Dry Mouth: Not Just Thirst
Does your mouth often feel dry? Dry mouth isn’t always caused by drinking too little water. Learn about medicines, salivary glands, blood sugar and other possible causes.
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5 Golden Questions for Reading the Body
Noticed a change in your tongue, nails or skin? Learn the 5 golden questions to ask before you worry — or ignore it.
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Nail Ridges: Marks That Record the Body’s Past
Do your nails have vertical or horizontal ridges? Which lines are normal, and which record a difficulty the body went through?
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What Is Tongue Coating? Telling the Tongue Apart from Its Coating
What is tongue coating, why does it form and what does it tell us? Why is it important to tell the tongue’s own colour apart from the colour of its coating?
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Brittle Nails: Causes and When They Matter
Do your nails break often or peel in layers? Learn the everyday causes of brittle nails, their link with nutrition and the thyroid, and when they matter.
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A Bitter Taste in the Mouth: Liver, or Something Else?
Do you have a bitter taste in your mouth? It isn’t always a liver or gallbladder problem.
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What Is Temperament? Why One Prescription Doesn’t Fit Everyone
What is temperament, what are the four temperaments, and why does no single diet, exercise or sleep plan suit everyone? The view of Avicennian–Greek (Unani) medicine.
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Are White Spots on Your Nails a Calcium Deficiency?
Many people believe white spots on the nails mean a calcium deficiency. In fact, the most common cause is a small knock to the nail.
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Ear Rubbing (Gûşmâl): From Tradition to Modern Neuroscience
Ear rubbing in Avicennian–Greek medicine, Persian and Ottoman culture, Eastern traditions and European medicine: history, temperament, benefits, how to do it and what modern neuroscience says.
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Nettle Urtication: A Scientific Review
Applying fresh nettle to the knees and legs: substance P, the gate control theory of pain, effects on circulation, how to do it safely and who should avoid it.
