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How to be sure you’re getting safe Chinese herbs

5 October 2007 New to Chinese Medicine?

I’ve read numerous articles recently about the alleged dangers of Chinese herbs. One such article, not focused specifically on Chinese herbalism, can be read here. You know, I get a surge of irritation every time I read one of these articles which quickly dies down to be replaced by an interest in discussing [...]

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Chinese herb of the week: The qualities and uses of Ma Huang

27 August 2007 Herbal Medicine

I hope you’ll excuse me for getting this out a little later than I had hoped – the weekend was jam packed!
Ma Huang – Ephedra – 麻黄
Ma Huang is one of the most famous herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica – and with good reason. In a world where medicine is mostly unable [...]

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Increasing safety of Chinese medicine without killing its soul

10 July 2007 CM News

Every morning I read through the Chinese medicine news available on the Internet. It always makes me happy to be blogging about what I blog about. Today I ran across this article for a second time discussing the continuing efforts of Chinese researchers to modernize TCM.
The main point in the article, along with [...]

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