Cool herbal tea is a drink made from decocted Chinese herbal medicines that are cool in property or capable of removing internal heat from the human body. The drink is made to drive away the heat inside the human body in summer or to cure the sore throat caused by dryness in winter and other illnesses.
Green tea is delicious and very high in antioxidants. It has one drawback, however, and that is its caffeine content, which can surprise and affect some tea drinkers deleteriously. Instead of foregoing the health benefits of this tea, here are some simple and effective measures to enjoy green tea without suffering from its caffeine side effects.
A sip of Pu'er tea can be as helpful as drugs in lowering blood sugar and preventing Diabetes, says a recent press briefing by the Pu'er city government. That is the finding of scientists at Jilin University and the Changchun Science and Technology University...
The Classic of Tea is the very first monograph on tea in the world, written by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 780 CE (age of Tang Dynasty). According to popular legend, Lu Yu was an orphan of Jinling county (now Tianmen county in Hubei province) who was adopted by a Buddhist monk of the Dragon Cloud Monastery.
Ample blood supply is the key to rosy cheeks, trouble-free menstruation and vitality. A persistently pale, waxy complexion should be interpreted as a health warning, according to Yao Lanying, director and physician of internal medicine at the Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In traditional Chinese medicine, influenza is referred to as the insidious pathogen warm disease. As recorded in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, “Those who get cold in winter would fall ill the next spring.” Those medical scientists in ancient China had found out that influenza had an incubation period before outbreak.
The character qi denotes a dynamic essence characterized by both substance and function. For example, clean qi, turbid qi, and the qi transformed from the essence of food are substantial qi, while the qi of the heart, liver, spleen, kidney, stomach, and the qi of the channels and collaterals are functional qi.
The common cold is a disorder with nasal obstruction and discharge, sneezing, headache, cough, fever, chilliness and malaise as its chief manifestations. It usually occurs in winter and spring, but may also be seen throughout the year.
In a globalized world facing common health challenges, the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will contribute to the progress of medical sciences, Chinese and Western medical experts agreed here Sunday.
For close to 20 years, Dr. Yves Amegandji, a Togolese physician, has been providing traditional Chinese medicine treatment from his private clinic called "Orient" which is situated in the Togolese capital's populous neighbourhood of Bè.
As the temperature drops, people are susceptible to catching a cold, suffering from sore throats, sneezing and a lingering cough. That is because as internal body temperatures fall after exposure to cold air, so does the immune system’s ability to beat back the rhinovirus that causes colds. And the coughing can last for weeks or even months.
China is saying it wants to give its Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) greater global exposure, according to a strategic plan announced at the Boao Forum for 2015 Asia Annual Conference on March 27.