What is constitution?

The role of the microbiome and prenatal and early-childhood epigenetic factors in lifelong gene expression has got me wondering about what inherited constitution actually is? If things like personality, strength,…

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New Insights into the Mechanisms of Chinese Herbal Products on Diabetes: A Focus on the “Bacteria-Mucosal Immunity-Inflammation-Diabetes” Axis

The authors of a recent article in the Journal of Immunology Research have proposed that many herbal monomers and formulae improve glucose homeostasis and diabetes through the BMID axis." B…

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Is nature enough?

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…

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Sex, Fertility, and Longevity

Conservation of Essence In recent years, it's been nice to see the vast majority of traditional guidance on health and longevity being validated by modern research. Today, I am going…

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