Category: Chinese medicine
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What “holistic” ACTUALLY means
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What “holistic” ACTUALLY means I grew up in the United States where western medicine is the predominant medical system (some might think the only). Growing up here I learned that there is a 1-to-1 relationship between medicinals and the symptoms they treat (e.g. ibuprofen for headaches, valerian root for sleep,…
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What Does a Chinese Medicine Practitioner Actually Do? Part I
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What does a Chinese medicine practitioner actually do? Part I Have you ever heard of someone getting “needled” for back pain, or seen someone with purplish bruise-like circles on their back? These people have seen a Chinese Medicine practitioner. The first time I learned about Chinese medicine as a profession,…