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Learning about the Lung through the Chinese medicine organ clock

7 July 2008 Organ systems

To this day, some of my most popular posts involve the organ clock.  I find the organ clock to be fascinating, but lately I haven’t thought that much about it.  Thus, I haven’t posted much about it.  As our education has focused more and more on the superficially practical information (points, needling, formulas) it’s become [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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5 Ways Organ Clock Symbolism of Pericardium unlocks the door to emotional health

16 August 2007 Emotional health

According to prevailing theory, while the five basic emotional states are associated with the five Zang – the Heart, Pericardium and Liver are actually most closely involved in the emotional life of the human being. The Heart as the house of the Shen/Spirit holds a kind of master key for the evolution and expression [...]

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Two quite different ways to learn and practice Chinese medicine

19 July 2007 Learning

Chinese medicine is a field where many different points of view are respected. Dialogue between sometimes directly conflicting traditions is a part of the history and contemporary practice of the medicine. Some people are quite disconcerted by this – becoming frustrated when they can’t get a “straight answer” from a group of [...]

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