversion to cold and other yang deficiency symptoms.

Heart Qi Deficiency

Similarly to yang deficiency, heart Qi deficiency will manifest similar symptoms with less cold and milder pain.  Heart Qi deficiency has a weakened heart and poor circulation therefore Qi and blood stagnation and fluids are not transformed properly giving rise to phlegm and dampness.

Clinical symptoms of Qi deficiency are mild pain in chest, stuffiness in chest, shortness of breath, all symptoms aggravated by physical activity, palpitations and flutters.

Heart Qi and Blood Deficiency

General overwork and excessive worry or mental activity, irregular dietary habits, excessive consumption of cold, raw foods or prolonged illness can weaken the spleen Qi and there fore it's blood production giving rise to Qi and blood deficiency and heart disease.  When Qi is weakened it is unable to circulate properly in the body giving rise to stagnation of either Qi or blood or both and phlegm accumulation due to the weakened spleen function.

Clinical symptoms of Qi and blood deficiency are mild pain in chest, stuffiness in chest, shortness of breath, all symptoms aggravated by physical activity, palpitations and flutters (same as heart Qi deficiency) with paleness of face, tongue and eye lids as well as difficulty falling asleep.

Heart and Kidney Yin Deficiency

Kidney yin will become damaged through overwork, late nights, inadequate sleep, excess sexual behaviour, drug use, pregnancy, febrile illness and in general aging.  Heart yin will be damaged through emotional trauma, shock, ongoing anxiety and excessive worry.  When the kidney yin is weak it is unable to support the heart yin and they become unbalanced and blood circulation begins to stagnate due to increased blood viscosity.  The deficiency yin heat then congeals fluids into phlegm creating both blood and phlegm stagnation. 

Clinical symptoms of kidney and heart yin deficiency are burning pains with palpitations, dizziness, red/dry tongue with no coat, 5 heat sensation, insomnia and possible eye disorders.

Heart Blood Stagnation

Blood stagnation causing heart disease is usually the end result of other prolonged illness's effecting the upper jiao area.  Generally, any pathology excess or deficient if chronic may lead to blood stagnation. 

Clinical symptoms of blood stagnation are palpitations, oppression in the chest, periodic chest pain, purplish discoloration of the lips and nails with a dark purple tongue and a rough thready or intermittent pulse.

Phlegm Fluid Stagnation

Phlegm is a frequently implicated pathogen in chest pain and heart failure mainly due to a poor diet or liver qi stagnation overacting on the spleen. 

Clinical symptoms of phlegm are watery sputum, rattling sputum in chest, stuffiness in chest, distention of chest worse on overcast or rainy days, greasy tongue coat.

Liver Qi Stagnation

General emotional imbalances can cause the movement of Qi in different organs to not circulate effectively leading to Qi and possibly blood stagnation.  The liver meridian traverses the chest and is most notably effected by stress, anger and any other emotional upsets.  These upsets can cause the liver to cause disharmony not only with itself but also with the heart and lungs. 

Clinical symptoms of Liver Qi stagnation are mild recurrent fullness/stuffiness or tightness of the chest that is not localized to one particular area.  The patient will sigh frequently, appear uptight, anxious or depressed and possibly experience dizziness and hyperventilation.  The pulse will be wiry and the tongue may not have any significant characteristics.
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Women's health, and the problems that affect it, has been well understood by Oriental medicine for millennia. This holistic approach to health and well-being is exceptionally effective today in treating women's health problems, such as:

All kinds of menstrual-related problems like cramping, headaches, mood swings, and depression.
Childbirth-related problems.
Post-partum depression.
The full range of health issues affecting women throughout their reproductive and post-reproductive years.

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Oriental medicine's foundational approach to disease prevention and health maintenance is that each person is unique, and there is no 'one-size-fits-all' solution to a health problem. For example, there are Chinese herb formulas that address the specific needs of young women, and others aimed at conditions experienced by women in their post-reproductive years.

Unique Problems
Women have unique reproductive systems that are prone to unique health problems. For example, women as a group, have higher instances of kidney-related problems and illnesses than men: problems Oriental medicine effectively addresses through a combination of Chinese medical herbs, acupuncture, acupressure, Chi Kung, and diet and nutrition. Effective remedies, without side effects.

The Power of Oriental Medicine
An example of the power of Oriental medicine as it relates to women's health can be seen in a thirty-one year old woman whose menstrual period stops prematurely. Oriental medicine has diagnostic methods for determining why her menstruation stopped, and therapeutic methods for getting it to start again.

