As a practitioner of Chinese medicine, my developmental trajectory has been… interesting.  Because I was in higher education for the better part of a decade before starting medical school, I started a little burnt out.  However, the enthusiasm I had for this new venture powered me through my first year…

I’ve been working with students explicitly for about a year now, teaching at NCNM. I think I will be continuing to do this, as the activity suits me and it also forces me to keep studying. I find that I want to teach about learning a lot, even though I…

I hope this reflection will be useful to all those Chinese medicine students out there who struggle with figuring out what TYPE of Chinese medicine to practice… Today, on a walk I was taught an important lesson by some late migrating geese. In the late summer and autumn, we get…

So, I didn’t write much about using the faculty of sight in learning Chinese herbs. That’s mostly because I’m doing other research about it, particularly around the doctrine of signatures and I’d prefer to write more when I have more to say. I’m already retooling my NCNM class for next…

In my last article, I mentioned my idea that the best way to learn Chinese herbs is through what I’m calling the “relational method.” Before we can dive headlong into the process I am describing, we need to prepare some ground. Today, I want to talk a little about learning…

Update : This post formed the beginning thoughts of what eventually became the Shennong Relational Herb Learning Method.  If you think you might be interested in taking a course that tackles what’s below – why don’t you consider signing up for the interest list?  You’ll get the free Shennong Formula…

Update : I passed!  :) As I said before, I’ve been spending a significant amount of time studying for and taking my NCCAOM acupuncture board exams.  As I said in my last post… “…I’ve successfully completed the foundations and biomedicine exams already.  I found them to be much different from…