Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a unique perspective on high blood pressure. In TCM, it is believed that the body desires balance. A healthy body is our natural state and any illness or health issue is attributed to something in the body being out of balance. Chinese medicine strives to bring each patient back into …
Continue reading “Lower Your Blood Pressure, Extend Your Life”
In 2008, 糖心原创vlog entered into a partnership with Quad Partners. This has sparked a lot of interest, as well as questions from Pacific鈥檚 holistic health community. To answer some of these questions, we sat down with 糖心原创vlog President Jack Miller and Quad Partners General Partner Daniel Neuwirth to explore the result of the …
The Year of the Snake begins on February 10, 2013 and will last until January 30th, 2014. As we phase out of the fifth sign of the zodiac, the Dragon, and enter the Year of the Snake, there are some things you may like to know about what lies ahead. The Snake is the sixth …
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), human health has long been considered to be closely tied to nature. The natural world is thought of as a holistic entity in itself, and man鈥檚 health is determined both by his inner balance as well as in relation to the surrounding environment. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine practitioners have …
Continue reading “Season’s Greetings: The Chinese Medicine Way”
Updated:聽聽November 2021 The overwhelming anguish and sense of loss experienced by women struggling with infertility issues is an unwelcome motivator, driving them to seek other treatment options to overcoming infertility. From home remedies, fertility drugs, and even surgery, to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and donor eggs and embryos, modern healthcare has vastly expanded the array …
鈥淭he food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.鈥� ~Ann Wigmore Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) operates on the belief that everything is connected. No symptom or pain in the body occurs in a vacuum鈥攊t鈥檚 always related to something else, and there are both …
Continue reading “Healing from the Inside Out: Looking at Food as Medicine”
鈥淭he breast health (& heart) health comes from living a life in which giving and receiving are equally balanced and in which you eat well & move your body joyfully, vigorously and regularly.” ~Christiane Northrup October is Breast Health Awareness Month. A recent BMC Cancer study conducted in Toronto reported that 47% of women with …
Continue reading “Breast Health Awareness Month: What Can You Do for Your Health?”
It鈥檚 election season and healthcare weighs heavy on voter鈥檚 minds. But regardless of which party you vote for, you can鈥檛 deny that our current healthcare system is undergoing change. The following documentaries have interviewed hundreds of doctors, alternative medicine practitioners, and patients alike to get an understanding of what the future may bring. As a …
Continue reading “Are You in the Know? Recent Healthcare Documentaries to Check Out”
A fundamental belief of Chinese medicine is that health begins on the inside. How you treat your body, what you eat, how you feel, the way you think…all of this plays a factor into your health. The root of wellbeing is an internal balance. However, that鈥檚 not to say that it鈥檚 not visible on the …
Yep, you heard right! The OM will no longer be solely available in its regular paper form, now you will be able to read the latest issue right from your computer at home or on your IPad! The Pacific Symposium 2012 issue marks the first digital issue of OM available for free online. Just visit …
Continue reading “Attention iPad Owners! OM Newspaper Goes Digital”