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Post Marathon Recovery
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Recovery is a word that the hard core triathlete and distance runner can often bristle at. It evokes concerns over time, aging, performance and preparation toward the next event. Working with all levels of accomplishment in running and triathlon gives me a window into seeing how recovery occurs for many athletes across a wide variety of ages and competitive levels. Below is a quick primer and some thoughts on recovery for your next race or athletic event.1. Think about recovery before the race or event: Since recovery begins as soon as you cross the finish line of a race or as soon as the clock time expires, your plan for ...
Source: Dr. Steve Clouthier - January 22, 2012 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Tags: Recovery Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 17 – Z’ev Rosenberg – Chinese medicine as a profession, past, present, futureEmail this article to a colleague.
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I was excited to welcome Z’ev Rosenberg onto the podcast recently. Z’ev is a practitioner with over 30 years of experience in practice. He teaches and nurtures the Chinese herbal program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, as well as working with K’an Herb Company & writing on his own blog. Visit those links to learn more about him. You should do so, because what I’ve said barely scratches the surface of what Z’ev offers the Chinese medicine profession.
In this podcast, we mainly discussed the state & nature of the Chinese medicine profession. Z’ev hel...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - January 20, 2012 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast chinese herbs Chinese medicine community acupuncture z'ev rosenberg Source Type: blogs
Guizhi tang 桂枝湯, Shanghan lun line 12 & Chinese herb studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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There is no use mentioning what has come before – the Dragon energy that has come my way through the yijing, through conversations, through my own presence as Dragon born, through the energy of this coming year – demands a focus on what is coming up and what is flourishing.
Today starts a practice that I know will bring value to all of us who gather to learn as deeply as possible. It will populate this blog for years to come. But, it starts here, at the birth of the year of the Dragon.
Shanghan lun line 12 – part 1
太陽中風，陽浮而陰弱，陽浮者，熱自發，陰弱者，汗自出，嗇嗇惡...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - January 18, 2012 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Shanghan lun Source Type: blogs
Shennong rising! Come learn Chinese herbs with us!Email this article to a colleague.
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I hope you have been enjoying the changes on the new site. The blog archive is steadily being repopulated. New resources are being created and polished. We’re being active on the major social networks. A couple of secret projects behind the scenes. But, the big news this last six months has been the Shennong Relational Herb Learning course.
My first group of students went through, and had a lot of nice things to say about the course. I list some of those comments on the page where you can learn more about the course and register, if you are interested. I hope you are. Why?
Well, obviously, more stu...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - January 16, 2012 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
New Year and New AdventuresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many of my patients and friends know that I began training for Triathlon exactly one year ago. I have learned quite a bit about training for the three disciplines of swim, bike and run. I have now run 2 half marathons, 1 marathon, 2 sprint triathlons, one half Ironman distance triathlon, a five mile race and a 5k or two. This will be the first of a weekly post that I will write as I train up to my first Full Ironman race in May of this year. If you are new to triathlon I hope you will come back and read again. I will be posting things in my blog that will be helpful to beginner and expert triathletes. These postings will s...
Source: Dr. Steve Clouthier - January 10, 2012 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Source Type: blogs
Chinese herb prescribers : it’s ok to use MahuangEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many practitioners and proprietors of herbal pharmacies are under the mistaken impression that the purchase, storage and prescription of the Chinese herb 麻黃 Mahuang (Ephedra) is illegal. This is simply not true.
I was reminded of this issue by a recent graduate of NCNM, my friend and colleague, Tim Rudowsky. This is the man recently featured in a Deepest Health podcast about prescribing bulk Chinese herbs, and the proprietor at Green Tea Apothecary.
He’s an enterprising fellow, always researching, and apparently this issue piqued his interest. See, at the NCNM school pharmacy, students have been typically u...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - December 6, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine aaaom herbal regulation professional-development Source Type: blogs
Wind – the father of the 100 diseases – new issue of Chinese Medicine QuarterlyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hey folks,
I’ve got a few articles on particular Chinese herbs from the archives coming your way – cleaned up and ready for consumption. But in the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the newest issue of Chinese Medicine Quarterly is up.
This time, writers were asked to think about the concept of Wind in Chinese medicine.
