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Points Newsletter - December 2007
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Coping
with Holiday Stress: 5 Essential Tips
By Dr.
Maoshing Ni, L.Ac., D.O.M., Ph.D.
The holidays are a time of joy, love, family
and friendship; though many of us may not like to admit it, the holidays
are also a time of stress. Find out what measures you can take to manage
the stress and heighten the joy!
The Stress Factor at Holiday Time
Between the physical demands of traveling and socializing, and the
emotional aspects of meeting with family, holiday time can potentially
be very taxing. Environmental factors, even on a subtle scale, can also
influence the general mood.
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Chinese
Medicine and the Mind
By Efrem Korngold, LAc, OMD and Harriet Beinfield, LAc
Chinese medicine does not make absolute
distinctions between what we in the West classify as the mind, the
activity of the central nervous system, and the physiology of the
visceral organs. Within traditional Chinese medical thinking, a person
represents a field of Qi, a continuum of dynamic structures, functions,
processes, sensory perceptions, and cognitive faculties that range from
the gross, substantial, and visible (fluids, blood, flesh, muscles,
vessels, sense organs, nerves, and bone) to the subtle, insubstantial,
and invisible (sensations, perceptions, feelings, emotions, thoughts,
images, and dreams. 
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Qi
Gong Breathing
By
Wing-benn Deng, BS, MATCM, PhD, Dipl Ac & CH (NCCAOM), LAc
There are five
major components of practicing Chinese Qi Gong.
All five seek to regulate the 1. the breathing,
2. the mind, 3. the body, 4. the Qi, and 5. the
shen (spirit). Proper breathing is one of the
main keys to general Chinese Qi Gong practice.
It regulates and adjusts the body's Yin and
Yang. Spirit and breathing are mutually
dependent, while spirit and Qi have to mutually
combine. After all, regulating the mind is the
most important component to control the entire
practice.
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I have been hearing a lot about andrographis; is it a promising treatment
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