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What to know about Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which includes Chinese herbal medicine, Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Qi Gong, Tuina (Chinese Massage), and a medicated diet. It is one of the oldest medical systems in the world, with its own principles and diagnostic methods. It is very popular in the west. TCM uses Zang-Fu to view the meridians, collaterals networks. This categorises tissues and organs as an organic whole. Each Zang organ and Fu organ transports Qi, blood, and regulates Yin, Yang, thereby maintaining all…
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How to win the War against Rheumatoid Arthritis?

The good news is that there has been a lot of progress in the past ten years to identify patients earlier and treat the disease more aggressively. If treated properly, patients with RA can live a relatively normal lifestyle. This is a stark contrast to the 20-year-old wheel-chair-bound existence. Experts in the field consider early-onset rheumatoid arthritis a medical emergency. It has a mortality and morbidity comparable to those for diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Rheumatoid arthritis attacks the joints…