255 Puzzling Through the Heavenly Stems • Deborah Woolf
Cosmology Everyday we sit with people in our clinic and puzzle through the questions of “What is going on for them,” “Can I see clearly what they need,” and “Do I understand how this person is an expression of yin/yang, heaven and earth?” Our patients have a story. And so do...
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...
219 Historical Context, Breaking Down Dogma, and Learning from Crisis Moments • Allen Tsuar
Philosophy There are many schools of thought, methods both ancient and modern, practices based on lineage and those idiosyncratically synthetic. It is easy to think that what you understand is correct, and all too often medicine is practiced with a bit of an attachment to dogma....
209 Autoimmune Disease Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine Physiology • Bryan McMahon
Autoimmune Successful treatment of autoimmune conditions depends on accurate assessment of the spectrum of excess and deficiency. When excess activity is at the fore, calm the wind and clear heat without damaging the vital; when deficiency is more pronounced, tonify the vital...