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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
Sun Advice--Expose yourself a little
Posted on 18/06/2010
If you have followed the news on vitamin D, you may know that a bit of sun exposure can be good for you. Recent research on vitamin D has shown that getting enough of the “Sunshine Vitamin” can protect against type 1 diabetes,...
Finding your bearings in Taibei
Posted on 24/03/2010
When you move to a new country, that of finding your bearings and orienteering yourself is not an easy process. It takes time. This is true in both the topographic and the cultural sense. When I came to live in Taipei, I found it...
Exercise reduces death rate in prostate cancer patients.
Posted on 14/01/2010
At the American Association for Cancer Research's December conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research a study was presented that showed that mortality rates in prostate cancer patients could be reduced with as little as 15 minutes of exercise a day.