News & Lifestyle
Mazin's Wild Herb Hunt
Posted on 14/07/2011
An account of Mazin's herb travels in the Guangxi province of China.
The Chinese Language and Turtle's Feet!
Posted on 15/06/2011
An interesting language and life update from our overseas practitioner, in Taipei, Paola Campenelli.
Free Chinese herbal medicine for women with Recurrent urinary tract infections
Posted on 28/02/2011
If you are a woman over 18 years of age with 3 or more episodes of urinary tract infections (cystitis) in the past 12 months then you may be eligible to receive a free consultation followed by up to 3 months free herbal treatment....
Peter Helps
Posted on 23/02/2011
We are deeply saddened to have to announce the death of Peter Helps
Wonderful News for Herbal Medicine in the UK
Posted on 16/02/2011
Finally there is Statutory regulation for UK herbalists
The Benefits of Bitter Taste
Posted on 29/11/2010
Chinese herbal medicine has a reputation of having an unpleasant taste. Even after Avicenna's cooking processes, which improves the medicinal strength and the taste of the herbs, they may still live up to their unsavoury...
A language student steps into the clinic
Posted on 19/10/2010
On August 23rd, for the first time in two and a half years of Chinese language studies, I wore again my white coat and stepped into a Chinese medicine consultation room. That was at China Medical Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan, in...
One Night Doctor
Posted on 19/10/2010
Tainan is the former capital city of Taiwan, and the city with most historical buildings and temples. As most buildings in Taiwan are only a few dozen years old and modern Taiwanese “architecture” appears rather soulless and ugly...
Spirit, Science & Sophistication
Posted on 23/07/2010
A glimpse into the amazing history of Chinese medicine