Healthy Chinese Recipes

In the New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Eastern Nutrition Class a study of nutrition is presented from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. The recipes include the healthful function of each dish and each ingredient. Try some of these Healthy Chinese Recipes.

• Dragon Chicken and Stars
• Boiled Escarole
• Fried Rice - Flour Noodle
• Green Bean Pancake
• Healthy Salad
• Jap Chae
• Korean BBQ
• Nourishing Carrot Walnut Bread
• Mung Bean Pancake
• Stewpendous
• Winter Mushroom and Chicken Soup
• Yin Yang Bean RIce

Acupuncture in Huffington Post - Acupuncture & TCM Blog

Anyone considering an alternative treatment for their health problems should read this article "Should you try acupuncture? from the Huffington Post. It explains what acupuncture is, addresses insurance concerns, and says that the new medical model of integrative medicine in patient centered and embraces any and all effective solutions to patient's health problems.

"According to the TCM view, a vital energy called qi flows through the body along channels called meridians. I like to think of these channels as a sprinkling system for the body, bringing qi to vital organs and extremities in much the way hoses bring water to your garden. In the TCM model of health and disease, when qi flow is blocked it stagnates. Stagnating qi causes illness. Acupuncture therapy unblocks the qi flow, strengthens or weakens the qi (think opening and closing the garden spigot) and directs it to areas of need."

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reBlog from nyctcm.edu: Dr. Tan's Eight Magic Points for Digestive Disorders

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Eliminating Waste in Practice: Dr. Tan's Eight Magic Points for All Digestive Disorders

By Lisajeanne Potyk, LAc

Acupuncture Today
December, 2005, Vol. 06, Issue 12

Most of the patients I see in my clinic suffer from a variety of digestive disorders. They do not effectively process their food. They have diarrhea, heartburn, and acid reflux disease. They're nauseated.And who would expect any different? In this fast-paced, high-technology culture, we're overrun with time constraints and stressors of all kinds.People unaware of what a good diet consists of rely on processed fast foods and meats packed with hormones and antibiotics. In the West, we're overprescribed antibiotics and other medications; women are reeling from the side-effects of birth control pills; and we regularly take any of a myriad of anti-inflammatories for the slightest ache. It's no wonder so many people are experiencing internal disharmony. And if all of that wasn't enough, most people either don't know how to, or are afraid to, release their emotions. Opting for a sense of control, they "hold." And they get constipated.

The digestive system is a mirror to how we process our external world on every level. Are we assimilating good nutritional, emotional and spiritual nourishment, and effectively eliminating what is toxic to us? Are we letting go of negative situations and allowing ourselves to be nurtured by positive ones? Without the foundation of a healthy, properly nourished body, we can't find the strength to feed into our emotions. If there's a backlog of undigested emotions, any digestive symptom can manifest. Once balance in the body is established by poor nutrition and digestive functions, we gain the platform to integrate our internal and external worlds.Traditional Chinese medicine teaches us to properly diagnose and treat our patients using staid, ancient teachings recorded thousands of years ago. People don't change from century to century, but their circumstances do.

The environment, food, medications, and stressors affecting our patients are very different today, and since the disharmonies that cause them are rampant, digestive disorders are also rampant. Diagnosis and treatment according to the TCM model, written in (and for) a different time, can therefore be complicated and confusing.Now, imagine a group of acupuncture points that could be used to balance every kind of digestive disorder, including irritable bowel syndrome, bloating, ulcerative colitis, indigestion, and more. Imagine that the points are simple, easy to follow, and quite effective. There is no need to take the pulse, no need to consult a textbook, and no need to fumble through myriad causes. Wouldn't that be magic? It is, thanks to Dr. Teh Fu "Richard" Tan.

