Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:45 — 10.8MB) Topics covered 1. What to do when you cannot secure the herbs you need (for instance, Mahuang and Xixin) 2. What about growing our own herbs locally and using them in Chinese herbal formulas?   If you are interested, please check out parts I [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:08 — 62.0MB) When I contacted Mark Silver, founder of the Heart of Business and Portland local, I was hoping to entice him to come and speak to students at NCNM.  I succeeded in that, with the additional bonus that he was kind enough to offer to do a [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:58 — 63.1MB) I think you’ll really enjoy the information AND the audio quality – I think I finally got it right.    Check it out at the bottom of this article! Note : Dr. Versluys uses a few names that may be unfamiliar to listeners – [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:25 — 29.4MB) This is the first part of a three part interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys of the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine. Arnaud has been part of my education and inspiration in Chinese medicine since the beginning.  As well as leading & teaching [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:55 — 50.7MB) Note: The book about Davinci that I reference in the podcast is an easy, inspiring read How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (affiliate link) Topics covered 1. My reflections as I come to the end of my first term/quarter [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:10 — 30.4MB) Topics covered 1. How a classical understanding can transform our understanding of medicine 2. The real importance of legendary figures in Chinese medicine history 3. What the classical approach lends to a contemporary Chinese medicine context & the importance of lineage   Back to [...]