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Articles
Below are articles by Tran, both published and unpublished, discussing Traditional Chinese Medicine and its role in the West, as well as our Food for Healing series of information brochures.
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Chinese Medicine in the West: A different perspective
I was pleased to see the publication of an interesting debate between five respected and experienced
practitioners in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, issue number 90, June 2009. "Chinese Medicine in the
West 2009" attempted to address many issues from several viewpoints. I do believe it is important that
we address the changing nature of TCM as society evolves. However, several important points were
raised and yet amongst them, the loss of traditional practice was never discussed. In this article, I
discuss the detrimental effects of modernising Chinese Medicine and the need to step back into
traditional methods. I would like to offer a different approach, a different viewpoint, a different
interpretation of TCM, and how it can be used in today's world. Modernising is not the only way to
approach TCM...
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Chinese Medicine in the West: A different perspective - Download File 120Kb
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Food for Healing: The Nature of Foods
Traditional Chinese Medicine categorizes
foods into groups based on their effect to
our body such as hot, cold or damp.
We believe if one consume one type of
food too much or too often can cause
imbalance internally which will lead to
illnesses...
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Food for Healing: The Common Cold
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the
common cold is caused by "Wind"
invading the human body. There are two
types or stages of colds, "Wind Cold" and
"Wind Heat". Each has different
symptoms and therefore, has different
treatments...
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Food for Healing: Headaches
There are many different types of
headaches classified by cause. Generally,
however, there are two main types:
Type One
Headache normally accompanied with
the common cold or flu.
Type Two
Headache related to high blood pressure,
menstrual cycles, emotional stress or
tension. Migraines belong to this type...
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Food for Healing: Hypertension
Commonly known as high blood
pressure. Symptoms often include one or
more of the following: headache,
dizziness, tinnitus, blurry vision,
palpitations, tightness or fullness on the
chest, fatique, insomnia, vertigo.
It is commonly caused by hardening of
the arteries or kidney dysfunction...
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Five cases of depleted Yin
Traditional Chinese medicine has turned a big corner in the last century. Such was the turn that now we can barely see the road behind. Personal experiences handed down through generations have been wiped out by China's whirlwind cultural revolution, while new practitioners have only a very limited number of ancient textbooks to resource...
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