This is an ancient Chinese style of cultivating internal energy but unlike yoga puts less importance on postures and stretching movements, and more on how to move and feel energy inside the body. While qigong is not known to be an intense aerobic workout, it nonetheless provides benefits that include a profound sense of relaxation, greater flexibility, and a strengthening of the body.
Kidney yang, if we include mingmen fire, is the energy and heat source for the whole body. Jing is the essence of yang, and is stored in kidney, the extraordinary channels, and in bone marrow, which in TCM includes the brain. In modern physiology, kidney yang and jing empower the adrenal glands, testes and ovaries, as well as influence the entire endocrine system.
The Combined TCM-Western Approach. The integration of Chinese herbal medicine with Western therapies for cancer has been studied extensively for the last 30 years. It is now customary to combine the two, with evidence showing improved immune function, increased survival rates, and reduction of common side effects. It also enhances the effectiveness of both chemo and radiation, allowing for smaller doses.
Chinese herbs may work better and have fewer side effects for endometriosis treatment than conventional drug therapies, according to a new review of previous studies, carried out at Southampton University in the UK and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
Many herbal remedies are used to treat symptoms of diabetes and have shown results in naturally lowering blood sugar levels. Scientific research is now shedding new light on the mechanisms used since ancient times to treat diabetes with herbs and nutrition.
Essential oils extracted from common kitchen herbs and spices can be used as safer, less destructive pesticides, according to research led by Murray Isman of the University of British Columbia and presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.
Nettle leaf, also known as "stinging nettles," is an herb that has long been used in traditional medicine to reduce inflammation. Rich in natural boron, silicon, and other minerals, nettle has been shown in a number of studies to effectively treat all forms of arthritis, as well as tendinitis and bursitis.
Rhodiola rosea (Crassulaceae) is a perennial plant that grows in cold, alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Its roots contain a sap that has long been used to improve physical and mental endurance, relieve symptoms of anxiety and stress, and even lift mood and alleviate depression symptoms.
The University of Maryland Medical Center published a clinical study in 1999 involving 122 women who took horsetail extract or a calcium/horsetail product marketed in Italy. Both sets of women saw an improvement in bone density. Even though the study was not performed to current scientific standards, the results did still show promise for horsetail in healing Osteoporosis.
Turmeric or curcumin, turmeric's active ingredient, is a natural anti-inflammatory that can be taken as a tonic to minimize chronic inflammation. It's best to heat turmeric in milk or ghee and coconut oil with some pepper, which contains piperine to help absorb nutrients.
There are many reasons why a person's sex drive can suddenly start to wane unexpectedly -- excess stress, rapid aging, poor nutrition, and chronic depression are just a few common causes of Low Libido. But resorting to those little blue pills to fix the problem in an instant should be a last resort option, as there are plenty of natural remedies for treating this common condition that address its root causes rather than its symptoms.
As if having cancer is not bad enough, there is also a great deal of pain associated with the disease. While this is often not true in the very early stages of the disease -- when it might make it easier to discover the cancer itself -- it is an unfortunate side effect in later stages.