Studying Traditional Chinese Medicine in China. [more inside]
posted by the cuban on Jan 21, 2008 - 1 answer

I’ve been reading a bit about qi gong and its applications to healthy living, but am finding it hard to find information that goes beyond anecdotes. I’d like to know if the claims of qi gong (and similar internal practices) have been tested, and if the claimed mechanisms have any common ground with western medicine. [more inside]
posted by MetaMonkey on Jun 15, 2007 - 6 answers

Detoxifying Foot Wrap? It's like that patch I guess but that's not it. From memory, a friends' ex mixed up a concoction like a paste wrapped the soles of their feet in it with cotton strips and then saran wrap. The next morning the paste from his was an awful brown but hers was just black. The expression on her face while telling me this has me convinced of it's powers. [more inside]
posted by mu~ha~ha~ha~har on Apr 2, 2007 - 21 answers

Last week, I had my second early miscarriage. In addition to a battery of tests I'm trying to convince my ob/gyn to give me, I'm also considering treatment with acupuncture. [more inside]
posted by discokitty on Dec 13, 2006 - 19 answers

What are the film clips that Turner Classic Movies shows before the beginning of every movie? [more inside]
posted by La Gata on Oct 13, 2006 - 5 answers