In this Shoptalk episode, Brenda Hood walks us through how to balance the pulses using acupuncture—bringing them back to a healthy baseline so patients can get on with their lives.
She demonstrates a straightforward assessment, comparing pulse strength and size to identify excess and deficiency, and shows how acupressure on key points can influence the pulse.
This technique works beautifully as a quick, standalone treatment or as the perfect way to begin a longer session.
I was born and raised in Peace River, Canada. Then wound up going to China to study Chinese medicine after becoming disillusioned with a degree in psychology. I spent over twenty years there being completely enamored with the medicine and acquiring a few degrees. After returning to North America spent some years teaching Foundations of CM and other basic courses at NUNM. I’m back up in Canada now working on a foundations book to explain the energetic and philosophical bases of the medicine with an eye to using the classics and historical texts as my sources.
Clinically, I started out using the TCM system, but I couldn’t really get it to work like I thought it should. I stepped out of CM academia and spent a lot of time with “folk practitioners” and cultivators. There are a lot of hidden gems in China though living there and speaking/reading the language was definitely required.
The study of CM is endless. This is the medicine of the Heart whose medium is joy. When there is a quiet joy to what you are doing, it reveals a truth and integrity of being.
To learn more from Brenda, contact her at: [email protected]
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