Autoimmune Disease Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine Physiology • Bryan McMahon • Qi209
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,...
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Money Archetype and Metaphor • Lacey Dupre • Qi187
There isn’t anyone who doesn’t have an opinion about money. Regardless of what kind of economic system you have an ideological bent toward, one thing is for sure; as long as humans have worked together and pooled their resources for mutual benefit...
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Language, Presence and Practice • Randy Clere • Qi186
Zhuang Zi says, “Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?” Any seasoned practitioner will tell you that skillful use of language...
read moreReflections on the Dao: Practical Philosophy and the Art of Medicine • David Marks • Qi185
I rather enjoy the idea of our medicine being a sort of applied philosophy, that there is a way of looking at the world that has such coherence and connection that it not only helps us to make sense of this moment, but to bring healing as well. ...
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Celestial Secrets of the Mythic Tang Ye Jing • Sabine Wilms • Qi184
The Tang Ye Jing— where to start? Way back in the Shang Dynasty so the story goes. The Yang Ye Jing is a “lost” text on herbal medicine that has played hide and seek with practitioners over the centuries. How much of it is myth? How much...
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Nourishing Life • Peter Deadman • Qi183
True entrepreneurs and visionaries don’t go into something for the money. They go into it because of purpose and passion. The business piece is in service of the difference they are looking to create in the world. It’s not surprising that Peter...
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Hands on With Microcurrent • Malvin Finkelstein • Qi182
Forty years is a long time to practice medicine and gives plenty of opportunity to follow your interests while helping patients. Our medicine includes various kinds of hands on bodywork, and in this conversation we explore the use of micro current....
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Teaming Up on Cancer • Kym Garrett • Qi181
Working with the conventional medical system takes a lot more than simply letting doctors know your practice exists. Like any relationship it takes time, effort and persistence, along with a sense of common values and language. In this...
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Reflections and Observations on 2020 • Michael Max • Qi180
Here we are at the end of 2020, you'd think the alliterative rhyme of 2-0, 2-0 would imply a year of balance of and stability. It's been anything but, and yet, it's been a year that has asked us to grow in terms of flexibility and resilience and...
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If You Don’t Run Your Business, Your Business Will Run You • Dave Kaster • Qi179
生意 sheng yi, are the characters in Chinese that mean business. They literally mean, “create meaning.” And when you think about it, any successful business does exactly that; it creates meaning and provides something of value. From your favorite...
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Questioning Like a Detective • Jason Robertson • Qi178
Questions are a key aspect of helping us to understand how to help our patients. In school we learn the classic 10 questions. But asking useful questions in the clinic goes far beyond the basic ten. What’s more, our questions are not about creating...
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A Student Marketing Project • Megan Bulloch • Qi177
The great thing about being a student is that you have permission to be curious. It’s your job to push the edges. To crank open your mind and leave a vast swath of empty space in your being so as to allow your studies and experience to shape you...
read moreNuts and Volts— Using Micro-current in an Acupuncture Practice • Charlie Braverman — Bonus Episode
Microcurrent offers acupuncturists another way to help their patients.In This Conversation We Discuss: Micro vs Milli current Benefits of microcurrent Frequency pairs Equipment used How electro acupuncture works Treating plantar fasciitis Home...
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Learning From Heart- Music, Medicine and Mastery • Barry Danielian • Qi176
What do Bruce Springsteen, Queen Latifa and Dizzy Gillespie have to do with Chinese medicine? Barry Danielian has made his living as a professional musician. But at an age when most people are content rolling with their groove from decades of...
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Cycles of Transformation- Tang Ye Jing and Women’s Health • Genevieve Le Goff • Qi175
Chinese medicine has a treasure house of methods and treatment for women’s health. From the work of Sun Si Miao to modern day practitioners women’s health has been a key concern in our medicine. In this conversation with Genevieve Le Goff we...
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What Acupuncturists Need to Know About CBD • Chloe Weber • Qi174
CBD is a big deal these days. Is it really the panacea that is constantly being sold to us? How does this substance and cannabis in general fit in with our thinking in terms of Chinese medicine? How do we separate the wishful thinking from fact,...
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Soul Pilgrimage, Death, and Loss • Tamsin Grainger • Qi173
Our western world hides death. We are taught to avoid it. Avoid thinking about, do everything medically possible to prolong life, and focus on “more time” without regard to more of “what.” In this conversation with Tamsin Grainger we look into how...
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The Sunset of a Practice • Charlie Braverman • Qi172
Our medicine teaches us that all things move through cycles of generation, flourishing, decline and disappearance. It’s the way qi moves through this world and so not a surprise that at some point there is an end to the practice that has sustained...
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Inner Development of the Practitioner • Peter Mole • Qi171
Good cookware requires seasoning. A hearty stew takes heat and time. Good wine needs a few years; whiskey, that requires a decade or more. And to develop as a practitioner of Chinese medicine, that ripening can take a lifetime. In this conversation...
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Researching Attitudes Toward TCM • Brenda Le • Qi170
Research when done well is an inquiry that can shift the foundation of your cognitive model. And that’s exactly what it is for. In this conversation with Brenda Le we both explore how TCM is seen in our Western Chinese medicine world, and how doing...
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The Path of Moxibustion • Felip Caudet • Qi169
My initial introduction to moxibustion was the classic Chinese mugwort cigar. I hated it. But only because my lungs are the weak link in my chain of being. The smoke was intolerable. Japanese rice grain moxa, that was a whole other universe. It’s...
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