Who hasn’t considered Wind as they study Chinese medicine? Such a strange concept – do we really mean WIND? And what’s with the association with wood? So many types of wind! How do we defend against it? What happens when a person is impacted by it? I’v...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - December 1, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Physiology and Pathology Source Type: blogs
Chinese herb profiles – looking briefly at Guizhi / CinnamonEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is an old article I touched up and re-released. I hope you enjoy it!
Guizhi – Cinnamon twig – Emperor of Emperors
In my opinion, there is no more important herb in the materia medica than Guizhi. It is used in so many formulas, spanning all organ systems and the vastest number of pathologies of any herb (save, maybe, Gancao/licorice). It is fortunately also still quite affordable, and not yet being considered for banning by the FDA. :)
The plant
Latin name/Pharmaceutical name: Cinnamomum cassia/Cinnamomi Ramulus
Other common names: Cassia, Chinese Cinnamon. Note well that the cinnamon we use i...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - December 1, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Character cinnamon gui-zhi shang-han-lun tang-ye-jing Source Type: blogs
Chinese medicine and the sense of smellEmail this article to a colleague.
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As part of my study, since the very beginning of my time at NCNM, I have sought to use my entire body in the learning process. While I learn quite well from reading, listening to lectures, and writing – I find that sensory input brings the information alive. This improves my ability to remember, and also seems to increase my facility in using that information in the real world.
As I’ve worked on projects like my new course about Shennong Relational Herb Learning Method, I’ve seen how this is particularly important in learning and using Chinese herbs. Herbs are physical things, full of life including...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - November 22, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Theory and Philosophy heart lung nature neijing scent senses spirituality The Project Source Type: blogs
The importance of the Spleen in studying Classical Chinese MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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脾 Pi – Spleen : Lessons learned from Yin Earth
Earthly Branch Si – The Snake : Lesson – You can take in a lot more than you think, but don’t overdo it
The Spleen is associated with the 6th Earthly Branch 巳 – Si. This is one of the few earthly branches that actually is a picture of the animal that came to be associated with it – the Snake. However, I should note that many people also posit that it is a picture of an infant. The oracle bone figures look more like snakes than babies to me, and as a picture of a snake is how I learned it, but certainly you may disagree.
The snake is a fa...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - November 15, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Theory and Philosophy academics balance Character classical-chinese-medicine etymology habits hexagram Learning Organ systems snake spleen study studying symbolism Year of Sagely Living Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 16 – Why bulk Chinese herbs?Email this article to a colleague.
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One of my great passions is to practice Chinese herbalism as close as possible to the way it was practiced when the great texts of our medicine were compiled. I may not always practice that way, and I’m not so arrogant to think it’s the only way, but for now it is my dearest wish and something that brings me (and my patients) great satisfaction.
Because of this passion, I have always been keenly interested in the way individual herbs are prepared and the way those individual herbs are then offered to patients. One facet of that interest revolves around the difference between prescribing bulk herbs versus pres...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 28, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
The effect of progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery in improving psychological well-being and quality-of-life for breast and prostate cancer patients: Initial reportEmail this article to a colleague.
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As many of you know, I am going to invest a considerable amount of time and energy researching MBM modalities in the oncological setting. Partially because MBM modalities, when combined with standard treatment, show great promise to increase quality of... (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - October 20, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Cancer and Mind-Body Practices Mind-Body Practices: Guided Imagery Mind-Body Practices: Mind Body Skills Groups Source Type: blogs
Final 24 hours to sign up for the Shennong Relational Herb Learning Method courseEmail this article to a colleague.
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The time is upon us, folks. If you’ve been mulling over joining the course – now is the time. Less than half of the Founding Member spots remain and I will be closing registration at 12:00pm PST (GMT -8) tomorrow (Thursday October 20).
If you want to sign up, just click this link to go to the sign-up page.
We have people from nearly every continent, from a variety of professions (veterinarians, stay-at-home-moms, lay herbalists, Chinese medicine practitioners with decades of experience, brand new Chinese medicine practitioners, students) and everyone is very excited to get started.
Join us – check out...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 19, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Source Type: blogs
U.S. Gets a D- on the National Scorecard on U.S. Health and A Manifesto for A New MedicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Overall, the U.S. failed to improve relative to these benchmarks, which in many cases rose. Costs were up sharply, access to care deteriorated, health system efficiency remained low, disparities persisted, and health outcomes failed to keep pace with benchmarks.
How can you protect yourself and your family, given the dim outlook on access to care, rising (unattainable) insurance premiums, and rising health disparities?
