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An exploration into Chinese herb flavor combinations – the final chapter

on July 5th, 2010 in Chinese herbal medicine by

We hope you have enjoyed Mitesh’s fine work about Chinese herb flavors and their combinations.  What I loved about this project was the willingness to examine cherished Chinese medicine concepts – testing them using the most sophisticated laboratory known on Earth – the human body. —– If you missed any…

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The relational method of learning Chinese herbs : herb families

on June 8th, 2010 in Chinese herbal medicine by

This is another repost of archived content.  In this case, it relates closely to the type of information I work with when teaching the relational herb method.  This is actually more advanced stuff – the kind of thing we dig into during the second stage of the training.  But, I…

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The qualities and uses of the Chinese herb Mahuang / 麻黃 / ephedra

on August 27th, 2007 in Chinese herbal medicine by

Ma Huang – Ephedra – 麻黄 Mahuang is one of the most famous herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica – and with good reason. In a world where medicine is mostly unable to deal with the most common illnesses that people encounter, colds and flus, an herb that can handily…

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