Regarding the Pericardium

11 August 2010 Acupuncture

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Recently I found myself “eavesdropping” on an online conversation between two professors at NCNM, namely Roger Batchelor and [...]

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The Yijing and Chinese medicine : Hexagram 11, Tai 泰

17 June 2010 Organ systems

In theory, I would be releasing my latest column about Western philosophy and Chinese medicine right about now.  However, because of vacations and a recent illness, that is going to have to wait.  In it’s place, until I feel ready to release something, I will release a series of posts on Chinese philosophy – specifically [...]

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How the Chinese organ clock yields a more nuanced view of the Heart

21 August 2008 Cultivation

Here I will present a basic overview of TCM information concerning the Heart and then add a layer of information gleaned from the Organ clock (a more CCM way of looking at things).  I want to do this to demonstrate how the Classical approach yields a more nuanced view than the straight organ-based TCM [...]

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Chinese medicine and the senses : Part I : Scent

18 August 2008 Organ systems

As I have been contemplating this new project that Abdallah and I have begun, I’ve found myself stymied at times.  The aim of the project is clear, but the methodology is less so.  Simply,  everything that we’ve said in our introductory posts makes a ton of sense on a variety of levels, but when it [...]

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It drops deep as it does in my breath

12 August 2008 Cultivation

I am in a state of heightened awareness as I sit down to write this post.
My breathing is deep and slow, without my direction.  My posture is erect as possible but without strain.  My vision is open and yet acute.  I feel the air coming in to the edges of my nostrils.  I feel it [...]

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