I give you a hint. It will be Self-Care that is Central to Health Care! Keep (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - October 19, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Commentary Source Type: blogs
Answers to frequently asked questions about the Shennong Chinese Herb Learning courseEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’m excited to say that the Shennong course is enrolling (almost 1/4 of the Founding Member spots are filled up already!) and we have an incredible community of students building. Once all this enrollment business is done, I will get back to reposting the best of Deepest Health’s old blog content as well as adding new podcasts, some video & a couple of blog posts that have been in the works for several weeks.
Many people have had questions about the course, and so I’ve updated the sign-up page to reflect my most clarified understanding. But, to make things simpler for people, I am listing the answ...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 14, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Source Type: blogs
It’s time for you to take control of your Chinese herb learningEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is going to be a brief update – I won’t take much of your time.
First – I apologize for the recent bombardment with podcasts! The good news is that the podcast is fully updated, and new episodes are already lined up through October, November and December! Listening to those old podcasts is very interesting for me, and I’ve heard it’s helpful for listeners as well.
You can check out the new, improved podcast archive page by clicking this link.
Second – and maybe most importantly…
I’m excited to announce that the Shennong Chinese Herb Learning Course is live and ready ...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 13, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Source Type: blogs
ISSN 2164-0238 Assigned to the Alternative Medicine BlogEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Alternative Medicine Blog has now been assigned, under the auspices of the U.S. ISSN Center at the Library of Congress, the following ISSN 2164-0238. (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - October 12, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Absenger Cancer Education Foundation, A.C.E.F. Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 15 – Does where Chinese herbs are grown really matter?Email this article to a colleague.
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Another aspect to the more advanced Chinese herb learning method that I teach is diving into the huge amount of information concerning where herbs grow up. Using the metaphor of the growth and development of a human being, it is undeniable that where we grow up influences the people we end up becoming. The same is true of Chinese herbs!
Topics covered
1. Why I love the herb method I teach
2. Why location matters when it comes to Chinese herbs
3. Small application of the herb learning method with one of your friends and mine, Chenpi – aurantium – citrus peel
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 14 -Interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys (Part 3 of 3)Email this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. What to do when you cannot secure the herbs you need (for instance, Mahuang and Xixin)
2. What about growing our own herbs locally and using them in Chinese herbal formulas?
If you are interested, please check out parts I and II of this interview.
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 13 – Interview with Mark SilverEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I contacted Mark Silver, founder of the Heart of Business and Portland local, I was hoping to entice him to come and speak to students at NCNM. I succeeded in that, with the additional bonus that he was kind enough to offer to do a podcast interview with me for Deepest Health! After a few fits and starts, we managed to make our schedules line up nicely and we sat down for a chat on an early spring morning.
Topics covered
1. Should healthcare practitioners worry about the recession?
2. How you can get more patients without constantly explaining what we do
3. What Chinese medicine practitioners should watch ou...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 12 – Interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys (Part 2 of 3)Email this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. How one uses the Shang han lun in contemporary clinical practice, particularly concerning complex diseases typically seen in modern times
2. The importance of specializing in a particular style of Chinese medicine
3. Some advice to those of us seeking Chinese medicine knowledge
I think you’ll really enjoy the information AND the audio quality – I think I finally got it right. Check it out at the bottom of this article!
Note : Dr. Versluys uses a few names that may be unfamiliar to listeners – I want to clarify these things for you. Li Dong Yuan is the author of The Treatise on th...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 11 – Interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys (Part 1 of 3)Email this article to a colleague.
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This is the first section of a three part interview with Dr. Arnaud Versluys of the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine. Arnaud has been part of my education and inspiration in Chinese medicine since the beginning. As well as leading & teaching at ICEAM, he practices his craft in NW Portland, OR.
Topics covered
1. The relationship of the Classical texts to the practice of medicine
2. The importance of careful study
3. Food for thought regarding the various schools of Chinese medicine
Note: Please pardon the relatively low volume of this podcast – we had some technological problems. If you are intere...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 10 – End of term clinical reflectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. My reflections as I come to the end of my first term/quarter in clinic at NCNM
2. The importance of memorization
3. The weirdness of caring for patients
4. Using all our gifts
Note: The book about Davinci that I reference in the podcast is an easy, inspiring read How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (affiliate link)
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 9 – Interview with Dr. Heiner Fruehauf, Part IIEmail this article to a colleague.
