#traditional-chinese-medicine

#traditional-chinese-medicine

The viral trend - where people share Chinese lifestyle hacks, from wearing red for luck during Lunar New Year to banning outdoor shoes indoors - felt like watching the world embrace the culture I grew up with. Around the same time, another phrase was everywhere: "You met me at a very Chinese time in my life." The line went viral after Hong Kong-born stand-up comedian Jimmy O Yang posted a video of himself singing the well-known Chinese song "Yi Jian Mei" on Instagram in November, with those words splashed across the screen.

Hot water is the way to go. If you get bloated, hot water. If you have period cramps, hot water. If you're a naturally cold person, hot water. If you have bad skin, hot water. First thing in the morning, when you wake up, hot water. And your life will change. You'll start to feel better.

Influenced by the tenets of TCM and a book he read on the unethical practices of rabies vaccine pioneer Louis Pasteur, Grant became skeptical that the collection of symptoms identified by veterinarians as rabies was an actual, distinct disease that could be targeted by an injectable drug. Though he distrusts pharmaceutical products, potential adverse effects aren't his major objection to the shots. "It's more about not being convinced at all that there's really anything to vaccinate against," he said.

I was always interested in the medical field. Unfortunately, I didn't get into medical school, so I thought traditional Chinese medicine was the best alternative. It offered me a chance to practice as a clinician, but in a different role and setting. During my studies, we had a biostatistics computational module. That's where I realized that programming and computational work can be quite interesting.

The postpartum period has long been a time of profound neglect for mothers in America, but fortunately, that's beginning to change-albeit slowly. Postpartum care practices from other cultures are gaining traction stateside, alongside a growing awareness of what new mothers truly need after giving birth. One such need is nourishing, restorative meals that postpartum moms don't have to prepare themselves-meals that, in another time or place, might have been provided by their community.

"Going through it ourselves showed us how isolating the journey can be," Selina says. "We wanted to create something that gives people hope, but also a real, personalised path forward."