Stand up for love this V-Day with some TCM boosters

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Going TCM for a healthier love life With love's special day approaching we tap TCM expert He Yumin for some traditional Chinese pecker pick-me-ups Spice it up with some natural boosters such as the reishi mushroom. It’s the male nightmare to end all ...
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Healthy hops: Tsingtao beer 'can cure disease'

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Qingdao’s new site takes a look back to yesteryear when drinking a Tsingtao could cure just about any disease that ailed you off When you have one too many Tsingtaos , you might feel like you could take on anything -- and according to this 1950s ...
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Wagyu beef in Hong Kong: Where to get your fix

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The best places to get your beefy meals that can, according to Chinese medicine, ward off the wintry chills Incomparable beefy tastiness that's good for you too. off Wagyu beef in Hong Kong gets gobbled up like crazy in the winter. According to ...
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Baby mice wine, bat hearts, and other resilient folk medicines

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Though not as common as they once were, folk remedies such as ant soup and caterpillar fungus haven't lost their staying power off My first memory of traditional folk medicine involves drinking a pleasant-tasting soup, then peeking in the pot and ...
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Five winter TCM commandments

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As the winter months kick in, fight the cold and stay healthy the TCM way. It’s all about the qi Drinking acidic juices in the winter aids digestion and metabolism to keep you warm in the winter.  According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), ...
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Put down the H1N1 vaccine. In China, all you need is garlic

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Fears of H1N1 are setting off an unusual stampede -- not for surgical masks or vaccines, but for garlic You're looking at Shandong's secret weapon against H1N1. off With H1N1 deaths and infections slowly increasing cross China, people the Shandong ...
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Don’t you just want to scream? Do it in Hangzhou

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Forget tai chi. A group in Hangzhou have a different way of keeping fit If you’re looking for the next fad workout, yelling is it … except it isn’t anything new. “Chinese people have passed on the practice from generation to generation as a part ...
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