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.
I wanted to follow up on my recent podcast about how I use Evernote to study Chinese herbs. If you’ve not listened to it yet, just click here to be taken to the post. I’ve been working on this post for a long time. I was really surprised how hard it was to write all [...]
Continue reading...Chaihu formulas are frequently used in contemporary clinics. One of the most frequently used formulas, Xiaoyao San 逍遙散 (Free Wanderer Powder), is a relatively recent development in the history of Chinese medicine. It first appeared, as far as I can tell, in the 11th century. However, in the intervening time and perhaps especially in the [...]
Continue reading...Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:01 — 23.8MB) It’s a podcast explosion here at Deepest Health. The third podcast in a single month – I think it’s a record! If you missed out on the last two, be sure to check out my extremely informative interview with Andy Ellis of Spring Wind [...]
Continue reading...If you’ve listened to the podcast I did with Brandon about some of the essential theories of Chinese medicine, if you’ve read some of his posts about numerology in Chinese medicine, if you’ve become interested in getting a firm foundation underneath your Chinese medicine understanding and practice… Well, then, today’s your lucky day. It’s the [...]
Continue reading...The Chinese medicine essentials course is now open for general registration. Click here to learn more and to register We’re accepting 30 students in the first class, and the first module will be ready on July 16. This course is the first of a series of three that will take you through all the basic [...]
Continue reading...Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:46 — 62.7MB) In a special edition of the podcast, I talk with new Deepest Health teacher, Brandon Brown, about… well, a little bit of everything. We talk about the Chinese Medicine Essentials course, launching for the first time in July 2012, but use that as a [...]
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