Strategies for losing weight for patients undergoing Chinese medicine and acupuncture: 3 videos on this information below. Obesity: If your BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the underweight range. If your BMI is 18.5 to <25, it falls within the normal. If your BMI is 25.0 to <30, it falls within the overweight range. If your BMI is 30.0 or higher, …
Beginning of Winter and Weight losing body building Qigong
We've reached the beginning of winter on the 24 stem or nodes on the calendar, but going outside you would think it is the end of summer. The last few days have been really nice and I hope everyone has been able to enjoy the weather. Here is a picture of the names of the …
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Common Chinese herbs and their uses
Here is a list of foods, spices, and herbs you might be able to find at the grocery store, Asian or Indian markets, health food stores, and vitamin shops. I'll try to indicate which one and best uses. We suggest to talk with your herbalist on use of some of these herbs in formulas that …
Happy World Wushu Day. Chinese Martial Arts and Kung Fu. Jiayo!
Happy world wushu day 2020! Whether you do Traditional kung fu or Modern wushu, shaolin or Wu Dang style, External or Internal forms, we share today the spirit of strength, wisdom, health, and oneness. Though I started out doing Yang's Tai Chi, I was introduced to a few professional wushu coaches (RVA: Coach He Weiqi …
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Matthew featured on “Think fit Be fit Podcast”
https://www.thinkfitbefitpodcast.com/matthew-stampe-lac-on-body-wisdom-balance-and-athletic-performance-with-oriental-medicine/?fbclid=IwAR3lFmz8k7m-WRkADU8OQS7p9vhmxvRAbVsoB0EoE4U4cVPex217zO13YEE By Jennifer Schwartz According to Matthew Stampe LAc of Nova Acupuncture we can cultivate a balanced life at home with the wisdom of Oriental Medicine. In this episode Think Fit. Be Fit. podcast shares the nuts and bolts of acupuncture, Tai Chi, and moving energy in the body as well as thoughts on COVID, …
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Trust your Gut
Was really fascinated watching some recent documentary films on Amazon Prime. “The Guts, Our Second Brain” and “The Healing Field”. These talked about recent research into the Gut biomes and bacteria that are crucial to our health. Some other films “It takes Guts” and “The Fascinating World of Hormones” talked about it as well. We …
Xiang Gong: The Fragrant Mind Awakening Qigong 中国香功-田瑞生
Xiang Gong 中国香功-田瑞生. Often in the days of training at Richmond Wushu back in the early 90's, after class, Coach Weiqi would sometimes guide us through some of these Buddhist qigong movements as a warm-down. Some history of the style and video can be found here at links at bottom of page. Coach Weiqi says …
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Chinese Herbal formulas II
This formula study is for TCM students and practitioners. Now that all the herbs have been covered, they are to be combined with other herbs to create balance and produce specific effects for the body to restore health. This is for students and licensed practitioners of TCM. WARNING: DO NOT SELF PRESCRIBE HERBAL FORMULAS WITHOUT …
Constitutional Acupuncture
*from Clinic Internship Spring 2017 Virginia University of Oriental Medicine (VUOM) Dr. Pyo supervisor. last update June 2017 Constitutional acupuncture is not well known in the west but it is taking a hold in our clinic here at VUOM. From what I have gathered, some unique testing is done to determine the dominant element of …
Chinese herbs I
Please do not use these herbs without guidance from a licensed practitioner.Some images are best viewed with a tablet, ipad, or phone as you can expand and see image better. In particular the Excel speadsheet images. These are only for study (especially for me). For instance Ma Huang is illegal in the USA and was …