We’ve got a few more weeks left of winter – wouldn’t it be great to stay strong and healthy during this time? We asked several faculty members from our yoga, nutrition, herbal medicine, health and wellness coaching, and acupuncture and Oriental medicine programs to answer this question: What are some of the top tips you’d give a client to help them maintain a strong immune system during this time of year?
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Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH), a national leader in the field of integrative health, is hosting a seminal and inspiring dialog among prominent thought leaders in this expanding area of health care.
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We recently caught up with Sam Lucas, the Meeting Point’s manager, to get the details on upgrades to seating options, changes to the menu, and what’s in store for the café in 2014.
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After a rave review of our Natural Care Center on our Facebook page, we decided to reach out to Ginger and learn more about what she thought of her acupuncture treatments at MUIH. What she shares in her inspiring interview is nothing short of amazing.
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In early August, Holly Chittum traveled to China along with Dr. Eric Burkhart of Penn State’s Shavers Creek Environmental Center and Dr. Liyang Chen, a Chinese-American chemist and ginseng export company co-owner.
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We interviewed Holly Chittum, winner of the President’s Award for her research poster at this year’s Research Day. She discusses her research on American ginseng and explains why more research needs to be done in the herbal field.
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Associate Professor Heidi Most describes how, from a Chinese medicine perspective, “depression and anxiety can be understood as a disturbance to the shen, roughly translated as our spirit.” Most explains in this interview how acupuncture, herbs, dietary therapy, qi gong, and tai chi are all useful for treating depression and anxiety.
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Recent additions to the collection at the Sherman Cohn Library, beginning April 2, 2013
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When I think of some of my favorite wintertime herbs, I am drawn to warming, moving, and nurturing plants that help provide balance to the colder, more sluggish and stark energies of winter. As a believer in food as our primary medicine, I have chosen herbs that can all be added to one’s meals or sipped on as an enjoyable tea—bringing our medicine into our daily lives with ease.
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There are many good reasons why we should eat more local foods. Reducing transport costs and emissions, higher nutritional value, and support of the local economy are all new ways to support the world and the body we live in. Eating seasonally helps us to reconnect to nature’s cycles and the passage of time. But most importantly, local seasonal food is fresher and tends to be tastier and more nutritious.
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