Functional medicine and metabolic health concept: a physician discusses the body's self-repair, natural whole foods and whole-body wellness
Healthcare, Metabolic Health

[Healthcare 520 Feature] Give Your Body a Chance to Repair Itself: Functional Medicine Physician Dr. Mark Hyman on the Roots of Chronic Disease

Functional medicine looks at chronic health problems from a whole-body, root-cause perspective. Dr. Mark Hyman believes that cutting back on ultra-processed foods and refined sugar, getting proper nutrition and keeping a regular routine can lighten the body's load and create better conditions for self-repair and metabolic balance.
Chen Chang-Hung, developer of Herbtail GlucoMetabol, speaking at a free health seminar on the three highs and metabolic health at the Taiwan Center in Flushing, New York
Healthcare, Metabolic Health

[News] Herbtail GlucoMetabol Developer Chen Chang-Hung Visits New York for a Free Health Seminar at the Taiwan Center in Flushing

Ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Healthcare 520 hosted a free public seminar on the three highs and metabolic health at the Taiwan Center in Flushing, New York, drawing attendees from as far as New Jersey. Chen Chang-Hung, developer of Herbtail GlucoMetabol and Chairman of Landmacy Healthcare Tech Company, traveled from Taiwan to explain the keys to metabolic health and led a lively hour-long Q&A.
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.
Bowls of grains, fruits, meat and vegetables, illustrating the Huangdi Neijing principle of balanced eating in TCM food therapy
Healthcare, Metabolic Health

Food as Medicine: Dietary Wellness From a TCM Perspective

Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches that food and medicine share the same source, and that diet is the foundation of wellness. This article introduces three key principles of food therapy and offers food recommendations and precautions for nine body constitutions, including balanced, yang-deficient, yin-deficient, qi-deficient and phlegm-damp types.