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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 [...]

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A relational method of learning Chinese herbs

28 August 2009 Herbal Medicine

I’ve been working on developing some courses I want to teach. I plan to teach them online, via an extension of Deepest Health, but also some using the Gift Economy model at my clinic – Watershed Community Wellness. Some of these courses will be geared toward Chinese medicine students and practitioners who are having a [...]

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Chinese character input using the Macbook’s multi-touch trackpad : a boon for Classical Chinese language learners?

20 August 2009 Character

You know how it’s sometimes quite a pain to input Chinese on your computer? Well, I do. I use a program called QIM that works pretty well, but I’ve always longed for a better solution. Well, my friends, Apple has done it again. Without buying a tablet PC, without installing any weird software, for $29 [...]

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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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Chinese medicine mind mapping

31 July 2009 Learning

Unfortunately, I just lost a great post I was writing about Chinese medicine and mind mapping. Because I’m pretty tired and don’t feel like writing it up again – I’ll just offer the pictures I was going to insert. This will have to suffice for now. I’ll try again soon. The first is a TCM-style [...]

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