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Deeper understanding of allergy through oriental medicine

Continuing from the previous post, have you ever wondered why my body reacting to allergens when others don’t? should I just rely on antihistamines to get by? First, we should define what is termed an allergy. “Allergy occurs when a person reacts to substances in the environment that are harmless to most people. These substances are known as allergens and are found in dust mites, pets, pollen, insects, ticks, moulds, foods and some medications.” (ascia.org.au 2019) Our view of allergy could be more boarder than the commonly known conditions of allergy since any abnormal reaction from external...

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What’s so special about Oriental/Chinese medicine?

“Jing (精 Essence/ hormone) is the basis of the body, Qi governs the Shen (神 spirit) and Shape (形) is where the mind resides. Therefore, overuse leads to depletion and to maintain the form is to have Qi.” (Sentence from classical Chinese medicine textbook (Huang Di nei Jing) Put this words simply in layman’s term our body needs Jing (精 Essence/ hormone), Qi (氣energy), Shen (神 spirit) and Shape (形) to work as a whole. The beauty of Oriental medicine is that we assess the condition as whole. We can never have set protocol for each condition since we examine the patient’s whole biodynamic function...

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