CHINESE MEDICINE - FOUR TIERS OF PRACTICE
Traditional Chinese herbs and medicine is a 4000 year practice as far as recorded history (between 2100 - 1700 B.C.) goes. But in probability, Chinese herbal has been used for as long as man has been in this region of the planet. The use, most likely, dates back to the populating of China. Given there is considerable argument here, we’ll agree, its been a long time. In general, the practice of Traditional Chinese herbal herbs fits prominently in Chinese medicine practices. In fact, if you specialize in this area alone, you could be very busy and well known for helping a lot of people. For your information, we will show its prioritized position in Chinese medicine and explain its application in this framework. The purpose of showing this order is to encourage customers to view physical conditions and their solution in a graduated process. By living in our fast paced life-style with high stress, long work hours, reduced family contact, fast food, low nutrition, reduced energy, etc., our immune system becomes extra challenged. It doesn’t happen over night and thus care is recommended at the same pace as the conditioned was entered. The exception occurs when illness is urgent and life-threatening.
TAM (Traditional Asian Medicine) CARE
(Four Tiers of Asian Medicine)
- Food Therapy
- Herbal Therapy
- Exercise: Tai Chi & Qi Gong
- Acupuncture & Cupping
I. FOOD THERAPY
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
- Hippocrates circa 431 B.C.
Traditional Chinese Medicine first employs food as a therapeutic tool. Why? Because we are very pre-occupied with food. Our stomachs will let us know that we are hungry, so most of us, unless we are imbalanced, will eat 1-6 times per day unless food is not available. Since we eat, its important to consider what we are eating due to the fact food has a major influence on the health of our bodies. If we drink pop, alcohol, eat desserts, cheese, candy, red meat, bread, processed foods, etc. then guess what happens to the body? It clogs up and gains weight and we get sick. If we eat vegetables, fruit, water, fish, then what happens? We open up, lose weight to balance and leanness and we can get well. The effective TAM practice will include food therapy with the knowledge of what food works best with a particular constitution. Ever heard of, “You are what you eat”? What that means, is that certain foods will definitely determine the cell quality in the tissues of your body. Food, ideally, provides substance to make energy from, benefitting the cells so they can do their job. The more energy, the more capacity your cells have to do their jobs. If they are obstructed with poor choices, that fit your wants, then the result will be illness. Foods that balance your ailing constitution, are essential to re-establishing your health. Master herbalists, sophisticated in this specialty, will recommend this strategy in order to form a foundation for other traditional Asian medicine. No matter what treatment methodology, allopathic or naturopathic, healing can be sabotaged, if food therapy is not seriously considered in the remedial process. Therefore, food therapy is critical to restoration of your health. Though food is a more subtle remedy, its gradual nourishing effect, has the power to restore, unnoticed, only because it takes more time. Thus, when we get sick, it is difficult, to connect the dots as to how we got in that condition.
This discussion of the Four Tiers of Chinese Medicine is further covered at Longevity Mountain. For those of you who desire to know the prioretized next 3 levels, Traditional Chinese herbs, Chinese medicine exercise and Accupuncture/Cupping.
Mark Hammer C.M.H., Master Herbalist Longevity Mountain 5/09
www.traditional-chinese-herbs.com
What Are The Tai Chi Benefits
Those who teach tai chi moves are very quick to proclaim the sheer volume of health benefits of practising tai chi to the consumer public. These benefits of tai chi movements include increased health, wellness, peace of mind, etc. All these these perceived health benefits can greatly enhance a person’s ability to increase the quality of life. Of course, such quality of life can only be realized if the system of tai chi moves truly provides what it claims in can provide. As such, there needs to be a critical examination in regards to the actual positive elements of the system and whether or not the person who studies the art will actually achieve the promised benefits.
What needs to be immediately understood in regards to the benefits of tai chi movements is actually that these benefits are based on basic cardio vascular conditioning and isometrics. In other words, the positive benefits of tai chi come from both basic physiology and biology.
Many of the mystic notions of tai chi moves originate from the early history of kung fu which is to say that these mystic beliefs can trace their origin many hundreds of years prior to the inception of tai chi and carried over into tai chi when tai chi became incorporated into the collective whole of martial arts. In other words, much of these beliefs are a result of lack of understanding of physiology and science.
You need to understand the science behind the this exercise to full appreciate the benefits of tai chi. To believe in weird mysticism will undermine success and should be avoided. Sadly, many do not avoid it. Rather, they embrace the notion. Do not fall into this trap. Always stick with logic and disappointment will be avoided.
You need to be consistent in the practise to be able to fully benefit from the this form of martial arts exercise
Managing Anxiety Panic Attacks Doesn’t have To Be A Nightmare
Many people all over the world suffer from anxiety disorders and these disorders often cause panic attacks. If you are one of those people, then you know anxiety panic attacks can cause a rush of different emotions; each one more overwhelming than the last. To properly deter an anxiety panic attack you have to first know what they are and what causes them. This article is going to explain what these attacks consist of and how to deal with them when they occur.
An anxiety attack is a symptom of different anxiety disorders. If you suffer from them, then it’s important to grasp what they are. An attack is when a person’s anxiety and stress levels grow to a point where they cannot control it. They quickly begin to fear their surroundings, fear they are dying, having a heart attack, or are going crazy. It is a cognitive episode where your mind will tell your body it is experiencing discomfort that likely doesn’t exist and can last from just 1 minute to as long as 15 minutes. Often an attack will make a person live in fear of the next attack, which only worsens the stress they feel.
If you are unlucky enough to suffer from anxiety panic attacks, then you will want to know how to control them. There are several ways you can control your panic attacks no matter what the symptoms are. The first thing you should do is to identify if your attacks have a configuration. There is a chance that there is a stressful situation happening that is triggering your attacks. If you cannot hold off the anxiety panic attack, then there are ways to get it under control. The first thing you should do is relax. Your thoughts should remain positive while telling yourself that you’ll be fine and that what you are feeling is not real.
If you suffer from anxiety panic attacks, then have you ever considered practicing yoga? This type of stress free activity, along with others, such as Tai Chi or other structured workouts, can help calm your mind and often deter attacks. The same can be said for listening to music, reading a book, or even spending time with an animal. These activities may be your key to getting rid of the attacks. While panic attacks may never go away, with a little education and a few stress free skills you may be able to avoid them nine times out of ten!
Living with anxiety and depression can make each day seem like one in perpetual misery. You fear leaving the house and even at times the comfort of your own bed. Issues that once used to not bother you are suddenly life changing decisions. You withdraw from family and friends. It is a vicious cycle that can keep even the best of us down. But there is hope and there is help if you know where to turn to. It is your life and your decision to get better. The answer is not always medicine. You can be responsible for your own treatment. Click here to get rid of panic attacks once and for all.
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