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In the mountains of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, the Manobo-Dulangan community continues to rely on plant-based medicine for everyday health needs, passing down healing knowledge through generations.

A new study documents 796 plant species used by 34 Philippine ethnolinguistic groups, highlighting the deep ties between traditional knowledge, health care and biodiversity.

by Keith Anthony Fabro
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/fili

Mongabay Environmental News · Filipino communities use vast variety of endemic plants for health: StudyIn the forested highlands of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines, Mingay Dakias knows exactly where to find medicine — not in modern health clinics but in the leaves, roots and vines that grow wild around his community. Taught by his father, who learned from the elders before him, Dakias brews certain plants into teas […]

Nailfold Capillaroscopy: 
Unveiling Fibrinoid Microclots and Microcirculation Dynamics
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July 21, 2025 • (S5 E3) • 17:20
Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy 🇨🇦

Researchers are now developing smartphone apps that can do preliminary assessments of microcirculation using your phone's camera with a simple lens attachment.

Machine learning systems are already being trained to analyze these images with superhuman accuracy.

Flow Cytometric Detection of Fibrin(ogen) Amyloid Microclots” 
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On the Utility of Nailfold Capillaroscopy in Detecting the Effects of Fibrinoid Microclots in Diseases Involving Blood Stasis 
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Think medieval medicine was just superstition? Think again! New research reveals that Dark Ages remedies were surprisingly sophisticated – and many are trending on TikTok today. From rose oil for migraines to lizard shampoo for hair growth, medieval people were way ahead of their time.
#ancientmedicine #medieval #medievalmedicine #traditionalmedicine

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World Health Organization: WHO, ITU, WIPO showcase a new report on AI use in traditional medicine. “At the AI for Good Global Summit, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a new technical brief, Mapping the application of artificial intelligence in traditional medicine.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/12/world-health-organization-who-itu-wipo-showcase-a-new-report-on-ai-use-in-traditional-medicine/

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23-Apr-2025
Comparative analysis of bioactive ingredients and medicinal functions of natural and cultivated Ophiocordyceps sinensis (berk.) also known as the Chinese caterpillar #fungus, a revered #traditionalMedicine with a rich history of use in #ChineseCulture for over 700 years.

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #fungi #HerbalMedicine #China

EurekAlert!Comparative analysis of bioactive ingredients and medicinal functions of natural and cultivated Ophiocordyceps sinensis (berk.)The Chinese caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Berk.) is a valuable traditional medicine, also known throughout Asia by its Tibetan name དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ (Yartsa Gunbu), meaning “summer grass, winter worm”. The mature fungus O. sinensis contains abundant active biological components, including polysaccharides, alkaloids, amino acids, inorganic elements, and others. Studies have previously confirmed that O. sinensis possesses multiple pharmacological activities. Therefore, it holds high value in the commercial market and is in increasing demand. However, the unique formation process and harsh growth environment contribute to the preciousness and scarcity of the species. To meet market demand, multiple mycelium types have been isolated from natural O. sinensis and cultivated artificially using fermentation technology. Currently, both natural and cultivated O. sinensis products are available as healthy Chinese herbal medicines on the market. However, there is a lack of comparative reviews on the two types of O. sinensis in terms of their compositions and medicinal functions. This mini-review will focus on the bioactive ingredients and medicinal functions of both natural and cultivated O. sinensis, intending to elucidate their medical values as traditional Chinese medicines for human use.

Aetites (Mineralogy 💎)

In the magical tradition of Europe and the Near East, the aetites or aetite is a stone used to promote childbirth. It is also called an eagle-stone, aquiline, or aquilaeus. The stone is said to prevent spontaneous abortion and premature delivery, while shortening labor and birth for a full-term birth. From Theophrastus onwards, the belief i...

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Africa: Traditional Cures Panacea to Africa's Health Headaches: [The Herald] Integrating African traditional medicine into national healthcare systems, while taking a leaf from the well-established practices of traditional Chinese medicine, could help address the health crises plaguing the African continent, experts and practitioners suggest. newsfeed.facilit8.network/THXF #AfricanTraditions #TraditionalMedicine #HealthCare #IntegrativeHealth #NaturalHealing

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[Short film] #Tentsítewahkwe

Katsitsionni Fox (#Mohawk) with Xochitl Fox (#Mexica / #Azteca)

"As a young girl, Jessica Shenandoah (Wolf Clan from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation) learned about harvesting medicine and food plants alongside her mother and grandmother. Contemporary Native People are often separated many generations from their traditional knowledge due to the effects of colonial realities such as boarding school, forced religion, and land theft.

"In the latest Native women-centered film by Mohawk filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox (Ohero:kon - Under the Husk, Without a Whisper - Konnon:kwe), Shenandoah goes on a journey across four seasons and multiple Native territories to connect with other knowledge keepers reviving the land-based knowledge of their ancestral grandmothers in order to return to time-honored practices of pottery making, mat weaving, hide tanning, medicine making, food gathering, and more. Jessica embodies the Mohawk concept of Tentsítewahkwe as she picks up knowledge of the old ways, these slow methods of creating and connecting in reciprocity with the Earth.

"This film is at once a thank you to the Native women who imbued their descendents with blood memory of these practices and a promise to future generations of Native people that these practices will stay alive for generations to come."

Watch:
reciprocity.org/films/tentsite

#DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #LandDefenders #ReciprocityProject #Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers
#IndigenousWisdom #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousReclamation #Reciprocity #MotherEarth #Akwesasne #MohawkNation #TraditionalMedicine #LandBasedKnowledge #WomenCenteredFilms

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Reciprocity ProjectTentsítewahkweEmbodying the Mohawk value of Tentsítewahkwe, Jessica Shenandoah goes on a knowledge-gathering journey across all four seasons to reinvigorate the…