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Evidence of Lack
Modern gastroenterology presents itself as a rigorously evidence-based discipline. In reality, only 13% of its treatment recommendations are supported by what medicine itself classifies as “high quality evidence,” meaning randomized controlled trials (RCTs). In other words, 87% of gastroenterology operates on lower tiers […]
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The Purity of Medicine
A man, who was afraid of heights, traveled to the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. After driving for ten hours, he parked his car 500 feet away and then walked 250 feet towards the perilous edge. Stopping at that […]
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IBS and the McDonald’s of Healthcare
In 2006, Cochrane Reviews put out a systematic analysis of herbal treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). I was finishing chinese Medicine school and had entered into an apprenticeship at the time, and that Cochrane review made my future seem […]
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How I Healed
Mochi rice, hijiki with garbanzo beans, lightly steamed snow peas, miso soup, and a whole mackerel. I sat down to this meal and felt for the first time, in almost two years, that I was well. My friend from school […]
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Stopping By Going
I cannot forget a patient from 2008 who I almost refused to help. What would you think, if a patient came to you explaining that he has terrible, uncontrollable diarrhea, but only when he crosses the threshold of his front […]
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War between paragraphs and words
Through obscure communications, Paragraphs formed a partnership with Symbols. This was for the purpose of mobilization. Within weeks, Paragraphs declared war on Words. Being Symbols themselves, this placed Letters under great strain. They refused the battlefield and held to neutrality, […]
