Archive for February 2015
Photo Album: Formula Friday
Bu Yang Huang Wu Tang Check your herb ID knowledge with our pictures of Classical Chinese Herb Formulas. Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest for our weekly Formula Friday contest. Guess the formula and win coupons towards purchases.
Read MorePhoto Album: Warm Herbs that Release the Exterior
Enjoy these photos and use them to study your visual herb identification. Ma Huang, Cong Bai and Sheng Jiang are not included in this collection. Gui Zhi enters the Heart, Lung, and Urinary Bladder channels. Gui Zhi is Acrid, Sweet, and Warm. …
Read MoreUsing Heat Clearing Herbs to Calm the Spirit
Cara O. Frank, L.OM. Dipl. OM. Introduction: Chinese medicine has always understood and treated the body and the spirit on a continuum. Throughout history, references to emotional experiences are often (but not always) described in terms of their physical symptoms. The impact that heat-clearing herbs and formulas have on the spirit is often underestimated. The…
Read MoreThe Treatment of Vertigo And Ménière's Disease with TCM
Cara O. Frank, L.OM. The following is an excerpt from one of the chapters of my forthcoming book on TCM Case Histories: Eye, Ears, Nose and Throat Disorders. Vertigo Due To Auricular Illness encompasses vertigo as well as Ménière’s disease. Vertigo is defined as the illusion of motion. It can include chronic or intermittent sensations…
Read MoreThe Treatment of Bells Palsy in TCM
By Cara O. Frank, L.OM. The following is an excerpt from book TCM Case Studies: Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, published by Peoples Medical Publishing House. The full chapter with comparison cases and more discussion will be in the book. I hope that you find this helpful. You can order the formulas discussed in…
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