389 History Series, Counterculture to Classics • Bob Felt
For centuries books have been part of the transmission of knowledge from one generation to another. They have always been powerful tools for learning. Especially in the early days of Chinese medicine in the West, because of their rarity.
In this conversation with Bob Felt, one of the early publishers of Chinese medicine books in English, we take a journey back to a time when books on acupuncture were scarce, but curiosity and commitment were steadily increasing. Bob shares his story that began in the counterculture movement of the 1960s and that revolutionary spirit fueled a career that helped to bring important texts from the treasury of Chinese medicine into English.
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033 Treating Sciatica, Unkinking The Hitch In Your Get-Along • Laura Christensen
Sciatica is a common complaint that brings people into the acupuncturist’s office. And it’s often treated well with acupuncture. But there are times when a situation that seems straightforward is anything but. When you start to think about how...
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032 Acupuncture Sports Alliance Conference 2018
Welcome to Qiological's mini-series that is coming to you from the 2018 Sports Acupuncture Alliance's conference. Over the next few days we will be posting interviews here with both speakers and participants of the conference, and you'll have a...
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031 Hand Crafted Medicine: a shiatsu practitioner's perspective on the channels and points • Winter Jade
As practitioners we all work with a mix of theory, clinical sensibilities developed through years of practice, and the immediate moment of encounter with our patients. What we feel with our hands can deeply help to inform our treatments and ground...
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030 Central Qi, Deficiency Taxation, and The Microbiome: Classic Formulas in The Modern Age • Eran Even
In this episode we discuss the Jing Fang, the classic formulas, as they are being used by Dr. Huang Huang in the modern clinic, along a look at how some of our oldest medicine helps to throw new light on the importance of the digestive system and...
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029 Treating Children Through The Five Elements • Robin Ray Green
Children are full of yang qi and respond quickly to the methods of East Asian medicine. There is a lot of good you can do in using our methods to treat kids, especially in treating some conditions that conventional medicine can only offer...
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028 Heavenly Qi : Storytelling, Technology and The Original Magic of Acupuncture
One of the great things about podcasts is that it’s not difficult to find one that lines up with your particular interest. Chinese medicine practitioners are fortunate to have podcasts like Heavenly Qi that allow us to listen in to conversations...
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027 Research Methods for East Asian Medicine Practitioners • Lisa Taylor-Swanson
Research can be a problematic area for practitioners of East Asian medicine. While many acupuncturists are keen to share research with patients that paints acupuncture in a positive light, especially for marketing purposes, there are not many of us...
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026 Raising a Rash: The Magic of Gua Sha • Sandy Camper & Kathryn Nemirovsky
Many of us were exposed to gua sha in our schooling, but it was more like a footnote than anything else. Over in Asia gua sha is a well-used aspect of the folk medicine. Hardly a grandma or auntie that doesn’t know how to raise a rash with a soup...
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025 Vitality, Attention, & Sensing: Learning to Listen in Stillness • Chip Chace
There are many ways to attend to our patients in clinic. We can work through mental models that we’ve acquired from our schooling, study, and clinical experience. We can also use our innate human ability to touch, palpate and sense. In this episode...
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024 Weighty Matters: talking to our patients about addiction • Xander Kahn
Plenty of people seek out acupuncture in particular as they have heard a few needles in the ear will break their cigarette habit, or cause their appetite and cravings to completely transform. We’ve all heard stories of someone’s cousin who got...
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023 A Gap and An Opportunity: Using acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the military • Jennifer Williams
Using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are helpful modalities in the treatment of veterans who have served our country and suffer from injuries and the aftermath of trauma. But, treating veterans is not as simple as treating what we see in...
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022 Taming the Dragon: Healing Emotional Trauma • CT Holman
We learn in acupuncture school that the body, mind and spirit are woven together into the tapestry of one’s life. We learn that each of the yin organs has a spirit aspect, and that we can’t touch the body without touching the mind and vise versa....
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021 Applied Channel Theory: The Clinical Brilliance of Dr. Wang Ju-Yi • Jason Robertson
Dr. Wang Ju-Yi was ever curious about why some treatments worked and others did not. He deeply studied the classical literature along with his own clinical experience, and somewhere along the way started putting his hands on patients to simply see...
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020 Right There In Plain Sight: Chinese Facial Reading • Lillian Bridges
Listen in and learn how paying attention to certain aspects of the face not only will help you better diagnose and treat your patient's, but give you clues in better understanding and communicating with them based on how they see the world and process information.
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019 CBD From The Perspective of Chinese Medicine • Chad Conner
CBD, cannabidiol, has been making the rounds lately in the natural medicine world. Almost overnight it seems this botanical has popped onto the scene and there are lot of claims as to it health benefits. As Chinese medicine practitioners we are...
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018 Can You Acupuncture My Cat? Considerations on Treating Animals From a Veterinarian Acupuncturist • Neal Sivula
Practice acupuncture long enough and one of your patients is bound to mention some issues their pet is having. They might ask for some herbal advice, or see if you'd be up for treating their furry friend. Perhaps you've tried your hand at treating...
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017 Thoughts on Business from a New Practitioner • Stacey Whitcomb
In this episode we take a look at marketing and practice building from the perspective of new practitioner who is excited and looking forward to building a business. No, you don’t need to go back and reread that last paragraph; you got it right the...
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016 Medicinal Mushrooms: History and Science of Modern Cultivation • Jeff Chilton
Precious and rare medicinal mushrooms like reishi (ling zhi) and cordyceps (dong chong xia cao) used to be available only to royalty, or those who knew how to spot them in the wild. These medicinals have a long history of use in East Asia and are...
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015 Clarifying Vision: Using acupuncture to treat degenerative eye disease • Mats Sexton
According to conventional medicine, macular degeneration is a progressive, incurable, degenerative disease. As good as modern medicine can be for some opthamological problems, it does not have much to offer those with macular degeneration other...
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014 The power of resonance, exploring Tung style acupuncture • Henry McCann
Tung style acupuncture is known for its curious collection of points that can be a challenge to the mind for those of us that learned to think about acupuncture strictly from a channel or function perspective. The methods handed down from Master...
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