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.
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 [...]
Continue reading...We had this book assigned to us during our first year of Classical Chinese medicine training at NCNM. The first year of our program is designed to get you “thinking ancient Chinese” and can be a bit overwhelming for many of us. One thing I found myself yearning for, however, was solid information about the [...]
Continue reading...I have discussed the emotions in Chinese medicine quite a bit on the site recently. This betrays my deep interest in the function of the emotions in health and disease, but also the interest of readers and the general public. You can read more about the emotions in my article about the Yin and Yang [...]
Continue reading...An important concept in most schools of herbalism is that of the doctrine of signatures. The doctrine of signatures states that the herbs will, in some way, resemble their realm of therapeutic action in one way or another. The resemblance may be physical or subtly symbolic, obvious or hidden, but it is there. In some [...]
Continue reading...According to prevailing theory, while the five basic emotional states are associated with the five Zang – the Heart, Pericardium and Liver are actually most closely involved in the emotional life of the human being. The Heart as the house of the Shen/Spirit holds a kind of master key for the evolution and expression of [...]
Continue reading...As a Chinese medicine student, my primary focus is learning the medicine. I spend most of my time reading the Classics, memorizing herbs and points, practicing my clinical skills and taking care of my self-cultivation. However, I also believe that I would be silly not to do what I can now to make sure that [...]
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