A Peek Inside an Inner Mongolian Hospital
Mongolian medicine was shaped by the history of its people, interactions with Tibetan Buddhism, and remote geography
Category: Life
How to Judge Your Tea, Part 3: Taste
You can judge tea with all of your senses, but in the end it’s the taste that matters
We Tried Chewing Betel Nut, the Psychoactive Favorite of Taiwanese Taxi Drivers
We felt the best way to put this experience down into words was in the form of a time trial betel nut challenge.
Translation and Condensation: Thoughts on “Qi”
Qi is, in a sense, breath, and life force, and energy — but it’s also much more than these three simple phrases
How to Judge Your Tea, Part 2: Feel, Smell, Sound
If you pay attention to all of your senses, you’ll be able to tell when a tea stands out from the rest
A Chinese Doctor Rates the Health Benefits of Liquor Infusions
An actual doctor judges the medicinal benefits of various infused liquors popular in China (tldr: alcohol is pretty much never good for you)
A Strange Day in Beijing’s Southern Water Town
Case study in Chinese tourism — an ancient town without a history, a ghost town with no ghosts
How to Judge Your Tea, Part 1: Looks Matter
When tea experts closely examine a batch of dried leaves, what do they see?
Taking Pulses, Knowing Bodies
TCM’s way of feeling the pulse is a remarkably different way of knowing the body from that of Western medicine
5 Obscure Chinese Liquors You’ve Never Heard Of
How to get properly soused in line with Chinese history and tradition
