In December of 2000, CRN, or the Council for Responsible Nutrition (a dietary supplement trade group) provided the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) a report demonstrating the safe upper limit dosage for ephedra, known as “ma huang” in Chinese medicine. This industry group sought to determine the safe dosages for ephedra since…
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Certain locations of headaches are generally stress induced or related to the menstrual cycle. They’re all treated with similar Chinese herbal formulas. However, knowing a little more about the headache’s context will help to determine which pattern you’re manifesting and how to best treat it.
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Headaches in the back of the head are generally due to the common cold, flu, arthritis, or stress. Knowing this can allow us to treat the root-cause at the same time as the branch-symptom of headache. You in?
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When interferon therapy is used with Chai Hu Bupleurum, the immune system can be overstimulated leading to lung damage if one catches a cold.
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High doses (250-1000 mg per day) of gan cao (Glycyrrhizae, Licorice Root) have caused high blood pressure in adults. At Eagle Herbs, the dosage of this herb in our formulas is generally below 20 mg per day as is common with its traditional use.
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The slightly hearty body type isn’t limited to only men. A woman can be as hearty as a man, and a man can be as delicate as a woman. [What’s your body type?] With the slightly hearty body type we find mostly signs of having a hearty constitution, but with some delicate attributes as well….
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The hearty body type isn’t limited to only men. A woman can be as hearty as a man, and a man can be as delicate as a woman. [What’s your body type?] The hearty body type is called the endomorph body type in biomedicine. Hearty individuals tend to suffer more intensely with short-term problems. Or,…
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