A Better Quality of Life
By addressing women's unique health issues, Oriental medicine helps you regain and maintain a unique feeling of health.
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Women's health, and the problems that affect it, has been well understood by Oriental medicine for millennia. This holistic approach to health and well-being is exceptionally effective today in treating women's health problems, such as:

All kinds of menstrual-related problems like cramping, headaches, mood swings, and depression.
Childbirth-related problems.
Post-partum depression.
The full range of health issues affecting women throughout their reproductive and post-reproductive years.

Unique Bodies
Oriental medicine's foundational approach to disease prevention and health maintenance is that each person is unique, and there is no 'one-size-fits-all' solution to a health problem. For example, there are Chinese herb formulas that address the specific needs of young women, and others aimed at conditions experienced by women in their post-reproductive years.

Unique Problems
Women have unique reproductive systems that are prone to unique health problems. For example, women as a group, have higher instances of kidney-related problems and illnesses than men: problems Oriental medicine effectively addresses through a combination of Chinese medical herbs, acupuncture, acupressure, Chi Kung, and diet and nutrition. Effective remedies, without side effects.

The Power of Oriental Medicine
An example of the power of Oriental medicine as it relates to women's health can be seen in a thirty-one year old woman whose menstrual period stops prematurely. Oriental medicine has diagnostic methods for determining why her menstruation stopped, and therapeutic methods for getting it to start again.

A Better Quality of Life
By addressing women's unique health issues, Oriental medicine helps you regain and maintain a unique feeling of health.

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Ever since Emperor Shen Nung discovered the leaves of the Camellia sinensis more than 4500 years ago in ancient China, the health benefits of tea have been known to the Chinese. Books have been written and songs composed to propagate the beliefs about the health benefits of tea. Chinese emperors, for whom tea was nothing less than a tribute, used to even decree royal proclamations as to what form the tea should be presented to them, so that they may derive the maximum from the supposed medicinal properties of the tea leaves. In fact, other than being a rejuvenating drink, the Chinese also claimed that tea was useful for curing lethargy, bladder ailments and tumors.

However, most of these claims were unknown to the world outside China until the late nineteenth century. Even then, they were passed off as rumors and unfounded claims. Recently, though research conducted on tea, especially green tea, have started giving results proving that tea for health might not be that bad an idea after all! In these recent studies, it has been claimed that tea may have anti-cancer properties, it may be able to slow down the spread of HIV in the body, it definitely increases the metabolic rate and mental alertness, and it can also help reduce stress.

Let us have a look at some of the studies done on the composition of tea which show whether really tea is good for health:

Effects on HIV - Studies have been conducted and found that epigallcatechin gallate (EGCG) found in tea helps boost one's immune system. Therefore, this helps in throttling the spread of the HIV virus in the body. However, researchers have made it quite clear, that though tea helps in reducing the spread of HIV in the body, it should always be used along with conventional medicines.

Effects on Metabolic Rate - Tea, especially green tea, have been known to speed up fat oxidation and in crease the metabolic rate. Along with caffeine, the catechin polyphenols present in tea helps speed up the rate at which calories are burnt, thereby increasing substantially the energy consumed.

Effects on Mental Health and Immune System - Tea has been found to contain amino acid L-theanine which improves the body's ability to combat diseases by giving a boost to gamma delta T-cells. The L-theanine found in tea also helps keep the brain in an alert state of relaxation by increasing alpha wave production in the brain.

Effects on Hormone Levels - It has been found that tea, more specifically black tea, can reduce stress hormones in the body and thereby help a person recover more quickly from stress. Also it has been seen that the risk of heart attacks and blood platelet activation are a lot lower in tea drinkers.

Effects on Alzheimer's-The epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) can also protect the brain and fight Alzheimer's disease. It helps prevent buildup of abnormal levels of beta-amyloid plaque which is responsible for causing the Alzheimer's disease.

The above illustrated examples are only some of the many benefits of drinking the various varieties of tea. Besides these, tea is also rumored to be beneficial in fighting diabetes and preventing cognitive impairment, though these are yet to be effectively proven through studies. Still, there is no doubt that tea for health is no longer just a marketing strategy of tea companies, but a reality!


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Two traditional Chinese medicine hospitals yesterday announced a pilot program of TCM-based health advice to prevent diseases rather than treat them.

If the move in the TCM hospitals of Shuguang and Yueyang in Shanghai, is a success, the service will be expanded to more district-based hospitals and neighborhood health centers, officials from Shanghai Health Bureau said.

"Compared with Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine has its advantages in disease prevention and health care. The new service, which is called treatment before developing disease, can help people adopt a proper lifestyle, arouse awareness about health protection and avoid developing severe syndromes in the future," said Xu Jianguang, director of Shanghai Health Bureau. The new service will provide health checkups and diagnosis from the TCM aspect and give medical and non-medical treatments as necessary.

