Testosterone Deficiency, Digestive Issues, Antibacterial Herbs, and more. Balancing Point 3.15.13

Health literacy. Vitamin D-3 levels. Testosterone deficiency. Testosterone-restoring herbs. Cause of enlarged prostate. Treating digestive issues with TCM: leaky gut, ulcerative colitis, etc. Acid reflux pharmaceuticals. Magnesium deficiency. Berberine, barberry, coptis, goldenseal, and other antibacterial herbs. “Minimizing.” Taking inventory of one’s body. Morning muscle aches. Blood and/or qi stagnation. Electrolyte imbalance. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),ContinueContinue reading “Testosterone Deficiency, Digestive Issues, Antibacterial Herbs, and more. Balancing Point 3.15.13”

Muscle Cramping, Meditation, Breast Milk and more. Balancing Point 5.24.12

Muscle cramping. Electrolyte imbalance. Unexplained illnesses. The chong channel. Release of trauma. Breast milk toxicity. Florence Williams—Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History. Meditation. Vipassana. Sleep apnea. Natural pain relief. Persistent low blood sugar. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western Perspective, Integrative and Functional Medicine. Live streaming. The Balancing Point health radio talk show about Traditional ChineseContinueContinue reading “Muscle Cramping, Meditation, Breast Milk and more. Balancing Point 5.24.12”

Edema, Blood Tests, Eye Pain and more. Balancing Point 3.29.12

Swelling and edema. Electrolyte levels. Blood pressure medication. Channel theory. San jiao channel. Spleen channel. B-12 deficiency. Blood tests. Eye pain. Liver-eye connection in TCM. Extra points. Local vs. distant points. Constipation. Miralax. Konjac mannan fiber. Hyoscyamine. Memory. High blood pressure. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western Perspective, Integrative and Functional Medicine. Live streaming. The BalancingContinueContinue reading “Edema, Blood Tests, Eye Pain and more. Balancing Point 3.29.12”

Vitamin A, athsma, estrogen, and more. The Balancing Point 2.2.12

Vitamin D. Dietary vitamin A. Liver, butter, full fat milk. Eye health. Cramping toes. Electrolyte imbalance. Magnesium. Ba fung points. Cyclical fevers. Febrile diseases.  Measles. Asthma.  Mount Sinai asthma study. Bio-available hormones for bone health. Osteopenia. Osteoporosis causes. Estrogen and progesterone. Push hands tai chi. Honey. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western Perspective, Integrative and FunctionalContinueContinue reading “Vitamin A, athsma, estrogen, and more. The Balancing Point 2.2.12”

Traumatic injury: broken bones and fractures. The Balancing Point 1.30.12

  Traumatic injury. Sports injury. Broken bones and fractures. Qi gong. Nei gong. No free flow and pain. Free flow and no pain.  Bone setting. Getting the right diagnosis. Wu ling san. Proper qi and blood flow. Things that slow the healing process like wheat (inflammatory) and NSAIDS (which double the rate of non-union fractures).ContinueContinue reading “Traumatic injury: broken bones and fractures. The Balancing Point 1.30.12”

Electrolytes, vitamin D and heart health, GM food and more. The Balancing Point 1.19.12

The totality of approach in Chinese Medicine. Helicobacter Pylori. Ulcers. Electrolytes. Kidneys. Vitamin D and heart health. Chinese Medicine and dentistry. Allergy-causing potential of GM food. Abdominal pain. Importance of palpation in diagnosis. Magnesium deficiencies. Iodine in women’s health. White vs. red light for sleep and health. Tendons and the liver. Pulse-taking.  Recommendations for irregularContinueContinue reading “Electrolytes, vitamin D and heart health, GM food and more. The Balancing Point 1.19.12”