Hi - I'm the founder of Deepest Health. When I'm not writing here, you can find me reaching out to the Chinese Medicine community across the web and in my own backyard. I currently teach Chinese herbs at my alma mater, the National College of Natural Medicine. Additionally, I'm the founder of Watershed Community Wellness, a thriving local clinic in Southeast Portland in Oregon. No matter where I'm working, you'll find my focus on the Classical approach to Chinese medicine laced throughout everything I do.
The importance of the role of pattern differentiation in Chinese medicine cannot be overstated. Some go so far as to say that Classical Chinese Medicine is “pattern medicine.” What on Earth can that mean? I think about it in a few ways. First, Chinese medicine takes patterns very seriously. I don’t think most Chinese medicine [...]
Continue reading...The impact of this video should be experienced by everyone. How does it relate to Classical Chinese Medicine? How does it relate to this blog? Where do I begin? All over the planet, there are people who think like I do. There are people who find a sense of hope in Classical Chinese Medicine, its [...]
Continue reading...What follows is a guest post by my friend and colleague, G. Michael Reynolds. I think it demonstrates a couple of things. That experimenting with herbs can – obviously – bring mixed results. That there’s real peril in standardized systems of medicine. I believe, in general, they tend to make lazy practitioners. I mean, seriously, [...]
Continue reading...I’m away at a Qigong retreat this weekend (we take one a term in the Classical Chinese Medicine program at NCNM), but didn’t want to leave you folks without content. Two fellow bloggers were kind enough to offer posts – one from G. Michael Reynolds over at the Life Giving Sword and the other from [...]
Continue reading...Sometimes I learn small things that turn out to be very useful. I would like to start sharing these as bite sized treats interspersed in between the thicker cuts that many of you are accustomed to here on Deepest Health. Today, I would like to offer one of those which is a way of thinking [...]
Continue reading...Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months. It is part of the redesign process. I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look! The topic of the Six Conformations is huge. So huge, it’s a bit intimidating to write about. If you’re [...]
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