The triple warmer meridian (also known as the San Jiao, triple burner or energizer!) is paired with the Pericardium meridian. Yang in nature, it runs from the tip of the 4th (ring) finger and ends at the lateral end of the eyebrow. It is responsible for the movement and transformation of solids and fluids throughout the body and also circulates […]
Triple Warmer Meridian
We’re not really human after all
Who are you? When we are asked that question, we usually start off answering with our name. ‘Yeah, but who are you?’ With a sigh we might begin to describe our parents, where we come from, our family or location. ‘Yeah, yeah, but who ARE you?’ Feeling a bit frustrated we begin to describe our cells and our bodies. It’s […]
70% of young British identify as having no religion
If there was ever a survey that highlights the trend away from established religion, a recent one by St Mary’s University in Twickenham, London has got to rank right up there. Trawling through 21 different European countries, the survey assessed 16-29 year olds and found that 70% identified as having no religion while 59% said they never attend religious services except […]
Columbian police arrest fake shaman accused of extortion
Columbian police have arrested a man accused of using the cover of shamanism to extort large amounts of money from people. Operating from the city of Florencia, Caqueta, the man is suspected of having duped up to ten people. One woman who came forward to police said the man had taken $30,000 to prevent a ‘bad spell’.
Drugs found to harm our gut health
A wide range of drugs have been found to harm our gut health. In a study conducted by researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) , over one in four (250/923) non-antibiotic drugs were found to harm at least one species in the microbiome.
The Externality of Us
In economics, an externality is a cost incurred by someone who did not choose to incur that cost. Most of the time, governments try to ‘internalise’ costs so that they are bourne by people who chose to incur them. For example, car tax is paid by the owner of the car. Someone who chooses not to drive does not incur […]
Garlic
For a plant that can be grown almost anywhere, it’s amazing that over 66% of garlic consumed worldwide is actually grown in China (other figures suggest 80%!). That’s right, the garlic you’re buying in your local supermarket with a quaint family-farm sounding name on it has probably been shipped half-way around the world before being nicely packaged for your consumption.
Cleaning products as bad as cigarettes
When we look back in twenty years time, we’ll see the use of cleaning products the same way we look back at the use of arsenic now. It never ceases to amaze me how chemicals, treated with gloves, body suits and breathing apparatus in factories are suddenly safe when they appear in food and the products we use. Nothing has […]
Age of plants pushed back 100m years
A new study published in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences‘ has suggested plants greened the earth more than 100 millions years earlier than currently thought making the age of plants really, really, old.
70pc of deep sea fish ingested plastics
A study carried out by marine scientists at NUI Galway found that 73 per cent of deep sea fish had ingested microplastics. The study was undertaken in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and the results published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.