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1. How a classical understanding can transform our understanding of medicine
2. The real importance of legendary figures in Chinese medicine history
3. What the classical approach lends to a contemporary Chinese medicine context & the importance of lineage
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 8 – Interview with Dr. Heiner FruehaufEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is the first of a two part interview series with Dr. Heiner Fruehauf. Heiner is a founding professor of the school of Classical Chinese Medicine at National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR, owner of Classical Pearls, purveyor of truly great Chinese herbal products and primary contributor to Classicalchinesemedicine.org.
Topics covered
1. What is Classical Chinese medicine?
2. Different models of learning and teaching Chinese medicine – the importance of transmission
3. Upper, middle and lower level physicians in Chinese medicine
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 7 – Clinical confidence and memorizationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. What it means to have confidence in clinic
2. Shy I believe memorization is so important for Chinese medicine practitioners
3. Best practices for memorization
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 6 – Schools of Chinese medicine and learningEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topic covered
1. Different schools of Chinese medicine and how students should look at the possibility of “choosing” between them (it’s a big topic, and the only one in this podcast)
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 5 – Interview with Brandt StickleyEmail this article to a colleague.
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I am honored to offer this interview of Brandt Stickley talking about his practice and teaching of Chinese medicine. This was early in the podcast’s history, and the first interview, so the sound quality is a little dubious. Dr. Stickley apologizes for his very high volume.
Topics covered
1. Contemporary Pulse Diagnosis
2. Working with and learning from the incomparable Dr. Leon Hammer
3. Dr. Stickley’s basic understanding of Classical Chinese Medicine
4. Entering the mystery, the importance of the senses, and other exciting stuff
Links of note:
Dragon Rises.org : site containing articles, lin...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 4 – Cancer, pulse taking & trustEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. What can Chinese medicine do for cancer?
2. Difficulties in pulse diagnosis
3. Confidence in prescribing herbal formulas
Note: The natural medicine business blog I mention in the podcast no longer exists.
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 3 – The Power of Self CultivationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topics covered
1. The power of self-cultivation for Chinese medicine practitioners
2. Caring for patients from the moment they arrive until the moment they leave
Note : You can find most of the links discussed in the post in the recommendations vault.
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 2 – Visualizing my way to Chinese medicine successEmail this article to a colleague.
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Topics Covered
1. My clinical experience thus far: difficulties and excitement
2. How I use visualization as a way to learn to be more effective and efficient in clinic
3. A few questions I have about clinical practice
Note: The new blog (about natural medicine and business) mentioned is now defunct, its content mostly absorbed into Deepest Health.
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Deepest Health Podcast 1 – Lessons learned in Chinese medicine clinicEmail this article to a colleague.
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This first try into podcasting had its bumps and bruises as I got used to the process of podcasting, including the technology. As the episodes wear on, you can notice an increase in sound quality and my comfort with the process.
Topics covered
1. Focus and intention: getting out of one’s own way
2. How it was needling “real” people for the first time
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Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 8, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric GreyEric Grey, LAc Tags: Podcast acupuncture ccm chinese herbalism chinese herbs Chinese medicine classical-chinese-medicine tcm traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Chinese medical symbolism: the organ clockEmail this article to a colleague.
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Established readers : this is one of many reposted articles you will see in the coming months. It is part of the redesign process. I hope you agree that all of these articles are worth another look!
Chinese language is symbolic – it uses pictures (now highly stylized and simplified) to represent concepts. Chinese culture, even today, is infused with symbolism. What is a symbol? There are many potential definitions, naturally. For my purposes, I will simply say that a symbol is something perceptible that “points towards” a larger concept. To use something common, the Apple logo () has come t...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 4, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Physiology and Pathology chinese-organ-clock Organ systems symbolic-thinking symbolism Theory Source Type: blogs
7 features of great Chinese Medicine practitionersEmail this article to a colleague.
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I wrote this article in 2007, and have updated it a little bit. What’s interesting is that my view of what makes a great Chinese medicine practitioner hasn’t changed that much. That’s because I have created my ideas about this by watching those practitioners whom I respect the most, who take their cues primarily from the ancients. Enjoy its re-release! (Note: for all of these older articles being republished, comments will be old and the person who wrote them may no longer be monitoring the site.)
