Chinese Medicine and Weight Loss
A few diseases have been referred to as the 21st Century Epidemic: Hypertension, Chronic Stress, and Obesity. Up until very recently, obesity was perhaps the only one that didn’t have a pharmacological solution aimed specifically at it: Hypertension has all sorts of drugs like ACEIs (Captopril, Lisinopril, enalapril), Calcium Channel Blockers, Losarthan, and many others; Chronic Stress could make use of ansiolitics and benzodiazepines to promote relaxation or at least allow for sleep in some cases.
Yet obesity relied mostly on behavioral changes, diets, and sheer will to achieve the weight loss goal. The problem was that the whole system was rigged; the food system, coupled with the modern Western lifestyle, worked against you. Until GLP-1 drugs came. Now, everyone runs to Ozempic, and it’s like the modern-day Panacea.
Why has it been so difficult to defeat obesity to the point scientists had to come up with an injectable drug that makes you ‘’just eat less’’? Wasn’t that the whole point of defeating obesity in the first place?
https://flowingqitcm.substack.....com/p/chinese-medici
A new issue of Asian Medicine (ASME) is out now!
Find out more: https://brill.com/view/journal....s/asme/20/2/asme.20.
– Table of Contents –
Editorial Introduction
Religion, Medicine, and Women’s Health in Premodern East Asia
Author: Anna Andreeva
There’s a Talisman for That: Medieval Daoist Etiologies and Remedial Rituals for Preventing Childbearing Complications
Author: Jessey Choo
Guanyin’s Role in Childbirth Protection: An Analysis of Healing Dhāraṇī, Talismans, and Seals in Four Dunhuang Manuscripts
Author: Hsin-Yi Lin
Talismanic Healing and Childbirth in Chosŏn Buddhism
Author: Sujung Kim
Making Babies in Ninth- and Tenth-Century Japan: Change and Diversity in Buddhist and Medical Formulas for Aiding Conception
Author: Anna Andreeva
Translation
(Open Access)
Menstruation Matters: An Annotated Translation of Notes by a Simple Physician (1304)
Author: Daniela Tan
Book Reviews
"The Geopolitics of Health in South and Southeast Asia: Perspectives from the Cold War to COVID-19" edited by Vivek Neelakantan
Author: Nisha Bellinger
"Buddhist Healing in Medieval China and Japan, edited by C. Pierce Salguero and Andrew Macomber: Buddhism and Healing in the Modern World" edited by C. Pierce Salguero, Kin Cheung, and Susannah Deane
Author: Briana Brightly
"Recovering Histories: Life and Labor After Heroin in Reform-Era China" by Nicholas Bartlett
Author: Shanshan Gao
Pages: 362–364
"Drugs and the Politics of Consumption in Japan" edited by Judith Vitale, Oleg Benesch, and Miriam Kingsberg Kadia
Author: Andrew Macomber
Advice when fighting a sword duels in winter:
Cold weather may chill your hands and feet, you may end up dropping your weapon. Chew a piece of ginger and rub your hands and feet with sake to prevent this.
兵法要務武道図解秘訣
Illustrated guide to the secrets of martial arts, 1890
Have a look at eric shahan’s books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/....eric-shahan/author/B
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organisation to explore benefits of traditional medicines
From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditation, traditional remedies have increasingly being shown to work and deserve more attention and research, according to a World Health Organisation official.
A historical lack of evidence, which has seen traditional practices dismissed by many, could change with more investment and the use of modern technology, according to Dr Shyama Kuruvilla, who leads the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre.
In 2025, countries agreed the WHO should adopt a new global traditional medicines strategy for the next decade that “seeks to harness the potential contribution of TCIM [traditional, complementary and integrative medicine] to health and wellbeing based on evidence”.
It includes plans to establish a robust evidence base for traditional medicine practices, develop regulation of treatments and practitioners and, where appropriate, integrate the practices into mainstream biomedical healthcare.
https://www.theguardian.com/gl....obal-development/202
Italy and China are strengthening ties through traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) thanks to a long-running exchange program aimed at expanding treatment options and improving patient care in both countries.
At Siena University Hospital, ancient techniques such as acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion are used alongside conventional treatments.
https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2....025-12-15/Exchange-t
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