Posts tagged as:

spring

Learning about the Large Intestine through the Chinese medicine organ clock, Part I

30 July 2008 Organ systems

This post is part of a series of articles discussing the symbolism of the organ systems of Chinese Medicine.  To help dig into the rich symbolism of the way that Chinese medicine describes the body, I am using the Chinese organ clock.  As always, this information comes from my distillation of what my teachers have [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

Classical Chinese medical symbolism: Wood, Metal and Spring

17 March 2008 Seasons

Today I am featuring the first part of a two part guest post by my friend and colleague at NCNM, Michael “Delli” Dell’orfano. His article is a fine elaboration of the ideas I briefly presented in my post about Rest and Activity in the Year of Sagely Living. I will post the remainder of [...]

Read the full article →

Rest and activity in the Year of Sagely Living

4 March 2008 Organ systems

You might wonder why you haven’t yet seen a post from me about March’s Year of Sagely Living goal. Fittingly enough, I was at a Qigong retreat all weekend in one of the most beautiful places I have ever been with some of the greatest people I know.  It was a good way to [...]

Read the full article →

Living in harmony with the seasons: Introduction – Part I

23 August 2007 Food and drink

This is the first part in a ten part series about living in harmony with the seasons. I do not have a solid timetable for the release of the other nine parts, only promising that the two parts on Fall/Autumn will be released shortly. I recognize that for some folks, the release of [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes