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Why Chinese herbal formula science is the most advanced medicine out there

on 01/06/2008 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

I’ve been working on reviewing my Fall term notes. It’s been a fun process, one I haven’t done before. I can recommend it highly to any student. I find that it helps me consolidate the knowledge I internalized during the prior three months, making me feel much clearer and ready to receive the new influx. The [...]

Why should Chinese medicine students learn Western science?

on 01/02/2008 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

I don’t have the answer to that question. But, I’ll do my best. To be honest, studying Western science can be pretty interesting. As an intellectual exercise, nothing beats having to go from learning to read and translate passages of the Shang Han Lun to attempting to comprehend the importance of Th1 and Th2 responses [...]

Why should doctors cultivate compassion?

on 01/01/2008 by Eric Grey in Community and Cultivation

Three excellent blogs, Urbanmonk.net, The Middle Way.net, and kentonwhitman.com have collaborated to create a group writing project around the topic of compassion. They have titled the project “Spread the love NOW,” an imperative statement for an imperative topic! It’s a great time of year to be thinking deeply about compassion and other related topics, so [...]

My commitment to excellence in scholarship

on 12/31/2007 by Eric Grey in Study and Scholarship

I’d like to publicly commit to my Scholarship practices for January 2008. Drumroll, anyone? I should note that because school doesn’t start until January 7, I will do something slightly different until then. I will be reviewing each of last term’s classes once per day and producing a blog article about each. I will move [...]

Year of Sagely Living : Scholarship and study as a category of practice

on 12/30/2007 by Eric Grey in Study and Scholarship

Be sure to check out the original introduction to the Year of Sagely Living. You can read other articles on the project by choosing the “Year of Sagely Living” category in the dropdown menu to your right. This is an important category for me, as I am in my third year of Classical Chinese medicine [...]

Year of Sagely Living: Some more thoughts on the twelve categories

on 12/30/2007 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

Just a few more thoughts on the categories and a few example practices. Be sure to check out the original introduction to the Year of Sagely Living. You can read other articles on the project by choosing the “Year of Sagely Living” category in the dropdown menu to your right. 1) January (GB) – Study/scholarship: [...]