Deepest Health

Founder’s note:  This is a guest post by Mauricio Quintana who writes and shares about his diverse interests and clinical skills over athttp://thewanderingdragon.net.  You might want to pay particular attention on Wednesdays, when he posts specifically about alternative medicine. I don’t practice Chinese Medicine. Sure, it’s what I do for a living. My website says so, [...]

As practitioners of Chinese medicine, we are taught to be dynamic in our therapeutic techniques. We employ modalities like acupuncture and prescribe herbal formulas, which are pin-pointed to the root of our patients’ suffering. However, what if someone asks us for advice as to how to treat an illness without these techniques in mind? After [...]

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 [...]