Insomnia

Poor sleep, or insomnia, the city has become epidemic. These sleep disorders for many reasons, including psychological treatment, medication and behavioral therapy.

In fact, the change is the most important part of life. Personal eating habits have a certain impact on sleep, good sleep habits, including time to go to bed, get up, eating habits, including a balanced diet and eat light, not too hungry or too full before going to bed, do not drink caffeinated beverages and alcohol for food, and usually have to pay attention or to add nutrients.

There are nutrients that can help of sleep, such as vitamin B complex to help relievenerve and muscle tension, to maintain mental stability, to help relax the brain and nervous system, rich in vitamin B complex Whole grain foods are brown rice, oatmeal,whole wheat bread , as well as whole grains almonds, red beans and sesame seeds,and vegetables peas, spinach and other food.

Warm milk and calm emotions
Calcium sensor to control the nerves and muscle contraction, can relax, reduce stress,maintain blood acid, alkali value. Calcium-rich foods are dairy products such as milk, yoghurt, cheese, in addition, soy products such as tofu, soy milk, as well as fish such assardines, salmon is also a good choice. Milk containing two hypnotic substances: a catalyst for the synthesis of tryptophan, serotonin, another anesthetic sedation with similar natural morphine-like substances. We can drink half an hour before going to sleep cup warm milk, it is easy to sleep. The other nutrients are magnesium, can settlenerves, relieve tension, improve because of tension arising from muscle tension andirritable. Dark green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, green beans, and whole grains such as almonds, sesame seeds are good sources of magnesium.

In addition, chinese red tea, green tea makes the body produce theanine α waves, people feel comfortable, relaxed, easy to fall asleep. It is best to take some qualitysupplements, which contain caffeine, a strong dose is also higher than normal.

Cupping and its benefits

Known in some cultures as firecupping, the ancient healing technique of cupping has a long history in the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Sometimes used in conjunction with acupuncture and herbal therapy, cupping involves the use of a cup that is filled with warm air, and placed open end down on the part of the body that is experiencing distress.

In the philosophy of TCM, cupping is understood to be about the restoring the flow of the life force to a proper and working state. Illness is often associated with some sort of interference to this flow of life energy. The application of cupping to the affected part of the body is understood to set in motion natural body responses that will in time help to restore the right ordering the energy and in turn restore health to the individual.

In general, cupping uses a cup that is made of glass, hard wood, or metal. Some type of flammable substance, such as paper, a mixture of herbs, or alcohol is placed in the cup and then lit. As the substance burns down and extinguishes, the cup is inverted and placed at some point along the body that corresponds with the life energy pathways involved. As the air inside the cup cools, it creates a vacuum that pulls the skin upward. The idea is that this action also helps to extract toxins from the body that are the origin of the health ailment. Generally, the cup will be left in place for no more than ten minutes.

Two forms of cupping are in use. Wet cupping involves puncturing the skin before applying the cup. This increases blood flow and is understood to speed up the removal of toxins from the body. Dry cupping is the more common application and omits the use of puncturing the skin. Often, cupping is used as preparation for a session of acupuncture. The acupuncturist may allow the patient a short time in between the cupping treatment and the administration of theacupuncture needles. Herbalists may also use cupping as a pre-requisite to a regimen of herbal therapy, or as a follow up treatment once the herbs have had time to begin breaking down the toxins that are causing the illness.

cup mark

Cupping has a great deal of anecdotal evidence that supports its use as a means of dealing witharthritis in the limbs, swelling of joints, and congestion in the throat and lungs. There are also testimonials that claim that cupping has successfully been used to treat depression as well. Generally, cupping is not used when there is the presence of a tumor or suspicion that a growth may be malignant. Instead, the focus is more on everyday ailments that would not tend to require invasive surgery. However, traditional western medicine has not confirmed that cupping actually leads to any real health benefits. Still, the technique is used in many cultures and has many followers.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) stresses yin and yang. Sizhen and bagang are the bases of TCM, and they guide diagnoses and treatment.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be traced back to ancient times. Over several thousands of years, Chinese people have accumulated a wealth of experience in treating illnesses, and thus creating an integrated system of theories; such as the theories of yin and yang, or positive and negative forces; witring, or the five elements of water, fire, metal, wood and earth; and of viscera, or the treatment based on symptoms and signs, pharmacology, acupuncture and moxibustion. TCM has proven itself as a science over thousands of years of clinical practice.

