AOM Articles - Newsletter Archives
Articles from current and past Jade newsletters can be found here, along with other writings of interest from a variety of Oriental medicine professionals.
During pregnancy, the focus is often on supporting the health of
the mother as it directly affects the growth and development of the
fetus. But in traditional Chinese medicine, maintaining a woman's
health is also highly emphasized in the postpartum period and the
care a woman receives postpartum often sets the scene for her state
of health far into the future.
Read more...
A most significant part of healing lies in the renunciation of the
victim position and the assumption of 100% responsibility for
ourselves as embodied by the actual choices that we make. A
goal of any healer in a spiritual tradition of medicine, one that
recognizes the primacy of spirit, must be to assist in liberating
the patient’s choosing faculty from the fears and desires of the
ego. Simply put, freedom means “free to choose” as opposed
to being a slave to the mechanism of a conditioned mind. Free
to choose what? Free to do the right thing. When it comes to
the “spiritual practice of medicine,” positive change in behavior
is far more significant in assessing efficacy then a change in a
patient’s feeling state.
Read more...
These days, chicken soup has exploded far beyond its historic
confines of folk medicine and Grandma’s version of natural healing.
Entire genres of self-help books promote themselves as supplying
chicken soup-quality wisdom for virtually any topic of modern
life….. chicken soups made with Chinese herbs are arguably the
most delicious illustrations of Chinese medicine’s venerable
tradition of “nourishing life” (yang sheng). Arguably the epitome
of this tradition is the simple but classic ginseng chicken soup,
which provides a delicate flavor and a wonderful boost for both
mind and body.
Read more...
In Chinese astrology, each animal can be converted into five elements. Tiger primarily contains wood, fire and a little earth. Wood feeds the fire and makes fire stronger. Metal is afraid of fire and also over controls wood. This means that metal and Tiger together will fight each other, which implies that 2010 will not come quietly and peacefully. However it is said that the Tiger brings the element of courage and metal provided the necessary determination and resolve to achieve the goals that are set for the year.
Read more...
Showing 1 - 4 of 20 Articles