Category Archives: Biology

保濟丸來歷

Posted on December 7, 2025 by timlyg

保濟丸，相傳光緒22年 = 西元 1896，在佛山開設涼茶鋪的李肇基得到一位僧人贈送的藥方。 丸劑 - 出自春秋戰國時期 - 長沙馬王堆出土的《五十二病方》，比《黃帝内經》早大約兩百年。 丸劑 vs. 散劑 vs.膏劑 vs. 丹劑 散劑 (powdered form) - 起效快，但作用時間比較短 膏劑 (liquid form) - 滋補力强，但不容易保存 丹劑 (ball form) - 起效俊猛，但局限 丸劑 (beads form) - 綜合以上三劑的一些不足：起效緩慢，但持續長，携帶方便

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何爲中醫的氣

Posted on December 3, 2025 by timlyg

就是水。 水 Water, the entity which flows between blood vessel walls. 《黃帝内經》- 中醫的源頭： 地氣升為云上焦如霧中焦如漚 （水汽混雜的狀態）下焦如凟 Besides water, now it is discovered in the West, something called interstitial fluid 組織間液, which also flows between blood vessel walls. 《黃帝内經》： 營氣走在血管内；衛氣走在血管外 as taught … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on November 24, 2025 by timlyg

11/28/2025 Friday Jim Cassidy's take on the Book of Job is so bad. Basically he's saying that Job blamed God for his suffering. I don't know how these people read Job, because Job (and his friends) clearly was aware of … Continue reading →

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Aquascaping - Freshwater

Posted on November 16, 2025 by timlyg

Fine examples, notice not all use lily pipes or canister filters:

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Journal of the Week

Posted on November 10, 2025 by timlyg

11/15/2025 Saturday Thanks to The Pour Over, I learned of this interest case that a U.S. presidential pardon was rejected: The U.S. States vs. George Wilson (1833). Wilson robbed the U.S. mail, and was sentenced to death by hanging. President … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on November 3, 2025 by timlyg

11/08/2025 Saturday Mr. You on how to use prompts in Music AI SUNO, turning Chinese folk songs into Western taste, he created an album of such on platforms such as Spotify: Neighbor (398) claimed that car tires got slashed. Cops … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on October 20, 2025 by timlyg

10/24/2025 Friday Thanks to AI, I can process these videos/podcasts more efficiently. After finishing the entire discussion within 20 mins, I used Google Gemini (apparently only google AI can access youtube resources for now, Youtube's under Google anyway) to "Fact … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on October 7, 2025 by timlyg

10/10/2025 Friday 5 Top paintings in China, handscrolls（手卷）: 晋朝 （266-420）为了说服 贾南风（晋惠帝之妻）行德：女史箴圖 - 顧愷之 唐朝 （618-907）about cows or metaphor of the artist's servitude: 五牛圖 - 韓滉宋朝 （960-1279）千里江山圖 (rare minerals for rare colors - Malachite & Azurite) - 王希孟宋朝 Recovered decades after … Continue reading →

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Mopiko 無比膏

Posted on October 6, 2025 by timlyg

Considered foreign to Americans. But good for insect (i.e. mosquitos) bites. But based on the manual, these three terms are good to know of Mopiko, with help of google AI: Camphor is a waxy, white substance with a strong scent, … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Decline due to AI Usage

Posted on September 5, 2025 by timlyg

This is anticipated: MIT Study Finds Artificial Intelligence Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline. A good term used is Cognitive Debt, same argument for programming debt/technical debt. Just like new technologies always lead to various decline: Cars & … Continue reading →

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