acupuncture and phytotherapy

Too often I find myself where my discussions were my interlocutors do not well understand what are symptoms, clinical signs, diseases or clinical patterns/syndromes. This text serves to explain exactly what these terms mean.
A symptom is no more than one complaint reported by patients. It refers to something the patient feels as pathological. For example, when a patient [...]

A few years ago, I was with a school classmate treating a patient. After a while and a bit sick of seeing that she kept walking with his finger from one side to the other decided to ask what she was doing.
She replied: “I feeling the acupuncture point!”
Obviously I already knew what she was trying to [...]

The set of 3 articles (It is symptomatic – part I; It is symptomatic – part II; It is symptomatic – part III) on the importance of symptoms in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and WM (Western medicine) has created a lot of discussion and some interesting questions. At the end rool the feeling that “symptomatic” is [...]

In this second article on acupuncture points of Ren Mai channel I would like to draw your attention to the acupuncture points that lie in the abdominal region. We are interested in the sagittal midline (midline of the body) in space from the navel – where the acupuncture point CV8 is located – the base of [...]

In the last article on impotence/erectile dysfunction I wrote about different drugs from Chinese medicine and Western medicine that could be used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction/impotence. However it was an issue not addressed by the article: between the different treatments which is the better? Which is more desirable for different patients?
When we think only [...]

Too often we hear criticism of western medicine because they are “chemical“, ie are artificial, as natural products are best for your health because they are… natural. They do not have chemical stuff in them. This speech, intended to draw the attention of the listener to experience a more natural life … which for some is the [...]