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The importance of the Spleen in studying Classical Chinese Medicine

12 January 2008 Organ systems

I’ve been trying to find a way to make my Year of Sagely Living posts interesting to folks who are not specifically following my progress in that area. To that end, I have created a Year of Sagely Living page of the website where you can see more regular “updates” of my progress, as [...]

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Term in review part I : On shift with Arnaud Versluys

21 December 2007 Diagnosis

I’d like to go back over Fall term 2007 and distill what I feel to be the essence of what I learned in each course or clinic shift. It’s really fascinating to me how full of importance every single class turns out to be, regardless of my feeling of any one class at the [...]

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Contemporary discipleship in Chinese medicine

25 November 2007 Learning

One of the things I see as inherent in a Classical approach to Chinese medicine is the recovery of a sense of discipleship. The passing of knowledge from Master to Student has always been a part of the medicine, as far as I can tell. This is not a [...]

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If you’re not memorizing, you’re not paying attention

21 October 2007 Learning

Note:  I’m working on write-ups of the AAAOM conference in Portland.  I’m writing something about Nigel Wiseman’s talk on Chinese medical translation and my general support for his ideas.  I’m also writing about the national student organization meetings and my renewed optimism and excitement concerning the viability of our profession in the US.  I’d also [...]

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Five simple methods I use to take advantage of my time in Chinese medicine school

4 October 2007 Learning

I’ve talked about the habits I’ve formed to be an honors student, I’ve revealed some of the low-tech items I use to stay organized, I’ve discussed various study methods I use for acupuncture and chinese herbs – I continue to use all of this information in my Chinese medicine school experience. But I have [...]

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