Food as Medicine

Food as Medicine

Food. Think about it….  We are ALIVE! What does it take to be alive?  We need skin, bones, nerves, muscles, blood, organs, brains, Qi, etc, etc. How do we make these things?  What we EAT makes these things and ensures their proper functioning. What does this mean? ...
Radiation, Chemotherapy and Chinese Medicine

Radiation, Chemotherapy and Chinese Medicine

Radiation and Chemotherapy are frequently used to treat cancer in America and tend to have many terrible side effects.  But Chinese Medicine can help moderate these!       Radiation Typical side effects include: Inflammation: oral, tongue ulcer, sore...
Prostate Cancer and TCM

Prostate Cancer and TCM

Prostate cancer is found in men.  The incidence of acquiring prostate cancer is relatively rare before the age of 50, though it increases thereafter with most men being diagnosed at the average age of 72.  African American men tend to have a higher incidence of...
Breast Cancer and TCM

Breast Cancer and TCM

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor of the breast, most often seen in women. Breast cancer most often begins in the duct lining or in the lobule lining.  As you can see from the above picture, the breast is infiltrated with lymph nodes.  These lymph nodes connect to...