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10/04/2020

In ancient Chinese texts climate changes were often understood in terms of winds. The wind that blows from the east being associated with spring, the warm wind from the south associated with summer, the cool wind from the west with autumn, and the cold wind of the north with winter.

09/23/2020

Zulu man in Natal (South Africa) using a cupping horn to suck out ‘evil’ that is causing the sickness in the fearful patient
Pic: A pictorial history of medicine’ by Marti-Ibanez, F. (1965) Spring Books. London.

09/19/2020

Meditation will take you no where

08/20/2020

Just as grass has its roots, so disease has its root. If one cuts off the leaves without eradicating the root, the grass will still stand there. Zhu Danxi (1281-1358)

08/18/2020

Truth.

08/11/2020

I spent 3 weeks of 1998 at the (then called) Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (now Wellcome Collection) in London doing archival research into cupping. This included going through all the early editions of the English medical journal ‘The Lancet’ and noting how popular the practice was among physicians - until the time came (around the 1880’s) when the emerging league of biomedicine, in tandem with corporatist pharmaceutical companies, joined forces to discredit all previously valued therapies. It was fascinating to read how dramatic the schism was made for financial and professional reasons.
Anyway, and besides, during that 3 weeks in London, I also visited the Natural History Museum and spoke to the director about my research. I was granted a pass to go to the outskirts of London, where a secret building (for security reasons) with a multi-levelled basement stored a vast collection of objects including old medical equipment. This white-gloved curator (a very intelligent and kindly person) gave me 3 hours of his time showing me all there was of their cupping vessels. The shelves you see in the smaller pic were only a fraction of what was on offer.

08/04/2020

http://www.acupuncture.com/newsletters/m_aug20/energy.htm

Energy normally fluctuates according to daily rhythms that vary from person to person. In general, we have more energy in the morning and wind down toward the evening. However, many people suffer from chronic low energy; these people start the day tired and end the day tired. For most people, the de...

07/21/2020

"Doctors should first understand the cause of disease, then treat it with diet. Medicine should only be used if diet fails"
-Sun Simiao

Modern people have lost sight of what truly matters...

Poor nutrition is the leading cause of US illnesses, creating a growing burden on the nation's economy, exacerbating health disparities and impacting national security, according to a white paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

07/05/2020

Thanks Jutta