The pulse is emblematic of Chinese medicine. It is a highly subjective measure that helps us to orient in helpful ways toward a patient’s problem and their strengths.

While most any practitioner would tell you the pulse is vitally important in accessing a patient’s condition, the ways in which we can approach and interact with the pulse are wide and varied.

In this conversation we explore the pulse and how we as practitioners can use it as an exploration not just of the patient, but of our own process as well.

In school we learn about the traditional cooking method that involves multiple cookings using a clay pot.In this converation we compare the flavors generated in the clay pot with those from a pressure cooker, a slow cooker and a perculator.Listen in for a discussion of cooking methods and how they can change the flavors of the herbs you prescribe for your patients.

Mistakes and discoveries go hand in hand. And there is really no way to get it right in medicine without getting wrong on the way to getting right.This is another in a continuing series of conversations between Toby Daly and some practitioners who are actively engaged in learning the Sa’am acupuncture method.While we know that the practice of medicine requires of us constant study and sometimes diving into a new perspective, it is usually easier said than done.