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A very long Chinese medicine engagement

17 August 2009 Classical Texts (general)

I want to try something new. Many of my readers have asked me to do more discussion of the Classical texts. I have been hesitant because my command of Chinese is not great and the available translations are mostly disappointing (if my teachers are to be believed). However, my need to dive into them continuously [...]

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Are contemporary diet plans compatible with Chinese medical theory?

20 December 2008 Food and drink

No.
But, let’s discuss this further.  I’ll be brief.  Consider, say, Medifast. It’s popular among teenage girls and, apparently, some Chinese medicine students.  Perusing the website, it seems like a perfectly reasonable diet plan.  Things seem balanced, on the whole.  Great, great.
Let me ask you a question – is there something wrong with a basic whole [...]

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Salt Sensitive Hypertension and Classical Chinese Medicine, Part 3

11 September 2008 Classical Texts (general)

This is the final post in a three part series by Brandon Brown, blogger and student of Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM.  You can read the first two parts here and here, and can read references for the article by visiting Brandon’s site here.
Salt in the Classics
Salt is mentioned a number of times in the [...]

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Chinese medicine and the senses : Part I : Scent

18 August 2008 Organ systems

As I have been contemplating this new project that Abdallah and I have begun, I’ve found myself stymied at times.  The aim of the project is clear, but the methodology is less so.  Simply,  everything that we’ve said in our introductory posts makes a ton of sense on a variety of levels, but when it [...]

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Classical Chinese medical symbolism: Wood, Metal and Spring (part 2 of 2)

18 March 2008 Huangdi Neijing

Here is the continuation of Michael “Delli” Dell’orfano’s article on the symbolism of wood, metal and the spring season in Classical Chinese medical symbolism. Please feel free to leave any thoughts you have on this two-part article in the comments. Lively discussion is always appreciated! If you missed the first installment, read [...]

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