"Every patient has a health database and is given an individualized therapy consisting of direction on diet, exercise such shadow boxing and jogging, psychology and sleep as well as medical methods mostly focusing on TCM such as acupuncture, herbal soup and western medication if necessary," said Shen Yuandong, president of Shuguang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

"In addition to provide medical service, the center is also a very good platform to promote traditional Chinese culture, which interests many expatriate patients," Shen said.

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Do you know the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis? While there is no cure, early treatment can help you maintain a more active lifestyle.

 
Symptoms
Joint pain can be an early symptom of many different diseases. In rheumatoid arthritis, symptoms often develop slowly over a period of weeks or months. Fatigue and stiffness are usually early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Weight loss and low-grade fever can occur.

Joint symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include:
Painful, swollen, tender, stiff joints. The same joints on both sides of the body (symmetrical) are usually affected, especially the hands, wrists, elbows, feet, knees, or neck.
Morning stiffness. Joint stiffness may develop after long periods of sleeping or sitting and lasts at least 60 minutes and often up to several hours.
Bumps (nodules). Rheumatoid nodules ranging in size from a pea to a mothball develop in nearly one-third of people who have rheumatoid arthritis. Nodules usually form over pressure points in the body such as the elbows, knuckles, spine, and lower leg bones.
Rheumatoid arthritis can affect the hands, wrists, elbows, feet, ankles, knees, or neck. It usually affects both sides of the body at the same time, and more than three sets of joints are affected at one time.

In addition to specific joint symptoms, rheumatoid arthritis can cause symptoms throughout the body (systemic).
These include:
Fatigue.
A loss of appetite.
Weight loss.
Mild fever.
Numbness and tingling in the hands.
Some of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may be similar to symptoms of other health conditions.

Symptom stages of rheumatoid arthritis
 
The cause of the abnormal immune system response that develops in rheumatoid arthritis is not fully understood. Since cells of the immune system are free to travel all over the body through the bloodstream, symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis tend to be less localized than the symptoms of other types of joint diseases. Most often, pain and swelling will begin slowly in a single joint first and then gradually more and more joints will become painful and swollen. Uncommonly, the onset of rheumatoid arthritis may be abrupt, with pain and swelling suddenly striking many joints at once. The joint pain may cause the person to have significant trouble with normal movements.

The joint discomfort associated with rheumatoid arthritis is caused by swelling, heat, and pain signs of inflammation as the immune system is called into action. Inflammation also causes the sensation of stiffness within the joints, especially upon rising or after a period of inactivity. Stiffness lasting longer than 60 minutes is a common symptom of rheumatoid arthritis.

Another characteristic of autoimmune diseases is that they tend to be associated with what are called systemic symptoms, or symptoms that appear throughout the body. These symptoms include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, and malaise. These general symptoms of illness are due to the chemical messengers released by the immune cells when they are activated.

Differences between rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

"Arthritis" is a general medical term encompassing roughly a hundred different diseases of the joints. In the past, the term "rheumatism" was used to refer to a nonspecific joint disease.

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is by far the most common form of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis affects roughly one-tenth as many people as osteoarthritis. The most significant difference between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is that the two have completely different causes behind the breakdown of cartilage in the joint. Osteoarthritis is caused by mechanical wear and tear on joints. By contrast, rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, in which the body's own immune system becomes active against itself, leading in this case to cartilage damage.

How can osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis be distinguished?

Three symptoms are very different in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and can help tell the difference between the two.

Location:
 
Since osteoarthritis is caused by wear and tear, it most often affects the weight-bearing joints, such as the knees and hips, or the fourth and fifth finger joints or thumbs.
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by a body-wide immune reaction that can affect joints regardless of how much weight they bear or how often they are used. It tends to cause the greatest problems in smaller joints, such as the hands, balls of the feet, wrists, and elbows.
Rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect the same joints on both sides of the body, since it is due to chemicals that flow to the whole body through the bloodstream.

Stiffness:
People with osteoarthritis may feel stiff upon first awakening or starting to move an arthritic joint, but the stiffness usually goes away within 30 minutes. However, stiffness will return at the end of the day or after periods of activity.
People with rheumatoid arthritis may feel stiff all day long, due in part to swelling of the involved joints.
Fatigue, fever, or weight loss:
These symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis occur all over the body (systemic symptoms).
Since osteoarthritis is caused by a problem local to the joint, body-wide symptoms are less likely to occur.

Can you have both types of arthritis simultaneously?

It is quite common to have both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis at the same time. Osteoarthritis affects the majority of elderly people. Rheumatoid arthritis is less common, affecting around 1% of the population. The majority of people with rheumatoid arthritis may develop osteoarthritis eventually, since joints damaged by rheumatoid arthritis may be more susceptible to the development of secondary osteoarthritis.

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