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Chinese medical symbolism: the organ clock

on October 4th, 2011 in Physiology and Pathology by

Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months.  It is part of the redesign process.  I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look! Chinese language is symbolic – it uses pictures (now highly stylized and simplified)…

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Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : the lifeworld, holism and integrative medicine

on August 5th, 2009 in Theory and Philosophy by

For your reading pleasure, I would like to offer the third piece of my Chinese medicine thesis, written at NCNM. As promised, I’m breaking it up into bite-sized chunks and only presenting the final chapter. The next installment will be the last. Chinese medicine and phenomenology thesis Part I Chinese…

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Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : Our body is the greatest medical technology

on July 29th, 2009 in Theory and Philosophy by

This is the next portion of my thesis written for my degree in Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM in Portland. I hope you enjoy it! I’m trying to chop this into many smaller pieces so they may be more easily digested – thus hopefully compelling folks to speak up and…

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The six conformations: an exploratory post

on May 27th, 2008 in Physiology and Pathology by

Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months.  It is part of the redesign process.  I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look! The topic of the Six Conformations is huge.  So huge, it’s a bit…

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