There is no use mentioning what has come before – the Dragon energy that has come my way through the yijing, through conversations, through my own presence as Dragon born, through the energy of this coming year – demands a focus on what is coming up and what is flourishing. Today…

I hope you have been enjoying the changes on the new site.  The blog archive is steadily being repopulated.  New resources are being created and polished.  We’re being active on the major social networks.  A couple of secret projects behind the scenes.  But, the big news this last six months…

Hey folks, I’ve got a few articles on particular Chinese herbs from the archives coming your way – cleaned up and ready for consumption.  But in the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the newest issue of Chinese Medicine Quarterly is up. This time, writers were asked to…

This is an old article I touched up and re-released.  I hope you enjoy it! Guizhi – Cinnamon twig – Emperor of Emperors  In my opinion, there is no more important herb in the materia medica than Guizhi.  It is used in so many formulas, spanning all organ systems and…

As part of my study, since the very beginning of my time at NCNM, I have sought to use my entire body in the learning process.  While I learn quite well from reading, listening to lectures, and writing – I find that sensory input brings the information alive.  This improves…

脾 Pi – Spleen : Lessons learned from Yin Earth Earthly Branch Si – The Snake : Lesson – You can take in a lot more than you think, but don’t overdo it The Spleen is associated with the 6th Earthly Branch 巳 – Si. This is one of the…