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Clover or Trifolium repens. Among the medicinal properties of the clover plant can highlight large capacity so inflammatory that is used for disorders of the airways and inflammation.

The part containing more medicinal value is the head, which is collected at the beginning of flowering. These heads are collected and dried. The content of these leaves is mostly tannins.

A good remedy for gastrointestinal problems and diarrhea is to prepare an infusion of white clover. Other medicinal properties are attributed to clover are the treatments for glandular inflammation, prophylactic against mumps and rheumatic pains.

Tea Clubs

If you likes the tea, you can prepare a handful of this herb, whether fresh or dried in a cup and add boiling water. Chill and sweeten with what you like best, honey, sugar or artificial sweetener. Although many recommend drink without any additives. This is a matter of taste.

Salads

If a prepared salads like spades, as would any other vegetable you eat green. Add lemon , oil and salt to taste. This salad can accompany other meals as well so you can mix spades with diced tomatoes, lettuce, carrots grated, etc.. Here you can put your imagination and creative touch in the preparation of salads using the clover with the properties described above.

Clover is an herb that helps in several ways, besides having a pleasant flavor, will add color and originality to your table.

Cold

If you drink the tea to combat colds, it must be prepared as described above and drink honey and adding to it a few drops of milk. Drink three or four times a day

Earlier we heard from the properties of different types of Chinese herbs, which come to have proper regard to what, from many centuries ago, the tendency for Chinese herbal medicine.

In this sense, Chinese herbal medicine is part of the ancient medical system of this culture, which has more than 5,000 years old.

It is mainly based on the use of medicinal plants and herbs to treat the whole person as a whole, not only preventing poor mental health but the emotional and physical, and curing them.

It is vital that many therapists tend to combine Chinese herbal medicine with acupuncture, thus achieving a more than optimal.

Yes, you must know that, by itself, herbal medicine is often used only in people who are too weak for acupuncture, because, as we know, it works with the patient’s energy.

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese herbal medicine is based on the popular philosophy of yin and yang, arguing, for there good health is essential to achieve a balance between the two energies.
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Qi and Blood – Flow

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the basic principle is the Qi. It examines where he comes from, where you are going and how it flows. Our body is nourished and cleansed by and is subject to as Qi flows. You can think of Qi as all the energies of the body, electrical, chemical, magnetic and matter and energy radiantes.La (physical body and qi), are governed by natural laws like gravity, time, inertia, friction The Yin and Yang. Everything affects us inside and fuera.El Qi must flow. The move shows that Qi exists. Heat teaches that Qi is presente.Existen many types of Qi. The Qi in the meridians, the Qi defender, nourishing Qi, Qi Qi fundamental and ancestral. There is a normal and Qi Qi counterflow, kidney Qi, Qi of the lung and liver qui (each agency has its own Qi).

The Qi and blood nourish the body. Blood moves Qi and Blood is the MDRE of Qi. A normal flow of Qi and blood pontos are essential for good health. When blood or Qi are in failure or blocked, we were sick.

Anma means to push the word (W), and rubbing (Ma) or “the movement of a steady hand.”
Anma roots date back over five thousand years, in the heart of the ancient Chinese empire. It was developed on the banks of Yellow River, where people suffered paralysis problems and muscle pains.

In Dynasty Tang (618-907), Anma was recognized by the Chinese government as the official massage therapy and was integrated in hospitals, as part of general practice in the country.

The influence of Buddhism to Japan Anma took over 1000 years ago, through Buddhist monks who sent the Japanese emperor, to develop medicine, science and education in the country. For reasons of climate, geography and cultural differences, the Japanese people therapy adapted to their needs.

Over time, Japan began to appear other styles of Anma and then appeared Ampuku, the treatment of Japanese abdomen. It was developed by Master Japanese Ota also separated the Ampuku from Anma during the Edo period (1603-1867 AD) and who provided the current definition of Anma. This definition has contributed and influenced the development of some therapies that we know today as Shiatsu.

In 1919 the Japanese master of Anma, Tamai Tempaku, published the book Shiatsu-Ho, who was a big influence on the evolution of Shiatsu. In the book he described techniques of Anma, and Do in Ampuku, combining elements of anatomy, physiology, and spirituality.

Anma we can help treat a variety of diseases and problems related to the respiratory system, circulatory system, digestive system, and is very effective for gynecological and fertility problems, insomnia, emotional difficulties, and muscle problems, bone and nerve.

Furthermore, Anma is based on the concept of self-healing, being the person active and essential part of the process. The treatment goal is to help people connect with their bodies and their actual needs for greater knowledge about the relationship between their habits, lifestyles and their aches and diseases.

During the massage you may feel a sense of deep relaxation, which helps the body to improve blood circulation and energy, improving the elimination of toxins within the muscles and harmonizes vital energy dispersion in the body.

Today, even with the growing awareness of therapeutic massage in the East, the root is unknown body therapies: physical therapy Anma.
Anma influenced the growth and development of many of the techniques, concepts and working methods in use today, and was the main base in the history of the world body therapies.

Anma is a body treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine – Japan, which acts on points of vital energy (Qi), which goes through the energy channels (meridians), and acts on two main levels: physical and energy. With a variety of techniques and methods is very effective to cope and adapt to different needs and individual symptoms.

