TCM recommends getting one more hour of sleep, drinking more water and eating moistening foods to maintain health and keep your body's energy in sync with cosmic energy.Chu Shu on the Chinese lunar calendar usually falls around August 23. Temperatures usually remain high for around 18 days befor...

Traditional Chinese Medicine has proven to be effective in treating a wide range of modern health concerns. Heart health is especially important, given how common heart-related illnesses have become. In TCM, the heart is often referred to as the “ruler” of our organs. It is said that the heart hou...

Don't be irritated, upset or depressed. Or too stressed-out for too long, or seethe with anger. If these moods become habits of mind, they will affect your health, add wrinkles to your face and make you age prematurely.Maintain a good mood and even spirits for good health is common traditional a...

Drinking a bowl of cold sweet mung bean soup every day is a Chinese habit in summer - it's a delicious dessert and a "cold" (yin energy) treat to cool down your system in the heat.According to traditional Chinese medicine, the tiny green mung beans (lu dou) eaten as soup or congee can...

It's the cold season and many people catch cold as the temperature drops. Sneezing, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, headaches - there's nothing worse than the common cold. And despite the wisdom of the ages and the sages, there's no cure.We all know you're supposed to stay warm. T...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Before 6 am, Berline Fangan had already taken her seat at a makeshift traditional Chinese medicine clinic just outside the Bangou sub-divisional hospital in the West Region of Cameroon.The mother of two was nervous and in pain as she explained that her untreated 10-year-old join...