Posts tagged as:

herbs

Chinese medicine question of the month : intro to a new method of engagement

5 January 2010 Blogging

As a first-year student, I was so blown away by everything I was learning in school for Chinese Medicine, I couldn’t keep my mind straight. I was being rearranged, challenged on every level. I really couldn’t have blogged about the questions I was having if I tried. During my second year, things were less windswept [...]

Read the full article →

Mahuang (ephedra) and it’s utter legality for Chinese medicine practitioners

28 December 2009 Herbal Medicine

Many practitioners and proprietors of herbal pharmacies are under the mistaken impression that the purchase, storage and prescription of Mahuang (Ephedra) is illegal. It isn’t. I guess I could just keep this post short like that, because it’s really all that needs to be said, but let’s be a little more verbose – shall we?
I [...]

Read the full article →

Reawakening the faculty of touch in learning Chinese herbs

20 October 2009 Herbal Medicine

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 year based on what I’ve [...]

Read the full article →

A quick update : I’m never leaving NCNM!

7 September 2009 Business

I’m busily working on my next post on the relational method of learning Chinese herbs. I’ll get it out as soon as possible. However, as I’ve been working on this series, something else has been unfolding. I thought I would share it with all of you – my version of shouting it from the rooftops! [...]

Read the full article →

Setting yourself up for learning success : First, know thyself

1 September 2009 Herbal Medicine

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 in general, relationship styles and [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes