Traditional Chinese medicine sees consciousness as an attribute similar to health or beauty, not as a single brain function.
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Supermodel Noami Campbell is said to be into it, as is the US military. Here’s what you need to know about ear seeding.
Vets use acupuncture to treat health problems in animals large and small, particularly to manage pain and reduce inflammation. A veterinary scientist explains some of its uses.
The parasitic fungus sometimes called ‘Himalayan gold’ can provide a good living to villagers who collect it. But rugged terrain and a high risk of lightning strikes make it a dangerous option.
PanaNatra is a line of herbal products from the makers of Panadol. But can herbal ingredients relieve different types of pain?
Dendrobium orchids are familiar to most people in bouquets, but they are in high demand in China for use in traditional medicines. Can Beijing find ways to grow these threatened plants sustainably?
The embryo is frozen in liquid nitrogen until a suitable female donkey is found to grow it into a baby.
Despite technological advancements, many challenges remain in getting a drug from lab to pharmacy shelf. Reframing what is a “medicine” could expand treatment options for researchers and patients.
Dry needling and Western acupuncture don’t incorporate traditional chinese medicine philosophies – but may be helpful for pain and releasing muscle tension.
The usefulness of a drug is typically measured by its active ingredient. But traditional Chinese medicine shows that there’s more to healing than using the right chemical.
Fascinating facts about this unusual fish include that it doesn’t swim very well. A marine expert reveals why
New research shows that the oldest surviving anatomical atlas comes from Han Dynasty China, and was written over 2,000 years ago.
From herbal remedies to acupuncture, traditional therapies are valued particularly by ethnically diverse groups.
The slaughtered tigers were not bred in zoos, yet their story should put captive breeding in general into question.
Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Bears in Asia are trapped in bile farms, where they are kept in small cages for decades.
Would you trust a complementary medicine described as “vermifuge”, “vulnerary” or “emmenagogue”? That’s what new labelling proposes and not everyone’s happy about it.
Some emergency doctors are already using acupuncture to relieve patients’ pain. Now a new study shows when it works, when it doesn’t and how emergency departments of the future might use it.
The coveted and unusual aphrodisiac found only at very high altitudes can fetch up to US$100,000 a kilo.
Making sure that a tablet claiming to have 500 mg of paracetamol really does contain 500 mg of paracetamol is relatively easy. But how do you test for herbs?
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Assistant Professor of History, University at Buffalo
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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ARC DECRA Fellow. Ancient DNA, Molecular Archaeology, Environmental DNA, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Associate Professor (Adj) He/Him, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Medicinal Plant Science, University of Westminster
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Research scientist, University of Hohenheim
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Assistant Professor of Chinese, Emory University
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Professor of Health Sciences, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
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Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor of Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Flinders University