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Can You Be Cured?
On Friday night, I hosted Lama Lobsang who lectured on Tibetan medicine. One of the more notable things I wanted to share from that talk was the following statement: If […]
Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy?
A very important article to read. You can access it here:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/magazine/16epidemiology-t.html?ex=1190606400&en=6f2433873fafc89c&ei=5070&emc=eta1
The Art of Diagnosis
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 […]
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 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 […]
Do you have a pulse?
Often people check the pulse to see if someone is still alive. In Chinese medicine, this is no different. In our medicine, however, we are checking for life, or health, […]
Breaking Bad Habits
This is a response I wrote to a comment from a post in June on the Effects of Lifestyle. As comments from older posts are not as accessible, I thought […]
The Disease as Part of the Treatment
Often in medicine, the tendency is to view illness as antagonistic. But, like everything else, a simple shift in perspective can point one in a whole new direction. If one […]
Rangnang Ogminling Bendirya Kunphen Ling
I wanted to inform everyone of the above-referenced monastery and medical school/clinic that Rinpoche has asked me to create on His behalf. I am in the process of forming a […]