Category: Research & Articles
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Treating Fever Using Classical Thinking from the Shang Han Lun
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe classical Chinese medical system views health and disease through the “eight-principle and six-syndrome” differentiation methods. In ancient times, Chinese medical experts identified groups of symptoms as patterns, and associated them with specific formulas. Eventually, with repeated clinical success they recorded these patterns as “formula patterns”. Later, during the Eastern Han Dynasty between 40 to…
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The Misdiagnosis Of Tendonitis
Categories: Research & ArticlesTendonitis is the single most diagnosed chronic connective tissue disease in Western medicine. It affects every major joint within the body and can make the most well conditioned athlete limp to the sidelines, as the pain can be overwhelming. Whether it afflicts a professional golfer or weekend tennis player, tendon pain is a huge problem…
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Treating Anxiety and Depression – New and Old Methods for the Shen
Categories: Research & ArticlesI would describe Five Element or Five Phases theory as both a context and a lens, applied with intent to diagnose and treat a patient. “Five elements” and “five phases” are terms that have been used interchangeably, with slightly different meanings. “Five elements” describes five compository forces occurring in Nature, namely, earth, wood, metal, water…
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Push-Hands and The Root of Healing
Categories: Research & ArticlesThis is written out of appreciation for a living treasure. Master Herman Kaus has been teaching martial arts for over 60 years. A former world competitor in Judo and Karate, Master Herman shifted his focus to Tai Ji and push-hands to reap the benefits of martial arts with less distraction. I was blessed to be…
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New Chinese Medicine Tools to Replenish and Repair Our Gut
Categories: Research & ArticlesOur health landscape is changing rapidly and we find ourselves in a new era. An era of degrading food supply, systemic inflammation, and overuse of drugs, including antibiotics. Living in our modern world takes its toll and we see it in our practices everyday. Antibiotics are failing, superbugs are on the rise, and digestive health…
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The Science of Acupuncture Safety: Risks, Harms, and Ancient Goodness
Categories: Research & ArticlesIt is true that acupuncture has a relative risk that is low. The reporting of adverse events in clinical trials as well as safety surveys has helped establish a positive safety record in the West (White 2004; MacPherson et al. 2001), China (Birch et al. 2013; He et al. 2012), and Japan (Yamashita et al.…
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Lessons Learned from “Going it Raw”
Categories: Research & ArticlesTeachers I admire at my alma mater (Steve Bonzak) and in our profession-at-large (Dr. Huang and Sharon Weizenbaum) speak decisively about raw herbal medicinals as the time-tested, irreplaceable gold standard. Pioneering veteran farmers Jean Giblette and Peg Schafer emphasize that a demonstrated, steady demand by herbal clinicians for ecologically cultivated raw medicinals is imperative to…
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Classical Chinese Medicine at Zhen Qi Tang (真气堂)
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe Zhen Qi Tang (真气堂) clinic is a busy, privately run clinic in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in northwestern China. Lanzhou is an ethnically diverse city, and the powerful, muddy Yellow River runs through its center. Because of its location at the southern part of the Silk Road (Gansu Corridor), Lanzhou has always…
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Pacific College New York Celebrates New Campus Location
Categories: Research & ArticlesThis January 2014, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine New York opened the doors to its new campus location in Lower Manhattan. The PCOM New York campus moved from its long-held Flatiron District location in December 2013, just in time to ring in 2014 from its new home on 110 William Street, New York NY 10038.…
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Welcome, Year of the Wood Horse!
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe Year of the Horse has arrived! On January 31, 2014, the Chinese New Year celebration began, complete with gorgeous hanging lanterns, traditional lion dances, and incredible firecrackers. In essence, Chinese New Year is about spending time with family, gift-giving, and the much-anticipated holiday feast. The history of Chinese New Year spurs from legends that…