Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months. It is part of the redesign process. I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look! I have to admit to some weirdness around the concept of “constitution.” This is absolutely unfounded, I have [...]
Continue reading...I hope this reflection will be useful to all those Chinese medicine students out there who struggle with figuring out what TYPE of Chinese medicine to practice… Today, on a walk I was taught an important lesson by some late migrating geese. In the late summer and autumn, we get a whole lot of geese [...]
Continue reading...So, I didn’t write much about using the faculty of sight in learning Chinese herbs. That’s mostly because I’m doing other research about it, particularly around the doctrine of signatures and I’d prefer to write more when I have more to say. I’m already retooling my NCNM class for next year based on what I’ve [...]
Continue reading...In my last article, I mentioned my idea that the best way to learn Chinese herbs is through what I’m calling the “relational method.” Before we can dive headlong into the process I am describing, we need to prepare some ground. Today, I want to talk a little about learning in general, relationship styles and [...]
Continue reading...Update : This post formed the beginning thoughts of what eventually became the Shennong Relational Herb Learning Method. If you think you might be interested in taking a course that tackles what’s below – why don’t you consider signing up for the interest list? You’ll get the free Shennong Formula for your troubles… Herbs are [...]
Continue reading...Here are the last few paragraphs of my thesis in Chinese medicine for my MSOM degree at National College of Natural Medicine. As you can probably tell, I did not go as far with any of my research topics as I would have liked. I saw it mainly as a way to learn what resources [...]
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