Fighting Fire with Fire Fighting Fire with Fire By Adam Tate, 2013 The concept of Traditional Medicine generally relies on treating an imbalance with its opposite. So a condition with Heat or excess Bile would be treated with a cooling medicine to correct the imbalance. But what about the use of hot medicines to treat…
The whole Sum of the Regimen “The whole Sum of the Regimen and Governing of Man’s Self” The following 8 rules to goven Health are a brief and concise list of suggestions for maintaining health from the Secrets of Alexis. These can be seen as an abbreviated version of the Regimen of Health, proposed by…
A useful way of Understanding Materia Medica By Adam Tate, 2014 In Ayurveda, there are three primary Humors (Dosas): Vata (Wind), Pitta (Bile) and Kapha (Phlegm). These three energies are found throughout the body in a delicate interplay that is responsible for life and growth. When disordered, they also cause disease. Thus, Ayurveda is a…
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The DialogueonNATURAL HEAT This dialogue is between Acevedo, a student, and the famous Spanish Court Physician, Francisco Lopez de Villalobos. It is presented in a question-and-answer format and deals with the subject of the Natural or Innate Heat, known as Yang in TCM. The text appeared in a chapter of The Medical Works of Francisco…
Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum The Regimen of Health from the School of Salerno Title page for the First Printed Edition, edited by Arnold de Villa Nova, 1480 Title page of The Englishmans Doctor, 1608An English translation of the Regimen Sanitatis The School of Salerno in Italy was the first medical school in Europe….
An introduction to Shang Han Lun By Adam Tatewith Contributions by Robert TanSeptember, 2019 (last updated July 2024) By Adam Tatewith Contributions by Robert TanSeptember, 2019 (last updated July 2024) MedicineTraditions is a subscription service for students and practitioners of Herbal and Traditional Medicine. A Unique Resource with the most comprehensive Materia Medica ever created,…
Schools of Thought in Traditional Medicine by Adam Tate, 2012 Introduction In Traditional Medicine there are various Schools of Thought governing the practices of the disciples of that School. These generally go back to an idea put forward by a well respected classical Physician or Philosopher, such as Hippocrates or Mesue. Each School proposes a…
Regimen of Health, Maimonides, Introduction Regimen of Health, Maimonides IntroductionMoses ben Maimon ha–Sefardi (Maimonides, 1138–1204) was a Jewish physician who came from Maghrib to Egypt. He was a well versed physician and philosopher who had studied medicine with various masters (some claim he was a student of Avenzoar in Spain, other of Averroes in Cordova),…
Hot or Cold? The Temperature of Medicines Hot or Cold? The Temperature of Medicines By Adam Tate, 2010 The temperature of a medicine is one of the first energetic classifications used in all Traditional Medical systems. It can be found in Greek / Roman, Arabic, Indian, Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese and Japanese Traditions, to name a…
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