Life’s tough right now! The economy is very rocky, people are losing jobs, companies are closing, people can’t pay their mortgages or they move in order to live somewhere that is less expensive. It even impacts the kids when there are a variety of cuts for the classroom budgets and it’s harder to get student loans to attend college. But why is it that some people come through all of this “on their feet” and others launch into a very difficult downward spiral? (more…)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Herbs and Food for the Brain
When we speak here of the brain, we would obviously include the nervous system as well, both from the standpoint of western nutrition as well as from the standpoint of Oriental Medicine.
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
On Severe Skin Diseases
While it might seem simple to treat, skin disorders can be persistent and dominate a healing regimen with minimal and unsatisfactory results. This can be the case with adolescent skin conditions such as acne to eczema, shingles and the difficult to treat psoriasis, which often has a genetic predisposition. In general, skin disorders result from a faulty fat metabolism. In addition, there will be seen involvement of the blood. In Chinese Medicine there is the axiom that in any skin condition, one always needs to address the integrity of the blood, and hence, the liver, which contains the blood and so nourishes the skin. In addition, we could cite the lungs as vital to skin health, the organ which rules the exterior of the body, both providing moisture as well as the defensive Qi (called Wei Qi). An example of its importance can be seen in the wrinkling of the skin that comes from the chronic lung heat that results in long-term smokers, particularly women. (more…)
