Antiviral Medicinal Plants
In both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western herbal medicine, viral illness is understood not as a single entity, but as a dynamic interaction between an external pathogen and the internal terrain of the individual. Traditional Chinese Medicine views the conditions that Western medicine calls infections in terms of «perverse» influences originating from outside the body—described […]
In Springtime, Support Your Liver!
In Chinese medicine, the start of spring is based on the traditional Chinese solar calendar, which divides the year into 24 solar terms. The first solar term is called Lìchūn (立春), meaning «Beginning of Spring.» This marks the official start of spring in TCM and typically occurs around February 3rd or 4th, depending on the […]