Botanical Biohacking

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Gegen in Microgard Plus Jun 02, 2019

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Gegen, (radix pueraria) is an important herb in Chinese medicine. Here we discuss the folktale, pharmacology, clinical use and why we included it in our most popular formula "Microgard Plus".

Cultivating Community May 30, 2019

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Pengzu: The Grandfather of Biohacking on living a wonderful life May 20, 2019

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Where does Biohacking come from? Silicon valley entrepreneurs didn't invent it in the last decade. Its actually thousands of years old and many of the coolest "new" ideas are in fact very old and based on East Asian methods of nourishing life (Yang sheng). We go strait to the source by looking at the life of Pengzu, the Grandfather of biohacking to see what he and his contemporaries can teach us about living a wonderful life.

Ease Chronic Joint Pain With This Sacred Herb May 14, 2019

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Eucommia ulmoides known in Chinese as Du Zhong 杜仲. It is a powerful herb said to help with back pain and is even used to guide the effects of other herbs directly to the lower back. To find out more we traveled to Sichuan province to see it growing wild. Join us as we explore the traditional folktales and pharmacology of this powerful plant.

Biohacking Jet lag, Culture Shock, and Traveling Well May 01, 2019

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Want to beat jet lag, side step culture shock, and travel effortlessly? After ten years and over twenty flights I got it down to an art.

Finding the Myserious in China: Taoist Acupuncture Apr 07, 2019

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What does Taoist acupuncture look like in a back alley in Chengdu? How does it compare with western fantasies of the Orient?

Pulse diagnosis Apr 04, 2019

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Pulse diagnosis has been credited with helping clinicians discover incredible details about patient physiology for the past two thousand years. Can advances in science and technology help us better understand this diagnostic art?

Biology of Tongue Diagnosis Pt 5: Under the Tongue Apr 04, 2019

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Discover what sublingual veins and creepy skin tag tentacles may be telling you about your body as a whole.

Biology of Tongue Diagnosis Pt 4: Taste receptors and Hedgehog Signaling Mar 23, 2019

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Can recent developments in hedgehog signaling help us better understand the five neurotransmitters, five flavors, and five phases of Chinese medicine?

Biology of Tongue Diagnosis 3: Peeled, Cracked, and Geographic Mar 16, 2019

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Tongues get cracked, peeled, and geographic. Can this tell us something about the body as a whole?

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