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The Mistranslation That Changed Chinese Medicine
If you’ve ever heard that Chinese medicine is based on the "Five Elements," you’ve witnessed a translation error that fundamentally misrepresents the basic theory of the tradition.
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Mapping Ancient Medicines: Digital Tools Reveal Forgotten Drug Geographies in Early China
By Michael Stanley-Baker
May 3
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What Could be Wrong with Meditation?
By Abi Millar
Mar 4
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The Spectrum of Buddhist Healers in the U.S.
This article examines the current state of American Buddhist healing based on ethnographic interviews with 36 practitioners across the US. My central…
Jan 22
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Pierce Salguero
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Discovering Historical Evidence of Yoga in Southeast Asia
By David Wells
Dec 22, 2024
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Traditional Medicine in Southern Laos: A Documentary
By Elizabeth M. Elliott
Oct 23, 2024
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Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Vaccines among Asian Medicine Practitioners in the US
We had hypothesized that differences between practitioners’ attitudes — and, in particular, their opinions about vaccines — would be connected with…
Sep 8, 2024
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Pierce Salguero
Alternatives to Oriental-ism
By SJ Zanolini
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