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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Neijing says: Yes, your doctor should be meditating

5 July 2007 Character

It’s possible that some of you don’t agree that the personal character of your doctor has a lot of impact on her effectiveness. Even those of you who know Chinese medicine well may not think that character matters. I disagree. I think it is fundamental.
As Chinese medicine physicians, we take the canonical [...]

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7 keys to understanding the Classical Chinese Medicine concept of organs

5 July 2007 Organ systems

I’d like to piggyback off of the organ clock post and introduce the Chinese medicine theory of organs in a little more depth. It’s important to understand that there is not just one right way to view the body. There is no more validity in viewing it in the Western medicine manner than there [...]

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Staying motivated using symbolism

5 July 2007 Personal Development

One of my professors that I respect deeply is known to say, with some frequency, “Chinese medicine is symbol science.” Now that could easily be laughed off by some, but it is deeply and beautifully true. To explain, let’s take one aspect of the CCM view of reality. We frequently state that the universe is [...]

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