Chinese Medicine for Common Ailments

Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) Diagnosis or Hepatitis is usually Damp Heat in Liver and Spleen for any type of hepatitis

Hemorrhoids are caused by one or more of these factors:  Stagnation and heat in the Large Intestine, or Prolapse of Qi (energy looses its lifting quality)

The TCM heart system includes the vessels (luo) and the tributaries (JING luo). It also includes the electrical energy which triggers the heart to contract (heart qi).

In order to treat headaches effectively with Chinese herbs, headaches must be diagnosed according to the principles of Chinese medicine. Modern day headache concepts such as migraine headaches, cluster headaches, stress headaches, or vascular headaches don’t give us a clue as to the real causes. 

Healthy hair depends on an abundant flow of qi and blood to the scalp and hair roots. If this nourishing flow is compromised, the hair will suffer.

TCM practitioners know (or should know) that many allergies to wheat, or gluten, or soy, or dairy, or whatever, are actually signs of disharmony or poor flow, usually rooted in the life or mind of the patient.

Modern medicine has no idea what causes fibromyalgia. The fact is that fibromyalgia is often the diagnosis when no other conditions can be identified by objective tests or X-Rays.

In the eyes of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), unexplained chronic seizures can have several different causes. Diagnosing the underlying causes requires differentiating the signs and symptoms (telling yin from yang) through The Four Examinations.

Chinese medicine has long understood that a key to good health is the normal flow of sufficient energy.  If Qi is abundant and flowing, your body is healthy.  If Qi is weak, excessive, or misdirected, you will have a problem.