Food Poisoning

Signs And Symptoms Symptoms of food poisoning usually develop Within one hour to two days after eating the affected food and vary depending on what substance caused the poisoning. General symptoms Include: Abdominal cramps and diarrhea Nausea and vomiting Headache Dizziness Sweating Fever Description One in every 10 Americans [...]

Chinese Medicine For Indigestion

Stimulate digestion. Practitioners of Chinese medicine attribute indigestion to stagnation of qi in the Intestine caused by eating too much or too fast, says Efrem Korngold, O.M.D., L.Ac. To treat the condition, Dr. Korngold prescribes fragrant, spicy herbs to stimulate digestion. They include pepper, cardamom, radish, citrus peel, and hawthorn root. "I also recommend licorice root," he says. "Licorice is the great [...]

Frostbite

Signs And Symptoms An area of skin that is hard, white, and cold immediately after prolonged exposure to low temperatures After thawing, the affected site becomes red and painful Decreased sensitivity at the affected site Throbbing pain at the affected site Localized swelling or blistering Description Frostbite occurs when deep tissue cells freeze and [...]

Herbal Medicine For Fungal Skin Infections

Try a different kind of tea. When the British explorer James Cook first arrived in Australia in 1777, he found the native aborigines treating skin infections with the crushed leaves of the tea tree. Almost two centuries later, scientists discovered that the oil released by crushing the leaves has powerful antifungal and antiseptic properties. It's even effective against the most stubborn fungal in [...]

China’s Gift to the Healing Arts

To fmd the roots of Chinese medicine, you'd have to dig back some 4,500 years. That's when the Fire Emperor Shen Nong first experimented with medicinal herbs. The herbs that he identified were later recorded in the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (The Classic Materia Medica of Shen Nong), which dates from around 200 B.C., according to Kevin V. Ergil, Ph.D., dean of the Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine in New York City [...]

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