During a systematic search of the literature for ancient descriptions of fear of heights and seasickness in the Chinese Medical Classics and Greek antiquity, two reports of vertigo syndromes that strikingly resemble today’s definitions of vestibular migraine (VM) and Menière’s disease (MD) were discovered. Continue reading “Vestibular migraine (VM) and Menière’s disease (MD) in the writings of Aretaeus of Cappadocia and in the Chinese book Huangdi Neijing”
Hippocratic Medicine in China
Since the days of the Roman Empire, there has been communication between China and the West through the silk route, as documented in the standard histories of China, such as the History of the Later Han Dynasty: Continue reading “Hippocratic Medicine in China”
Trepanation in ancient China
This post is a collection of ‘Abstracts‘ from published studies on Trepanation in ancient China. Continue reading “Trepanation in ancient China”
How Chinese medicine kills cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown how a complex mix of plant compounds derived from ancient clinical practice in China – a Traditional Chinese Medicine – works to kill cancer cells. Continue reading “How Chinese medicine kills cancer cells”