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Inner Beauty
As female readers might already know, cosmetics that claim to have medical and/or nutritional properties sell better. You see them regularly on store shelves; hair care products containing vitamins, skin care products containing collagen, and so forth. I read recently … Continue reading
(Mibyo) Half-Sick
I would like to introduce the concept of Mibyo. The literal translation of the word is “pre-disease.” It is the period between health and serious disease, when you feel as if something were off, although there is nothing wrong with … Continue reading
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Tagged color, cracks, diagnosis, furry, Mibyo, pre-disease, stool, tongue
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Migraine Headaches
It is estimated that 24 million Americans suffer migraines. This is an astonishingly large number of people considering that the population of the entire nation is roughly 300 million. In fact, about 40 percent of the cases I treat are … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, chemical imbalance, gall bladder, headaches, light sensitivity, liver, menstrual, migraine, nausea, Qi, stress
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Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin.
I always observe the condition of a patient’s skin in my clinic. You might wonder why the condition of a patient’s skin should matter to an acupuncturist since I am not a dermatologist. To an acupuncturist, the skin is the … Continue reading
Take a Deep Breath
When you need to relax, the very first thing you do is take a deep breath. You do this unconsciously because deep breaths are the natural way to breathe. If you observe a newborn, you can see that the baby … Continue reading
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
It is interesting that I sometimes see patients with similar conditions at the same time in the clinic. In the past few months, I saw some patients who had different degrees of shingles (herpes zoster). Not many people are aware … Continue reading
Prevention is the Best Medicine
In Eastern Medicine, we often talk about the concept of “Han-Byo” (literal translation: half-sick), a state of health in which you are neither perfectly healthy nor sick enough to manifest a serious disease. Sadly, most people ignore their state of … Continue reading
Holiday Season
Starting with Thanksgiving Day and ending with New Year’s, the Holiday Season is a festive period during this time of the year. Many of us reunite with our families and get invited to many parties. Social gatherings always involve good … Continue reading
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Tagged bowel, calories, chewing, diet, digestion, digestive, food, holiday, immune system, intake, overeating, Thanksgiving
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