Doctor Lisa Moses removes an acupuncture needle from "Ashley", a Moluccan Cockatoo, at the Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts（Photo： Xinhua)When Dr Francis Yu started his acupuncture clinic in California in the 1970s, most of his patients were Chinese. But now, h...

Just getting out of bed can be a tough task for some people. Apart from losing the wonderful feeling from beautiful dreams, many feel physically sick when they get up, though this disappears after a while.TCM suggests that they are also signs that your body is not so well. If you suffer some of thes...

Many people swear by bananas as a laxative, but don't trust your gut reaction. Traditional Chinese medicine says bananas are not a cure-all when it comes to constipation. The bowels and their movement problems are very complicated, and all about yin and yang. In fact, there are six very differen...

Meizhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in eastern Guangdong province has set up a special clinic to treat patients suffering from "World Cup syndrome", said a senior TCM practitioner from the hospital."Most of the patients suffering from World Cup syndrome are men and soccer...

Persistently catching a flu or feeling under the weather? It may be a sign of your body being out of balance. Here are 10 tips from TCM experts that’ll help to solve your ailments.1. Repay sleep debtsIf you’re always feeling lethargic and cranky, chances are that you lack sleep and are running on...

Locked in his own little world, six-year-old Tom Sun sits quietly in a small hospital chair, wearing a very peculiar traditional Chinese medicine "hat" that is intended to treat his autism.A few needles are placed in acupuncture points on his closely shaved head.He seems quite oblivious to...