1. She has an unflinching dedication to lifelong scholarship. This is absolutely, positively ESSENTIA...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - October 2, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Practitioner Development Character Source Type: blogs
An origin story : digging Asparagus, rote memorization and resonanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Note: I’m quietly working on a resource I’d like to give away for free, in advance of the launch of the upcoming herbs course. It will be a helpful framework for you to build (and/or strengthen) your lifelong relationship with herbs. However, I don’t want to make this, nor go through the effort of building the upcoming course, if nobody is interested in getting any of it. So, I need your help again to gauge interest – details at the end of this article.
A brief history of my life with Chinese herbalism
I don’t know if there has ever been a more excited new student of Chinese medicine. I was so excited about...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - September 27, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Source Type: blogs
Learning Chinese herbs can be hard – but it doesn’t have to beEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve been teaching herbs at my alma mater, and every term is a HUGE learning experience for me. I also do private tutoring, and even did so when I was still a student. Before Chinese medicine, I did teaching at the undergraduate level and still more tutoring in all kinds of subjects. As I’ve gone along, I’ve noticed some things about how people learn and what type of teaching really STICKS.
I’ve learned a lot, especially, in teaching Chinese herbs
There’s just so much frustration out there, and so much misguided (if well intentioned) teaching. But, herbs are such a powerful resource for us a...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - September 23, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Chinese herbal medicine Source Type: blogs
Reintroducing Deepest Health – a center for learning and living deeply rooted Chinese medicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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Welcome (or welcome back!)
For long time readers, especially those of you that read by email subscription or RSS, I implore you – come check out the site! It’s been entirely redesigned, and I would really love to hear your thoughts about the changes. For those of you who are new, you’ve come on board at an exciting time.
Why redesign?
For the last year, I have labored on this site. The low rate of content production might make you think that was not true. Indeed, I’ve not been putting out posts at the high clip of my earliest days, or even at the medium clip of the middle days. This was no...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - September 22, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Profession news and issues Source Type: blogs
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It’s almost 1am, Pacific time, and I’m about ready to get in bed. I’ve got a full day ahead of me, but I just had to put out this quick blog entry. The day I’ve been promising is finally here. The blog has been redesigned, the purpose of the site reimagined, and from here on out – it’s a new day for Deepest Health. Those of you who have been with me, I can’t tell you how much it means to introduce to you what’s coming. But, that’s for another night.
If you come in the next couple of days (it is now September 20, 2011) you may find things shifting around a bit, still. Th...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - September 20, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Grey Tags: Profession news and issues Source Type: blogs
An Imperfect IntroductionEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine)
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - September 9, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Shawn Tags: Videos Source Type: blogs
Man’s Best Friend Just Became Better: Cancer Sniffing DogsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following abstract from an Ehman et al. (2011) describes promising research that sniffing out volatile organic compounds (VOC) in human breath can be a tool for early cancer detection. Scientists are training dogs to do just that, breath analyses... (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - August 20, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Commentary Health Conditions Source Type: blogs
Human Cancer Gene Gets Green Light for PatentEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a 2:1 decision handed down by Judge Lourie, the United States Court of appeals of the Federal Circuit ruled that “On the merits, we reverse the district court’s decision that Myriad’s composition claims to ‘isolated’ DNA molecules cover patent-ineligible products of nature under § 101 since molecules as claimed do not exist in nature”. (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - July 30, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Cancer and Mind-Body Practices Cancer and Natural Products Cancer and Other CAM Practices Commentary Health Conditions Mind-Body Communication Source Type: blogs
Eight Week Yoga Class Improves Pain, Psychological Functioning and Cortisol Levels in Women with FibromyalgiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this study Curtis, Osadchuk, & Katz (2011) recruited 22 participants to partake in a 75 minute yoga class (twice weekly, eight weeks). (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - July 29, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Health Conditions Mind-Body Practices: Yoga Source Type: blogs
Getting back to the basics : critical importance of understanding FIREEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve been asked to work on a course that would cover the foundational concepts of a deep, engaged Chinese medicine understanding. I’m not talking about the same tired diagrams of the five elements and their interactions, I’m not talking about simplistic review of the fact that “everything is yin and yang,” I’m talking about the things that feed into the roots, that feed the branches, and let the leaves flourish. I’m talking about the 5 evils and 19 lines of pathology in the Neijing Suwen (aff link), I’m talking about the basics of the Chinese calendar and the flow of en...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - July 21, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Classical Texts Source Type: blogs
Learn how a deeper understanding of spirit can transform your clinical practice : CMQ 2 released!Email this article to a colleague.
