The Liver is yang in nature. Its color is green, its time is the spring season and the day jiǎ yǐ 甲乙 (the 1st & 2nd Heavenly Stems, pertaining to the Wood element), its tone is qiao 角 , and its flavor is sour.

"Most people who use antibiotic soap are no healthier than those who use normal soap. AND those individuals who are chronically sick and use antibiotic soap appear to get SICKER."

"Medicine has long decried acupuncture, homeopathy, and the like as dangerous nonsense that preys on the gullible. Again and again, carefully controlled studies have shown alternative medicine to work no better than a placebo. But now many doctors admit that alternative medicine often seems to do a better job of making patients well, and at a much lower cost, than mainstream care—and they’re trying to learn from it."

There was no significant difference in patients' reports of relief between those who were treated with an albuterol inhaler, a placebo inhaler, or were given 'sham acupuncture' away from actual acupuncture points and without insertion into the skin. "Placebo effects can be clinically meaningful and can rival the effects of active medication in patients with asthma."

Acupuncture has been shown to give some pain relief in rheumatoid arthritis and an anti-inflammatory response may also be present.

Iron Crotch Qigong strengthens kidney function, boosts yang energy, nourishes essence, and benefits the constitution. It can help with erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, male infertility, and aging.