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Bellflower (Campanula), Mary Vaux Walcott, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Your Body Was Right

When chronic pain or trauma symptoms are dismissed, your body still keeps the record. Why your felt experience was always the truth.

Your Body Was Right

When chronic pain or trauma symptoms are dismissed, your body still keeps the record. Why your felt experience was always the truth.

Cycladic marble figurine, c. 2700-2400 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens

The Gut Was Never Secondary

For most of medical history, the gut has been treated as downstream of everything else. Chinese medicine has always treated it as the center.

The Gut Was Never Secondary

For most of medical history, the gut has been treated as downstream of everything else. Chinese medicine has always treated it as the center.

Tiger Attacking a Horse, Henri Rousseau (1908)

How the Supplement industry is Scamming You

Most supplements on the market are not what they claim to be. A look at the testing and disclosure standards the industry routinely skips.

How the Supplement industry is Scamming You

Most supplements on the market are not what they claim to be. A look at the testing and disclosure standards the industry routinely skips.

Olive Trees, Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Can Herbs Melt Belly Fat?

Several herbs are marketed for fat loss. Which ones actually have research behind them, and how Chinese medicine thinks about midsection weight.

Can Herbs Melt Belly Fat?

Several herbs are marketed for fat loss. Which ones actually have research behind them, and how Chinese medicine thinks about midsection weight.

Banksia integrifolia, Banks' Florilegium watercolour

Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea and Poria Cocos

Antibiotics disrupt gut microbiota and frequently cause diarrhea. Recent studies suggest Poria cocos can help restore microbial balance.

Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea and Poria Cocos

Antibiotics disrupt gut microbiota and frequently cause diarrhea. Recent studies suggest Poria cocos can help restore microbial balance.

Demeter, ancient Greek goddess of grain, Museo archeologico Venice

Ratio Matters for Tummy Balance

The proportions between herbs in a Chinese formula determine its therapeutic effect. How ratio shapes the outcome of a digestive formula.

Ratio Matters for Tummy Balance

The proportions between herbs in a Chinese formula determine its therapeutic effect. How ratio shapes the outcome of a digestive formula.