Jane Cheung, R.TCMP & Associates

“It is not the healthiness of our diet that is most important, it is the health of our digestion. ”
— Andrew Sterman

Based on the researches, what we put in our mouth affects not only our immune system but also affect our cognition activities and mental health.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the digestive system is a crucial component of the body due to its ability to break down food, absorb nutrients, feed the cells, and clear away waste products. From a TCM perspective, indigestion is caused by the accumulation of food in the stomach, improper feeding, over-eating, and having a weak digestive system. A weakened digestion can also be affected from prolonged emotional factors such as over-worrying and thinking too much.

TCM believes the middle burner ( 中 膲 zhong jiao) that includes the Stomach and Spleen are the core of our digestive system. The channel pathways belonging to the Stomach and Spleen are most active in the morning between 7 am and 11 am. Hence, you should have your largest meals during this period by eating a fully nourishing breakfast and taper down throughout the day with smaller meals for lunch and dinner. In fact, eating late-night suppers actually stresses out your digestive system by taking up more energy when your body naturally tries to wind down and conserve energy at the end of the day. As the digestive system weakens, nutrients are not properly absorbed, and you may feel nausea, bloating, vomiting, appetite loss, and diarrhea. Young children are prone to a weakened digestion as the Spleen channel is not fully developed at that stage; hence, they may tend to feel the impact of indigestion as they get older when burdened with too much sugar, dairy, and processed food.

👉 👉Read more at our blog
https://www.oshawachinesemedicine.com/new-blog/2022/8/10/tcm-amp-digestive-health

The government says they will not be proceeding with their plan to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists! We couldn’t have achieved this without the collaboration of the Coalition and TCM community, the overwhelming support from our patients and the public (over 39,000 change.org signature support!), and various MPPs who committed to fighting our cause. Our message to Doug Ford and his government was loud and clear: Ontario does not want deregulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture!



https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/03/07/ontario-chinese-medicine-regulate/

Ontario government not proceeding with plan to deregulate Chinese medicine | CityNews Toronto The Ontario government says they will not be proceeding with their plan to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists. 

You all probably heard by now that the government is trying to deregulate TCM and acupuncture profession. There was no consultation and deregulating will risk more harm to the public and lose the integrity of our medicine that we fought hard to grow for the past few decades. The profession - young and old, Asian and non-Asian - has united. We just went over the first hurdle amd the fight isn’t over yet. Please support what you can. Thank you.



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#saveacuON Stop the de-regulation of Acupuncture and TCM in Ontario.