185 Reflections on the Dao: Practical Philosophy and the Art of Medicine • David Marks
Cultivation I rather enjoy the idea of our medicine being a sort of applied philosophy, that there is a way of looking at the world that has such coherence and connection that it not only helps us to make sense of this moment, but to bring healing as well. David Marks set off on...
184 Celestial Secrets of the Mythic Tang Ye Jing • Sabine Wilms
Herbal Medicine The Tang Ye Jing— where to start? Way back in the Shang Dynasty so the story goes. The Yang Ye Jing is a “lost” text on herbal medicine that has played hide and seek with practitioners over the centuries. How much of it is myth? How much archetypical patterning? And...
183 Nourishing Life • Peter Deadman
Cultivation True entrepreneurs and visionaries don’t go into something for the money. They go into it because of purpose and passion. The business piece is in service of the difference they are looking to create in the world. It’s not surprising that Peter Deadman would be...
182 Hands on With Microcurrent • Malvin Finkelstein
Acupuncture Forty years is a long time to practice medicine and gives plenty of opportunity to follow your interests while helping patients. Our medicine includes various kinds of hands on bodywork, and in this conversation we explore the use of micro current. While electricity...
181 Teaming Up on Cancer • Kym Garrett
Acupuncture Working with the conventional medical system takes a lot more than simply letting doctors know your practice exists. Like any relationship it takes time, effort and persistence, along with a sense of common values and language. In this conversation with Kym Garrett...
180 Reflections and Observations on 2020 • Michael Max
Acupuncture Here we are at the end of 2020, you’d think the alliterative rhyme of 2-0, 2-0 would imply a year of balance of and stability. It’s been anything but, and yet, it’s been a year that has asked us to grow in terms of flexibility and resilience and...
179 If You Don’t Run Your Business, Your Business Will Run You • Dave Kaster
The practice of practice 生意 sheng yi, are the characters in Chinese that mean business. They literally mean, “create meaning.” And when you think about it, any successful business does exactly that; it creates meaning and provides something of value. From your favorite indy coffeeshop, to...
178 Questioning Like a Detective • Jason Robertson
Acupuncture Questions are a key aspect of helping us to understand how to help our patients. In school we learn the classic 10 questions. But asking useful questions in the clinic goes far beyond the basic ten. What’s more, our questions are not about creating conversation, but...Using Micro-current in an Acupuncture Practice
Qiologician Podcasts Microcurrent offers acupuncturists another way to help their patients.
177 A Student Marketing Project • Megan Bulloch
Acupuncture The great thing about being a student is that you have permission to be curious. It’s your job to push the edges. To crank open your mind and leave a vast swath of empty space in your being so as to allow your studies and experience to shape you into something you’ve...Nuts and Volts— Using Micro-current in an Acupuncture Practice • Charlie Braverman — Bonus Episode
Acupuncture Microcurrent offers acupuncturists another way to help their patients. In This Conversation We Discuss: Micro vs Milli current Benefits of microcurrent Frequency pairs Equipment used How electro acupuncture works Treating plantar fasciitis Home treatment options...
176 Learning From Heart- Music, Medicine and Mastery • Barry Danielian
Acupuncture What do Bruce Springsteen, Queen Latifa and Dizzy Gillespie have to do with Chinese medicine? Barry Danielian has made his living as a professional musician. But at an age when most people are content rolling with their groove from decades of development, Mr Danielian...
175 Cycles of Transformation- Tang Ye Jing and Women’s Health • Genevieve Le Goff
Herbal Medicine Chinese medicine has a treasure house of methods and treatment for women’s health. From the work of Sun Si Miao to modern day practitioners women’s health has been a key concern in our medicine. In this conversation with Genevieve Le Goff we explore the...
174 What Acupuncturists Need to Know About CBD • Chloe Weber
Herbal Medicine CBD is a big deal these days. Is it really the panacea that is constantly being sold to us? How does this substance and cannabis in general fit in with our thinking in terms of Chinese medicine? How do we separate the wishful thinking from fact, and how do we know...
173 Soul Pilgrimage, Death, and Loss • Tamsin Grainger
Cultivation Our western world hides death. We are taught to avoid it. Avoid thinking about, do everything medically possible to prolong life, and focus on “more time” without regard to more of “what.” In this conversation with Tamsin Grainger we look into how death is...
169.1 Treating With Moxa • Felip Caudet
Qiologician Podcasts In this “part two” conversation with Felip Caudet we get into the nuts and bolts of how he uses moxa, and how to find and treat “moxa points.” Additionally there is an excerpt from his soon to be published book String Moxa Method. Go to the show notes page to read or...
172 The Sunset of a Practice • Charlie Braverman
Acupuncture Our medicine teaches us that all things move through cycles of generation, flourishing, decline and disappearance. It’s the way qi moves through this world and so not a surprise that at some point there is an end to the practice that has sustained us and allowed us to...
171 Inner Development of the Practitioner • Peter Mole
Acupuncture Good cookware requires seasoning. A hearty stew takes heat and time. Good wine needs a few years; whiskey, that requires a decade or more. And to develop as a practitioner of Chinese medicine, that ripening can take a lifetime. In this conversation with Peter Mole we...