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What Does Acupuncture & Traditional
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Sports-Related Injuries/Orthopedics
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Ulcers/Gastritis (Heartburn)
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating pathologies of the stomach. Gan Cao (licorice) is an important herb for disorders of the stomach. Just recently, Western medical research has “discovered” licorice and has been studying its efficacy for various stomach pathologies. http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327914nc391_1?cookieSet=1&journalCode=nc
The 2,000 year old TCM idea that stress can cause disease is evidenced most effectively in the relationship between stress and ulcers. Although Chinese herbal formulas can be quite effective if not curative of stomach ills, the root cause of the stress and worry has to be dealt with in order for the problem to be resolved altogether.
Nobel-prize winning Dr. Barry Marshall discovered that ulcers were caused not by excess production of stomach acid, but by an overgrowth of H. pylori, a bacteria that lives in our GI tract and under normal conditions causes no harm. If it is not kept in check by probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria that live in our GI tract, it can cause ulcers. How do we eliminate the probiotics in our body? One way is to take antibiotics and to not re-implant with healthy bacteria like high quality yogurt or kefir containing L. Acidophilus afterwards. Besides the elimination of acidic foods like white sugar, white flour, coffee, spicy foods, tomatoes, orange juice and greasy foods from the diet, there are some things you can do in order to begin the healing process. For a jump start, buying DGL (deglycyrrhizinated licorice) and chewing one tablet twenty minutes before a meal starts the healing process. Because the glycyrrhizin content may raise blood pressure, it has been removed or reduced in order for it to be a safe supplement for everybody to take. Also, Enzymatic Therapy has a product called ‘heartburn free’ that is derived from orange peel. Citrus peels show promise in the apoptosis (death) of stomach cancer |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
Monica Bloch, M.S., L.Ac. |
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