Does your child get sick a lot or complain of stomachaches? Perhaps an older child has migraines or trouble sleeping? If so they may benefit from acupuncture. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics finds acupuncture safe for children. Already in the U.S. about 150,000 kids are receiving acupuncture for chronic pain and other [...]
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Here’s a cool article from the Wall Street Journal about how the beneficial bacteria (flora) in our bodies help influence our minds. “The Yogurt Made Me Do It: There’s nothing metaphorical about ‘gut feelings’ — Bacteria influence our minds.” Incredible, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that approximately 50% of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily. Why should we be concerned? According to the CDC, “Antibiotic resistance has been called one of the world’s most pressing public health problems.” In response to this serious overuse, the CDC launched a program to educate MDs and the [...] A new study funded by the Army and the National Institutes of Health helps explain how acupuncture eases chronic pain. Using brain imaging, the study showed that acupuncture increases the availability of receptors in the brain that process and weaken pain signals. Moreover, acupuncture treatments – in this case twice a week for four weeks [...] Eczema (or atopic dermatitis) is a particularly uncomfortable condition, with itchy, inflamed red patches on the skin that often don’t respond well to Western drugs and ointments and can get worse in cold, dry climates. Oolong tea, which is made from partially fermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, has been shown to markedly decrease [...] Astragalus, or huang qi, is to Chinese medicine what echinacea is to the North American materia medica. It is the Chinese herbal practitioner’s number-one herb to boost Qi (pronounced “chee” and translated as “energy flow” or “breath”), in people who are frequently sidelined by colds and the flu. In Chinese medicine, when someone gets sick [...] |
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