Category: Ask A Doctor

A Holistic Approach to Mold Illness

Mold is a fungus that can flourish with just three ingredients: moisture, oxygen, and organic material. At its best, mold is an indispensable part of the circle of life. When plants and animals die, mold helps break down their remains so they can return to the earth. But mold can also be a hindrance. We…


What to Do in Case of Dental Emergencies

Dental emergencies cover a wide spectrum of events. Some situations are more urgent than others, and it doesn’t help that it is difficult to see inside the mouth to localize the site of any problem. In an out-of-hours situation, and if one does not have one’s own dentist, particularly if there is pain and increasing…


Presbyopia Is the Body Aging—2 Tea Recipes to Nourish the Body and Protect the Eyes

When the symptoms of presbyopia appear, it means that the body has started aging. However, more and more people in their 30s are getting presbyopia early. Fortunately, there are some ways to protect your eyes and fight aging. It is very common for people with presbyopia to have to hold things farther away in order…


7 Tips to Quickly Correct Pelvic Misalignment

Modern people’s sedentary lifestyle and poor posture, including leg crossing, can all cause pelvic distortion and misalignment. The pelvis is the foundation of the body’s balance, and once pelvic misalignment occurs, it not only leads to a bulging abdomen and large hips, but it also easily causes lumbar and back pain, hip and leg pain,…


Ask a Dentist: Tooth Whitening

Back in the 1970s, orthodontists were seeing that some of their patients who were wearing braces had very poor oral hygiene and thus had periodontal (gum) issues—the gums were swollen and inflamed. To help with this condition, the orthodontists would apply low doses of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in its known capacity as a wound cleansing…


Hypercoagulability: ‘Sticky’ Blood Is Present in Nearly all Chronically Ill Patients, This Is Why

Hypercoagulability is present to some degree at one time or another in almost every chronically ill patient. Everyone has experienced a flu-like illness with fever, headache, body aches and pains, fatigue, nausea and insomnia in their lives. When we acquire an acute infection, our bodies respond with a brisk innate immune system response. Part of…


Going Gluten-Free to Improve Skin? The Food You Need to Avoid Is Actually Something Else

In recent years, the gluten-free diet (GFD) has become commonly mentioned. Some people believe that gluten is the main culprit for bad skin conditions. Is it really the cause though? Gluten is a protein commonly found in wheat, barley, rye, and some oats. A gluten-free diet means avoiding foods that contain gluten, including bread, noodles,…


4 Ways to Boost Your Liver’s Detoxification Function

The liver is an important detoxification organ of the human body. When there is a problem with the liver’s detoxification function, people get tired easily, feel nauseous, and even have memory loss. There are four beneficial habits that can be cultivated in daily life to help the liver maintain an excellent metabolic detoxification function. The…


When Back Pain Is Related to Kidney Disease: Here’s How to Tell

Dr. David Gu, director of HouFeng Diabetes & Hemodialysis Clinic, often receives patients who come in to relieve their renal pain. However, after examination, the vast majority of these patients have lower back pain caused by other factors such as muscle strain. Kidneys are “silent organs,” he says, and many kidney diseases do not result…


When Back Pain Damages the Spine, and How to Self-Adjust the Lumbar Spine

Lower back pain is no small matter. In some cases, it’s a sign of poor posture, and a condition that can lead to the deterioration of the spine. Lumbar spondylolisthesis is a disorder where a vertebra bone on the spine can slip onto the vertebra below it. Patients who start out with some lower back…