Relationships, Editor's Pick

9 Character Traits of True Friends

There is a famous Chinese proverb: “Your world outlook shall be influenced by your true friends as well as by your own conduct. So whom you associate with, you will likely behave like them or be affected by them” If you’re working with a positive person, you’ll become much sunnier; if you’re working with a negative person, you’ll ...

Michael Segarty

Aged brothers laughing while sitting on a sofa together.

Try This Simple Free Method to Help Relax

When you are relaxed, have you ever noticed your breathing? It is slow, gentle, and usually you don’t notice that you are breathing. Breathing exercises are a great, quick way to help relax, and that’s because when you slow your breathing, you help relax your whole body. Take time to notice how you feel next time you ...

Wilma Oakes

Young Asian woman with her eyes closed, face turned up to the sun, hands raised, and arms outstretched standing on a beach.

Why Divorce Is So Common in Today’s Society

The family is considered the cornerstone of society due to its contributing role to social stability. However, in today’s society, divorce is commonplace. So just why has this happened? According to surveys on the subject, the number of divorces each year has increased exponentially. Many families have fallen apart, and as a result, children’s education has ...

Tatiana Denning

A broken heart.

Red Dates: 6 Wonderful Health Benefits

Red dates, also known as jujubes, support healthy spleen functioning. As the saying goes: “Three jujubes a day and even a centenarian looks young.” They have been used in many Chinese medicine formulations for centuries. The fruit is sweet to the taste and warm in nature. As well as nourishing the skin and having anti-aging ...

Kathy McWilliams

Red dates sitting on a table with flowers and plants in the background.

Bumping the Back Stimulates Acupuncture Points

There are major energy pathways, or meridians, located along the back that can be stimulated by bumping the back. There are also extensive nerve systems and acupuncture points located along and on either side of the spine that are connected to all four limbs and many internal organs. The Du Meridian, located in the middle of the back, is ...

Kathy McWilliams

Partial close-up of a male acupuncture doll.

Does Standing Up at Your Computer Do Your Health a Favor?

More and more people are throwing the habit of slumping in front of their screens out of their office windows, and they are now standing up at their computers. I have also been standing up at my computer during the last few days. And I survived. The response I mostly got was: “Oh yes, I’ve seen ...

Raven Montmorency

A woman stands as she works at an adjustable height desk.

8 Magical Uses of Tea Bags

Tea bags have many properties that you may not be aware of. Try these tea bag hacks to make your life easier 1. Heal cracked lips The polyphenols in tea leaves can speed up the regeneration of the skin. Press a wet teabag to the lip 3-5 times each week to help cracked lips heal. 2. Relieve sunburned skin Soak black ...

Audrey Wang

Used tea bags stacked up on a small saucer in front of a black cup with white polka dots.

What Are the 4 Highly Medicinal Values of the Humble Corn Plant?

During the middle of the 16th century, the corn plant was introduced to China. Corn, rice, and wheat are the three major crops grown worldwide and are often recognized as the “golden crops.” Corn’s nutritional content is second only to soybeans. 100 grams of corn contains: ● Protein (8.5 gm) ● Fat (4.3 gm) ● ...

Emma Lu

Closeup of an ear of corn in a corn field.

Do I Really Need to Wash New Clothes?

Why do I need to wash new clothes? When I used to buy new clothes, I would put them on in the changing room and then wear them that day. Well, never again, not now that I have learned of all the things new clothes can have on them, from lice to fungi to scabies to toxic chemicals. They look ...

Wilma Oakes

A young woman puts clothes in a front-load washing machine.