Oops

Wednesday 31 January 2007 at 12:35 pm Eleven months ago Roommate finally found a nice and cosy little house for himself. He and his jungle moved out, leaving us with a very empty living room. Lees verder

Fulltime

Sunday 28 January 2007 at 2:40 pm "A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession." ~ Martin H. Fischer

Five-and-a-half years ago, when I enrolled in MedSchool, I figured this Fischer-bloke had it all wrong. Surely you could be a perfectly good MD and work thirty-two hours a week... why not?

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Herbal Medicine?

Sunday 28 January 2007 at 06:59 am So what actually ís Western Herbal Medicine?

Right... it has something to do with herbs…

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The world from the other side

Friday 19 January 2007 at 4:47 pm Normally we (the herbalist in me is speaking) complain about the fact that animal studies are used to predict the effect of herbs in the human body... Well, today i found an article stating that "the knowledge of the effects of phytomedicines on humans can't be extrapolated to animals because of inter-species differences". I thought it was quite funny to realise that they are going to start some studies just on animals to see if vets can use herbs as well (which is a very nice thing to achieve i believe). I think it is strange however that they still do extrapolate the results from animal studies to humans after such a statement...

Almost antique

Sunday 07 January 2007 at 5:30 pm Some people have a lot of stuff. Others have a lot of junk. My in-laws have collected a lot of both. Re-newed energy has lead to a thorough rummage of the attic, the sheds and the basement. The result was a big pile of decayed, obsolete or (now) useless things, and some old books. Among these books, with browning of the pages and the smell of old paper and fungus, were the classic novel "Max Havelaar," a play by G.A.Bredero and both volumes of "The Natural Method of Healing" by F.E. Bilz, in a fairly good condition. Lees verder

Essenti-oils

Saturday 06 January 2007 at 3:00 pm A discussion i had with some friends 2 days ago has kept me thinking... How are essential oils produced? My friend was pretty sure reduction of the oil was part of the process, how would it otherwise get so viscous? My other friend and me weren't so sure about that... Lees verder

New Year's Surprise?

Tuesday 02 January 2007 at 9:31 pm I wanted to start the year of right by writing a piece on this site (it was about time) and I spend Xmas thinking about it... Got lots of things to say, but wanted to keep it related to (herbal) medicine. And I blanked... Even chatting to some of my fellow herbies didn't give me a faintest idea what to write about. Till an hour ago... Lees verder

Cultural differences

Wednesday 20 December 2006 at 10:48 am "So you study medicine? Cool! Did you do a lot of animaltesting?"
"Ehm. No."