Health

6 Ways to Have Younger-Looking Skin

Most people wash their faces every day. While there are a number of expensive cosmetic options, the following simple household recipes can also help reduce wrinkles so you will have younger-looking skin for a fraction of the price. 6 ways to have younger-looking skin 1. Rice vinegar Method: Add a small amount of rice vinegar ...

Emma Lu

Young African American woman applying moisturizer on her face while standing in front of the mirror.

Simple Exercises to Nurture Your ‘Second Heart’

In order to live a long and healthy life, it is therefore important to regularly exercise your legs and nurture your ‘Second Heart’. Seventy percent of our blood is pumped back to the heart by the calf. So in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the lower leg is called the “second heart.” Why? The ...

Raven Montmorency

A broken heart.

Are Intrusive Thoughts Normal?

Intrusive thoughts are thoughts that seem to become stuck in your mind. The nature of some thoughts can be upsetting, causing distress once experienced.  Even if you are of sound mind, it is still possible to be struck by intrusive thoughts out of nowhere. However, it is entirely normal if you have recurring intrusive thoughts ...

Katrina Hicks

Emotional Asian woman covering ears with hands.

The Miraculous Effect of an Onion on an Earache

I recently learned how people in the past commonly used onions to treat and prevent general illnesses, including things like an earache. Onions were even used back in the days of the Black Plague and the Spanish flu — they were some of the survivors. Onions prevent disease because they absorb pathogens, and there are powerful anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties, in ...

Armin Auctor

A pile of yellow onions.

Here Are 5 Easy Steps to Detox From Sugar

This incident was a great wake-up call for me to look at my diet, which made me realize I eat a LOT of sugar. During my pregnancy, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which came as a little shock as I didn’t have it with my other pregnancies. However, it wasn’t an overly big shock ...

Raven Montmorency

Mix of sweet cakes, donuts, and candy sitting in front of a pile of sugar with the word 'sugar' spelled out in it.

How to Decode What Your Acne Shows About You

Is the acne you have caused by stress, late nights, a bad diet, or hormones? Through understanding some basic face-mapping, you can know what your acne is telling you, and take the right course of action. In traditional Chinese medicine, the face is believed to be the window to the soul, and Chinese medical physicians look at ...

Raven Montmorency

Acne face mapping.

How Neiguan (P-6) and Just Your Hand Can Treat Your Entire Body

Neiguan is one of the most efficient acupuncture points on the human body, with a variety of applications for syndromes throughout the body.   In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), there is a saying: “The legs are the second heart of the human body.” It is a common understanding in TCM that “all diseases come from the ...

Hermann Rohr

The neiguan acupuncture point is located on the wrist, just below the hand.

Why Parents Are Right to Question Vaccinating Their Children Against COVID-19

The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011-2020 (GVAP) was developed to realize the ambitions of the Decade of Vaccines — that all individuals and communities enjoy lives free from vaccine-preventable illnesses.  Following the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to cause illness, death, and economic havoc worldwide, vaccines were developed, and a mass vaccination program started in December ...

Katrina Hicks

Six vials of COVID-19 vaccine from different manufacturers.

Massaging Acupuncture Points: An Easy Way to Relieve Common Health Issues

Most of us know that acupuncture can help treat and relieve many ailments’ symptoms. But did you know that even just massaging acupuncture points can provide relief? That’s great news for those who have a fear of needles! Basic knowledge Causes of some common symptoms according to traditional Chinese medicine: Massaging acupuncture points Indications: Gastritis, gastric ulcer, poor ...

Max Lu

Accupressure being applied to patient's arm.