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The acupuncture channels and Chinese herb flavors

8 December 2008 Classical Texts (general)

This is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Michael Givens.  Please enjoy and look forward to more posts from him in the future.  :)

It’s been a while since I’ve submitted an article for this blog, but I recently read something both inspiring and provocative, which has moved me [...]

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Why does Classical Chinese Medicine seem so complicated? A continuing conversation…

3 February 2008 Student Life

Here is the second part of the article by my colleague Michael Givens. You can read the first part here. I hope we will see more of him here on Deepest Health. Please be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments, as he is a regular reader of the blog and [...]

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Isn’t Chinese medicine just a bunch of spiritual mumbo-jumbo pseudo-science?

24 July 2007 TCM v CCM

There are quite a few folks who would like to discount Chinese medicine out of hand. These people are unlikely to be convinced of its benefits until Western materialistic methods so thoroughly confirm it that there is no shadow of a doubt. Really, this group of people want to see all concepts of [...]

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7 keys to understanding the Classical Chinese Medicine concept of organs

5 July 2007 Organ systems

I’d like to piggyback off of the organ clock post and introduce the Chinese medicine theory of organs in a little more depth. It’s important to understand that there is not just one right way to view the body. There is no more validity in viewing it in the Western medicine manner than there [...]

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