One day, she caught me and told me that she had called an ambulance last night. I asked her what it was about. She said she had a runny nose, felt a bit cold and had chest pain last night. She told me that the doctor came and didn’t find […]
Maybe this is not a commonly seen problem. But I want to list it to tell you that you should never be scared by any scary and fancy diagnosis. This is the real case I experienced. I once rented a house, partially for my moxibustion practice as it’s hard to […]
Such problems can happen to people of any age, even young children. But it mostly happens to elderly or aging people. In Chinese medicine theory, the kidney, especially kidney yang qi, governs urine and bowel movement. When people have urinary issues, in most cases, it indicates that kidney yang qi […]
First, we have to understand what constipation is: It is when the stool is dry and hard to move out, and you are only pooing once every several days. But clinically, I found it should be called “bowel movement difficulty” instead of constipation, as a lot of clients have told […]
Moxibustion is very effective to treat diarrhea. When a person has diarrhea, we say the clear chi of the spleen is not ascending. The reason is either due to coldness or too much dampness accumulating around the lower part of the body. You can simply do moxibustion around the belly […]
As indicated in my book title, moxibustion is good for 90% of health issues. Whether local or systematic, digestive or urinary, respiratory or cardio, neural or lymphatic, a simple issue such as cold, or a complicated issue such as diabetes or cancer, moxibustion will for sure be beneficial. In my […]
My friend once joked: A woman can tolerate the pain from periods but cannot tolerate a dot on her face. It’s very natural that women care more about their face than men. This is a big topic. Here I will just mention a bit about drooping skin. The theory for […]
It’s very common that a lot of new moms lack breast milk after childbirth. There are three points where you can do moxibustion. The first one is called Danzhong (CV17) acupuncture point. The second one is Shaozhe acupuncture point, or SI 1. You can also do moxibustion on Zusanli (ST36) […]
Most women will have qi stagnation, which in a way is reflected in breast issues or womb issues. Women tend to be more emotional and easily get stressed. This will block the normal chi flow. Liver qi, in normal conditions, is gentle and is released constantly to nourish the heart. […]
Vaginal itching is normally caused by two issues: One is due to moisture and heat environment, which is often related to leukorrhea; the other is due to vaginal dryness, which normally happens to elderly women. Let’s just focus on the most commonly seen type: damp heat. First, you have […]