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Western Herbs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Practitioner's Guide by Thomas Avery Garran From the publisher: The first book to exclusively use Chinese medical theories and terminology to guide practitioners of Chinese medicine in the use of Western herbs • Written entirely...

The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text by Giovanni Maciocia From the publisher: This highly successful textbook covers the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and discusses in detail the use of acupuncture points and the principles of treatment. The...

The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted Kaptchuk

This article provides a good, general overview of S-Adenosyl-L-methionine: Investigating SAM-e for Depression https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/investigating-sam-e-depression

This thread will be used to discuss S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (aka S-adenosyl methionine, S-adenosylmethionine, SAMe, or SAM-e).

Nosebleeds and Chinese Medicine: http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/exam/bleeding_symptoms_nosebleeds.html

This thread will be used to discuss nosebleeds or nose bleeds, also known as epistaxis.

Inhibition of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus replication in a lethal SARS-CoV BALB/c mouse model by stinging nettle lectin, Urtica dioica agglutinin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085190/ "It is likely that UDA inhibits attachment and thus limits spread of virus...

Outcomes of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Recently Recovered From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916 "Findings: In this cohort study including 100 patients recently recovered from COVID-19 identified...

Vitamin D, Magnesium and Vitamin B12 for COVID-19, a new study: A cohort study to evaluate the effect of combination Vitamin D, Magnesium and Vitamin B12 (DMB) on progression to severe outcome in older COVID-19 patients. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.01.20112334v2 Also see...

The Ministry of AYUSH (India) has page of guidelines: https://www.ayush.gov.in/ Including this document Ayurveda’s immunity boosting measures for self care during COVID 19 crisis with specific preventative recommendations: https://www.ayush.gov.in/docs/123.pdf

Types of flu people encounter in childhood may affect susceptibility to different flu strains later in life https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-flu-people-encounter-childhood-affect.html "A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, Centro Nacional...

COVID-19 infection: the perspectives on immune responses https://www.nature.com/articles/s41418-020-0530-3.pdf "Since Vitamin B3 is highly lung protective, it should be used as soon as coughing begins."

Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs and 42 hearts https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/01/coronavirus-autopsies-findings "Another unexpected finding, pathologists said, is that oxygen deprivation of the brain and the formation of blood clots may start early in the...

Good to know Ian! This very recent study seems to support that: Kratom and Pain Tolerance: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7309661/ Conclusions: Kratom decoction demonstrated a substantial and statistically significant increase...

The herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has written on the subject of COPD: https://www.stephenharrodbuhner.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/COPDprotocol3.txt.pdf https://www.stephenharrodbuhner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/COPDprotocol2.txt.pdf

This thread will be used to discuss Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Free eBook: Chinese Medicine and COVID-19 The translators and editors of this book are esteemed so it’s a gift that it has been provided to use for free. You can obtain the book from the Passiflora Press website.

The Bitter Flavor in Herbs by Lesley Tierra https://planetherbs.com/blogs/lesleys-blog/the-bitter-flavor-in-herbs/ "The bitter flavor enters the heart and small intestine. It is cooling, drying, draining, detoxifying, purging, and anti-inflammatory. A small amount strengthens these organs...