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...
206 Bian Que- Myth, Magic and Method • Shelley Ochs
The Classics Much of our medicine is shrouded in myth, and one of the obscure, but persistent figures is that of Bian Que, the bird-headed healer first associated with the use of stone needles. In this conversation with Shelley Ochs we discuss her Ph.D dissertation on this mythic...
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...