In Greek Medicine and other natural healing systems, the spring season is the time to clean house, and detoxify the body in preparation for summer. During the previous season of winter, heavy, hearty and rich foods tended to be eaten, giving the body a lot of nutritional and caloric support to resist the cold temperatures…
Category: Traditional Medicine
Comments and corrections from Orit – and my reflections
Orit Baruch, the subject of my previous blog entry, emailed me with some comments and corrections regarding what I wrote. I would like to share these with you, and to add some reflections and commentary of my own. Orit’s comments and corrections brought me to a couple of important conclusions, or realizations: The first is…
With Orit and Egal at Amirim
From Jerusalem, I took the bus north to Tiberias, which I used as a base for touring the Galilee. From Tiberias, I took a bus to the scenic mountain village of Tsfat, which is famous for Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. I had lunch in a restaurant in Tsfat’s Artists’ Quarter that consisted of a sandwich of Tsfat cheese…
A Talk on Tibb in Nablus
The following Monday evening at a hotel overlooking Nablus, I gave an introductory talk on Greco-Arabic Medicine, or Tibb, at a conference of local physicians. I gave a historical overview of Tibb, and introduced the doctors there to some of its basic concepts. After the talk, I was given an award. An Herbal Secret Weapon “Mohammad,…
My Healing Journey in the Holy Land
My own personal healing journey in the Holy Land started as soon as I arrived. I read the internet weather report on the morning of my flight to Israel, and saw that it said that the weather in Jerusalem was quite warm and balmy, at least ten degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was in Bucharest…