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Bi-Weekly Newsletter | Issue 22 | April 2006

In this issue you will find: Important PCOM Dates Pacific College Library Named Finalist For NCLIS Award San Diego Healing Arts Festival Massage For Detoxification Evidence of Tea’s Health Promoting Properties Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day Important PCOM Dates April 29 – World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day May 6 – 2nd San Diego Healing Arts Festival May 9 – New York Open House May 16 – Chicago Massage Open House Pacific College Library Named A Finalist For NCLIS Awards Pacific College Library in San Diego has been named one of the ten finalists for the 2006 NCLIS Health Information Awards for Libraries, which are designed to encourage library programs that foster better health.  Pacific College is the only Oriental Medicine School to be named as a finalist this year. Finalists were chosen based on how well the program encouraged lifestyle improvement among the target population, the program’s adaptability, collaboration with other community organizations, and how successfully the program was able to reach out to people with low information literacy skills.  READ MORE ... San Diego Healing Arts Festival Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in association with The Alternative Healing Network, announce the return of the San Diego Healing Arts Festival, on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the lawn at Park & President’s Way in Balboa Park.  This free event brings holistic healing to the San Diego community through classes, presentations, and lectures and music.    Treat yourself to a free massage, acupuncture consultations, as well as yoga and qi gong classes.  This event will include live music showcasing local musicians Alfred Howard & the K23 Orchestra, Wise Monkey, Anya Marina, Pocket, The Biddy Bums and Vegitation. READ MORE ...

Massage for Detoxification

By: Mario-Paul Cassar

Some of the conditions associated with toxicity

• Auto immune diseases
• Multiple sclerosis
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Lethargy and muscle fatigue
• Psychological problems e.g. anxiety, depression, claustrophobia
• Cancer
• Colds
• Joint pain
• Arthritic changes
• Fevers
• Skin eruptions
• Digestive disturbances

Toxins
Toxins are noxious or poisonous substances which can be harmful to the body.
Although mostly of plant or animal origin toxins can also include inorganic elements or compounds some of which are essential and form the mineral constituents of cells. These compounds or trace elements include aluminum, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, sodium, chlorine, magnesium, iron, fluorine, iodine, copper, manganese, and zinc. Whilst they mostly exist in a harmonious stability, an excess of one element, such as aluminum, can be harmful to the body
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Evidence of Tea’s Health Promoting Properties

Although green, white and red teas have been used in Asia and Africa for thousands of years to prevent disease, promote longevity and improve mental functions, it is only within the past twenty years or so that they, like black tea, have become popular in the West. There is ample evidence today supporting their healthy properties.

Other than water, tea is the least processed beverage. Drinking tea is the most natural way to gain its many health benefits.

The average cup of green and black tea contains 30-50 mg of caffeine, half the amount found in coffee. The average cup of white tea contains 5-15 mg of caffeine. Red tea is caffeine-free.
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Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

“To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.”-- Lao Tzu

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• Annual updates every autumn.

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