Want to live a long and healthy life? Prescription #1 in TCM: invigorate your blood! What exactly does that mean? And what’s the difference between Blood Deficiency and Blood Stagnation—the two major TCM patterns...
Andrographis (Chuan Xin Lian) is one of the best heat-clearing herbs in TCM. And if you can’t seem to shake something off, it could be what the TCM doctor orders…
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When TCM comes to mind, you’re probably thinking of acupuncture and herbs. But did you know minerals have played an important role in TCM for thousands of years?
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If you need some extra pep in your step and could also use a reboot of your digestive system, look no further than Atractylodes, aka Bai Zhu, in TCM.
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For some people who relocated to San Diego—home of ActiveHerb.com headquarters—because of its perfect Mediterranean climate, they want their money back! The 2022-2023 winter was an unusually rainy and frigid one, with even a...
Reishi mushroom has become popular in the West. But for over 2,000 years in the Far East, Ling Zhi has been known as the herb of immortality. Get to know this “elixir for life.”
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