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The ancients said: “All medicines are remedies for a hundred illnesses, tea is the remedy for ten thousand.” This saying has long established the position of tea leaves in China’s 5,000-year culture. The consumption of different types of tea can cure various ailments—a notion that modern science has also confirmed. Drink green tea in the morning, The yang of teas, it boosts yang qi and invigorates both mind and spirit. “The morning sets the plan for the day,” after being nourished throughout the night, yang qi reinvigorates by morning, which is the right time to enjoy a cup of green tea. Green tea, as an unfermented tea, retains more of the natural substances found in fresh leaves, with fewer vitamin losses. It helps the spleen and stomach digest and transport the essence of food throughout the body, ensuring the heart and brain, the seat of consciousness and abode of primordial spirit, receive adequate nourishment. This keeps one energetic throughout the morning. Drink Oolong tea in the afternoon, It aids digestion and maintains digestive function. In the afternoon, yang qi begins to weaken while yin qi rises, and the functions of the spleen and stomach tend to diminish from their peak…

As the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”. The core belief of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) lies in prevention. What better way to prevent yourself from falling sick than to build a strong immunity to keep yourself healthy?The ongoing pandemic situation has been accompanied by a rising interest in immunity boosting foods and products. In our recent Ask My Physician webinar on “Boosting your Immunity – the TCM Perspective”, TCM Physician Tay Jia Yin from Raffles Chinese Medicine shared with us how TCM looks at immunity and how we can use TCM to protect us from illnesses such as the common cold and allergies.TCM and QiFrom the perspective of TCM, the amount and quality of “Qi (气)” or “life force” determines how healthy and full of vitality a person is. This Qi needs to be balanced in order to maintain good health. A person with strong Qi is full of energy and does not fall sick easily. Even when they do, the illness tends to be mild. On the other hand, a person with weak Qi gets tired easily and frequently falls ill.What are some ways to strengthen your Qi for better immunity? Here are 5 tips from Physician Tay.1. Eat healthyThere…

"'Cure the healthy, not the sick' indicates that the fundamental principle of disease prevention and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is prevention over cure," said Jiang Baihua, Deputy Director of Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital of TCM and head of the provincial expert team on COVID-19 prevention and control, in an interview. The sudden onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic caught everyone off guard; while the domestic situation has now transitioned from the outbreak phase to recovery, how to enhance our awareness of disease prevention, especially for infectious diseases, remains a significant issue.Abnormal climate fosters pathogenic factors According to Jiang, TCM is a treasure of the Chinese nation and has played a vital role in addressing epidemics such as encephalitis B, hemorrhagic fever, SARS, H1N1 influenza, and COVID-19 since the founding of New China. Guided by core TCM theories like "syndrome differentiation and treatment," "holistic view," and "adaptation to the three factors," medical practitioners throughout history have focused on three aspects of disease prevention and treatment. First, improving living environment hygiene to prevent infections; second, emphasizing occupational health protection and preventing occupational diseases, which are also important components of "curing the healthy"; third, epidemic control is essential for prevention. Pathogens can cause…

"Doctor, can Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) completely cure a herniated lumbar disc?" Ms. Zhou, aged 36, inquired at the clinic. Over the past month, Ms. Zhou had experienced lower back pain and radiating pain and numbness in her left thigh and calf. After examination, she was diagnosed with a herniated lumbar disc (referred to as "herniated disc" hereafter). Despite rest and medication, the effects were not significant, and some hospitals recommended surgery. She came to the TCM hospital, hoping for TCM treatment. Based on her condition, the doctor provided integrated TCM therapy, and after three weeks, her symptoms completely disappeared. According to Dr. Ma Hongwei, director of the Department of Orthopedics at the Ningxia Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Research Institute of TCM, once a disc protrudes, it is difficult to return it to its original position. The goal of TCM treatment is to achieve harmony between the body and the herniated disc. Why Does the Lumbar Disc Protrude? A disc is like an elastic "washer" between two vertebral bodies, with its edge surrounded by fibrous rings and a soft collagenous nucleus in the middle, separated from the vertebral bodies above and below by thin layers of cartilage plates.…