Chinese Health Theraphy

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Green tea is one of the infusions in recent times has become very popular, this is because it is not only tasty and refreshing, but also for its medicinal properties, such as weight loss properties. Several studies indicate anticancer properties and positive aspects of consumption.

Due to the polyphenols and catechins containing the plant would be responsible for the anticancer effects. Green tea acts as a natural remedy for cancer through several mechanisms, mainly induces cancer cell death. According to some scientific research found that the catechins present in green tea is responsible for a halt to the vital processes of cancer cells.

Another aspect of green tea for cancer or the development of it is that prevents the tumor grows, this was due to the inhibitory action of catechins with nutrition of tumors.

It also inhibits the action of enzymes that propagate the cancer, as for production of metastasis, cancer cells need certain enzymes to invade other tissues. According to some studies found that catechins impede the action of these enzymes, preventing the cancer from spreading.

And finally has an antioxidant effect of polyphenols and catechins inhibit the synthesis of nitrosamines, substances that can cause cancer. Also green tea components inhibit the action of free radicals, with antioxidant action.

All these properties make green tea and alternative natural remedy to prevent and treat cancer, as well as having properties for weight loss, among many other beneficial health qualities.

The maro is a medicinal plant that has an average height not exceeding 30cm. The branches of maro , on the other hand, grows right and are coated with a clear white color. Along the full extent of the maro is surrounded by numerous leaves (they are oval and very small). The period of prosperity that corresponds to the maro is around the months of spring .

Those who are willing to collect this plant to take advantage of its many medicinal effects need to know, first, that the section is more convenient is the flower parts. Some of the most important uses are made ​​of Maro are the remedy for asthma, diuretic and general tonic. The maro also can be very successful as a cure for migraine. In many cases, this plant also can relieve various ailments of stomach origin.

If you want to prepare an infusion made ​​from maro not need much more than 30 grams per liter of ground water. At the break we will have to leave heating boil for 15 minutes and finally remove from heat. We can only plant debris straining and drinking. The best results we can get by drinking the infusion of maro are if we use this plant for its excellent effects as a tonic and digestive remedy. Another alternative available to take advantage of the maro as medicine is to prepare a wine maro. We just need to mix about 30 grams of this herb with a pint of sherry or other wine similar (add both flowers and stems of the same). The recommended dose of this tract is a wine glass a day (always after a main meal of the day).

The flowering season for spruce is concentrated in the months of spring (the ripening of the fruits of this plant, on the other hand, always takes place in the fall). If we are interested in making the collection of this kind we must know that you can collect both the leaves as the buds and resin from this plant. In the spruce bark found considerable amounts of minerals, tannins and cellulose. Turpentine is one of the key components in this species.

Among the properties we mention that of fir balsam , remedy antiseptic, rubefacient, expectorant and general remedy for all kinds of conditions in the airways. Basic ways to prepare for the fir include the use of tinctures, infusions and extracts.

If you want to prepare an effective infusion of this plant we use a piece of bark for every liter of water and heat to bring to a boil. Tincture of fir, otherwise you can buy in any shop. The recommended dose of this tincture is 10 to 20 drops per day (divided into three different shots). The extract of this plant, on the other hand, can take advantage of both dry and fluid state. Other uses of spruce less publicized (but no less effective) include the application of derivatives of this plant as an ointment, baths, poultices and inhalations.

Bamboo is a cane-shaped plant that grows to form large forests and is also common in oriental gardens, its elegant stem.

Taken different forms (juice, plasters, pills, etc..), Bamboo is a gift of nature for its many therapeutic properties.

Dehydrated Skin

Do you see the face off? clean it with the sap of bamboo, which has a composition similar to the skin and revitalize your skin get in the blink of an eye.

Flatulence

Sooner or later we submit to indigestion and flatulent indigestion causing great discomfort. Some pieces of the plant shoots alleviate these effects and form a barrier against nausea.

Non healing wounds

A bamboo shoot prepared as a poultice is a great remedy for healing wounds that cost them. In addition, open wounds drains better, getting back the tissue more quickly.

