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Getting back to the basics of Chinese medicine

on 06/28/2012 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

A few weeks ago, when considering how to create a great curriculum for an online school of Chinese medicine, I picked up a book I hadn’t touched in years. The book is Ta Chuan: The Great Treatise, by Stephen Karcher, one of my favorite Yijing (aka I Ching) interpreters. We were assigned the text during [...]

Wind – the father of the 100 diseases – new issue of Chinese Medicine Quarterly

on 12/02/2011 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

Hey folks, I’ve got a few articles on particular Chinese herbs from the archives coming your way – cleaned up and ready for consumption. But in the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the newest issue of Chinese Medicine Quarterly is up. This time, writers were asked to think about the concept of [...]

Chinese medicine and the sense of smell

on 11/22/2011 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

As part of my study, since the very beginning of my time at NCNM, I have sought to use my entire body in the learning process. While I learn quite well from reading, listening to lectures, and writing – I find that sensory input brings the information alive. This improves my ability to remember, and [...]

The importance of the Spleen in studying Classical Chinese Medicine

on 11/15/2011 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

脾 Pi – Spleen : Lessons learned from Yin Earth Earthly Branch Si – The Snake : Lesson – You can take in a lot more than you think, but don’t overdo it The Spleen is associated with the 6th Earthly Branch 巳 – Si. This is one of the few earthly branches that actually [...]

Chinese medical symbolism: the organ clock

on 10/04/2011 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

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! Chinese language is symbolic – it uses pictures (now highly stylized and simplified) to represent concepts. Chinese culture, [...]