The heart of our work, often enough, leans on the connections and capacity of the heart.
In this conversation with Ross Rosen we explore the importance of the patient-practitioner relationship, the concept of negotiating a diagnosis and some Daoist practices in medicine.
Listen into this discussion on practical clinical strategies and how traditional medicine intertwines and overlaps with our everyday lives.
One of the most important aspects is to never overlook that the diagnostic process is part and parcel of treatment. They really cannot be separated. There are a couple aspects to this:
First, is that delving into the depths of our patients histories, suffering, and chief complaints, touching their wrists while taking pulses, etc. is instrumental in creating resonance and intimacy in the patient-practitioner relationship. This opens a portal to initiating a healing response.
Second, is that narrating back a story to the patient helps in providing a deep awareness of patterns, triggers, and habitual behaviors and ways of thinking, giving the patient openings for breaking through potentially destructive cycles, and choosing more health-affirming paths
Ross Rosen
Ross Rosen is a licensed practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. He is a direct lineage holder and senior certified instructor of Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis, and a long-term student of Dr. Leon Hammer and Jeffrey Yuen. He is the founder of the Center for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Plainfield, NJ.
Ross is the author of the text, Heart Shock: Diagnosis and Treatment of Trauma with Shen-Hammer and Classical Chinese Medicine. He is also an ordained Daoist Priest in the Quanzhen, Longmen tradition (23rd and 25th generations) as well as the Maoshan lineage.
Visit Ross on his clinic or teaching websites.
Or on one of various Facebook pages on Teaching or Heart Shock
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