Fatigue

This plant also comes pearls tone up and fight the weakness. If you did not feel tired, get a few tablets of bamboo or combine it naturally with a salad, enjoying the taste.

Osteoporosis

A squeeze of bamboo will serve to invigorate the cartilage are weakened when you have arthritis or lack of calcium in the bones. Eats bamboo shoots and say goodbye to sore joints.

Nails that break

By empowering its properties (due largely to its silica content), a few bamboo tablets actively fight against brittle nails and weak hair.

Anxiety about eating

Did you know that bamboo also has a good fiber content? For this reason, taking the form of tablets (see dosage) or naturally from their buds, this plant achieves a satisfying effect on the table. Take notes in a controlled manner as excessive desire to eat.

The Goji berries are considered as nutrient pumps, which supposedly does wonders for health, a recent study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, to study the test subjects experienced a significant increase in athletic performance, mental focus , improved sleep quality and increased general relaxation.

Some even reported feelings of good health, joy and happiness, goji berries are a fruit of Lycium barbarum plant is also known as Wolfberry.

These goji berries have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for around 1900 years and are part of the Chinese legends say that the fruit is about supernatural powers.

One of the leading manufacturers of goji juice in the world, also includes an ancient Chinese poem on the side of the bottle, there is much emphasis on polysaccharides in Goji content with a wide range of biological effects and benefits health.

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The practice of Qi Gong: posture, movement and breathing

In Qi Gong, meditation or immobile postures combined with breathing practice and enforcement of gestural movements. Ideally, start with the vertical position for half an hour or more and then chaining different exercises. The postures and gestures are varied. Can be cascaded to form continuous movement sequences. The important thing is to get into the flow of energy-consciousness, which is the essence of this body art.

The basic exercise for maintaining health is the standing posture, zhan zhuang, is to stay right, feet parallel and well anchored on the floor, making sure that separation of the feet is equivalent to the distance of the shoulders. Read the rest of this entry »

A Therapeutic Body-Mind-Spirit

The Therapeutic Qi Gong is a holistic body, mind and spirit are seen as different manifestations of qi, the universal principle underlying all existence. The shape and substance qi, circulates through the various cosmic planes and he should be any changes, transformations and mutations that have generated the infinite variety of life.

All things and beings are made of qi and under it are interrelated. Traditional Chinese medicine is founded on this organic vision of things. Read the rest of this entry »

A Search for Balance and Harmony

Millenary, Qi Gong is a practice based on body movement of qi through the body. Integrated traditional Chinese medicine by Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, XXVI century a. C., Qi Gong combines postures, body movements and breathing exercises designed to circulate the qi in order to preserve health, cure disease and prolong life.

Chinese civilization developed in the lowlands along the Yellow River, an area prone to flooding, with high humidity levels causing many health problems. Hence, since ancient times were invented dances imitating the movements and attitudes of the animals in order to make the qi flow and prevent the occurrence of diseases. Read the rest of this entry »

Theory of the Five Movements

The Five Element theory tends to analyze the relationship of all that exists in a more particular group, seeks to understand how to harmonize the relationship of all that exists through a rhythm or movement, making it dependent on the occurrence of these phenomena natural succession of the seasons, the personality characteristics and even the functionality of the body.

Start by considering that everything that exists moves such as wood, read the vegetation that grows and expands freely, or the fire that always tends to warm to promote the activity, or as land whose mission is to preserve, transport and transform to nurture, such as metal whose rigidity and strength lies in its purity as the water in its downward trend keeps in his breast, the sap that benefits all things. Read the rest of this entry »

Huang Di: It is known as the Yellow Emperor attributing the institutionalization of Chinese medicine and acupuncture particularly through the most famous Chinese medical book “Huang Di Nei Jing” or “Treaty of the Yellow Emperor.”

This publication describes a conversation with the foundation of Chinese medicine.

With regard itself to its beginning or emergence, sources are not entirely accurate, some texts say that in remote antiquity the Chinese observed that when someone was sick certain particularly sensitive areas were made, hence the origin or description of the channels Jing . In other cases, said that the Chinese had discovered that the vessel was passing blood, energy should do the same. Read the rest of this entry »