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5 Simple Chinese Medicine based ways to improve your vegan (or not) diet

on 08/28/2007 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

As you may know from my prior post about veganism and Chinese medicine, I have been vegan for several years. In that time, I’ve done a lot of tweaking of my diet trying to maintain balance and healthfulness. In the post referenced above, I list a few ways that a person could alter their diet [...]

The qualities and uses of the Chinese herb Mahuang / 麻黃 / ephedra

on 08/27/2007 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

Ma Huang – Ephedra – 麻黄 Mahuang is one of the most famous herbs in the Chinese Materia Medica – and with good reason. In a world where medicine is mostly unable to deal with the most common illnesses that people encounter, colds and flus, an herb that can handily address these symptoms has a [...]

Book review: Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford

on 08/21/2007 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

We had this book assigned to us during our first year of Classical Chinese medicine training at NCNM. The first year of our program is designed to get you “thinking ancient Chinese” and can be a bit overwhelming for many of us. One thing I found myself yearning for, however, was solid information about the [...]

Chinese herbal medicine and the doctrine of signatures

on 08/18/2007 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

An important concept in most schools of herbalism is that of the doctrine of signatures. The doctrine of signatures states that the herbs will, in some way, resemble their realm of therapeutic action in one way or another. The resemblance may be physical or subtly symbolic, obvious or hidden, but it is there. In some [...]

7 Keys to a balanced vegan diet in line with Chinese medicine philosophy

on 08/14/2007 by Eric Grey in Acupuncture, Herbs & Other modalities

In my years interacting with the Chinese medicine community, only one thing has really irritated me about it. You may guess by the title that it has something to do with veganism. Many professors and students I have interacted with have claimed that being vegan is not healthy, not balanced, or otherwise out of step [...]