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Kampo Diets

Kampo Diets Proper diet is very important for the recovery from many illnesses, as well as for the maintenance of good health. In fact, it is so important that diet has been deemed an integral part of Eastern medicine, food therapy. In Kampo, it is called Shokuyou , and in TCM, this practice is known as Shi Liao .
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Media Links

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Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and registered doctor Stephen Yan is using acupuncture to treat Jeremy Sampath's hay fever.

The Liver in CM VI - Dragon Rises SeminarsThe literature regarding the Liver has largely centered on Liver Qi stagnation and Liver Yang Rising, both of which I have found clinically highly exaggerated in importance in our time and poorly understood. Liver Blood deficiency, Liver Toxicity and the relationship between the Liver and other solid organs also requires re-examination and re-evaluation. Ignored is the pandemic of our time, Liver Qi-Yang deficiency and Liver Separation of Yin and Yang. This is one of the instances in which my teacher, Dr. Shen ,would say `book wrong’.

psyche in chinese medicine

This article will discuss the nature and functions of the Shen and Hun in the human psyche. This will be based on classical texts and on my own thoughts and clinical experience. There will be five parts to this discussion:

Shen (Spirit)

Shen lives in the Heart, where it retires to sleep during the night. If the Shen is disturbed, there may be insomnia. Shen is specifically said to live in the Blood Vessels (part of the system of the Heart) and to be nourished by the Blood. In TCM pathology, therefore, deficient Blood may fail to nourish the Shen. Alternatively, Heat (of various Organs) may disturb the Shen.