Forum: Traditional Chinese Medicine

The following is a formula for you guys to use to make your own bruise medicine. Angelica Root 3oz Myrrh 1oz Cathamus (Safflower) 2oz Aloe 2oz Dragonsblood 2oz Rhubarb Root 2oz Golden Seal Root 20z Ginger Root 1/2oz

Lost count of how many fingers and toes I have damaged over the years? Just messed up my little toe, again this weekend; haven't messed something up in a long time, did a little more than the standard things: Took one whole "Five Photos Brand, 19 gram, Tien Ta Wan" pill-ball, as soon as I...

once I heard that chinese Red tea or also known as The Emperors Tea is good for lots of thing but then I heard that its only good to lose weight.

My intention is not to start an argument, but to get more detailed answers on the benefits of IP linaments and jow, how it works, etc. If iron palm training is started in a slow, low impact and working your way up to more forceful strikes and harder material, is there really a neccessity for the...

Life Has Dealt Me A Ruff Hand. I Have Hade Migraines From A Early Age. I Can Remember Taking Meads To The Schools Nears In Elementary School. :( So I Have Always Had Them. Sometimes It Gets Bad Enough To Visit The Er And Get A Bed For A Few Days. With The Latest Meds I Was On It Gave Me The...

I went to a Holistic medical person today. She is a Tai chi student at my schol and does a lot of different types of work, including TCM. She has a really good reputation amongst people who have gone to her at my school. I was expecting a sort of deep tissue massage, acupressure sort of thing,...

Any TCM/AM recommendations for healing the stomach? I just finished being treated for a bacterial infection (H. Pylori, which causes most stomach ulcers) which the doctor diagnosed after a few months of ridiculous heartburn & gradually increasing stomach pain. Great to be able to eat pretty much...

My wife is pregnant and dealing with a serious sinus infection. She is strongly apposed to taking any western medical remedies (drugs) is there anything that can be done to at least alleviate the symptoms.

My soon to be mother in law has trouble with menear's disease. :ill: The doctor have told her all they can do is surgery to deafen her ear to stop the ringing. :tdown: If they did that she wouldn't be able to hear in that ear though so I'm looking into other options. Heres what webmd says about...

I have a friend that has chronic depression (whatever they use to classify that), she's tried to kill herself already and now she's prescribed to Zoloft. What kind of treatments in TCM are available? I don't think those pills are really helping her all that much. Thanks

Any good? How long would it keep in a plastic bottle? How much of the benefit is the linament and how much the heat and massage applied with it?

I has a freind who tried it and reported that it made his conditon worse. I guess there are pros and cons to any type of treatment. What are the cons of accupuncture?

Muscle Cream Caused NYC Teen's Death First off, that must have been a huuugge amount of Icy Hot/Ben Gay she was using, to absorb so much methyl salicylate. Second, I think it would be important to stress in this thread how massage plays as much if not more of a role in easing muscle stiffness...

I had a good question, and I hope someone can answer me quickly, because I'm going to buy it one on saturday. How is this Dit Da Jow? It's the cheapest for me, because of shipping, and it's sold at my kung fu school. $14 for one.

Interesting article-- Astragalus Root Could Replace HIV Drugs: AIDS Breakthrough: Astragalus Root Could Replace HIV Drugs

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan I'm not certain what the appeal of injecting Ginseng is but it seems like it can be as bad an idea as you'd expect...

I can recall very well one day in Xi'an (I remember it because the same day I nabbed some dude trying to pick my then-girlfriend's pocket) when I 'explored' in a traditional chinese herbalists shop. There was one big-ol' bottle with a ginseng root and a rather large snake in it. Of course, I...

Hey guys. So I've been an average smoker (say 1-2 packs a week) for the past year or so, it was great at first but then it didn't give me anything back (no buzz, no anything). So I've quit several times but never really committed - last Saturday was the last day I smoked, and this time it's for...

One of my wholesale customers that I sell a lot of dit da jow to is a licensed acupuncturist and chiropractor in New Mexico. He just sent me the following pictures with permission to post them up, so I thought Id share them with everyone... One of his patients was bike riding, was thrown from...

Well I broke my first brick about 4 weeks ago. It was pretty easy. I had good form and power, so I tried two bricks went pretty easy also. I stopped there though. The thing is, I felt no pain at the break or immediately after. But as the day went on I began to fell some small soft swelling and...

A cure for a high fever or cold.(works well for flu's & bad allergies too.):ill: CATNIP When you have a fever of 100-104 or a cold one of the best remedies is a cup of catnip tea, place a tablespoon of cat nip in a cloth (tea bag or a small tea ball). It is very important that the catnip is...

My question is: are the captive tigers' body parts as potent as those of the wild ones? I honestly doubt it- any domesticated or captive animal has less vitality & essense!

Greetings: Last night I was getting a sheet pan of lovely, lovely lamb out of large convection oven. As I turned with the burden of tastiness in my hands, I caught my forearm on the inside of the oven door. My skin actually burned so badly that it not only stuck to the door, but it felt COLD...