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Acupuncture for Healthy Weight Loss

Weight Loss - your healthy weight loss program can include acupuncture

In the United States, an estimated 300,000 people a year die from obesity. 

In several studies over the last five years, researchers have shown patients who receive regular acupuncture treatments see faster weight loss results than those who do not. In each case, the acupuncture treatments were combined with dietary and lifestyle changes also aimed at weight loss, but the patients who got acupuncture saw better results than those who focused on dietary and lifestyle changes alone. continue reading »

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Suggested Foods for people with skin allergies

皮肤过敏者可尝试选择的食物

By Dr. Shouchun Ma, April 30, 2021

Translated by Marlena

 

  1. Clearing and nourishing lungs: pears, loquat, water chestnuts, qingming cai (affine cudweed), pork fat.

清肺润肺食物 :梨、枇杷、茡荠 (马蹄)、清明菜、猪油

 

  1. Nourishing kidney Yin fluid and dispelling Wind: shells, oysters, pork, turtle shells (powdered capsules)

养肾阴熄风食物:贝壳、牡蛎、猪肉、龟板 (打粉装胶囊服)

 

  1. Clearing heat and detoxifying: bitter melon, honeysuckle, dandelion, chrysanthemum, wild chrysanthemum, mulberry leaf, purslane, mung bean, black bean, raw honey (chrysanthemum and black bean can also dispel wind)

清热解毒食物:苦瓜、金银花、蒲公英、菊花、野菊花、桑叶、马齿苋、绿豆、黑豆、生蜂蜜(菊花、黑豆等兼能祛风)

 

  1. Cooling blood: Digu Bark (Root Bark of Goji, Chinese wolfberry), leaf of Goji, Sophora japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa (Chinese medicine), green salt

凉血食物:地骨皮(枸杞根皮)、枸杞叶、槐花、生地黄(中药)、青盐

 

  1. Astringent liver: ebony plum

敛肝食物:乌梅

 

  1. Others: yam, rice, raw peanuts, olive oil, coconut

其他:淮山、大米、生花生、橄榄油、椰子

Note: 注:

  1. The foods above can be therapeutic, there are many similar foods, please check yourself.

以上食物兼具治疗性,类似的食物还有很多,请自查。

 

  1. Use the proper amount, not too much, it will be harmful if it is too much.

适量使用,不可太过,过则为害。

 

  1. If you feel uncomfortable after taking a certain food, stop using it.

若某种食物服用后反不舒服,停用。

Avoid Stimulating Food:

忌发物:

Lamb, chicken, goose, pork head, shrimp, crab, bamboo shoot, mushroom, coriander (Chinese parsley) , sweet rice wine (Jiuniang), spicy food

羊肉、鸡、鹅、猪头肉、虾、蟹、竹笋、蘑菇、香菜(芫荽)、醪糟、辛辣食物

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Acupuncture for Mother’s Day

Mother's Day - The Perfect Gift of Acupuncture

What better way to celebrate and support the mothers in your life this year than with an acupuncture appointment?

As a one-time mother’s day gift, acupuncture is a relaxing, revitalizing hour all for herself.

As a regular part of her health routine, acupuncture can keep her from getting sick frequently and offer a holistic treatment option for a variety of women’s health issues.

Not convinced? Here are four ways acupuncture supports women’s health and would make a great gift for any mom or woman you want to celebrate this May. continue reading »

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Acupuncture for Inflammation

Acupuncture for Inflammation

For many of the afflictions acupuncture can treat – allergies, back pain, headaches, the list goes on – reducing inflammation in the body is a primary reason acupuncture is successful. For decades now, doctors and medical researchers have been trying to learn what the biological mechanism is that allows acupuncture to reduce inflammation in the body.  continue reading »

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Acupuncture is Preventive Medicine

Acupuncture is preventative medicine

I think we all know someone, or maybe it’s even ourselves, who lives by the refrain, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.”

Often used to put off replacing outdated tools or technology, the phase can be connected to how we view healthcare as well. It can be hard to think about our physical health until it is a problem. Something we take for granted, until, as it were, it’s broken. Why would we spend time and money on something before it’s necessary? continue reading »

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