China :: Health :: Medicine

Thank you Demi Moore (and her sponsor) for making a really terrific Public Service Announcement regarding breast health, for October which is Breast Cancer Awareness month. If you haven't seen Demi's thirty second commercial (click below to watch) she says, while we are searching for a cure for breast cancer, we really have to start with individuals. "We know our own bodies, just take the time to know what it's telling you." I couldn't agree more. One great way to know your body is through self tapping technique. You can learn the technique being pioneer by Breast Health expert Lara Koljonen at EssentiallyPink.com. Lara's, is a Doctor or Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncturist in San Diego, CA. Her work to increase breast HEALTH awareness has been going on for several years. Essentially Pink is the leader in the breast health movement. Let's face it, as Demi Moore says, breast cancer awareness is really about women knowing their bodies and liste...

Another aspect to the more advanced Chinese herb learning method that I teach is diving into the huge amount of information concerning where herbs grow up. Using the metaphor of the growth and development of a human being, it is undeniable that where we grow up influences the people we end up becoming. The same is true of Chinese herbs! Topics covered 1. Why I love the herb method I teach 2. Why location matters when it comes to Chinese herbs 3. Small application of the herb learning method with one of your friends and mine, Chenpi aurantium citrus peel Back to podcast archive

Today we all get a victory lap. I've blogged and posted video's about the dangers of BPA's for PMS, menstrual cramps, menopause symptoms and today BPA's are that much closer to being banned in food products. The Governor of California signed a bill today to reduce bisphenol-A (BPA's) to trace amounts in baby products. This new California law follows on the heels of 10 other states, Canada and the European Union. The tide is turning and hopefully soon we will see a complete ban on this toxic chemical in our food supply. Canned food is still allowed to be lined with BPA's in the U.S., Health Canada has acknowledged the risks involved with this practice and banned BPA's in Canada completely. BPA's enter our bodies without us knowing about them. They are widely used in plastic water bottles and when we drink this water we unknowingly ingest these harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals. They attach to hormone receptor sites and act like hormones in the body. ...

I was on my way somewhere in the city last week and I saw some greenery on the road. It was set up with chairs, tea and plants! On one of the busiest streets in Sydney. This group of radicals had paid for their parking spots and set them up how they wanted to! Awesomes Paid parking tickets on the side of the road :)

At the moment the weather has gone cold and a bit rainy! Last Friday was a super hot day. Here's a reminder, to keep you inspired, of that sunny day.

The Festival of the winds is a kite festival down at Bondi each year. My favourites were the whale kites. Held up high by a box kite above them they looked very majestic and even realistic swimming in the sky. Also this was a favourite one. The high up kite on a single string. This reminded me of when I was in Beijing almost at the same time as this last year. Wherever you were in the city you could look up and above the massive unit blocks you would see at least one kite, high, high up.

The award known as American Nobel Prize was presented last Saturday to an 81 year old researcher for her work on a hinese herb called Artemisia. Tu Youyou is a Chinese citizen and the first person Chinese citizen to receive the prestigious Lasker Medical Research Award. Her work, along with her research team has studied the Chinese herb Artemisia which is used to cure malaria. Today the artemisia based drug created by Tu and her colleagues is now a standard treatment for malaria and statistics show it's success rate is 97 percent. "I think the honor not only belongs to me, but also to all Chinese scientists," Tu said at the award ceremony held in New York. "The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine," Tu was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "Not often in the history of clinical medicine can we celebrate a discovery that has eased the pain and distress of hundreds of millions of people and saved the lives of countless numb...