Honestly, I’ve tried. I’ve really tried to dabble with Chinese medicines, but after almost four years of practicing medicine here in Beijing, I must admit that I am comfortable prescribing only a few. That could mean a couple things: …Continue reading: What’s Your Favorite Chinese Medicine? Here’s My List……
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There are so many complementary treatments out there, it’s simply impossible to keep up. As an allopathic, Western-trained doctor, I have enough trouble keeping on top of my family medicine literature, so I have even less time to learn about other types of medicine. So, I’ve developed my own screening techniques to weed out good from bad. I’ve mentioned this subject before, but I’d like to mention a nice summary from the good consumer website, Mayoclinic.com. They have a nice review article that helps consumers fine-tune some critical analysis (Alternative medicine: Evaluate claims of treatment success). One crucial element is trying to see through a website’s promotions to find real evidence of effectiveness. There are a lot of red flags: big promises; guarantees and money-back offers; and my favorite red flag, testimonials: …Continue reading: Alternative Medicine: How To Screen Good From Bad?… The following article is written by guest author and Beijing expat Dr. Melissa Rodriguez, N.D. Her website address is www.drmelissarodriguez.com For many expats, living in a busy metropolitan city like Beijing has many advantages. Benefits include exposure to a different language and culture, a plethora of delicious foods to excite the palate, and the chance to live unique, life altering experiences. However, there is also one major disadvantage, namely our exposure to pollution and toxins. Thankfully our bodies can deal with these unwanted substances through a process called detoxification. …Continue reading: Detoxification 101…
People often ask me, “is your medical practice different in China compared to the U.S.?” Finally, after working in China for three years, I can now answer you with a definitive yes — and no. And sometimes Y… OK, What’s Different? #1 Difference: Chinese patient expectations - Last week I had another of many similar encounters: a young Chinese woman came in with typical common cold symptoms of runny nose and cough, and otherwise was fine. She made it very clear, very quickly, that she expected me to give her not just antibiotics, but IV antibiotics. Even after I explained to her that she only had a virus, she was quite flustered and still asked for the IV, telling me “you are very different than a local hospital”. Ahhhhh, yes indeed… …Continue reading: An American Doctor In China: What’s Different?…
(This is part 3 of new contributor Dr Alan Mease‘s series on Integrative Holistic Medicine. Part 1 and part 2 are here) …Continue reading: Why Do We Need Integrative Holistic Medicine?…
Those of you with high cholesterol will be happy to learn that there are some legitimate options to your statin pills. Many people cannot tolerate the extremely popular statin pills, especially from side effects of muscle aches. But there’s now some very strong evidence that herbal medicines, including red yeast rice, can be at least as effective as a statin, and without the side effects. Too good to be true? Maybe not… …Continue reading: Red Yeast Rice Can Lower Cholesterol… |
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I’m a big fan of tai chi and yoga; they are a wonderful exercise for young and old — especially tai chi for the elderly. They also provide terrific and sustaining lifestyle changes to deal with stress. The Mayo Clinic website just published a nice series of articles about tai chi and yoga that can help beginners. Their 
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