159 Voices of Our Medical Ancestors- Using the classic texts in modern practice • Leo Lok
Herbal Medicine We give a great amount of respect to the Classics in Chinese medicine, but understanding these foundational texts of our medicine can be challenge, even if you do understand the old form of Chinese. Just as many of struggle to get through the brilliance of...
Unceasing Inquiry • Richard Hammerschlag
Research It’s easy to think of researchers as stotic characters in laboratory coats who rely on their frontal cortex and religiously follow the flowchart of “science.” But science is not a flowchart, and researcher is really another name for someone who grew into adulthood...
155 Following Balance and Flow • Jake Fratkin
Acupuncture It is surprising where life can take us. We follow a hunch or a nudge and somehow gain some momentum that in time generates wind for our sails. Not many westerners in the 1970’s started along the road of Chinese medicine. In this long ranging conversation with Jake...
154 Medicine From the Heart- The Practice of Saam Acupuncture • Toby Daly
Acupuncture Chinese medicine is not one medicine; it’s a kaleidoscopic plurality. There is no one true acupuncture; we have a rich ecosystem of perspectives and methods. The trouble with learning something new is that we have let loose of our current understanding usually...