Cannabis flower has a recorded history of use in Chinese herbal medicine. However, it was not considered an important herb in recent centuries. Here is an interesting cannabis flower entry from…
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the effect of natural therapies on gene expression. I found this study on Chinese herbs: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00535-8 Chinese herbs obviously have pharmacological actions…
I have read a few articles recently that mention that the so-called active constituents of many Chinese herbs have very low bioavailability in real-life use cases. A well-known example is…
The gut microbiota, as an important factor affecting host health, plays a significant role in the occurrence and development of diabetes mellitus (DM), and the mechanism may be related to…
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,…
There is a concept in natural healing that when one has been unhealthy for many years, adopting a comprehensive natural health care regimen that includes changes in diet, herbal supplements,…
I recently read this very interesting article by Jeffrey Bland: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312741/ One part that jumped out at me was how similar the "seven defining characteristics of functional medicine" are 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…
This article reviews the reported correlations between TCMs and certain diseases, such as chronic liver disease, ulcerative colitis, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, and elucidates the underlying mechanisms, with a…
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,…