by Jennifer Dubowsky | Apr 11, 2012 | Cancer Prevention/Treatment, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Herbal Research, Chinese Herbs and Colon Cancer, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Cancer, Chinese Medicine and Chemotherapy
Researchers are discovering more and more about the properties of Chinese herbs and how they can be used for your best health. In this article from the Wall Street Journal, researchers report that a specific combination of herbs seem to bolster colon-cancer treatment....
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 14, 2011 | Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Eczema, Chinese Medicine and Hives, Chinese Medicne and Skin Conditions, Eczema, Hives, Psoriasis, Shingles, Skin Conditions
I’m not sure if it’s the weather, the indulgent diet during the holidays or the stress that comes along with all the merry making, but Hives and other skin disorders have been a popular complaint in my Chicago acupuncture office lately. So I’m re...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Nov 15, 2011 | China, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Colds/Flu, Common Cold, Ginger, Green Tea, Healthy Foods, Tea
Here in the U.S. and in most Western countries, we think of food as food and medicine as medicine; rarely linking the two. Many countries understand that food IS medicine. I found a particularly useful article in a Bangkok paper (applause for the internet) that...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Aug 18, 2011 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Cholesteral Health, Green Tea, Health, Healthy aging, Healthy Foods, Heart Health, Tea
In completing a mega-analysis of studies that examined drinking green tea and its effects on cholesterol, researchers are optimistic. (Do I hear the applause for Traditional Chinese Medicine advice???) Although in some of the studies, participants consumed the...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Aug 8, 2011 | China, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Foods
“A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down…” Oh, Mary Poppins, you are sooo yesterday! The Chinese have something much better and certainly healthier. The China Daily has a story about a restaurant that adds herbs to food in order...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 13, 2011 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Healthy Foods, Honey
When bees feast on flowers, the process of making honey begins. The flower nectar mixes with enzymes in the bees’ saliva and turns it into honey. Then, the bees carry the honey back to the hive where they deposit it into the cells of the hive’s...
