How does TCM treat winter disease during dog days of summer?

STORY: How does TCM treat winter disease during dog days of summer? DATELINE: July 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DENG JIANPING, Doctor, First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DENG JIANPING, Doctor, First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine 3. various of application of Sanfutie STORYLINE: The dog days, also known as the hottest and most sultry days of the year, are about to come in China. According to China's lunar calendar, Sanfu refers to the hottest 30 to 40 days in a year, usually lasting from mid-July to mid-August. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the best opportunity to treat diseases that often harass people in cold is sweating through the summer heat. Sanfutie, a kind of plaster using TCM methods, has been a welcome treatment as it is believed to soothe the body and help relieve the discomfort of illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis and arthritis in win

China-Nigeria agricultural cooperation aims for greater food production

STORY: China-Nigeria agricultural cooperation aims for greater food production DATELINE: June 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XUEMIN, Assistant general manager and rice expert of Green Agriculture West Africa Limited (GAWAL) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLUSEGUN OJO, Director-general of the National Agricultural Seeds Council 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BELLO ZAKI, Director at the Agriculture Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): STEPHEN ELISHA, Local farmer STORYLINE: On a farm in the northwest suburb of Abuja, Nigeria's capital, Wang Xuemin, sweating profusely under the hot sun in June, walked along a ridge between rice paddy fields where a big harvest is apparently expected. He stopped from time to time and raised the loudspeaker in his hand, speaking to the crowd following him about the rice varieties, estimated yields and planting techniques used on the paddy fields, and answering questions from the crowd. T

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Japan horse researcher photographs legendary Asian steed

Japan horse researcher photographs legendary Asian steed

TOKYO, Japan - This photo provided by Japanese horse researcher Hayato Shimizu shows a Central Asian horse that appears to be sweating blood, apparently confirming Chinese legends of a similar horse famed for its great speed. Shimizu, 39, told Kyodo News he took the picture in the western Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia last August. The ancient Chinese ''Shiki'' histories tell of a horse that sweats blood when it runs and with the ability to travel nearly 4,000 kilometers in a day.