I eventually found my way to Portland and NCNM’s Classical Chinese Medicine program and am now happily settled into the world of the 5 phases and 6 conformations. Alongside my focus on Shanghan Lun herbalism and Japanese meridian therapy, I continues to immerse myself in Western herbal traditions and mysticism, with a recent focus in Afro-Brazilian religion and plant spirit medicine. Learn more about Jonathan
Let me put my cards on the table: I’m a Guizhi type to a T. The textbook “effeminate bookworm.” I’m thin as a rail, tend to have cold hands and feet, and you can see my heart beating through my shirt from ten paces. Mine is not what you might call a robust constitution; in [...]
Continue reading...Eric, grand maestro of this site, suggested I contribute something from the CM student perspective. I’m at the start of my third year of four at NCNM, right smack in the middle of the program, so student life is something I should be pretty familiar with. The thing is, I’m not sure how typical a [...]
Continue reading...Founders note: This post is from a new contributor, Jonathan Edwards, a student of Chinese medicine at NCNM and man of unbridled herbal enthusiasm. He runs a fantastic blog, particularly interesting to the herb nerds among us, over at Roots of Nourishment. Check him out – and make sure to leave him comments so he’ll [...]
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