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		<title>Aconite Already &#8220;Banned&#8221; By FDA in 2000?</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2697</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading FDA warning letters and recall notices is highly recommended for anyone in the supplement or herb business.  It can be discouraging for anyone who wants to legally introduce new dietary supplements to the market.  This is partly because the &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2697">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dowsing for Bombs &amp; Drugs?  Field is Rife with Fraud</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2684</link>
		<comments>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2684#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cults and Skepticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many believers in dowsing, applied kinesiology, and related machines that go &#8216;Ping&#8217; think that they can detect parasites and poisons in the body and tell what medicines will help, all based on &#8216;frequencies&#8217; of &#8216;energy&#8217; which are somewhere between unproven &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2684">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hilariously Horrible Classical Chinese Medicine Seizures Treatment</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2681</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese History]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The earliest known Chinese Medical texts are from the Ma Wang Dui tombs.  They have been translated and published by Donald Harper as _Early Chinese Medical Literature: The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts_.  I&#8217;ve written a few posts about it, including this &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2681">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Herbalists Get More Kidney, Bladder &amp; Liver Cancer (&amp; more on Aristolochic Acid)</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2667</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herbs and Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aristolochic Acid Chronicles continue. I&#8217;m in touch with some scientists, concerned acupuncturists, and people with kidney disease who would still like to use safe TCM herbs.  All are very aware of the scary reality of Aristolochic Acid, found in &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2667">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Snake Oil Science, Introduction and Table of Contents</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2662</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientific Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, Year of the Snake Oil, I gave an introduction to the book Snake Oil Science by R. Barker Baussel, and indicated that I learned much from this federally-funded acupuncture researcher&#8217;s book.  This year, in honor of &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2662">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Year of the Snake Oil</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2654</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once looked for a source of real snake oil.  I wanted to have it in my herbal pharmacy so I could be a *real* Snake Oil Salesman.  All I could find were novelty bottles, nothing authentic.  As I researched &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2654">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aloha to 2012, Aloha to 2013!</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2647</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daoist Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herbs and Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from a fabulous Hawaiian vacation.  It&#8217;s great that Aloha has several nuanced meanings, including hello and goodbye. The ancient Taoists talked of the Islands of the Immortals in the Eastern Sea (they called them Peng Lai).  Hawaii is &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2647">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Libertarian Uncle and Homeopathic/FDA Politics</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2635</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dear Uncle, a Montana libertarian who has been involved in law and politics for decades, sent me this note today.  I wrote a response and thought to share it with my blog readers, as it touches on many of &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2635">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another doubting TCM student, and important studies on acupuncture vs. credible placebo</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2604</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, Kevin I&#8217;m a currently a student attending a TCM Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine college. I noticed your blog today which seemed to focus on science instead of mysticism. While I&#8217;m only in my third semester I&#8217;m battling myself wondering &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2604">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Judge Grants FDA Injunction Against Oregon Herbal Supplement Company (Black Salve Seller)</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2619</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herbs and Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today via Twitter I learned that an Oregon herb company I knew nothing about got in big trouble with the FDA.  This was hot on the heels of an anonymous blog comment from an acupuncturist dismissing some of my consumer &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2619">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Integrative Therapeutics:  Lost in the Amazon</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2606</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clinic/Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Integrative Therapeutics is one of the giants in the &#8220;high-end&#8221; supplements world.  They were formed by the merger of several already big companies, including Naturopathic Formulations (NF), Tyler Encapsulations, and some others. When I was in acupuncture school in Portland, &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2606">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Reader Feedback:  Aristolochic Acid Scientist, Classical Pearls Herbalist, Disillusioned Acupuncture Student</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2597</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cults and Skepticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most bloggers, I appreciate comments my readers share.  It&#8217;s good know I have readers who find my posts thought-provoking, whether or not they agree with me.  Here are some recent comments which deserve more space for proper response than &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2597">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Magus of Java:  Teachings of an Authentic Taoist Immortal Book Review (John Chang, Dynamo Jack, Kosta Danaos)</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2577</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cults and Skepticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dynamo Jack&#8217;s magic tricks were the subject of an earlier post.  At the time, I didn&#8217;t know that Jack (aka John Chang) was still a Big Deal to some people.  A 1980s documentary showed him lighting newspaper on fire with &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2577">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Bars and Hell Banknotes</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2566</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alchemy:  Silver & Gold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wandered into The Monkey King&#8216;s warehouse up in Portland, Oregon last weekend.  They have a great selection of Chinese reproduction furniture and art.  They also have a nice variety of ghost money and Feng Shui ritual items.  I picked up &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2566">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Yellow and White:  Gold and Silver as top Yang and Yin in Chinese Taoist alchemical medicine</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=1917</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary:  Ko Hung is regarded as the most important Taoist medical alchemist by most scholars of Chinese history.  He wrote that medicines made of gold and silver are better than any plant could ever be, but warned that their methods &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=1917">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Anonymous, Yes I Will Protect Your Confidentiality</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2546</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cults and Skepticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I got an e-mail from &#8220;Anonymous&#8221; from a &#8220;no_reply&#8221; address.  Anon said he e-mailed me yesterday with detailed first-hand information expanding on some serious health fraud I&#8217;ve blogged about.  I didn&#8217;t get that e-mail yesterday; it must have disappeared &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2546">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu &amp; other vintage Sax Rohmer books</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2538</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sax Rohmer created Dr. Fu Manchu, an evil genius intent on taking over the world with his mastery of occult sciences.  This series started in 1912, was serialized in Collier&#8217;s magazine and then published in book form.  Clearly inspired in &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2538">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Applied Kinesiology:  Is Pushing Your Arm Like Pulling Your Leg?</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2530</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cults and Skepticism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brochure for a new type of Applied Kinesiology (AK/Muscle Testing) for Acupuncturists showed up in the mail recently.  Any ad mailed to me is fair game as blog fodder.  One would hope my posts would cut down on junk &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2530">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Ninja Cat!</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2524</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movement & Martial Arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I listed a stack of Ninja books from my martial arts section on eBay a couple weeks ago, most have sold.  This copy of _Ninjutsu: History and Tradition_ is shipping to Israel today!  It&#8217;s by Dr. Masaaki Hastumi, 34th Grandmaster &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2524">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Qigong Fraud Gets Real:  Sister Financially Exploited by Chinese Cult Gurus?</title>
		<link>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2509</link>
		<comments>http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2509#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Permission was granted to share this correspondence.  I anonymized it and bolded a few phrases that stood out for me.  The Taiwanese lady&#8217;s letters are in blockquote, my responses are normal text. Dear Kevin, I found your article Dr. Yan &#8230; <a href="http://ancientway.com/blog/?p=2509">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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