Mike Barr

Call me crazy, but I’ll never forget how thrilled I was the day I discovered I could crack my own back.

I have to confess I feel a bit like a middle-aged groupie, but I just can’t stop telling people about William Davis’ new book, Undoctored.

Acupuncture is more likely to provide relief for chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis than any other modality.

There’s no better time than the chilly fall and winter seasons to lovingly prepare a hearty soup.

Lieque (Broken Sequence) and Zusanli (Leg Three Mile)

CL says drinking too much coconut water can have a laxative effect, but I wonder if it might also have a calming one.

Seems the FDA doesn’t know about the Norwegian AcuFlash studies or the efficacy of Chinese herbal formulas like Er Xian Tang

And why do we have to learn these things on the street? (Or via Russian emigres.)

Many well-traveled, well-read folks (with credible proof of benefit going back as far as 1997) say... enteric-coated peppermint oil.

From what I have seen, acupuncture can be a useful adjunct to Western medicine--but it should not replace it.

“Cupping” comes in for its close-up. Is it really any different (more fraught with risk?) than a good deep-tissue massage though?

When food fads come along, I either run the other way or just batten down until the media storm passes. But this chia seed thing got me.

If others out there have beat me to the punch in experimenting, successfully one hopes, with herbology, please share your experiences.

Weekly ear acupuncture appears to ameliorate the side-effects of interferon therapy.

Probiotic bacteria - those that benefit their host - are the subject of sweeping, hand-waving health claims.