Posts Tagged ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine’

Nutrition (Chapter 14 of DVD)

Food can lessen inflammation in body from stress. Ritual of coming together to make a meal lessens stress. Don’t have to be very strict about diet. Want health promotion, not disallowance. Meals can be good for soul, too. Food is about joy, love, family. Limit intake of saturated fat: red meat and dairy. Increase fish, vegetables, soy. Taste treats like curry. All relieve inflammation of stress. Use extra virgin olive oil or expeller pressed Canola oil. These oils improve heart health. Less frying, more steaming in food preparation. Cut away charred meat.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine (Chapter 13 of DVD)

A complete system unto itself. Concerned with balance of Chi or Life Force. Under stress, chi is out of balance – deficiency of chi in one area, blockage of chi in another. Chinese medical practitioners diagnose by checking pulse: 3 different places, 2 different depths on either side. Each pulse is a different organ in the body. Patient sticks out tongue for doctor to check. Treatments: medical herbs, massage, diet, and acupuncture. Good research data show it helps with sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and pain.

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