A staff member works at a workshop of the Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Ren Tang Group Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 25 ...

Hence the hot water. Warmth is believed to support the spleen and stomach, which, in TCM, are central to digestion and energy ...

Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

For centuries, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was practiced with ritual and patience: dried roots and peels were weighed from wooden drawers, brought home and slowly boiled into a bitter brew ...

During Su Dongpo's exile in Hainan, the renowned Song Dynasty (960-1279) literatus left behind not only a profound cultural ...

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Archaeologists have now found traces of a plant-based poison on several 60,000-year-old quartz Stone Age arrowheads found in ...

Traditional Chinese medicine predates most Western medical techniques. While some treatments yield little more than a placebo effect, others confer benefits. Here are a handful of Chinese medicine ...

Herbal infusions and traditional medicines can cause severe toxic skin reactions, and experts warn at the Dermatology Days of ...

Acupressure tools known as ear seeds have become a trendy wearable wellness product, sprouting in fancy new forms and places.

Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation ...

A research team from Shanghai Ocean University has developed an ecological approach to water treatment that combines ...