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What's
New!
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Changes made to the web site in the last few weeks are list
here.
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What
is Health?
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Oriental Medicine has a definition of Health. This
page lays out a basic take on that definition.
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The
Three Treasures
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Vitality, Energy and Spirit are the three treasures of Chinese
Medicine. Vitality gives us our body. Energy allows us to run
it. And Spirit is us.
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Chinese/Oriental
Medicine
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What is Traditional Chinese/Oriental Medicine? The
basic modalities are listed below:
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Acupuncture
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Needles that everyone is afraid of and that work so well.
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Herbal
Medicine
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The strongest medicine that Oriental Medicine has.
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Preparation
of Herbs
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Why there are different forms of herbal preparations and
how to make a tea.
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First
Aid
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Chinese Herbal Patents for simple non-911 conditions.
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Dangers
of Herbs
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Herbs are medicines and improper use will harm.
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Moxabustion
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The use of a burning herb to affect the body.
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Cupping
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Suction using cup to break up stagnation.
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Massage
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Tui-Na and Shiatsu.
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Gua-Sha
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Scraping out disorders.
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Conditions
Treated
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Oriental Medicine treats a lot of conditions. Here
is a list divided by area of body or type of disorder.
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Drug
and Alcohol Treatment
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A great benefit of acupuncture is helping people deal with
drugs and alcohol and the desire that goes with them.
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Health
by the Season
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Health is affected by the weather and we need to beware of
what that effect is and what we can do to prevent health problems.
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Spring
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The season of wind and liver problems.
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Summer
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The season of heat and intestinal disturbances.
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Late
Summer
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The season of dampness and digestive disorders.
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Autumn
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The season of dryness and lung problems.
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Winter
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The season of cold and aches in the bones.
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Life
Style of Health
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Many factor influence our health. The concept of preventive
medicine is based on those factors that we can manipulate on a daily basis.
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Home
Environment
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How we live especially in our modern age of chemistry and
electronics affects us in ways never before experienced.
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Feng
Shui
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Relationships of how things relate to the world around
them.
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Diet
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What we cook and eat our food is very important in many ways.
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Foods
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The quality of foods that we eat has a great influence on
various health conditions.
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Regular
Exercise
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Flexibility and oxygen capacity are very important.
What is surprising is that both can be had without harmful techniques.
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Tai
Ji Quan
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Aerobics, martial arts and meditation all in one.
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Qi
Gong
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Increased energy by breathing.
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Attitude
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How we face life's events can determine a great deal about
our health.
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Rest
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How we repair and recover our health.
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Meditation
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Centering the mind and calming the emotions.
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Regulated
Sexual Activity
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Part of what defines us and what ages us the most.
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Life
Long Learning
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How to keep our mental faculties as we age.
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Living
with the Seasons
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Adjusting our lives to take into account the changes that
the seasons bring in our health is the most fundamental and least used
method to ensure good health.
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History
of Chinese Medicine
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Chinese Medicine is the oldest organized medicine on Earth.
This section details some of that history
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Chinese
Thought & Philosophy
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To understand Chinese and Oriental Medicine, we must look
at the thoughts that brought it about and how that thinking influences
everyday life.
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Daoism
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The concept of flow between opposites define the basis of
both Daoism and Chinese Medicine. When flow stop, pain results.
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Yi
Jing
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Change is the only permanent feature of the universe.
Chinese culture has created a tale of change that brings great wisdom to
the dynamics of life.
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Martial
Philosophy
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Fighting a disease is like fighting a war. To harsh
a fight and the patient dies. Too little, the disease lives.
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Oriental
vs. Western Medicine
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There are differences between eastern and western medicine.
Not only in terms of the language they use, but the way they view health
and how they can affect it.
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Pin
Yin
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As the world gets smaller, it behooves up to speak a common
language. PinYin is the system closest to the actual sound of Chinese.
As more and more literature is translated into English, Pin Yin is
becoming more widely accepted. This page provides a list of common
words that are in English, but use older system.
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Book
List
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Reading is the great secret to life long learning.
This is an index to the sections that have books. There are too many
to put into one page. So I have divided them between the subject
areas. Some books cover more than one subject. I note in the
book lists were other books that may be of interest. These lists
are linked to amazon.com
to allow for their purchase.
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Biography
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Who am I and how did I arrive here. Beware that this
page is influenced by my Daoist background.
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Scots
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Part of my ancestry that I am seeking to reclaim.
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Vita
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My formal educational qualifications.
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Practice
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Where do I practice, what do I charge and assorted things.
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