Stages and Cycles of Practice • Sharon Weizenbaum • Qi070
It is easy to think of Chinese medicine as a clear step by step process of diagnosis and treatment, but it does not always go that way in clinic. It can take time for a diagnosis to clarify, and then there is the level of skill we bring...
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Focusing on the Basics: Treating Degenerative Eye Conditions With Chinese Medicine • Paul Nebauer • Qi056
There are basics, principles, fundamentals, some building blocks of how the matter and energy of creation interact and transform. Over the centuries, through wildly different ideas of illness, health and workings of the human body,...
read moreA Historical Investigation of Constraint • Eric Karchmer • Qi055
Liver qi constraint might be one of the most common diagnosis in the modern Chinese medicine clinic. But the role of the Liver has changed over time, and at one point it was even considered to be part of the neurological system. In this...
read moreNei Jing Perspective on Life, the Universe and Acupuncture • Ed Neal • Qi054
We trace our medicine back to the Nei Jing, but most of our actual practices come from a more modern perspective. Going back to those roots is not easy. Even for native speakers of Chinese, reading the 文言文 wen yan wen, the classic...
read moreInvestigating Errors and Adverse Effects – Grist for the Mill of Practice • Daniel Schulman • Qi053
Like hitting black ice, suddenly all sense of traction and stability evaporate into a gut wrenching vertigo. Adverse reactions of our patients to acupuncture can trigger this kind of disorientation. And this is when we have an...
read moreHerbs: history, identification, granules and manufacturing • Eric Brand • Qi052
It’s easy for us to think that because we have a darned good English version of the material medica that the centuries of herbal knowledge is at our finger tips. But there is a lot of back story to the medicinals that we use everyday in...
read more“Why doesn’t this work” is a good place to start – the unending cycle of learning and practice • Stuart Kutchins • Qi051
These days we worry about getting through school, passing the boards and then getting a practice started. But there was a time when there were no schools, or national accreditation and practicing acupuncture was a felony. That world was...
read moreUpper, Middle and Lower Class Herbs: An Investigation of Resonance • Andrew Nugent-Head • Qi050
Even when speaking in our mother tongue we often misunderstand each other. Due to our biases, perspectives, and background it is easy to overlay our story on just about any situation. Add in that we are dealing with translation between...
read moreAttending to the Flow: Attention and Needle Technique • Justin Phillips • Qi049
Needle technique is more than knowing how to insert a needle and count the turns in a particular direction. It requires more than the memorization of some protocols, or the rote following of a recipe of steps. In this conversation we...
read moreConversing with the body-mind: using words to get beyond words • Nick Pole • Qi048
In acupuncture school we learn about the 10 questions. But really, the questions are endless. And we are given the image of the scholar/doctor who doesn't say much, just looks at the tongue, takes the pulse and then has everything she...
read moreThe Power of Chinese Medicine in Treating PCOS • Farrar Duro • Qi047
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a complex of metabolic and hormonal imbalances. It not only causes menstrual irregularities, but also effects fertility, secondary sex characteristics, and can be related to elevated cholesterol and blood...
read moreInvestigation of Dreams in East Asian Medicine • Bob Quinn • Qi046
We know that the language and perspective of Chinese and east Asian medicine gives us a whole different glimpse into physiology, health, illness and healing. And if you’ve learned a foreign tongue, then you’ve had experience how...
read moreSaam – The Acupuncture of Wandering Monks • Toby Daly • Qi045
Learning the basics of promoting or controlling the flow of qi through the Five Phases is an elemental part of every acupuncturist's training . We learn how the antique points can be used to nudge a response or invite a different kind of resonance into a patient's life.
read moreTrigger Points: An Investigation of Dry Needling, Intra-Muscular Therapy and Acupuncture • Josh Lerner • Qi044
Beyond the conflicts around scope of practice, the theories and practice of dry needling and intra-muscular therapies give us a deeper look into how acupuncture works on ahshi or trigger points from a bio-medicine physiological...
read moreThe Resonant Hum of Yin and Yang • Sabine Wilms • Qi043
Chinese is not that easy, and the 文言文 (wen yan wen) the classical Chinese, that stuff is a whole other order of magnitude in challenge to the modern Western mind. And yet if we are going to practice this medicine with deep roots into a...
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