Mt Eliza Herbal

11/02/2019

Interesting finding, corresponding with Chinese medical ideas about the meridians on the legs (especially Spleen-Stomach) and their role in digestion and assimilation, of both food and ideas. Also the notion that the qi of the Spleen has other related responsibilities to do with co-ordination and organisation at a cellular level. (Nice spot, Bruce Bentley.)

New research shows that using the legs, particularly in weight-bearing exercise, sends signals to the brain that are vital for the production of healthy neural cells.

15/12/2018

Long overlooked by Western science, traditional Chinese treatments are yielding cutting-edge cures.

18/08/2018

As Chinese medicine has been saying for 20 centuries, based on empirical observation and experience – and the profound understanding the Chinese reached of how the body works – the only long-term healthy diet is a broad diet.

One of the hottest debates in nutrition is sizzling again as observational study finds that extreme carbohydrate diets could be linked to an earlier death

16/07/2018

I've also found the base formula described here extraordinarily effective for dizziness.

Meniere's disease is eliminated with acupuncture and herbs, according to modern research.

23/05/2018

SHIATSU reduces pain, anxiety and stress for cancer patients, according to groundbreaking research at the biggest NHS Trust in Britain.

14/04/2018

"You should understand that there is no one herb for curing cancer. Not here in Chinese medicine, not in the Ayurvedic tradition, not in Western herbalism – NOT ANYWHERE. (If you are trying to find one, stop wasting your time and money. You will not. The same goes for researchers.)"

There is no one herb for curing cancer. Not here in Chinese medicine, not in the Ayurvedic tradition, not in Western herbalism – NOT ANYWHERE. But...

11/04/2018

A topic close to our hearts – and in Chinese medicine I mean that quite literally (even Western medicine is beginning to see the link between heart health and the mind)...

To ward off dementia, do something you're bad at. If you play guitar, pick up the trumpet. If you can beat the cryptic crossword, stop doing it.

28/03/2018

Well, whaddaya know?! Chinese medicine was ridiculed for years for claiming exactly this. In CM it's called the "San Jiao". Involved in fluid regulation, communication and defence (and other functions).

The interstitium was right there under our noses (and skin) all along, but it took a new way of examining tissues to figure it out.

06/03/2018

I suspect that gluten sensitivity won't turn out to be "wrong" per se, but only partly right as the explanation for why wheat products are a problem for people with compromised digestive systems. In Chinese dietetics – which thinks of the flavour and temperature of food as accounting for its effects inside the body – wheat is sweet and cool. This means that when completely digested and metabolised it tends to be converted into energy and fluids. It also means, unfortunately, that it will be a problem for a person who has an accumulation of what CM calls "dampness" in their gut - meaning that the mucous membranes have become sticky and prone to irregular peristalsis, and fungal overgrowth. This stickiness of the gut fluids makes "pure"/complete digestion of wheat less likely as the wheat directly adds to the dampness problem. People then feel that wheat doesn't "agree" with them - they feel better when avoiding it all together and when eating foods instead that are more energetically warming, and that have flavours more from the bitter or pungent categories, which tend to dry dampness in the gut rather than produce it. So the problem is not a particular molecule or compound in wheat, but the overall nature of wheat – the combined effect of all its constituent parts.

17/12/2017

This very interesting - on stents but also see further down on knee surgery.

Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver.