Ping Ming Health

It seems to me that the moment I successfully treat a case of female infertility, another few cases arrive at my clinic.  In recent times, I feel that more and more people are suffering from pregnancy problems.  As a TCM practitioner, my role is not only treating the problem, but teaching people to prevent this problem. This article discusses how to prevent infertility.

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Odema (fluid retention, also spelt oedema) is a very popular case in our clinic, the odema can be stuck in different parts of the body such as the ankle, legs, knees, wrist and hand, eyelid and face. It can also be throughout the entire body. Odema can stay all the time, and others can come and go. In early stage of odema, many people do not pay much attention to it, and often do not treat it. However, it is the internal organs telling the body that something is not right, thus it is important for it to be checked. Long term or serious odema can lead to kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and other disorders in associated organs. read more »

Each food has its own characteristics. In very ancient times Chinese TCM practitioners use specific foods to balance the bodies yin and yang and to treat disease. Because Chinese medicine discovered that most foods have either cooling or warming characteristics so when you eat cooling foods, it is adding cooling effects to your body and eating warm foods will adding warming effects to your body so they can be used to balance the body which may be deficient in yin or yang. read more »

The potato is originally from south America, but now everywhere in the world people plant potatoes. However, different countries give them different names, depending on their shape and colour of the potatoes. In the world now, potato is one of the most popular vegetables in the world.Potatoes contain high amounts of nutrients and vitamins which are needed in the human body. This is why nutritionists call the potato the ‘perfect’ vegetable. From ancient to modern, from eastern to western, potatoes are highly recommended for this reason. read more »

Chinese medicine talk about Qi as being of the most important functions of the organs. Organs qi such as heart qi, lung qi, kidney qi and spleen qi. Every organs qi dominate different physical functions, normal physical organs qi should be not too much neither too deficient, but should flow smoothly (meaning that the qi should not be ’stuck’ in one certain place). If the qi is not working properly it will cause a disease. In this article I am going to talk about one of the abnormal qi -Liver qi stagnation. read more »