Articles

Health references

These articles, on various health topics, are portable document files (PDF) and may require Adobe Reader^® to view or print.

• Asthma and Allergies
• Athletic Trauma
• The Herbal Approach to Ear Infections
• Eating Healthy
• Fertility
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Herb History
• Herb Safety guide
• Herbal Energy
• Herbs and Infections
• Acupressure for Jet Lag
• The Herbal Approach to Menopause
• Stop Smoking

 

The Natural Health Examiner

David writes the online column The Natural Health Examiner which covers topical health information from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Selected articles are linked below.

Self help articles

• Getting the most out of your acupuncture appointment, When to go to an acupuncturist
• Acupuncture CertificationDifferent types of acupuncturistsThree legged stool of diagnosis
• Healthy eating through hard times Now is time to take a classSwimming
• Learning about medical science
• How to avoid afternoon sleepiness
• Relieving menstrual pain
• Back pain that is worse in winter, Morning upper back pain, Snow shoveling back pain
• Light and Depression
• Common cold soupAutumn coldsTimeline for a holiday cold
• Season appropriate breakfast, Feeling better at Thanksgiving, Spices and Holidays
• Winter dryness, Staying healthy in winter
• How to deal with summer heat, advice from India on humid weather,Summer heat first aid
• Summer heat headachesCoping with summer heat
• Old injury pain, Autumn arthritis painAutumn Brown foods
• Spring rental tool buzz, Spring cleaning hip, Spring allergies, Spring wind in the channels
• A useful medical science website, understanding health research, Safety medication and supplements
• Acid refluxOver-indulgence tea recipe
• Wind and Bell's palsyEye floaters
• Stop SmokingChemicals in tobaccoHazardous waste
• Caution about convenient health food Statistical analysis of healthy lifestyle

TCM concept articles

• Energy
• The danger of fear in health marketing, Holistic medicineUnderstanding Medical Strategy
• Thinking differently about medicine,The Importance of diagnosisImportant health question; Why?
• The origins of herbal medicineHerbal substitutions
• Treatment strategy,Body wisdomWorry, science and healthy food advice
• Natural medicine safety, Drug and herb interactions, Standardized Herbs, Drugs and Herbs
• DiabetesHIV/AIDS
• Common Cold, China endorses herbs for the flu, Common cold- story of a thief
• Acupressure, Fear of needles, Acupuncture styles
• Eating in restaurants,Learning what to eat, Food and Emotions
• The importance of lifestyle, Lifestyle guide-an old barn, Lifestyle-story of two friendsMind-body exercises
• What bamboo and pandas can teach us
• Marketing and improper herbal diagnostics, Herbal medicine vs herbal marketing
• Cancer and herbal marketing
• Herbal simplification/marketing, Herbs, not just about pills
• Hormones, herbs and menopauseChinese herbs and menopause
• Analyzing The Thanksgiving Meal

Herbal articles

• Concerns on mixed herb/supplement productsSupplement marketing concerns

• What do herbs treat?
• Winter Herbs for spring allergies--
• Wisconsin's Superberry, Marketing superberries
• Echinacea
• Pumpkins
• Marshmallows
• Mulberries
• Dandelions
• Rhubarb, Saw Palmetto
• Gross herbs Probiotics
• Wild Cherry cough dropsLicorice Candy
• Cinnamon
• Yams
• Turmeric, curry and treating cancer, Pine and healing
• Astragalus and the flu
• CoffeeHigh Fructose corn syrupSugar as toxic?
• Acne and Thyme

Fighting Arts.com articles

David's articles appearing at Chrisopher Caile's FightingArts.com web site:

• Chinese Martial Arts Herbal Trauma Formulas, Part 1,Introduction and Categories of Herbal Medicines
• Chinese Martial Arts Herbal Trauma Formulas, Part 2,Herbal Medicines Grouped By Type
• Boosting Stamina with Herbs and Nutrition
• Dangers of Herbal Energy Formulas
• Female Martial Artists and Amenorrhea
• Pain Relief Pressure Points For Martial Artists
• Pressure Points For Stretching And Relieving Tension
• Acupuncture and Martial Arts; A Question of Influence
• Tight Shoulders- Fire cupping
• 5 Element strategy

 

The Practical Herbalist

These articles are from David's column "The Practical Herbalist". The original hosting website lakecountryonline is no longer active.

• Articles On Herbal Concepts
• All Men Are Created Equal?
• Another Herbalist named Bock
• Appropriate Presentation
• Are Herbs Medicine?
• Are Patients Ready?
• Aristolochic Acid
• Autumn Pain
• Barefoot Doctors
• Berberine
• Cancer
• Cautions About Herbal Information
• Chinese Herb Safety
• Climate and Herbal Medicine
• Cold Shoulders
• Common Cold
• Common Names, Caution
• Constipation
• Cooking Rocks
• Cultural Confusion And Herbal Safety
• Define Toxin?
• Diet and Sugar
• Different Measurements
• Drugs and Herbs
• Female Athletes and Amenorrhea
• Fertile Fields and Infertility
• Floaters In The Eyes
• Flu Fighter
• Food and the Immigrant
• Food Therapy
• Formula Structure
• Gross stuff
• Gut Bacteria And Weight Loss
• Herbs and Cholesterol
• Herbs are not Vitamins
• Herb Flavors, Bitter
• Herb Flavors, Pungent
• Herb Flavors, Salty
• Herb Flavors, Sour
• Herb Flavors, Sweet
• Heritage Food
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Homeopathy and Herbalism
• How Were Your Herbs Cooked?
• Ice Water
• Longevity
• The Master Herbalist
• Menopause
• More is Better?
• Of Food And Funerals
• Old Herbs
• Out of Place Food
• Plant Parts
• Rising Heat
• Science and Oriental Medicine
• Spring Cleaning Hip
• Standardization
• Strange Brew
• Tale of Two Companies
• The Cautionary Tale of The Medical Tourist
• The Early Days of Herbs
• The Favorite Tool of the Healer
• The Role of the Tongue
• Time and History
• Treatment Strategy
• Why Do People In Hot Climates Like "Hot" Food?
• Witches
• Articles About Specific Herbs
• Absinthe
• A Rose By Another Name Is An Apple
• Bamboo
• Black Cohosh
• Boneset
• Candy and Cookies
• Cannabis Seeds
• Cardamon
• Chrysanthemum
• Cinnamon
• Cordyceps - Winter Bug, Summer Herb
• Dandelion
• Dang Gui
• Deer
• Dioscorides and the Yam
• Dragon Bones
• Echinacea and Immunity
• Fake Ginseng
• Fruit Smoothies
• Ganoderma, Immortality Mushroom
• Gelatin
• Ginger
• Ginkgo and Memory
• Ginseng
• Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
• Horny Goat Weed
• Indigo, Fever and Blue Jeans
• Kimchi and the Bird Flu
• Licorice Candy
• Licorice- The ultimate sweet
• Lloyd's Coffee
• Lotus Flower
• Marshmallows
• Milk
• Mistletoe
• Mr. He
• Mulberry
• Orange
• Oyster shell
• Pearls
• Purple Loosestrife
• Rhubarb
• Root Beer and the Cowboy
• Scorpions
• Skunk Cabbage
• Snake Oil
• Star Anise and the Bird Flu
• Tapioca
• The Economics of Dang Shen
• The Herbs of the Harry Potter Series
• The Story of Tea
• Thieves Vinegar
• Treating Bee Stings
• Two Cured
• Watermelon
• White Mushrooms
• Wild Cherries
• Yunnan White Medicine

 

 

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