Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered the truth about the “itch-scratch cycle.” It was previously thought that itching traveled along in your nerves the same way pain did. In fact, itching was considered a mild form of pain. However, said researchers at Harvard have learned that itching has its own distinct pathway. In Chinese [...]
In another random parallel – or maybe not so random – Western biomedical researchers are looking at over-thinking, ruminating, obsessive thoughts, call it what you will, and how these thought processes are represented in people with depression. In Chinese medicine, we see over-thinking or ruminating on an idea as a disharmony in the Spleen, the [...]
In Chinese medicine, fertility is ruled by the Kidneys. Often, infertility is a kidney deficiency, though this is not a rule since there are other causes. The bones are also ruled by the Kidney. In a rare moment of synchronicity, it seems Western biomedicine has found a link we have known about in Chinese medicine [...]
I first learned about Chris Kresser when he was writing as The Healthy Skeptic. He recently transitioned that site over to ChrisKresser.com. The content is still top-notch. It’s definitely worth adding him to your RSS feed. Every to-be parent considering natural childbirth needs to read his series on the topic. You can read the series [...]
Black Chicken Soup is probably the number one recommended dietary therapy recipe recommended by Chinese medicine practitioners to all women after childbirth. But there is another tasty way to help tonify the blood post-partum. It is even indicated in cases of post-partum anemia. (In Chinese medicine, Blood Deficiency corresponds pretty closely to the Western biomedical [...]
There are a number of different causes of diarrhea in Chinese medicine, and they all require very different treatments. The type that I am concerning myself with here is considered a deficiency-type diarrhea. Symptoms will include watery or soft stools with undigested food, improvement of discomfort with pressure or a warm compress, weakness, loss of [...]
Chinese dietary medicine provides us with a delicious and easy way to stop a cold in its tracks. The trick is to catch it early, at the first signs of sneezing, shivering, chills, and neck tightness; this is known as a Wind-Cold type cold. This recipe is not appropriate for a hot/burning and scratchy throat, [...]
Thank you, New York Times, for reporting this important research about bisexual men! It is important to validate the feelings and attractions of this group publicly because they are so often marginalized by society, more so than their “gay” peers at times. This leads to poor access to healthcare when bisexual men do not feel [...]
Autumn is steadily approaching. As we transition into this new season, the heat of summer is replaced by dryness according to Chinese medicine correspondences. We start to see things like dry nose and throat, dry skin and even dry cough without phlegm. This is because the Autumn is also related to the Lungs, which control [...]
Everyone interested in natural childbirth should see this… this being Debra Betts‘ guide to acupressure during labor and delivery. It’s so wonderful! You can download it here.
