294 Tempered by Fire, Responding to Covid with Chinese Medicine • Daniel Altschuler
Conditions Amidst the chaos of contagion and windstorm of viral woes, Chinese medicine offers ancient remedies, and beyond that, perspectives to guide us through the turmoil. While our bodies may be ever-changing, our medicine offers both a rooted stability and capacity to...
282 Five Gentleman of Flavor, Taste & Nature • L Stiteler, B Bernadsky, S Feeney, F Griffo, A Ellis
Herbal Medicine To use herbs within the scope of traditional Chinese medicine, we must first understand the qualities, temperatures, and tastes that dictate how each herb will function. Flavor, Taste and Nature gives us a snapshot of how an herb travels in the body, how it functions...
235 Reflections on Practice and Business • Cara Frank
Business & Practice Management Whether you’re a young or seasoned practitioner, opening your own Chinese medicine practice is an exciting , daunting and worthwhile challenge. There’s a lot that goes into being a practitioner—beyond the medicine part of it. You have to learn how to blend...
193 Physiology, Congruence and Counterflow • Bryan McMahon
Herbal Medicine There is a saying in Chinese, 以人為本, Understanding a person is basis of knowing how to treat them. Our work requires we both understand our medicine, and understand how it applies to that individual who sits before us in our clinic. In this conversation with Bryan...