The mainstream of Chinese medicine, as canonized in the Yellow Emperors classic, is largely about using nature as a guide to achieve excellent health and long life. The classical text begins by describing how people were able to maintain balance in ancient times with lifestyle alone but that now we need some therapeutic interventions, particularly…

There’s a growing body of compelling evidence indicating that a healthy balance of microorganisms inside the human body is a major factor in health. There are strong associations with obesity, which is itself associated with Type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, and heart disease. This suggests that cultivating a healthy microbiome may be the…

I’m sure I’m not the first person to think about this or even to write about it. However, I have not stumbled across it during my Web travels thus far. I woke up in the middle of the night last night with a fully formed idea on my mind, something that has often happened to…

I heard about this clinic in Panama on the Joe Rogan experience podcast recently. The doctor who runs it has a pretty impressive mainstream resume. If his results are to be believed, the work is intriguing. I recommend exploring this site a bit further. There are some interesting case studies on it and some controlled studies…

Around 200 BC, a book was written that gathered together information about the most important Chinese herbs in use at the time. It was called the Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica (Chinese: Shen Nong Ben Cao). This book is widely regarded as the oldest extent materia medica from within the classical tradition of…