229 Saam Panel on Practice • Sharon Sherman, Jeri Steele & Charles Bishop
Acupuncture Yin/Yang is a lovely idea. The counterbalance of opposites sounds so good on paper, but the expression of those heavenly ideas within the limitations and form of Earth brings a lot of suffering, strife and pain. And yet, when we look at the earth as a whole, when we...
227 Repairing the World with Moxa • Hannah Swift
Default 針灸 Needles and Moxa, it is right there in the Chinese characters that are translated as “acupuncture.” Moxa is as fundamental to our practices as needles. The applications of burning mugwort run the gamut from cheap acrid Chinese pole moxa to ultra refined sweet...
226 Connections and Principles of Japanese Acupuncture, The Nan Jing, and the Saam Method • Thomas Sorensen
Acupuncture Leaves on a plant curl and turn yellow when the soil is not right. The health of a cat is reflected in the texture of its fur and clearity in the eyes. Likewise with people we can discern states of wellness or illness by attending to those parts of the body that are...
225 The Pernicious Influence of Depressive Heat • Rob Helmer
Methods The fundamentals root our practice. The basics that we learn in the beginning not only never go away, but deepen with experience. This is why regardless of lineage or method, Chinese medicine practitioners can communicate with each other as we share a common parlance....