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Moxa For Circulation

Moxa For Circulation

One of the first recorded substances to ever be used in Chinese Medicine is an herb called Moxa.  Ancient doctors would harvest the plant and then burn it above the skin so the heat radiated into general areas of the body and later as the medicine developed acupuncture points.  This treatment was performed in order to create warmth and circulation.  This might not seem that valuable in modern times because there is so much technology to keep us comfortable.  In…

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The Power of Sleep

The Power of Sleep

One of the pathways our tissues and organs use to clear away dead cells and the waste product of metabolism is through the lymphatic system.  Lymph vessels can be seen in very close proximity to blood vessels and they use a passive transport system to take lymph into the lymph nodes.  There it is filtered and then returned to the vascular system.  For a long time it was unclear how the brain was able to perform these functions, since it…

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