Author Archives: Eui Hong Chung

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One Friday afternoon, as I was about to treat the last patients in my clinic, a person came to see me limping on his left leg. He said the pain had started out mild 2 weeks ago but now was so severe that he couldn’t walk properly. He had rushed to the clinic to haveContinue reading “Sciatica in Eastern Medicine”

The prostate gland is only found in males, and is part of the reproductive system. It looks similar to a walnut and is located just under the bladder, encircling part of the urethra and vas deferens. It plays a key role in the muscles, nerves, and blood vessels of the pelvis, affecting both elimination andContinue reading “Prostate Health Is a Measure of Men’s Health”

Menopause is the period of mental and physical changes a woman goes through due to the decrease in ovarian function. The effects can be felt over quite a range of time, including both before (perimenopause) and after the permanent end of menstruation. According to Western medicine, menopause is caused by a decline in endocrine functionContinue reading “Menopause and Hot Flashes”

A typical sign of aging is the dulling of the sensory organs, particularly the ears.  Yet these days many young people also are experiencing an ear disorder called tinnitus. Tinnitus is a condition in which sound is heard from the inner auditory system unrelated to externally produced sound. It often appears when a person withContinue reading “Tinnitus – Do you hear strange sounds in your ears?”

Thyroid Disease primarily affects women in their 20’s -40’s, with an incidence 7-8 times higher in women than in men. Typical symptoms may be overlooked as they can be mistakenly attributed to other factors such as one’s constitution, temperament, or external factors. The thyroid gland is located in the front and centre of the neckContinue reading “Thyroid Disease and Eastern Medicine”

I once read the amusing results of a survey which showed that we can live with someone who has bad foot odour but not with someone who has bad breath. The problem of bad breath causes many people agony. They may be too uncomfortable to tell someone close to them that that person’s breath isContinue reading “Treatment for Bad Breath in Eastern Medicine”

Eastern medicine’s approach to cancer treatment is used in China, Korea, Japan, and many other countries around the globe. One would expect it in the very birthplace of Eastern medicine, yet not all North Americans know that it is also used in the motherland of modern Western medicine itself, the U.S.A. Each year, U.S. NewsContinue reading “Cancer Treatment in Eastern Medicine”

The lower back is one part of the body which easily gets hurt because it moves back and forth, side to side, and rotates while bearing the weight of the upper body at the same time. When we hear about lower back pain, we usually think of a disc problem referred to as “intervertebral discContinue reading “Treatment of Lower Back Pain in Eastern Medicine”

  “Wind stroke” comes from a term in Eastern medicine which literally means hit by the wind, pointing to a similarity with the wind’s abruptly changeable nature.  In Western Medicine this disease may be referred to as a CVA (cerebro-vascular accident) or stroke. The two approaches are similar, both considering it to be a kindContinue reading “Wind Stroke (1) – Were you hit by the wind?”