Exploring Chinese Medicine & Its Many Intersections
Here begins the release of the majority of my NUNM thesis in four parts. Not included at the time of first posting were the first three chapters of the thesis. In those chapters, I write a brief …
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In the first part of this post on the Large Intestine organ system, we discussed some basic information including: the name and official related to LI, the five element and six conformation …
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This post is part of a group of articles discussing the symbolism of the organ systems of Chinese Medicine. To help dig into the rich symbolism of the way that Chinese medicine describes the body, I …
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I was just reading an article in the latest National Geographic magazine about memory. It is an interesting article that got me thinking about the role of memorization in learning Chinese medicine. …
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About two hours ago along one of the busiest streets in Portland, I held a man (feeling his pulses all the while) as he died from a heart attack. To be fair, I couldn't stay until the bitter end and …
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As a EAM student, my primary focus is learning the medicine. I spend most of my time reading the classical texts and attempting to understand them, memorizing herbs and acupuncture channels, …
