Hua Bing Wen, LAc, DOM

Recently the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to 3 American doctors for their discoveries about how biological rhythms govern human life. The circadian rhythm, our bio-clock, is what the Chinese call the Yin/Yang cycle. The more you can stick to this natural rhythm, the better off you are in terms of health.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, each season corresponds to an organ system; the fall season corresponds to the lungs. In the autumn months, the climate is predominately dry and can easily injure the lungs, which prefer moisture. From a physiological standpoint, the lungs need to be moist in order for them to function properly and facilitate the exchange of gases into the blood stream. The lungs are also one of the most important organs in the body; without breath t...here is no life. Fall weather can affect children, elderly and people with chronic lung disease. During this season, people with chronic lung disease usually struggle due to the dryness, especially individuals with asthma. The TCM principles state that man should live by the seasons and go with the flow of nature. In the fall, you should increase your fluid intake to keep the lungs moist. See more

From a Chinese Medicine point of view, high cholesterol is what we call turbid phlegm. Cholesterol is a very natural substance and it actually is also a very important substance. The liver generates 70% of your natural cholesterol. If the liver is not functioning well, then you may have a cholesterol issue. The idea is to use acupuncture to try to regulate the liver function. When you translate that into Conventional Medicine, the liver has a lot to do with the gall bladder. The liver and gallbladder are together and, in the center, is the pancreas. You have a group of organs right in the middle. There are different types of hormones involved. If you can manage them in order to make them function better, it will help with the cholesterol.

Announcing a new CEU course on treating Infertility using Traditional Chinese Medicine. During this 6 part course, I'll share my integrative approach of combining Western Medicine and TCM. Practitioners will complete the course confident in their abilities to understand, diagnose and treat a wide variety of patients struggling with infertility. Visit http://www.wenacupuncture.com/infertility-series.html for more details.