As part of Traditional Chinese medicine, the clinician diagnosed the excesses and deficiencies of qi energy flow and is its physical manifestation.
The aim of treatment is to stimulate the points with excess or lack, so that energy can flow throughout the body evenly and well succeed in alleviating the pain and eliminate the imbalance, which opens the door to disease and weakens the immune system .

Anma restores the balance, both physical and energetic body and calms the central nervous system, so the body can regain its natural ability to fight disease and adapt to environmental changes.

In Anma, the clinician can use a variety of techniques and maneuvers to get rehabilitate the joint movement, release contractures restore harmony between yin and yang and relieve muscle tension.

Especially in overcoming the so called “modern diseases”: stress, anxiety, depression, neurosis, insomnia, alias general muscular tension, disorders of the metabolic system, endocrine, urinary and reproductive, constipation, colitis, among others.
What is clear is that if on one hand we relax the patient and on the other hand we are balancing the energy of each body, it is clear that we can have an impact on many diseases.
If we add that is very pleasurable, here is the key to the success of this therapy in Japan.

Origin and History of Shiatsu

While nearly all the cultures that used massage as therapy who recognized the relationship between the stimulation of some points and areas of the body and the improvement of certain ailments Shiatsu, as such, comes from Japan.
In one current Shiatsu therapists were some paramedics who formed the Shiatsu Therapy Association in 1925 to differentiate the “masseuses” which gave “relaxing massage”, thus starting to separate the connotations that the word massage in the West could lead .
Since then, various professionals, both Eastern and Western, are dedicated to adapt the techniques of Shiatsu in the Western academic context.

The therapeutic potential of Shiatsu was rediscovered in Japan in the early nineteenth century was Tamai Tempaku who developed the current technique of Shiatsu.

Shiatsu is a therapy that works with a gentle pressure on certain points in the body but primarily focusing on both sides of the spine. It is a type of massage is convenient because the patient need not undress. The patient usually lie on the floor or on a surface that is not too soft.

The Japanese and Chinese medical theory are the sources of Shiatsu.
Like Acupuncture is part of that acting on certain parts of our body can cure or ameliorate many diseases.
The pressure points are applied in coordination with the patient’s breathing in this way to get greater relaxation and better “flow” of Energy.
It has been shown that prevention, maintenance and improvement of overall health are factors that impact on Shiatsu, is considered so effective in the field of preventive medicine, lack of side effects.

Herbal Formulas
The unique feature of Chinese herbal medicine is the degree of development. In other forms of herbal medicine, especially in the western herbs are used alone or in combination with other small quantities of other herbs that have the same function. In contrast, Chinese herbal medicine rarely a single herb is prescribed to treat a condition

Herbal formulas have different ways of preparation. Pre-made formulas are available in pills, tablets, capsules, powders, extracts and alcohol extracts of water, among others. These formulas are very convenient because it does not require preparation and are easy to take. However, the concentration of the herbs in these products is low. These products are not generally as powerful as using traditional preparation of decoction.

The decoction is the traditional method of preparation of herbal medicine. A decoction is a highly concentrated tea. The doctor weighs the daily dosage of each herb and combines it in an envelope. The patient receives an envelope for each day they take the herbal formula. The patient then boiled herbs. The boiling process takes approximately 30 to 60 minutes and the resulting decoction will be consumed several times during the day.

Another way to consume herbs is through granulated herbs, which are highly concentrated powdered extracts. These powders are first prepared the herbs through the traditional decoction. The decoction is then dehydrated to a powder. Subsequently, physicians can mix these powders in accordance with the needs of each patient. The powder is poured into hot water to recreate the decoction process. This eliminates the need to prepare the herbs at home, but still maintains the original strength of the decoction.

The Chi Nei Tsang, CNT, is a therapeutic massage forms found deeper in traditional Chinese medicine, created thousands of years.

Chi refers to energy and information and Nei Tsang to internal organs: for Chi Nei Tsang literally means “energy work and information of the internal organs” or “Transformation of energy of internal organs. It is truly a holistic system of healing through a gentle massage on the direct and internal organs of the abdomen, allows people to “liberate” themselves from physical stresses, mental, emotional and spiritual. Use all the knowledge and skills cultivated in the ancient Chinese disciplines such as Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung, Kung-Fu and Taoist meditations.

The ancient Chinese Taoists discovered that the area behind the navel is the powerhouse of the most crucial and powerful body. Any discomfort or blockage in this area hinders the free flow of vital energy.

Make a test yourself! said Andrew Fretwell, one of the instructors of the school master of Mantak Chia, Taoist master the largest currently in Chiang Mai (Thailand) “Sit upright, relax your posture so the abdomen is tender. Put the tip the middle finger on your navel, and gently and slowly, squeeze inward. It controls how much you can comfortably into your belly and if the finger can penetrate to the front of the spine without pain, you are clean and free of physical residue of old emotions . Obviously this was not my case.

I asked him how he acted the Chi Nei Tsang and Andrew told me that is a possible method of energy (chi) to the body through massage of a series of points around the navel area and internal organs to increase the flow energy towards them. Many healing systems work more on the periphery of the body, while the Chi Nei Tsang work directly on the internal organs, correcting any structural imbalance and help organs and other systems (like digestion, respiration, lymphatic, endocrine, urinary, reproductive , skeleton and muscles, acupuncture meridians) to function smoothly.

Later, Andrew explained that the navel plays a key role in our body during conception because it is here is its first cell and every part of it is developed in a spiral around this first cell. The navel is directly connected to any other body part and working on it can affect the entire body.