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The relational method of learning Chinese herbs : herb families

on 06/08/2010 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

This is another repost of archived content. In this case, it relates closely to the type of information I work with when teaching the relational herb method. This is actually more advanced stuff – the kind of thing we dig into during the second stage of the training. But, I thought folks might like to [...]

Fuzi : Song dynasty travelogue, Part II (trans. Heiner Fruehauf)

on 04/28/2010 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

Here is the remainder of the Song dynasty travelogue about Fuzi, translated by Heiner Fruehauf. I hope you have enjoyed this exclusive translation. You might want to pop over to the Classical Pearls Facebook page to discuss this article, and Fuzi in general. I’ll see you there, or in the comments on this post. head [...]

Fuzi : exploration of the growing regions and conditions of aconite

on 04/23/2010 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

Many of you may know that I work with Heiner Fruehauf, who was one of the founders of the Classical Chinese Medicine program at NCNM. He still teaches there, but has several other projects as well. Two are accessible online: Classicalchinesemedicine.org : a fantastic educational resource for people interested in the roots of Chinese medicine. [...]

Reawakening the faculty of touch in learning Chinese herbs

on 10/20/2009 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

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 [...]

The acupuncture channels and Chinese herb flavors

on 12/08/2008 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

This is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Michael Givens. It’s been a while since I’ve submitted an article for this blog, but I recently read something both inspiring and provocative, which has moved me to writing; this, and that I am in the thick of writing my classical Chinese Medicine thesis for [...]