Articles and Resources on Traditional Medicines


Here's an index of the best articles and resources on Traditional Medicine that we know of so far. If there's anything you would like to see here that you want us to know about, please contact us… 


Resources


Study Medical Traditions

Traditional Medical Systems Trainings, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Native American Medical Systems, Paleomedicine and more...


Teach Medical Traditions

If you can teach a medical tradition in an ethical way and would like to, we want to promote what you do here and/or elsewhere...



Articles


The Histories of Traditional Medicines

There are at least as many histories of medicine as there are medicines, and there are many more that we may never know...


Ethics and Traditional Medicine

Ethics are not easy even within a single culture…


The Dangers of Traditional Medicines

Many traditional medicines do not play by the rules of modern medicine…


Science and Traditional Medicines

Science has not yet truly investigated traditional medical systems…


Traditional Medicines vs Modern Medicine

If we want to be increasingly objective and scientific in our advancement of medical science, I think it’s a good idea to encourage and incorporate multiple worldviews on the subjects of medicine, health and healing into our endeavor…


Searching for Truth in Traditional Medicine

Traditional medicine has one thing in common with technomedicine…


Traditional Medicine and Cultural Diversity

If we want to authentically acknowledge and embrace diversity, we’ll want to learn how to discover and respect differing worldviews…


Traditional Medicine and the Modern Patient

The current revolution in medicine isn’t coming from those who are at the forefront of modern medicine. It’s coming from the people who need to be served by that medicine…


Aging and Traditional Medicines

For many of us, the choices of which medicines to use and when are not clear…


How to Find a Good Practitioner of Traditional Medicine

Going through this checklist can save you tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars and a lot of time…


Lineage vs Tradition in Traditional Medicine

People who are products of modern culture, particularly Americans, commonly have difficulty understanding and accepting the concept of lineage…


Americans and Traditional Medicines

Traditional medicines represent a way back, the beginning of a path of redemption for many Americans…


Traditional Medicine and Coincidence

One of the chief ways that technoculture differs from traditional worldviews is how we choose to dismiss and ignore coincidence…


Traditional Medicine, Technomedicine and Identity Theft

Technomedicine is an expression of a technological worldview. This worldview is making us and our world sick…


Traditional Medicine and the Healing of the Earth

Can our medical practices promote a healthier environment, biodiversity and social diversity?