Five Under Five is where I ask a Chinese medicine practitioner who has been practicing for less than five years five questions.
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Sugar is now more dangerous than gun powder…
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Andrea from @thechannelproject asked me to chime in to review the first of her Case Study Files!
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I like to make things simple (read: understandable, duplicable, and result-oriented). Being straightforward and practical will give you the confidence to tackle the task at hand: passing your exam.
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Lessons from my backyard spider…
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When another practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine comes into my clinic and tells me they have lower back pain, I’m going to ask them how their posture is while performing cupping, Gua Sha and acupuncture.
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Stories: they help us remember. However, they can be of some detriment due to their tendency towards exaggeration.
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Stick around a little longer (acupuncture pun) and you’ll hear stories from your patients how so-and-so…
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I’ve stuck myself a few times with a used patient needle.
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The first step to learning Chinese medicine is learning the language used to describe health phenomenon.
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Jesse Glover’s Non-Classical Gung-Fu taught be a valuable life skill.
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The San Jiao, or Triple Warmer, herein as TW, is a hard organ to pin down in Chinese medicine.
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For the past 14 months I have been going to class as regularly as possible…
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Learning traditional Chinese martial arts is a kind of dichotomy.
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For many years in the west we have been taught an acronym for all types of injuries…
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I began my study of martial arts in 1994. Years later when I garnered more experience and had a question, like any other self-respecting traditional Chinese martial artist, I asked the internet.
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When I was in my teens, and watching Kung-Fu movies, I yearned for the opportunity to be made to wait outside the temple doors.
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I received another request from a viewer for a collection of Heavy Hitters in regards to treating, what I call, Weather Pattern Diagnosis. I’ve also added acupoints for Fundamental Substances as I believe it ties nicely into this topic.
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The title of Sifu is often translated as teacher. With our western mind, we create all sorts of images through the use of language. Therefore, I think a better translation is mentor…
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