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The importance of the Spleen in studying Classical Chinese Medicine

on November 15th, 2011 in Theory and Philosophy by

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…

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Learning classical Chinese is foundational – an interview with Rick Goodman

on December 1st, 2009 in Classical Texts by

As I’m working on some of the foundational materials for the upcoming Shennong Relational Herb Learning course, I’m revisiting some material from classical Chinese medicine texts that I don’t know particularly well.  It’s prompted me to get out my Big Chinese-English Dictionary and start slogging through the tedious process of translating…

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