Ancient Health Podcast

Why Your Kid's Molluscum Bumps Aren't Going Away

The molluscum cream your dermatologist prescribed actually.…doesn't beat doing nothing. A 2017 Cochrane review of 22 trials says so. Dr. Chris Motley breaks down why watc

Your Thinning Hair Might Be a Stomach Infection

A viral post claims a stomach infection reversal reversed a man's hair loss in 28 days. Dr. Chris Motley checks the science: how H. pylori shuts down your stomach acid, w

Why You're Seeing Squiggly Lines (It Might Not Be Floaters)

Your eye exam came back normal, but your vision still isn't right. Dr. Chris Motley explains the Traditional Chinese Medicine case for why liver health, not just age, may

Lyme Rage: Why Your Calm Kid Suddenly Became Someone Else

A child is doing fine, doing homework, laughing easily, getting along with everyone, and then over a few weeks they become someone else. Explosive anger over nothing. Can

The 2 PM Brain Fog Clue: How to Tell If Your Brain Isn't Detoxing While You Sleep

If you have swollen lymph nodes, this episode will teach you how your mighty glymphatic system drains toxins from your brain to what in Chinese Medicine is called your st

The Dormant Infection Behind Your Child's Recurring Colds

It’s that time again, the fall season, back to school, AKA the time when kids come home with a rough virus or two. Dr. Chris Motley explains why kids get the same cold or

The Hidden Infection Behind Your Post-Nasal Drip

Fall doesn't always cause your sinus congestion. It just knows how to find whatever was already sitting there. In this episode, Dr. Chris Motley walks through the Traditi

Your Gut Is Recirculating Your Own Bad Estrogen

Why are so many young women experiencing painful periods, endometriosis, Hashimoto's and hormonal chaos? After falling ill with Graves Disease in medical school, function

Ask Your Doctor These 4 Words Before You Take a Statin with Dr. Philip Ovadia

After performing thousands of open-heart surgeries, Dr. Philip Ovadia recognized that the vast majority were preventable…if his patients had improved their metabolic heal

Is Your Child Dysregulated? This Therapist Calls for a 30-Day Family Digital Detox

Children are on screens 7 to 9 hours a day according to the latest data. In  this episode, Dr. Chris Motley sat down with Dr. Stacy Jagger, aka “Dr. Sassy,” family therap

Alzheimer's Is Up 134% Since 2000 — Dani Williamson on the Lifestyle Triggers and How to Prevent It

Alzheimer's disease has increased 134% since the year 2000. Over 7 million Americans are currently living with full-blown Alzheimer's disease. Not mild cognitive impairme

Your Mold Attack May Not Be About Mold: Emotional Root Causes with Dr. Howard Cohn

What if that moldy AirBnB wasn’t the true cause of your illness, even after you found mycotoxins in your lab work? What if there was a deeper emotion behind it? In this e

The 25-Year Rash: Dr. Steven Zodkoy on Biofilms, Buried Trauma, and Why Your UTI Isn't a UTI

A rash baffled 25 years of dermatologists. It disappeared in a week once Dr. Steven Zodkoy traced it to a childhood memory. Here's what that case, and the concept of a "b

The Tooth That Keeps Breaking is Pointing to an Organ: Chinese Medicine's Meridian Tooth Chart

A viral documentary sent thousands of people rushing to pull their teeth. The theory behind it — the focal infection theory — dates back to a dentist in the 1920s named W

The Parasite That Hides Inside Your Red Blood Cells

Has a nasty virus ever swept through your family, completely derailing your summer vacation? In this heavily requested episode, Dr. Chris Motley shares his best advice fo

Grounding: the honest truth about barefoot healing (is the $200 version worth it?)

Most subjects of a recent study who slept on pads connected to the ground, as part of an earthing protocol, gained significant relief from arthritis, asthma, PMS, sleep a

Mouth Taping Could Be Closing Your Emergency Exit — What to Fix First According to Ancient Medicine

Is mouth taping actually safe — or could it be closing your body's emergency exit while a bigger problem goes undetected? In this episode, Dr. Chris Motley takes on one

The Diarrhea Parasite Spreading Across 30 States — What Is Cyclospora and How to Clear It Naturally

A parasite is crawling across 34 states, with thousands of confirmed cases across America. Cyclospora is causing that explosive diarrhea, aka the parasite flu, you’ve no

Chronic Strep: Why It Never Actually Left Your Body

If you had a chronic case of strep as a kid it may be lingering around your organs. Here’s what you can do about it. In this episode, Dr. Motley explains why recurring st

Mastic Gum Won’t Cure Cancer - But What It Does For Your Gut is Impressive Enough

Mastic Gum is an ancient remedy that's been shown in a clinical study to kill off H-Pylori, and other research suggests it reduces oral bacteria. Is this viral cure hyped