Women going through menopause often describe this time and experience in their lives as difficult, challenging, and frustrating, as it tends to produce a wide variety of both emotional and physical changes as well as a plethora of generally undesirable symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »
Herbal Remedies for Menopause
January 4th, 2008Herbal Skin Care
January 4th, 2008Skin problems are common for many people across many different walks of life. They can be notoriously tricky to overcome and as a result, millions of dollars are spent every year on prescriptions for conditions related to the skin. Read the rest of this entry »
Herbal Smoking Cessation
January 4th, 2008Herbal smoking cessation patches really were not around when I tried to quit smoking. They may have been offered at some specialty shops, but mostly the rage to quit smoking was Nicorette gum, which I found nauseating to chew (I did try it once), and various medically prescribed nicotine patches that I simply didn’t have the money for to go for the doctor’s visit and the prescription price. Read the rest of this entry »
Herb targets cancer cells
January 4th, 2008Experts from the Shanghai Institute of Hematology at Ruijin Hospital announced they have found a Chinese herb which can target cancer cells without damaging healthy cells in leukemia treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
Young in Mind, Young in Body — Anti-Aging
January 4th, 2008Many tenets of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be found in modern anti-aging medicine.
TCM has a rich record in dealing with slowing down aging. Whether in Yi Ching, a fountainhead of Chinese culture with a 5,000-year history, or in the later Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, Read the rest of this entry »