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Hear this: Keep your eyes on your ears and rub them for health

By Zhang Qian | Nov 17, 2009

Modern science tells us that the auricle, the external part of the ear, collects sounds so that we can hear them more clearly. But the ancient Chinese believed the ear is more than...

Hot lips: Don't gloss them over

By Zhang Qian | Nov 10, 2009 |

Chapped lips are a problem in the dry autumn air, and most people just put on commercial lip balm, or lip gloss in the case of women.

Keeping your wits about you

By Zhang Qian | Nov 3, 2009 |

Age-related cognitive decline is one of the most disturbing aspects of aging, associated with declining memory, learning, use of language and concentration. Senile dementia (meani...

Don't overdo iodized salt

By Zhang Qian | Oct 27, 2009 |

Anxiety, palpitations, trembling, heavy sweating and insomnia sound like facts of life for many stressed-out white-collar workers. But if they are extreme and persistent, they can...

Stopping the runs

By Zhang Qian | Oct 20, 2009 |

As we enter fall and temperatures drop, Shanghai hospitals are seeing more and more patients not only for respiratory problems, but also for digestive ailments that cause diarrhea,...

Full of vim and vinegar

By Zhang Qian | Oct 13, 2009 |

Everyone's grandma knows about the health benefits of vinegar and it's also a time-honored agent in TCM for everything from sore throat to athlete's foot. Zhang Qian puckers up. V...

Health stems from the orchid

By Zhang Qian | Sep 29, 2009 |

An inconspicuous herbal tonic in many Chinese pharmacies is a small ball of what looks like twisted and wrapped straw, but it's one of the nine top "fairy herbs" of Taoism. This i...

Mushroom of the immortals

By Zhang Qian | Sep 22, 2009 |

Chinese sages and the goddess Guanyin are sometimes pictured holding the auspicious lingzhi mushroom, sometimes called the "mushroom of immortality" or xian cao (fairy grass). Lin...

Bird's nest 'caviar of the East' the TCM tonic to salivate over

By Zhang Qian | Sep 15, 2009 |

Bird's nests are big in China. The vast 258,000-square-meter Bird's Nest, or National Stadium, drew the world's applause at the Beijing Olympics last year. And tiny 6-centimeter-di...

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