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Toxins Are Hidden Everywhere in Life: The Herb Licorice Can Help Clean the Body

There are many toxins in our modern daily lives, such as contaminated water, food containers with lead compounds, food with various additives, polluted air, and deep-sea fish contaminated with heavy metals, to name just a few. After these toxins enter the human body, they will gradually accumulate. Getting rid of these toxins is very difficult, ...

Helen London

A traditional Chinese dessert — Mung Bean Sweet Soup.

Li Shizhen, ‘Medical Saint’ of China (Part 2)

Li Shizhen lived during the Ming Dynasty of China in the 16th century. He was a pioneer of medicine in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who compiled a masterpiece to set standards for the identification, quality, strength, and purity of medicinal substances, the Compendium of Materia Medica, a task that took him nearly ...

Emma Lu

A statue of Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen, ‘Medical Saint’ of China (Part 1)

Li Shizhen lived during the Ming Dynasty of China in the 16th century. He was a pioneer of medicine in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who compiled a masterpiece to set standards for the identification, quality, strength, and purity of medicinal substances, the Compendium of Materia Medica, a task that took him nearly ...

Kathy McWilliams

Five different plant ingredients used in Traditional Chinese Medicine sit in piles on a table.