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Classical Chinese medical symbolism: Wood, Metal and Spring

17 March 2008 Seasons

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Today I am featuring the first part of a two part guest post by my friend and colleague at NCNM, Michael [...]

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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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What is Qigong?

25 September 2007 New to Chinese Medicine?

It occurred to me today that although I have made frequent mention of Qigong in articles, I’ve never really discussed the nature of this important pillar of Chinese medicine practice. I guess it’s one of those situations where you don’t know what others don’t know and so fail to explain things! Qigong has [...]

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Chinese herb of the week: The qualities and uses of Ma Huang

27 August 2007 Herbal Medicine

I hope you’ll excuse me for getting this out a little later than I had hoped – the weekend was jam packed!
Ma Huang – Ephedra – 麻黄
Ma Huang is one of the most famous herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica – and with good reason. In a world where medicine is mostly unable [...]

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How the emotions impact the body’s basic energy, Neijing Chapter 39

20 August 2007 Emotional health

I have discussed the emotions in Chinese medicine quite a bit on the site recently. This betrays my deep interest in the function of the emotions in health and disease, but also the interest of readers and the general public. You can read more about the emotions in my article about the Yin [...]

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