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Updated January 15, 2022
Therapeutic Uses of Traditional Chinese Medicines Against COVID-19Published 27 November 2021 Volume 2021:14 Pages 5017—5026
Free article can be downloaded here: https://www.dovepress.com/therapeutic-uses-of-traditional-chinese-medicines-against-covid-19-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IDR 
CTM Center at Songshan Shaolin Temple - Photo by G. Brundage
Some herbs growing at the Songshan Shaolin medical center - Photo by G. Brundage
New research on TCM and COVID-19 keeps coming inChinese herbs have the potential to help improve COVID-19 symptoms based on syndrome differentiation
NEWS RELEASE: 20-OCT-2021 https://benthamscience.com/recent-trends/RT-20211020-01 & https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/110370 |
Continued COVID-19 precautions are strongly advisedCOVID-19: Scientists in Thailand Using Tobacco Leaves to Develop Plant-based Vaccine to Fight Omicron, 28 December 2021For the curious, tobacco is indigenous to North America and was part of the Native American Circle of Nations' natural medicine tradition. It was specifically used at inter-tribe peace meetings before conflicts became violent - to prevent them from becoming violent. Thailand has a vast history in the use of herbal medicines, and very long history of effective diplomacy.
SymMap: an integrative database of traditional Chinese medicine enhanced by symptom mapping
Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Jan 8; 47(Database issue): D1110–D1117.
Published online 2018 Oct 31. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky1021 Article can be accessed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323958 PDF version can be downloaded from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328662642_SymMap_an_integrative_database_of_traditional_Chinese_medicine_enhanced_by_symptom_mapping A few interesting articles were recently published on the possible etiology of COVID-19
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/military-documents-about-gain-of-function-contradict-fauci-testimony-under
https://www.rt.com/news/545737-veritas-fauci-funded-covid 2021.12.17 Study reveals how to get ‘super Covid immunity’- With the Omicron variant of Covid-19 seemingly able to overcome vaccine-induced immunity to some degree, researchers in Oregon have come up with a new formula for “super immunity” – and it ultimately involves catching the virus. Although early research indicates the Omicron variant of Covid-19 may be more vaccine-resistant than previous strains, a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University has found that full vaccination, followed by infection with Covid-19, produces the strongest protection yet, something the researchers call “super immunity.” ... https://www.rt.com/news/543562-super-immunity-covid-study/
Below are a few articles I wrote on COVID-19 and Herbal Medicines, perhaps the oldest branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Please feel free to download.
Below are a few other articles I've written about alternative approaches to health and strengthening the immune system.
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Welcome! There are 81 million or so "traditional Chinese medicine" sites on the web. This one is a little different because I focus on those things I find to be most interesting and scientifically sound. I was raised to be a scientist, a critical thinker and have had a lifelong interest in health, martial arts and Chinese medicine. So, I'm looking for optimal performance and Chinese medical systems that can enhance performance above and beyond the ordinary. Also, I'm interested in longevity and ways Chinese medicine can help promote long life, health (strength, agility, speed, and physical and mental awareness and acuity) throughout that life. In this site I present a lot of information about TCM and also add a lot of my own thinking and research from experience and modern science. I hope I can be forgiven for this fusion approach, but I think it's potentially useful to help me organize my own ideas and possibly help others too. So, this site isn't simply a re-telling of TCM, but hopefully includes some possible modern scientifically based extensions that can grow into the future.
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The Emperor asked Uncle Qu: "I was told all the remote ancients lived over a hundred years, yet their movements were still vigorous. However, nowadays people become debilitated in their movements when they are only fifty. Have the times changed? Or, do people fail to exercise proper health care?"
Uncle Qu answered: "The remote ancients who had the knowledge of health care followed the cannons of the yin and yang, practiced physical excercises appropriately and had temperate diets. They led regular lives and did not work against the routine. Therefore their body forms co-existed with the spirits and they could enjoy their natural ages and only died after there were a hundred." "However, nowadays people do not behave like that. They take wine as beverage, lead an abmormal life as routine and make love with being drunken. Their essence is exhausted by desires and their genuine qi is dissipated by thier favorite things. They do not know how to keep the essential qi full, and are not good at regulating their spirits. Yet they hanker after a moment's pleasure against the more real fun of health care, and lead irregular lives. Therefore these people are feeble in their fifties." 8.1 First Article - Discussion of Heavenly Truth in Ancient Times The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor Adapted from translation by Zhu Ming - Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 2001/2005 |
The above Compendium of Materia Medica is a pharmaceutical text written by Li Shizhen (1518–1593 AD) during the Ming Dynasty of China. This edition was published in 1593 (Wiki file)
Source: Wikipedia
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Prevention and treatment of COVID-19 using Traditional Chinese Medicine: A review
The present review analyzes and summarizes the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with TCM. A classified analysis of the efficacy and advantages of TCM for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 was performed, and the mechanisms of TCM in treating COVID-19 are summarized.
Published online 2020 Aug 20. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2020.153308
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7439087/
Published online 2020 Aug 20. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2020.153308
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7439087/
Below is a list of Chinese Herbal Medicines I've researched and used from time to time
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https://www.silkroadresearchcenter.org/
https://www.silkroadvirtualuniversity.org/
https://www.fightingartsasia.com/
https://fightingartsafrica.weebly.com
https://triathlonchina.weebly.com/
https://beishaolinsi.weebly.com/
https://chinafashion.weebly.com
https://gregsefl.weebly.com/
https://npochina.weebly.com
and others.