Chinese Health Theraphy

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A choice based on several considerations

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the therapeutic potential of a plant depends on all of its features:

* Color;
* Nature: hot, cold, neutral;
* Taste: sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, salty;
* Configuration: shape, texture, moisture content;
* Its properties: disperse, consolidate, and tone bleed.

In regard to the properties, take the example of a type of arthritis that is aggravated by humidity or rain in the Chinese perspective, this is due to the wet and cold in the meridians. Now the plant Hai Tong Pi, which grows by the sea, has, according to Chinese logic (and the experience of years of practice) Read the rest of this entry »

In China, herbal medicines are a “national treasure” and are widely used, so both preventive and curative. Recall that the pharmacy is one of the five practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to maintain or restore health – the four others being acupuncture, the Chinese diet, massage, Tui Na and energy exercises (Qi Gong and Tai Chi). In its country of origin, Chinese medicine is the first preferred approach, it is considered more powerful than acupuncture.

Experienced for over 3000 years, Chinese medicine has a few thousands of substances, of which about 300 are in common use. Although much knowledge that is specific to this stems from a pharmacy practice traditional folk – with variations from one region to another – Chinese doctors have accumulated a large body of data over time. Today, pharmacology and research continue to pursue this science, while contemporary practitioners are developing new treatments, increasingly better adapted to the evils of our time. Read the rest of this entry »

Treatment of chronic diseases – many people with chronic diseases take many medicines per day that can mostly be replaced by herbal medicines. Registered herbal formulas are very effective for pain syndromes, gastrointestinal problems, neurological problems, stress, respiratory problems, heart problems, sexual dysfunction, allergies and immune system deficiencies, and also substitutes for anti-inflammatory and antibiotics.

Reduced side effects – can take herbal remedies to reduce side effects from conventional medicines such as antibiotics and chemotherapy. The patient’s immune system can be strengthened by the herbal medicine. Over that chemotherapy reduces the number of white blood cells causing fatigue and loss of appetite, Chinese herbal medicines can be used to treat these effects.

For prevention – Chinese herbal medicine can also be used to prevent diseases, for example, a patient suffering from frequent headaches, take herbal remedies is much better than taking painkillers that only disguise the symptoms. Herbs are also used to prevent flu, premenstrual syndrome, and many other conditions.

For maintenance of a balanced health – tonifying herbs are used to increase energy and treat the aging process, increase sexual energy and aesthetic objectives

INTRODUCTION

Besides being a very popular spice ginger has been used for healing purposes for thousands of years. In Indian Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese medicine, ginger has an important place. There are studies that suggest that in these cases, the ginger is more effective than prescription drugs. It is a herb grown in the lowlands of the tropics. Tuber articulated in the form of hand, which gives them the name of rhizomes comp. An essential part of the plant, a strong smell aromatic sour, spicy. The rhizomes are ashen white outside and yellow inside. The leaves are long like corn when only spring from the ground and wrapped in its sheath the stem. The flowers are showy, conical spikes are arranged in and supported by slated scales.

ORIGIN OF GINGER

Ginger is native to eastern Asia. Indian and Chinese cultures have used for millennia as a soothing digestive. The Chinese consider ginger as the yang, or spicy food, which balances the yin cold food to create harmony. The Greeks, Romans, also used for this purpose. Hit Europe and America when he established himself as a medicinal herb and became popular as a soft drink. (ginger ale, ginger beer and ginger tea) to relieve stomach.

UTILITY IN THE CULINARY

Today, ginger is grown worldwide, is cultivated in countries such as India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Caribbean Islands and Venezuela in several states, being in Guyana the site is given with good taste and size.

Warm, sharp and exotic ginger aroma permeated many of the gastronomic creations devised by the cooks of ancient Rome. This beautiful plant came from the East, as well as valuable goods such as silk, that came to civilization after having traveled thousands of miles by camel. The fall of the Roman Empire did not stop trading but ginger. Its delightful history lasted through the centuries into our days.

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