Archive for June, 2010
How Gecko, a traditional Chinese medicine, helps fight cancer
Gecko, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is known to have anti-tumour effects, assists kidney yang, strengthen essence and blood – impotence, day break diarrhea, urinary frequency. however, the mechanisms behind the action have remained unclear. Now, a research team has claimed that it has identified the unknown. Most studies on action mechanisms of TCM in [...]
Hilton Hotel closed in China over prostitution ring
Police in Chongqing in China have closed the upmarket Hilton Hotel after arresting 22 people suspected of running a prostitution ring. Police in Chongqing in China have closed the upmarket Hilton Hotel after arresting 22 people suspected of running a prostitution ring. The hotel was closed on Monday and customers were sent to other hotels, [...]
Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) Diagnostics
Following a macro philosophy of disease, traditional Chinese diagnostics are based on overall observation of human symptoms rather than “micro” level laboratory tests. There are four types of TCM diagnostic methods: observe (望 wàng), hear and smell (闻/聞 wén), ask about background (问/問 wèn) and touching (切 qiè). The pulse-reading component of the touching examination [...]
A saying a day keeps the fun away
One World one dream was the saying for the Beijing Olympics. The saying ment that Beijing people wanted to be like the rest of the world. They wanted to share everything with the world. It was a very big party in Beijing for the opening of the Olympics in Beijing China. Then you have Shanghai [...]
