We began by breathing as newborn babies screaming our lungs out leaping into air and gravity. Previously surrounded supported filled and floating in fluid from the North. Our kidney cold water released, heading East we ring in Spring beginning the lunar year. Our first breath brings the first birth of the ten thousand things and [...]

Founder’s note:  Another post from Mauricio Quintana, who is now formally more than a guest.  He will be a regular contributor to Deepest Health, and will soon have a bio of his own to share. My previous post for Deepest Health was a blast to write. It reminded me of how much I’ve come to [...]

We conducted a survey a short while ago, trying to ascertain what it is that people want out of a site like Deepest Health.  We feel a great responsibility to the site and its community, so asking folks what they’d like to see seems like a good idea.  What’s interesting is that there’s quite a [...]

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 [...]