Gao Rena, Author at Healthcare520

A woman eating mindfully and chewing slowly at a healthy meal, contrasted with an inset showing rushed eating, illustrating the importance of eating speed for digestion and metabolic health.

Does Eating Fast Wreck Your Metabolism? TCM and Modern Medicine Agree

Finish a meal in five minutes and your post-meal blood sugar may spike sharply. This article explains three harms of eating too fast from the perspective of TCM's spleen-stomach theory and modern medicine, and offers five easy ways to eat more healthily.

A prescription medication bottle marked “Recall” beside an FDA warning symbol, contrasted with a healthy couple enjoying an active lifestyle, nutritious food, exercise, and wellness practices.

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

An FDA Blood Pressure Drug Recall Sounds the Alarm Again: Why Metabolic Health Can’t Rely on Medication Alone

The FDA's recall of more than 500,000 bottles of the blood pressure drug prazosin hydrochloride is a reminder that medication must be taken under medical guidance. Metabolic health also depends on diet, exercise, sleep and sensible nutritional support as part of long-term daily care.

An East Asian woman experiencing dry and irritated eyes, surrounded by visual elements representing eye acupressure, warm compresses, restful sleep, and traditional Chinese herbal ingredients.

Eye Care, Healthcare

Dry, Sore, Watery Eyes? TCM Tips From Constitution-Based Care to Daily Eye Care

Long hours staring at screens and late nights can leave your eyes dry and watery again and again. This article explains how Traditional Chinese Medicine links the five organs to the eyes, describes four dry-eye constitutions, and shares five daily eye care tips covering sleep, eye exercises, warm compresses, acupressure and diet.

An East Asian woman surrounded by close-up illustrations of five facial features associated with heart health, including forehead wrinkles, a nose-bridge crease, an earlobe crease, purplish lips, and visible veins beneath the tongue, alongside an anatomical heart and traditional herbal soups.

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

Reading the Heart in the Face: 5 Facial Signs That May Point to Heart Problems

The face is a mirror of the heart. This article introduces 5 facial signs worth noticing: a crease across the bridge of the nose, forehead wrinkles, a diagonal earlobe crease, bluish lips and dark purple veins under the tongue, plus 3 heart-protecting acupressure points and 2 TCM heart-nourishing soups.

A close-up of an inflamed big toe joint affected by gout, with an illustration of uric acid crystals and traditional Chinese herbal ingredients, including lily bulbs, coix seeds, and corn silk tea.

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

How Does TCM View Gout?

Gout was known in ancient China as "white tiger joint pain," and TCM classifies it as a bi (obstruction) syndrome. This article explains the internal and external causes of gout, its four TCM patterns and commonly used formulas, and shares two food therapy recipes plus lifestyle tips like eating fewer purines and drinking more water.

Does Eating Fast Wreck Your Metabolism? TCM and Modern Medicine Agree

An FDA Blood Pressure Drug Recall Sounds the Alarm Again: Why Metabolic Health Can’t Rely on Medication Alone

Dry, Sore, Watery Eyes? TCM Tips From Constitution-Based Care to Daily Eye Care

Reading the Heart in the Face: 5 Facial Signs That May Point to Heart Problems

How Does TCM View Gout?

The body is a small universe: follow nature, return to balance

Follow the Way of Nature

Quick Links

Customer Service

Contact Us

Follow Us