The Gall Bladder in TCM is responsible for storing and secreting bile produced by the Liver. It secretes it into the Small Intestine to aid in digestion of food. It is the only yang organ that doesn’t deal directly with food (i.e. it doesn’t digest, transport or transform) and is paired with the Liver. It acts more like a yin […]
Gall Bladder TCM
3,200 year old stone finally deciphered
An ancient 3,200 year old stone has finally been deciphered and seems to confirm that the ancient Bronze age civilizations were destroyed by marauding sea faring people. Scholars have long been puzzled by the seemingly sudden collapse of the Bronze age civilizations with many theories advanced, but the one with the most traction is that they were destroyed by attacks […]
Mother jailed for not vaccinating her child
A mother had been jailed for not vaccinating her child in the United States. Rebecca Bredow, of Detroit, Michigan had previously been ordered by a court to have her child vaccinated but refused to do so, stating that “I couldn’t bring myself to do it.” The case arose out of a dispute between her and her ex-husband who wanted the […]
Most new cancer drugs ineffective
We all know drug companies can’t be trusted. Profit driven entities, they only produce drugs that are meant to heal if there is money in it for them. In a way, that’s fine, that’s what big companies do. But we shouldn’t assume that they are the only means of ‘curing’ cancer. They may be the only commercial way of treating […]