Barefoot Doctor's Journal
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For 5000 years Traditional Chinese Medicine has help people to relieve pain and achieve a healthy longevity naturally.
A comprehensive guide to natural health and healing, the Barefoot Doctor’s Journal seeks to empower it's readers to take control of their own health, find their own inspiration, help create healthier communities and share the adventure with whoever is interested. Internationally recognized experts in the fields of healthy aging and Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Living Younger Longer Institute has helped hundreds of people each year to live healthy naturally.
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Beat the Heat: a Guide for Having Fun in the Sun
Alternative Medicine and Yellow Leaves
There is an old Chinese saying … “Children can be fooled into thinking yellow leaves are made of gold, but grownups should be able to distinguish the real thing.” Let that be a lesson to us all when it comes to buying alternative medicine, health products and advice. An American philosopher was more specific. Mark Twain once quipped “Beware of buying health books. You might die of a misprint.” (more…)
Tai Chi at Harvard Medical School Top Ten List
Harvard Medical School’s
Top Ten Reasons to practice T’ai Chi
According to the Harvard Health Publications of the Harvard Medical School regular practice of T’ai Chi Ch’uan may be useful in the treatment and prevention of many health problems while giving practitioners control in relieving their own aches and pains. (more…)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mind-body practices
Mind-body practices are increasingly used to provide stress reduction for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mind-body practice encompasses activities like tai chi, qigong, yoga and other forms of mindful meditation and relaxation techniques. These kind of mind/body exercises have been shown to impact physical functioning and improve both mental and physical health.
Chinese Medicine is Becoming Mainstream
According to articles in Time magazine and the Wall Street Journal Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming mainstream modern medicine. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123146318996466585
The Cleveland Clinic, one of the worlds top hospitals, has opened a Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal clinic as well as acupuncture and massage as a part of it’s integrative medicine unit. Referrals for the clinic come from doctors in oncology, rheumatology, neurology and fertility clinics. The clinic is run by board certified masters degree level health professionals in Chinese Medicine. Highly trained herbalists are important because of the risk of interactions between herbs and western medications. (more…)