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It’s here! Most of what you want to know is on the Chinese Medicine Quarterly – Issue 2 page. Go on over, buy the issue, and then come back… I’ll wait.
Done? Well, before you jump offline and start reading your new issue, I’ve got a few things I’d like to share.
First, this issue was much easier to create than the last. We had our processes mostly down, our division of labor was clarified, and we all really enjoyed the clarity (and hugeness) of our topic. I could talk about Spirit all. day. long. It doesn’t hurt that it’s linguistically, historically, theoreti...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - July 20, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Site news and information Source Type: blogs
Meditation and the Immune SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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After my first year in Saybrook’s Mind-Body Medicine Ph.D. program (research track) my mission becomes a little clearer. I am still not quite clear on what my dissertation will be about, but I know it will involve Guided Imagery as... (Source: Alternative Medicine Blog)
Source: Alternative Medicine Blog - July 20, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: WernerAbsenger Tags: Research of Mind-Body Effects Source Type: blogs
Chinese Medicine Quarterly : multiple perspectives on SpiritEmail this article to a colleague.
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As many of you might have guessed, the new issue of Chinese Medicine Quarterly is coming out on July 20. We are just putting the finishing touches on it now, and I’ve never been so excited about Deepest Health as I am now. Our first issue was good – full of discussion on the nature of Classical Chinese medicine & some interesting perspectives on what it means to practice our medicine in the contemporary world. But, like all first tries, there were things we could have done better and we were eager to see what we could do with another try.
I can tell you that everything you mentioned that you liked abo...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - July 14, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Chinese Medical Theory and Philosophy Source Type: blogs
Grappling with Spirit in Chinese medicineEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are a few concepts in Chinese medicine that always inspire animated discussion. One of those topics, often the subject of debate and confusion, is that of spirit. I deliberately use the English word here simply because it is the presence of so many different concepts (Shen, Ling, Hun, Po, etc) that relate to the English word “spirit.” In fact, that creates part of the mystery and interest – at least among English speakers.
For my part, I’ve gone through various phases in my quest to learn about spirit in the context of Chinese medicine. I’ve sometimes avoided the thing entirely, ...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - July 12, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Chinese Medical Theory and Philosophy shen spirit Source Type: blogs
Important site updates & what about the Shen?Email this article to a colleague.
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There’s not been much posted on the site in the last few months for one very simple reason – the site is being completely rewritten, reworked and reskinned. I thought it would be done by now, but it isn’t, and for that I apologize. I expect that within another 30-45 days, you will see not only a new site, but a whole new vision being played out on Deepest Health. Those of you who have been with me for a while will know that this has been coming for a while – and I appreciate your patience. We all do. What’s coming?
A beautiful new look that will be easier to navigate, with all new c...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - May 18, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Site news and information Source Type: blogs
Chinese Medicine Quarterly : first issue now ready for purchaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Here in Portland, we have some rare early spring sunshine, which makes me even happier to announce the birth of something new – Chinese Medicine Quarterly has its first issue up and ready to purchase. It has been quite a process, as new things always are, but we think that you will be pleased with the result.
In this issue, you will find articles addressing – in an accessible and enjoyable style – topics of interest to students and practitioners of Chinese medicine. You’ll also notice that the issue is beautiful – most people feel somehow calmer and more excited about Chinese medicine...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - March 19, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Chinese Medicine Quarterly CM News TCM v CCM classical-chinese-medicine magazine publications traditional-chinese-medicine Source Type: blogs
Chinese Medicine Quarterly : a new resource for CM students & practitionersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today, I’d like to start getting you all excited about something we’re releasing here in a couple of weeks. Ready?
One of the things that I’ve noticed, as a student and new practitioner, is the relative lack of industry publications in Chinese medicine. We have several decent scholarly journals (Chinese Medicine Times, the Lantern), and I expect their number to grow. These publications are wonderful to have and the mark of a maturing profession. They have high standards and tend to be very content-heavy with an academic/educational feel.
Outside of the journals, we in the Chinese medicine profession...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - March 3, 2011 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Eric Tags: Blogging The profession chinese medicine quarterly cmq Source Type: blogs
