A few years ago I did my first multi-day solo hike in the Jura mountains. It’s a well known route, of which I did a…
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An ‘Alimentary’ Experiment
The time has come… Late last year, I decided to start a little diet experiment. I felt like my plate, so to speak, was fairly…
Dr. Giles Yeo on Diet, and Weight Loss
This morning I enjoyed watching this presentation by Dr. Giles Yeo on understanding diet and weight loss. He highlights the principles around what is known…
Nepal 2019
I am grateful to be able to travel once again to Nepal, and for the opportunity to assist, where possible, the local people who are there offering…
Qi-Transformation and the Steam Engine
This wonderful article recounts some of the important evolutions and modifications of Chinese Medicical theory around the turn of the 19th century (incorporating the recent…
The mathematics of weight loss | Ruben Meerman
When you lose weight, where does it go? In this video you will see with your own eyes, exactly what happens at a biochemical level,…
Matthew Walker: “Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams” | Talks at Google – YouTube
Sleep inertia, fragmented sleep, melatonin, learning and memory, immune function, longevity…this was an interesting talk on why you should get your 8 hours per night.…
Acupuncture relieves pain in emergency patients: Study: ScienceDaily
World’s largest randomized controlled trial of acupuncture in emergency departments finds it is a safe and effective alternative to pain-relieving drugs. Read the full article…
How To Induce Labor With Acupressure
I‘ve found that this site has a clear and friendly explanation of acupressure for labor induction, including images, descriptions, and videos. I am sharing the link…
Nurturing Life in Classical Chinese Medicine: Sun Simiao on Healing without Drugs, Transforming Bodies and Cultivating Life – Health Preservation – JCM Article Archive
In this article, Sabine Wilms explains some of the ideas of Sun Simiao, “King of Medicines”, a master of Chinese Medicine who lived around 600…