How to Restore Energy With Chinese Medicine

Once so full of energy, you now find it hard just to drag yourself out of bed. You have seen a number of doctors, only to hear it's "in your head." You know your vitality has been sapped, you just don't know how to get it back. Consider turning to Chinese medicine in order to restore your energy.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Seek out the nearest acupuncture practitioner. An ancient Chinese practice steeped in mystery, acupuncture has made its mark in today's alternative medicine treatments to restore energy levels to their maximum.

2. Drink your herbal tea. Traditional herbs for restoring low-energy levels include Panax Ginseng, Siberian Ginseng, Schisandra, Astragalus, Chinese Kudze, Lo aHan Kuo, Bitter Orange and Chinese Blackberry. Buy a ready-made blend, or combine your own for a custom treatment.

3. Sign up for Tai Chi classes. This ancient soft-style martial art is purported to restore low-energy levels, increase your sense of well-being, sharpen your reflexes, lower your blood pressure and even increase your flexibility. Research has shown Tai Chi may restore energy levels by increasing blood circulation and reducing depression.

4. Eat with the seasons. Traditional Chinese medicine instructs us to eat the foods that are natural for each season. Instead of filling up on sugars, try eating locally grown fruits and vegetables in the spring and summer and dining on meats, grains and spices produced locally in the fall and winter.

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on 10/5/2008 I ask that you research these issues and write an article for this site. In the meantime I recommend that you take this article down along with any others associating the practice of Chinese Medicine, the false legitimacy of self-diagnosis, and ignorantly combined herbal supplementation.

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on 10/5/2008 Please do not make recommendations for herbs; those you listed are all over the spectrum of Heating/Cooling, Drying/Moistening, etc. For example: it is extremely common that fatigue is caused by Deficiency Heat meaning that they are Yin Deficient. Taking tonifying herbs like astragalus, ginseng, or warming herbs like bitter orange can further deplete the Yin only digging them deeper into the hole. You, "Editor", must realize that Chinese Medicine is not anything like Western/European herbalism; herbs are rarely used singly or over long periods of time. Chinese medicine herbs are not to be applied one-to-one to each symptom. Self-diagnosis is also an extremely dangerous practice; you may have a number of symptoms but without the guidance of a certified acupuncturist/herbalist you have no idea of the sequence of remediative steps for your condition. I ask that you research these issu