The art of diagnosis is disappearing and I take this as a very sad occurrence. One of the problems, perhaps, is that western medicine and scientists try so hard to […]
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Living Without Reference Points
What would your life be like if you could live each moment in the moment without judging it based upon your past experiences or projecting it into the future? Experiencing […]
Surfing in La Jolla
Back from La Jolla and a week at the beach. The week wouldn’t have been complete without a surf lesson. I didn’t have my camera, but luckily someone caught a […]
Environmental Toxins Killing 13 Million Children per Year
excerpted from organic consumers newsletter:The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the most extensive research to date on the impacts of environmental toxins on children’s health. The report indicates that […]
The State of our Healthcare System
I urge everyone to see this film (Sicko). While Michael Moore is seen by many as controversial and presenting one-sided arguments, this is a side of the story everyone should […]
The Four Examinations, Part 6 (Palpation Diagnosis)
Palpation Pulse: (mostly TCM here, not Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, except for a few concepts) Left RightDistal = cun (inch) = heart and small intestine lungs and large intestineMiddle = […]
The Four Examinations, Part 5 (Inquiry/Asking Diagnosis)
The “10 Questions” Inquiry/Asking Demographics: name, age, sex, profession, life circumstances, birth place, where they live… Past Medical History: Birth history (did mom have trouble conceiving, did she have any […]
The Four Examinations, Part 4 (Listening and Smelling Diagnosis)
Some info on the Listening and Smelling exam Listening and Smelling Quality of voice: faint, frail, diffic getting words out: Lung qi defic or Yuan qi depleted Rough, loud, full: […]
The Four Examinations, Part 3 (Pediatrics: Diagnosing Children with Chinese Medicine)
PEDIATRIC DIAGNOSIS – WIND, QI AND LIFE GATESIn pediatrics, we have this problem in that we can’t really palpate the way we palpate adults. So we have a very special […]
The Four Examinations, Part 2 (Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine)
TONGUEThe tongue is one of the major pillars of diagnosis, the other main one being the pulse. The tongue body proper is going to give you information more about the […]