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- @ If your herbs are for the cold and imported from China, AND they make you sleepy, they may contain undeclared drugs. Not good.9:18 PM Nov 5th from TweetDeck
- RT @: Alt.Med not pd 4 by insurance. - heard today that Chrisitan science is in , why not Chinese herbs?11:20 AM Nov 3rd from TweetDeck
- RT @ Dr. C. Thompson found GUILTY on all counts in road rage attacks against cyclists! Sent to jail. @7:05 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck
- @ I don't think that hope is being confused with acceptance. Hopelessness and acceptance represent doors into the same place.2:08 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck in reply to DrStevesBanjo
- @: chronically ill happier if they give up hope - Tibetan Buddhism says "give up hope" we say "accept".2:06 PM Nov 2nd from TweetDeck
- Poaching, it's not just for ivory anymore. Xi yang shen, American ginseng in danger of extinction. (via @)10:12 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck
- @ ... happy that you used the heck out of my notes. :)8:50 PM Oct 29th from TweetDeck in reply to Pihoqahiaq
- Why is flu prevailent during winter unknown. - TCM has "wen bing" or warm disease theory to explain viral/seasonal flu.9:03 AM Oct 29th from TweetDeck
- RT @: Required influenza reading: - TCM is criticized for lack of research. Biomedicine, so like us.9:00 AM Oct 29th from TweetDeck
- American pilots who overshot their destination, distracted by alabis that keep changing. Anybody floated the Brokeback Airlines theory yet?7:44 AM Oct 29th from TweetDeck
- Shi gao translates to "stone paste". Probably due to its mixability with water. Next time you have a fever, lick some dry wall. It's gypsum.8:46 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Also good for Stomach fire leading to bad breath, bleeding gums, excessive appetite. This can indicate an early stage of diabetes 2 too.8:43 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Shi gao enters the stomach too. Still used for acute viral infections such as "qi level heat" or "yang ming disease".8:42 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Mostly use it for upper respiratory tract infections even though it apparently has no antibiotic or ant-iviral functions. Still works.8:41 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- The white color has an affinity for the "metal" organs in Chinese five phase theory. The metal organs are the Lung and Large Intestine.8:39 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Shi gao, gypsum looks like ice. - as it turns out, we use it to "purge fire" as you would expect of ice.8:38 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- It's a soft mineral, you can scratch it with a fingernail. Shows up in large layered crystals. The can be clear, or white. Reminds 1 of ice.8:36 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Was just thinking about Chinese herb shi gao, the mineral gypsum. They mine it in Orange County, Cal. Used in dry wall. 8:36 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- RT @: NY Times article on "An Economy in Need of Holistic Medicine" - article applies alt. med theory to economy.6:52 PM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
- Why does the US state dept always refer to suicide bombings as "cowardly"? An attempt to undermine it in the eyes of the Islamists? Strange.11:12 AM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
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- Name Al Stone
- Location Santa Monica, California
- Web http://beyondwell...
- Bio I'm a Chinese medicine doctor. But I'm not Chinese. Go figure.
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