Cultivate Wellness in the Year of the Dragon
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2024 Is The Year of the Dragon: Are You Ready?
My teacher, Dr Xie Pieqi, used to say: “Age is not the number of years we have lived, but the number of injuries we ignore. As they add up, we slow down. We are able to do less and…
The First Materia Medica: the Shen Nong Ben Cao
ArticlesThe oldest surviving Chinese materia medica, the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Farmer’s Classic of Materia Medica), categorised 365 herbs according to three categories: 120 ‘upper’ (上 shang) herbs, 120 ‘middle’ (中 zhong) herbs;…
Patting Practices
Articles, ResourcesYIN STYLE BAGUA PATTING PRACTICES
Yin Style Bagua is system of personal cultivation that can be divided into two major categories: martial arts and health. The healing practices of YSB include the practice of Chinese medicine to heal others…
Herb Cooking Instructions
Articles, ResourcesINSTANT-POT
Please find the video instructions for large pot preparation below:
THERMOS
Please find the video instructions for thermos method herb preparation below:
STOVETOP
Please find video instructions for stovetop herb…
Dao De Jing Translation
Articles, ResourcesIf the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) is the flesh and bones that make up classical Chinese thought and culture, then Lao Zi’s Dao De Jing is its heart and soul. Continually sparking new translations and commentaries, it is second only to the Christian…
8 Healing Sounds
Articles, ResourcesWe have created this page as a resource for our patients to watch and learn more about the Eight Healing Sounds which are part of the Chinese medical paradigm of Dao Yin, commonly understood today as internal cultivation, or Qi Gong.
Traditionally,…
Herbalism: A Classical Perspective
ArticlesToday's herbal paradigm is largely influenced by western science, applying herbs for disease names and chemical components. This is not the foundation of how herbs were applied by great scholars of Chinese medicine for thousands of years.…
The Evolution of Chinese Medicine
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While Chinese medicine began 2,400 years ago, the acupuncture and herbology taught in the People’s Republic of China today is dramatically different from its traditional practice. The last 150 years have had a greater impact on its evolution…
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