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Tag Archives: kidneys
Down to the Bone with TCM
This October, when you see a skeleton hanging in a doorway or window to celebrate Halloween, take a moment to appreciate your own osseous framework at the very core of your body’s structure. That appreciation would be right on time as October 20th is the calendar day that marks an annual campaign to raise awareness and resources about
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Also tagged aging, autumn, bone health, bones, essence, fall, kidney jing, kidney qi, October, osteoporosis, prevention
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What is Anxiety? Insights from East & West
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition in the US.
Despite very different medical terminology used by Eastern and Western practitioners, there are significant overlaps in the understanding of how anxiety disorders can arise and play out in the body.
For example, the heart plays a central role in Traditional Chinese Medicine’s (TCM) understanding of anxiety.
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Also tagged anxiety, brain, breath, consciousness, depression, disorder, east, emotions, fatty, fear, heart, IBS, liver, lungs, nervous, organs, philosophy, pre-frontal cortex, regulatory, risk factors, shen, spleen, west
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More Than Meets the Ear
“My, what big ears you have!”
“ All the better to hear you with!”
Or, if you’re a Chinese Medicine practitioner: “All the better to live a long, healthy life with!” That’s because the ears are a manifestation of the kidneys which hold our essence (jing), our genetic potential, and large ears can be an indication of health
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Also tagged auricular, ear seeds, ears, external ear, inner ear, jing, longevity, microsystem, reflexology, renal, tinnitus, vagus nerve
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