Meditation is the practice of discovering who you are at your deepest core self, without a relationship to the mind.
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Currently COVID-19 is being treated in China PRIMARILY by Chinese Herbal Medicine. Read on for more information and herbal formulas being used for different stages.
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You may have seen Gwyneth Paltrow on the red carpet or Michael Phelps poolside with perfectly round bruise-like marks on their backs or shoulders. These are remnants of cupping therapy, an ancient Chinese medical technique.
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In 2015, my teacher Niki Bilton gave us this handout and said that it was something that we as practitioners should read at least once per week. At the time I thought, “Well that ain’t gonna happen!”. But since then I have indeed read this article once a week. It is a reminder that acupuncture is not just that act of putting needles into tissue.
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In the spring of 2010, I traveled to China to complete my residency for Bastyr University’s doctoral program in Chinese medicine. Our team studied and worked in Chengdu and Shanghai, specifically in the oncology departments of two local hospitals.
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I was always going to be a dentist. It was my dream career from the age of 11. The summer before my 12th birthday, my father, a dentist, needed someone to fill in for his dental assistant for a few weeks. He taught me how to mix amalgams, develop x-rays in a small darkroom, sterilize equipment, and do suction.
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Medical systems in Asia have been developing for millennia. Ancient wisdom was passed down through family lineages for generations and eventually, several schools of thought were developed around the best ways to treat illness.
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