. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!”, but “That’s funny…” ~Isaac Asimov . We have these kinds of opportunities all the time in our clinical work. The pulse that does not feel quite like any pulse we have felt before. The odd reaction…
Category Archives: Learning medicine
On Excess and Deficiency
One of the first concepts we hear upon walking through the gate of Chinese medicine is that of excess and deficiency (xu虛 & shi實). Deceptively simple at first glance, this is one of the foundations of accurate diagnosis that tends to become more slippery as time goes on and we see patients in the clinic…
Learning jing fang
Like those magic eye pictures, where when the vision is loosened just so a completely three dimension image appears. Learning to acquire an clinical gaze that is soft enough to take in the entire landscape of a patient’s presentation, and sharp enough to see clearly the shape and structure of dysfunction, is an acquired skill….
Treat the presentation
This entry is a guest post from Australia’s Greg Bantick. It is a case study that reminds us how easy it is to dream into what we think our patients think and feel and how stepping back and getting a clear view their presentation can help to leverage their innate resources and healing process. *******************…
What Chinese doctors need to know
Every now and then I like to pull something off my Chinese shelf and give it a read. Sometimes I just open to a page and start reading, sometimes I browse the table of contents for some inspiration on a challenging clinical case. Today, it was the former motivation and as I was feeling a…
First International Classic Formulas class
Six months of planning. Uncountable hours of preparation. Like cultivating a soil that will bring forth a burst of brilliance and flower, this has been my life this past year.The first international Classic Formula class in Nanjing with Dr Huang has wound its course. Nourishing as a long cooked soup, where flavors slip and blend…
Afternoon Tea with Huang Huang
If you are a reader of The Lantern, then you perhaps have already seen this interview with Dr. Huang. If you are not a reader of The Lantern, and you are the kind of practitioner that would rather read the Classics, than sift through modern research. If you are the kind of person that prefers…
Going to the source
This October in Nanjing will be a unique opportunity to study constitution and the classic formulas of the Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue with Dr. Huang. What you will gain from this special course: Learn the 10 basic constitutional types as outlined in The 10 Major Formula Families Understand the similarities and…