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The Art of Palpating the Abdomen for the Purpose of Prescribing Chinese herbal formulas

8 September 2008 Diagnosis

This is a guest post from recent National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) graduate, Kumiko Shirai.  She is a fine herbalist already and obviously has an expertise in the (almost) lost art of abdominal diagnosis.  I have seen this work in action and can attest to its amazing effectiveness!  Please enjoy the article.  There [...]

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How the Chinese organ clock yields a more nuanced view of the Heart

21 August 2008 Cultivation

Here I will present a basic overview of TCM information concerning the Heart and then add a layer of information gleaned from the Organ clock (a more CCM way of looking at things).  I want to do this to demonstrate how the Classical approach yields a more nuanced view than the straight organ-based TCM [...]

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Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast : Episode 6 – Schools of Chinese medicine and learning

15 August 2008 Blogging

Sorry to get this podcast out so late, folks.  There’s been a heat wave in Oregon, and I’ve just been worthless for work.  Things are still moving and changing here at Deepesthealth and you can keep looking forward to more great content.  :)
This week’s podcast is a fairly quick one where I talk more about [...]

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Experiments in Chinese herbalism : on the dangers of Yin Qiao-itis

1 June 2008 Herbal Medicine

What follows is a guest post by my friend and comrade in Shang Han Lun love, G. Michael Reynolds over at the Lifegiving Sword.  I think it demonstrates a couple of things.

That experimenting with herbs can – obviously – bring mixed results.  :)
That there’s real peril in standardized systems of medicine.  I believe, in general, [...]

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The six conformations: an exploratory post

27 May 2008 Classical Texts (general)

The topic of the Six Conformations is huge.  So huge, it’s been a bit intimidating to write about.  But, it’s something that we hear a lot about in our Classical Chinese Medicine studies here at NCNM in Portland.  So, as most times, see this as the beginning of a long exploration. If you’re [...]

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