This article introduces my readers to the formulation, history and therapeutic usage of the famous Swedish Bitters formula and its possible variations and modifications. It also places the Swedish Bitters formula within a larger historical and cross-cultural context.
Category: Traditional Medicine
ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND UNANI MEDICINE – ARE THEY ONE AND THE SAME?
This article introduces my readers to Islamic Medicine, and draws distinctions between Prophetic Medicine, or the healing lore of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the broader field of Unani Tibb, or Graeco-Arabic Medicine.
THE HERBALIST’S MANIFESTO
This article summarizes the main differences between pharmaceutical drugs and medicinal herbs, and makes the case for using herbs as part of a holistic and integrative system of healthcare.
KEEPING AN EYE ON PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS
This article discusses the potential dangers and drawbacks of pharmaceutical drugs and how the healthcare consumer can educate himself and protect himself against these dangers and abuses. It also introduces my readers to a new internet information resource on pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices, www.drugwatch.com.
HEALTH IS A HARMONY OF THE HUMORS!
This article focuses on a key teaching or clinical precept of Greek Medicine, that Health is a harmony of the humors.
THANATOLOGY: PROOF OF LIFE AFTER LIFE?
This article is both a review and commentary on the book Proof of Life After Life by Dr. Raymond Moody as well as an introductory study of Thanatology, or the ancient Greek science of death and dying, as well as the phenomenon of NDEs, or Near Death Experiences.
DOES YOUR GUT LEAK???
This article introduces my readers to Leaky Gut Syndrome, its various signs, symptoms and pathological manifestations, and how it is viewed and treated by Greek Medicine and other traditional healing systems.