文：陳曉萼醫師 近日天氣酷熱，不少人躲在室內避暑，然而別以為在室內就不會受暑氣侵襲，留在悶熱的室內反而容易不自覺地中暑。 天氣酷熱潮濕時在密封屋內或車內，空氣不流通，困住暑氣和濕氣；同時人體散熱速度下降，環境溫度逐漸升高，若再加上人體溫度調節不佳，則容易引起中暑。特別是老人...

文：蔡忻愉醫師 大節總是離不開美食，農曆新年有賀年糕點、元宵節有湯丸、中秋節有月餅、聖誕節有火雞……每逢節日各種聚會過後，不少求診者都抱怨胃腹滯脹、胃口轉差等等「食滯」的表現。 食滯，中醫之稱爲「食積」或是「積滯」，指人體因為飲食不節，導致停聚中焦（指脾胃）的疾病，臨床上主...

You may have heard a mysterious term ‘Qi’ (or ‘Chi’, pronounced ‘Chee’) when you learn about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Some of...

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