Sizhen--TCM Diagnosis

pulse taking

Diagnosis in TCM involves two parts: The method of diagnosis and the determination of treatment based on symptoms and signs. The method of diagnosis is composed of sizhen—inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiry, and palpation. Each has its own clinical function.

example: tongue diagnosis

Inspection involves observing the patient's expressions, complexion, physique, posture, tongue and the color of secretion and excrement to determine the conditions of internal organs. A patient’s expressions and tongue are most important in this process. Auscultation and olfaction involve listening to a patient’s sounds—including using a stethoscope to hear the patient’s heart—and noticing the smells coming from the patient. Changes in a patient’s sounds—talking, breathing and/or coughing—and his/her odor can help a doctor detect various illnesses, such as chills, fevers, hypofunction or hyperfunction. Inquiry involves asking the patient and/or his/her companions about the onset, cause and course of the illness, the chief complaints (especially pain), the patient’s past history, his/her living habits and other relevant conditions. Palpation involves checking the patient’s pulse.

Treatment Is Based on Symptoms And Signs

Bagang (the eight principle) are yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, deficiency and excess. They are analyzed and summed up from data obtained during the sizhen process to reveal the nature and cause of the disease. Despite the disease’s complexity, it can basically he summed up as bagang. Diseases may be classed as yin syndromes or yang syndromes, based on their general classifications. Of bagang, yang includes the patient’s external body, heat and excess; yin, the internal organs, cold and deficiency. Thus, yin and yang syndromes are the general principles of bagang.

Yin and yang are parts of a view on the universe; a view that everything in the universe is an entity of yin and yang. For thousands of years, combined with TCM practices, the theory has become one of TCM’s guiding ideologies. As these two forces dominate the universe, they too control physical organisms. Health depends on their existence—in proper proportions.

Wuxing (5 elements) Goes Together With Yin and Yang

Wuxing—a school of ancient Chinese philosophy—is a theory that goes together with yin and yang. When applied to TCM, wuxing categorizes various viscera of the human body. For example, the liver is linked to wood; the heart, fire; the spleen, earth; the lungs, metal; and the kidneys, water. These connections are made to explain the physiological and pathological changes of the viscera—the internal organs.

Bagang does not mean the eight symptoms of diseases are unrelated. Actually, they are inseparable. For example, a cold can coexist with heat syndromes, or a fever with cold symptoms.

They are also transformable; the patient may appear to have cold symptoms, but he/she has heat symptoms. In order to make a correct diagnosis, the doctor must accurately understand bagang, and he/she must know all the symptoms.

Herbal Medicine

Luckily for users of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine in the modern world it is no longer necessary to separate, soak, boil, and strain, the various raw materials that may go into your herbal prescription. However, it should be noted that there are some times when this indeed may be the most effective choice.

My preferred method takes advantage of high quality herbs that have undergone a low-heat extraction process and are then spray-dried, which turns them into concentrated granules or powders. These come in classical formulas as well as individual herbs and can be blended together to fit individual needs. Best of all, they are simple to use: just add hot water and drink.

A third option is the use of herbal pills or tablets. These also have a long history, and are considered more generic because the formulas cannot be altered in any way. They are also generally the lowest dosage form. However, especially for long-term use in chronic conditions this may sometimes be the most suitable method.
Modern research is yielding important and helpful information, focusing on the chemical constituents of herbs and their affect on biological organisms. This is broadening the way herbalists can practice herbal medicine. Along with several thousand years of experiential knowledge giving us traditional uses and guidelines for combining herbs, we can use this new scientific understanding to help us be as percise as possible in prescribing.

chinese herbal medicine

Chinese herbal medicine is not based on conventional Western concepts of medical diagnosis and treatment. It treats patients’ main complaints or the patterns of their symptoms rather than the underlying causes. Practitioners attempt to prevent and treat imbalances, such as those caused by cancer and other diseases, with complex combinations of herbs, minerals, and plant extracts.

Chinese herbal medicine uses a variety of herbs in different combinations to restore balance to the body, such as astragalus, ginkgo, ginseng, green tea, and eleuthero (also known as "Siberian ginseng"). Herbal preparations are said to prevent and treat hormone disturbances, infections, breathing disorders, and a vast number of other ailments and diseases. Some practitioners claim herbs have the power to prevent and treat a variety of types of cancer.

Most Chinese herbalists do not claim to cure cancer. They use herbal medicine with conventional treatments prescribed by oncologists, such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy. They claim that herbal remedies can help ease the side effects of conventional cancer therapies, control pain, improve quality of life, strengthen the immune system, and in some cases, stop tumor growth and spread.

One aspect of Chinese herbal medicine aims to restore or strengthen immunity and resistance to disease. Treatments undertaken with this goal are called Fu Zheng or Fu Zhen and are given as complementary therapy intended to reduce the side effects from conventional Western anticancer treatments.