Stories
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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A history of mindfulness
Matt Drage questions how an ancient religious practice became a secular cure for stress.
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Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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World Century Compendium To TCM - Volume 1: Fundamentals Of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Et, Wu Hong-Zhou.Date: 2013- Books
Soundings in Tibetan medicine : anthropological and historical perspectives : PIATS 2003 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003 / edited by Mona Schrempf.
International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar 2003 : Oxford, England)Date: 2007- Books
Traditional medicine in Pakistan / F.U. Baqai.
Baqai, F. U.Date: 1977- Books
Empiricism and speculation in traditional east Asian medicine / Hans Ågren.
Ågren, HansDate: 1977- Books
Concepts of anatomy in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine / Shizu Sakai.
Sakai, Shizu.Date: 1977