Chinese herbal medicine is one part of Chinese medicine. Nowadays, Chinese herbal medicines have been commonly used in the clinical to treat Polycystic Kidney Disease. Through increasing the permeability of the cyst wall, decreasing lining cells’ activity of secreting cyst fluid and changing inner and outer pressure difference of cyst wall......
Urinary incontinence is a common condition with aging, especially among women who have had children. Common actions such as coughing, sneezing, or laughing can lead to embarrassing involuntary losses of urine with incontinence. There are several underlying causes of incontinence according to Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Qi stagnation in various organs affects the proper functioning of the Qi mechanism and this disrupts the proper movement of Qi in the right directions and, therefore, also the movement and transformation of fluids. This eventually leads to Phlegm......
One of the great contributions Chinese medicine offers the West is the availability of herbs and herbal formulas that directly attack viral heat toxins causing the common cold, influenza, upper respiratory infections, and common pediatric diseases.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine have always considered the connection between mind and body to be inseparable. Along with the ancient descriptions of external environmental disease factors, such as Wind, Heat, and Cold, internal causes of disease were considered to be due to emotions......
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, all diseases involving the eye are closely related to the liver. It is also understood that the eye is nourished by all of the internal organs in the body. The lens of the eye and the pupil basically belong to the kidney, the sclera to the lungs......
Acupuncture can be a very effective treatment for a variety of conditions, either as an adjunct to standard Western treatments or on its own. According to Chinese medical theory, acupuncture works because we humans have a natural flow of energy throughout our body......
Arthritis of the knee joint is one of the most common causes of knee pain. There are different types of arthritis that can affect the knee joint, and the treatments may vary depending on the condition that is causing the symptoms. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of knee arthritis......
Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone. It can happen in any bone in the body, but it most often affects the long bones (leg and arm), the spine, and foot bones. You can have a bacterial infection (usually from Staphylococcus) or, more rarely, a fungal infection......
Traditional Chinese medicine views good health as a balance between the body's internal systems and the environment we live in. Displacement of the balance between energy (Qi), blood, yin and yang result to the development of diseases......
Bacterial folliculitis develops when bacteria enters the body through a cut, scrape, surgical incision, or multiplies in the skin near a hair follicle. The bacteria can get trapped and the infection may spread from the hair follicles to the other parts of the body......
Cheilitis results due to deficiency of vitamin B. So, if you watch out your diet, you can avoid the problem to a great extent. Green leafy vegetables and dairy products are good sources of vitamin B. Hence, consuming them in greater quantities reduces the problem......