012 I never planned to host a podcast show: one of many curiosities on the road of practicing Chinese medicine • Michael Max
Acupuncture A friend who I wanted to interview for the show said, "Actually, I'd like to interview you. I've got some questions about the background of your podcast show, and what motivates and fuels you through the various projects I've seen you undertake over the years." You...
011 Formula Families and Constitution: The Clinical Insights of Dr. Huang Huang • Mark Gearing
Herbal Medicine Doctor Huang Huang is a clinician, teacher, author and well studied expert on the Jing Fang, the classical formulas of the Shang Han Lun. He has a unique perspective on constitution and how that relates to a patient’s illness, their strengths, and the kinds of...
010 Investigating Causes and Conditions in Clinical Practice • Greg Bantick
Cultivation In this episode we reflect on the burden and privilege of a clinical practice. How we grow into it by using a blend of our objectivity and subjectivity. And how mindfulness and a curiosity about our own internal landscape all help to inform our clinical work and...
009 Voices of Our Medical Ancestors- Using the classic texts in modern practice • Leo Lok
Acupuncture We give a great amount of respect to the Classics in Chinese medicine, but understanding these foundational texts of our medicine can be challenge, even if you do understand the old form of Chinese. Just as many of struggle to get through the brilliance of...
008 A brief history of Eastland Press
Acupuncture Eastland Press has been bringing books on Oriental medicine from Chinese into English since the early days of Americans studying the traditional medicine of Asia. Actually, from even before there was a market for this kind of material. In this episode we go into the...
007 Using the Extraordinary Vessels in the Treatment of Emotional Issues • Yvonne Farrell
Acupuncture Oriental medicine draws distinctions between various aspects of mind, body and spirit, but unlike Western culture, it never severed the connections between these aspects of being. We know both from our experience in clinic and writings of Chinese medicine through the...
006 Value, Integrity, Responsibility: the path to prosperity • Loren Brown
The practice of practice It’s really difficult to attract something that you actually have an aversion toward. Many practitioners have conflicted feelings about money, conflate marketing with dishonesty, and worry that material success is somehow suspect. Is it any wonder that for many...
005 Treating Back Pain During Pregnancy with Acupuncture • Debra Betts
Acupuncture It is common knowledge that acupuncture is quite effective in the treatment of pain. However, for many of us acupuncturists we feel a bit uneasy about treating back pain in pregnant women, as we don’t want to move too much qi and blood in a pregnant woman. In this...
004 Considering the Classics and the Study of Complexity • Z’ev Rosenberg
Acupuncture Our guest in this episode is a long time practitioner and teacher of Chinese medicine. Our discussion ranges through a number of different topics from approaching the classics in Chinese medicine, to how our practices season us and lead us in certain directions over...
003 A Walk Along the River, translation and practice of medicine • Michael FitzGerald
Cultivation Studying medicine can be both a joyous exploration and a dry mind-numbing slog through endless technical material. In this episode we discuss the Eastland Press book “A Walk Along the River.” This book is not just a glimpse into the mind of a seasoned...
002 Accessing and Treating the Divergent Channels
Acupuncture Every acupuncturist is intimately familiar with the points and functions of the 12 commonly used acupuncture channels, as well as the functions and use of the 8 extraordinary meridians. In our studies we might have heard about the divergent channels, but for the most...
001 Treating Recurrent Ear Infections in Children with Chinese Medicine • David Miller, MD
Acupuncture Recurrent ear infections are a common complaint with children, and it's clear that the conventional multiple courses of antibiotics are rarely effective in the long run. In this episode we take a look at specific patterns of disharmony that lead to this common...