By Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon The herbal tradition of China is valued scientifically, as well as being a fascinating and popular tradition. Scientists working in China and Japan during the past four decades have demonstrated that the herb materials contain active components that can explain many of their claimed actions. …
The Five Element theory provides us with a set of correspondences by which we can link our physical and psychological characteristics with the seasons, the elements, times of day, specific foods, animals and so on. We are part of Nature and channeled into the cycles of Nature. Hence the Five Element theory, which provides us …
Pregnancy is a very meaningful, important and joyful period for a woman, but it also comes with frequent medical appointments, heightened concern for health, mental strain and a greater sense of physical responsibility. These feelings can become overwhelming for some, and it can be difficult to maintain the balance and energy necessary for having a …
By Michelle Fletcher, B.A. For some, it appears constant crying is a normal occurrence in newborns. But is it? Colic is one of the most commonly reported ailments in infants aged 3 weeks to about 3 or 4 months. Extended periods of loud crying lasting longer than an hour are trademarks of the ailment, and …
Roughly thirty-one percent of Americans, that’s about sixty-five million, are considered to be obese. In terms of the scientific/health standards obesity is defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of thirty percent higher. To calculate your BMI take your weight in pounds, multiply it by 703, then divide it twice by your height in …
Youth is considered the time when we are at the pinnacle of health. Our bodies are healthy and strong. Yet adolescents and young adults face a myriad of health issues that often go unchecked. The teenage years are a time of significant change and transition, a time when it is easy for the body to …
Lianne Audette, L.Ac. and Registered NADA trainer, has been integrating acupuncture into drug and alcohol treatment settings for 14 years. In 2006, Audette brings her two-day acupuncture seminar to Pacific College Continuing Education programming both in San Diego and New York. This weekend course, with some additional independent study, satisfies the didactic requirements for NADA …
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While new AIDS treatment has become available in the decades since it first hit the national scene in the early 1980s, there is still no cure for what has rapidly become a 20 th – and now 21 st – century plague. In 2002 alone, AIDS killed 3 million people and infected 5 million more …
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By Jeff Denny There are over one hundred types of Arthritis disease known to modern science that afflict the human body. The manifests, symptoms, and conditions vary based on individual and type of Arthritis (i.e. Rheumatoid, TMJ, Algood-Schlatter, and Tendonitis). In terms of Western allopathic medicine there are roughly fifty phamaceutical product lines to treat …
The most commonly stated fear of patients prior to elective surgery is not death or a surgical mishap. It’s post-operative nausea and vomiting ( PONV ), and 25 to 40 percent of surgical patients are at risk. Defined as any episode of nausea, retching or vomiting in the 24 hours immediately following an operation, PONV …
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