Dr. Tan has dedicated his life to experimenting with combinations of points, which are used with excellent clinical results, often instantaneously. Isn't that what we, as practitioners, want - to insert our needles, see an immediate change, and know our treatment is working? With the eight magic points, Dr. Tan offers the ability to elicit consistent, positive results.One could consult any number of the core books written on TCM theory, but isn't the practice of acupuncture - of healing - about how much better the patient feels after being treated? Better to learn the laws of acupuncture, become skilled at them through knowledge and discipline, and then break out into your own successful expression of them.

Dr. Tan's Eight Magic Points

nyctcm.edu, Dr. Tan's Eight Magic Points for Digestive Disorders, May 2010



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Chinese medicine acupuncture for chronic fatigue and heart palpitations

NYCTCM Acupuncture School New York

NYCTCM Acupuncture School New York

Now is a good time to consider a professional career in Chinese Medicine —Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology — since these centuries-old healing arts continue to gain acceptance among American health practitioners and patients. The New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is New York’s premier institution of authentic Chinese Medicine. NYCTCM teaches Traditional Chinese Medicine much as it is taught in China, while helping students relate this approach to the practice of Western Medicine in the U.S.

NYCTCM is fully accredited and our programs have been shown to thoroughly prepare our students for the NCCAOM national certification examination in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. NYCTCM accepts new and transfer students at the beginning of each trimester, in January, April and September. Prospective students must have at least 60 college credits and proficiency in English before applying. Please visit the NYCTCM website for complete information about our programs.

The excellent faculty, most of whom were trained in China and have extensive teaching and clinical experience in both China and the U.S., combined with small classes and master - apprentice type teaching relationships in the school’s teaching clinics, mean that this ancient knowledge is carefully transmitted to the students who will make up the next generation of master practitioners.

NYCTCM offers flexible scheduling with classes mostly on weekends and a friendly family-style atmosphere that encourages stress-free learning. The main campus, located in Mineola, Long Island, is easily accessible by LIRR, bus and auto. (Mineola is 1/2 hour by LIRR from Penn Station).

For Manhattan-based students, the Manhattan clinic/classroom facility offers the possibility of completion of up to 50% of the program in Manhattan. The Manhattan Clinic is open 5 days per week, and a limited number of classes are offered there on weekday evenings.

Please see our website for a schedule of Open Houses. Saturday Open House sessions include an opportunity at the end of the session to sit in on classes and receive a complementary treatment in the NYCTCM Teaching Clinic.

Or you may arrange to visit NYCTCM as a guest student on another day (Saturday is the best day) — attend classes, meet with faculty and students, and speak with our Admissions and Financial Aid staff.

Acupuncture treatment on back to calm internal wind

Acupuncture treatment on back to calm internal wind
Originally uploaded by NYCTCM

Patient, a 63 year old female, is being treated for shoulder pain and shaking of the right shoulder.

Patient has been coming for treatment of this condition for 6 months. To date, the patient reports that since treatment her shoulder pain has improved 80% and the shaking has also gotten better. The duration of the shaking has decreased.

The treatment is geared towards balancing the body to reduce the pain and calm the internal wind which is causing the shaking.

NYCTCM Clinic Senior Intern AnnaMaria DiLisio

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Acupuncture for Detoxification CE Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Yong En Shi, LAc
Date & Time: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Sun., 06/27/2010
NCCAOM PDA Points: 5

Dr. YongEn Shi will teach the Auricular Acupuncture Theory Resources and Auricular Acupuncture - Master Points.

He will how to use Auricular acupuncture for detoxification of drug problems, tobacco addictions, relief of withdrawal symptoms, general relaxation and homostasis, and the apparent enhancement of mental and physical functioning through activating the reserve capabilities of the body. With demonstration of Auricular acupuncture.

About the Speaker:

Dr. YongEn Shi, LAc, is a Chief Acupuncturist/Clinical Coordinating Manager at Adult Continuing Day Treatment Program (ACDTP) Department of Psychiatry of Harlem hospital and New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NYCTCM) Faculty. He graduated from Beijing Traditional Chinese Medical College, Tongji Medical University, WuHan, China