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.
Ma Huang – Ephedra – 麻黄 Mahuang is one of the most famous herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica – and with good reason. In a world where medicine is mostly unable to deal with the most common illnesses that people encounter, colds and flus, an herb that can handily address these symptoms has a [...]
Continue reading...In my previous article, How the Emotions impact the body’s basic energy, Huang Di has some insightful information to share even as he has some questions about his understanding of the emotions and the basic health of the body. QiBo, however, shows his prowess as the Master by revealing some fascinating details about the full [...]
Continue reading...In my work to create an excellent resource on seasonal living, I’ve run across a few interesting questions. Because the past couple of days have been full of intense and enjoyable time with my family (thus the lack of meaty posts) I thought I would put these questions out for discussion. If you have any [...]
Continue reading...From a Chinese medicine perspective, is essential that we learn to live in harmony with the seasons. There is, of course, no monolithic “Chinese medicine perspective” but regardless of your ideological preference, the reality of seasonal energy and the importance of flowing in step with it is practically irrefutable. There are many mentions of seasonal [...]
Continue reading...In the same vein as my popular article 7 Life Changing Habits I learned from Chinese medicine study, I thought I would provide something a little more focused for students since we are coming up on school season. I’ve been able to obtain big ticket scholarships in a variety of disciplines ever since I realized [...]
Continue reading...When I get into a conversation with someone about “what I do,” I inevitably am asked how I got into Chinese medicine. When I tell them I am a blogger as well, I get more questions. So here it is, my life story – particularly as it pertains to how I got to where I [...]
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