It's a familiar routine for graduates all over the world: moving to the big city in search of employment. But with China's increasingly competitive workplace and millions still looking for a job, those who do have work find it hard to move up the ladder.
Just over a mile from the Bird's Nest in Beijing live a group of university graduates known as "ants." The term was coined in a book called "Ant Tribe" about this sub-culture group published at the end of last year by Dr. Lian Si of Peking University.
Dr. Lian says they're called ants because they're clever, weak and live in groups, with an estimated one million ants in China, of which around a tenth are in the capital, centered around a high-density area called Erlizhuang. Just starting out their careers, these ants live 6 or 8 to a room to save money.
This episode Dr. Li Zhi will teach you some Traditional Chinese Medicine tricks that you can use to stay healthy.about a pressure point, the Changqiang Point.
Massaging this point often can help improve the appetite of a child, by alleviating ailments such as indigestion and diarrhea. The Changqiang Point can also be used for curing hemorrhoids, constipation, and so on.
The Changqiang Point is located below the end of the tailbone, at the very tip of the spine, on the midpoint between the tip of the tailbone and the anus. To find this point, it’s best to lie face down on a bed, with your chest and knees pressed firmly against the bed, or half kneeling on the bed, with your bottom facing up, and the point will be easy to find.
At night before bed, lie face-down on the bed, rub your hands together until they’re warm, then while they’re still warm rub downward from your lower back, one hundred times, until you feel the Changqiang Point is warm as well.