Herbal Medicine
085 Tang Ye Jing: The Medicine of Flavor • Joshua Park
Books on herbal medicine go way back, back into the misty time of myth and story. We have Shen Nong with his peculiar ability to taste and feel the influences of plants. We have the foundational writings of astute practitioners like Zhang Zhong...
084 Following the Process: Classical Thought in the Modern World • Phil Settels
The classics are more than just a way to focus our thinking in clinic, they are part of a perspective that sees the world as an integrated and ever evolving whole. It can be a challenge for us with our modern linear, rational, material perspective...
080 Chinese Medicine in Taiwan • Greg Zimmerman
East Asian medicine has one foot in the skills and techonlogy of medicine, and another in the traditions and influence of culture. How it is thought about and used in a place like Taiwan bears some similiarity to how we practice in the West, and...
079 Cultivating the Wild: Growing Chinese Herbs in the West • Peg Schafer
As herbalists we know a thing or about the therapeutic application of botanicals. But the lifecycle of plants we work with, the way they interact with their environment, the differences between cultivated and wild medicinals, and the farmer’s eye...
076 Charlotte Maxwell Clinic- A Model of Service and Effectiveness • yvonne charles
We know that acupuncture can be helpful in the treatment of chronic or ongoing illness, and can be effective in reducing the side effects of invasive or toxic treatments that go along with a cancer diagnosis. The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic has 27...
075 Shen Nong Society Conference
Welcome to this short series of conversations from the Shen Nong Society's conference. You'll find here some conversations with participants of this day long gathering, and more in-depth conversations with some of the presenters. We will start...
072 Center and Root: The Gentle And Effective Women's Health Medicine From Zhejiang • Steve Clavey
It’s not uncommon for children of doctors to also become doctors. Sometimes there will be a string of docs that run for a number of generations. Which can be a good thing as you can learn at lot at your grandparents knee. In today’s conversation we...
071 Coming to Our Senses: Exploring Evidence and Logic • Nigel Dawes
How we make sense in clinic is not as simple as ticking items off a list. It’s more than mentally sorting through the models, theories, admonitions from our teachers and some chatter from a recent glimpse at Facebook. While the theories and mental...
070 Stages and Cycles of Practice • Sharon Weizenbaum
It is easy to think of Chinese medicine as a clear step by step process of diagnosis and treatment, but it does not always go that way in clinic. It can take time for a diagnosis to clarify, and then there is the level of skill we bring to...
068 Learning Acupuncture During the Beginning of AIDS • Susan Paul
It’s not hard to study acupuncture these days. A quick internet search will bring up plenty of choices. But back in the 1980’s, it was a different story. Our guest, like many of us, did not set out to become an acupuncturist. It was a process of...