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Acorus and Chrysanthemum Clear Flower Vision Pills (Shi Chang Ju Hua Qing Mao Pian) is a unique, condition-specific Chinese herbal formula for preventing and treating visual migraine aura. It is useful for related conditions, including visual aura, migraine aura, migraine headache and ocular migraine. This formula has been developed and refined over the course of […]
Preventative treatment is the most important practice within Chinese medicine. Once pain or disease manifests, it is typically difficult or too late to successfully treat the condition. In modern times, we do not even understand the topic of prevention. Perhaps people have some general idea of eating well, exercising or frequent or hand-washing. This does […]
My first encapsulated formula is one that I have developed and used over many years, and often serves a base for individualized herb formulas that I prescribe to people for insomnia and interrupted sleep. It is the formula that we use at home for difficult sleep. It facilitates sound sleep and clear dreams, but does […]
Custom, individualized herbal prescriptions are the hallmark of Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese medicine is a professional, literate, inherently consistent system of medicine that has been practiced continuously for at least 2,500 years. Over this period of time, thousands of herbal formulations have been created to address the broad afflictions of human beings. Chinese medicine also […]
The Importance of Sleep Every day we eat, drink and breathe. The Spleen extracts the essence of food and liquid, and the Lungs extract the essence of air. These are combined in the Heart to make Qi and Blood. We use our Qi and Blood each day for regular activity. Any “extra” is stored as […]
This article was originally presented as a power point presentation at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. The original presentation is available as a PDF here. Chinese Medicine An ancient system of medicine arising from the ancient Chinese worldview Texts dating back 2,500 years with reference to origins thousands […]