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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Tips from Chinese Medicine
For more than 30 years, October has been recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This effort to raise awareness and funds for research can be considered a recent endeavor in the history of the disease which has been around for at least 5000 years. Medical texts describe cases dating back to 3,000 BC. Today, about 1 in 8 women
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Also tagged awareness, breast, breast cancer, cancer, dampness, deficiency, detox, heat, liver qi, month, October, stress, toxins
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Acupuncture and Fibroids – Which Fibroids are you?
Uterine fibroids are benign growths on the wall of the uterus. They represent the most common gynecological non-cancerous tumors in reproductive females. It is estimated that 80% of women will have uterine fibroids at some point in their reproductive years. Many are symptom free and unaware, but for some women, fibroids can cause heavy bleeding, irregular periods, abdominal bloating and
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Also tagged blood stasis, cold, cycle, damp, estrogen, growth, gynecology, hormones, ibroids, liver, masses, menstrual, phlegm, reproductive, research, uterine, uterus
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TCM Hepatitis
Hepatitis is an attack on the liver brought on by a virus. It results in liver inflammation and various symptoms. Prognosis is broadly dependent on the type of infection, as there are different variants of the virus. Types A and E are acute, while B and C are often chronic infections. Hepatitis type B or C can go away on
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Also tagged damp, heat, hepatitis, infection, inflammation, liver, pathogen, toxic, viral, virus
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Research Review: Acupuncture for Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most expensive and exhausting ailments of our time. It’s the 6th most costly condition in the United States, costing Americans at least 50 billion in health care costs each year (let alone the cost of missed work due to disability). It is the third most common reason for a visit to the doctors office
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Also tagged anti-inflammatory, back pain, cost, cost-effective, disability, low back, lumbago, pain, relief, safe
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Research Update: Acupuncture for Migraine Relief
Migraines are ranked the 3rd most common disease in the world, affecting at least 12 % of the world’s population. If you don’t suffer from them, then you most likely know someone who does. As too many of us know from experience, they are periodic painful attacks on one or both sides of the head with various accompanying symptoms such
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Also tagged analgesic, attack, blockages, brain, disability, endorphins, head, headache, hormones, migraine, neurology, pain, prevention, relief, research, stress, vascular
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