Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
banner
mstanleybaker.bsky.social
Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social
Asst. Prof Nanyang Technological U
#Sinology #ChineseMedicine #ChineseReligion #MedicalHumanities #DigitalHumanities #histsci #histmed
https://tinyurl.com/msbatntu
http://polyglotasianmedicine.com
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
About 5,000 pharmacists protested in Taipei against a new policy allowing non-licensed individuals to sell traditional Chinese medicine after completing 35 credits. Pharmacists say it lowers standards, while officials argue it supports the industry.
focustaiwan.tw/society/2025...
Pharmacists protest new traditional Chinese medicine sales rules - Focus Taiwan
Around 5,000 pharmacists gathered on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on Sunday to protest a new directive from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) regarding the...
focustaiwan.tw
May 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
American tariffs are disrupting the TCM market and slowing the flow of herbal ingredients from China to the U.S. Prices are expected to keep rising, significantly impacting both practitioners and patients.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...
‘How Do I Survive?’: Tariffs Threaten U.S. Market for Traditional Chinese Medicine
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
The Korean Society for the Philosophy of Medicine (한국의철학회) is organizing a spring conference on May 24, 2025, at Yonsei University in Seoul.
May 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Out now! “Responding to Epidemic Outbreaks in Tibetan Contexts”

Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, Number 77, May 2025:
www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/...

Edited by Barbara Gerke, William A. McGrath and Jan M. A. van der Valk.
May 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
New Issue: Asian Medicine, Volume 20!
Highlights include Maarten Bode on “Revitalizing Ayurveda,” Kenneth Zysk’s Basham Medal Address, articles by Colin Garon & Arthur Erqi Cheng, essays by Lan A. Li, Stephan Kloos & Bernard Coops, plus 10 book reviews.
Read more: brill.com/.../journals...
May 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Always great to meet our authors in the wild! Thanks #aahm2025
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social’s book is out in paperback next month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191120/
May 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Blogpost by earlier IASTAM president Volker Scheid, and Cinzia Scorzon.

www.volkerscheid.net/post/on-dosing
On Dosing
(With Cinzia Scorzon MSc)Some time ago, in what now seems the distant past, we went on a trip through the Kimberley, a remote and stunningly beautiful wilderness area in Western Australia. Our guide, ...
www.volkerscheid.net
April 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Artemisia or wormwood can be found all over the world. In East Asian herbal medicine it's used to stop bleeding, treat pain, and dispel itching. Leaves can be eaten fresh and used for moxibustion therapy. #asianmedicine #moxibustion #yomogi #herbalmedicine #EastAsianMedicine
April 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) organizes a keynote plenary panel, "Restoring balance: Scaling up access to evidence-based traditional medicine for health and well-being" at the World Health Summit (WHS) Regional Meeting on Friday, 25 April 2025. www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Keynote plenary panel at World Health Summit Regional Meeting - Restoring balance: Scaling up access to evidence-based traditional medicine for health and well-being
The WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) organizes a keynote plenary panel, "Restoring balance: Scaling up access to evidence-based traditional medicine for health and well-being"  at the Wor...
www.who.int
April 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Birch bark documents are fascinating for many reasons, among them the languages they are written in. Most are written in a colloquial Slavic language, and there is also the oldest attestation of Finnic (n° 292) and one document in runic Old Norse (Smol. n° 11)! Here's the Old Norse document: 1/3
February 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.

The battle will be fought over which company’s AI will be used by the feds.

This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen
February 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Dear math historians;
Karine Chemla is organising a seminar on the Historipgraphy of Mathematical Symbolism in Feb, April, May and June this year.
www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/IMG/pdf/hist...

As well as a conference in September
www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/IMG/pdf/2025...
www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr
January 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The latest issue of East Asian Science Technology and Medicine is out, with articles on Japanese survey of Korean materia medica, and early concepts of state hygiene in Japanese Goto Shimpei.

brill.com/view/journal...
January 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
We are gearing up to start meetup zooms of info and education from our Guest Speakers! Come join us and meetup! www.meetup.com/ayurveda-ess...
Ayurveda Collective | Meetup
This group is dedicated to sharing and learning strategies for optimal health and well-being through the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Whether you are new to Ayurveda or a seasoned practitioner, this is...
www.meetup.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
January 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New book series seek submissions:
Medica: Studies in Pre-Modern Health and Healing (Routledge) is a multi-disciplinary book series that encourages and promotes scholarship in the long history of health, healing, and medicine from the Ancient World to 1800.
t.co/dE6AtYyc8l
December 19, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
It looks like this journal is a new account on bluesky. Following it would be a good thing.
Great new issue out from Asian Medicine, the journal of @iastam.bsky.social! Really attests to the diversity of our membership and the reach of Asian Medicine as research concept.
Congratulations!
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Great new issue out from Asian Medicine, the journal of @iastam.bsky.social! Really attests to the diversity of our membership and the reach of Asian Medicine as research concept.
Congratulations!
December 10, 2024 at 5:27 PM
New AI research tools for Teachers:
This lists new AI research tools which faculty should be aware of for plagiarism, and to teach to students.
Suggests how to counter AI plagiarism - make a required assessment that students journal and reflect on their AI usage.
www.academia.edu/126102542/Ne...
New AI Research Tools Teaching Faculty Should Be Aware Of
AI Research tools are advancing rapidly. We should be reviewing and teaching how to use these in our classes, and certainly be aware of them for plagiarism. Research Assessment Workaround: Get student...
www.academia.edu
December 6, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
This is being circulated in Mr. 糖山‘s social media: A 50 Kana 五十音 table from Japanese-era Taiwan (Shōwa 17: 1942) with sinographic equivalents to be pronounced in Taiwanese Hokkien 😁
November 24, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
Dolly Yang has translated the daoyin passages from 《諸病源候論》 Zhubing Yuanhou Lun by ChaoYuanfang (Exercise Prescription in Sui China) with Mugen Jiang.
DAOI Talks (58): Dao Yin in Chinese Medicine w/ Dolly Yang 🇬🇧
YouTube video by Daoist Arts Organization International
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源
A thread on growing East Asian herbs...
#growingherbs #herbmarket #agriculture

North America needs to increase growing East Asian medicinal herbs. Flooding, drought, and promised tariffs are increasing some herbs 100-200%! www.mayway.com/articles/fal...
November 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM