Chinese Medicine Notes

Chinese Medicine on the Web- Updates

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Yael

It’s been a while since I last talked about some of the new things that are happening on the Internet where Chinese medicine is concerned.
To be honest- it’s been a while since I last wrote here, and I’m a bit rusty!
But, I’m ont worried. I’m sure I’ll get back into shape in a post or two.

To kick things off- a wonderful piece of news from Richard Goodman, the author of Classical Chinese Medical Texts:
If you have a PayPal account, you can now pre-order both volumes of CCMT, pay $55.95 and shipping is free.
That’s right, shipping is free. Ah, that’s great news if you ask me. Living outside the USA or Europe means that you pay extra for shipping, and then when you think about customs… oy.
This offer is good until CCMT volume 2 is out, on October, then the price goes up to $59.95, but shipping is still free.
I urge you to visit Richard’s website and check out the free on-line course that helps one read the book and make better use of it, this way it can help you decide whether these books are good for you or not.
You can also check out the interview with Richard by clicking here.

Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine day is on October 24th.
Got any special plans that day? How about a nice discount for your patients? Or maybe a special post that day?
You can click here to get more information and ideas.

A new Giovanni Maciocia book is not exactly “Chinese medicine on the web”, but it is worth a mention.
Maciocia is a well known practitioner, and he really doesn’t need me to introduce him. He wrote many books, and his latest is The Psyche in Chinese Medicine.
I would love to get my hands on that book! Here’s a book about a topic we don’t read a lot about in Chinese medicine, simply because there’s so little written about it.
If anyone read this book- please share your thoughts.

I enjoy the Blue Poppy Blog very much.
Although I am not a herbs fan, I like having a good source of information about them, and every now and then they actually write something that has nothing to do with herbs. Like this interesting post about an original bronze acupuncture statue- Tong Ren. You should check it out if you’re interested, and if you like herbs, join their RSS.

Swine flu-mania is everywhere, and I keep hearing about a good answer from the Chinese medicine side of things.
One example is a formula that all children got in China, as they got back to school.
And I”m wondering, why not give it to everyone, world-wide? What would cost more, a Western medicine vaccine or the Chinese medicine formula? What would work better?

To all you TCM students out there- a new website is up and running, one that is supposed to help you study for your exams. It was built by a colleague of mine here in Israel, and she hopes that it will help all the people who need help with their studying. Take a look, and bookmark it for your next exams.

And last but not least- a new blog is about to take over the acupuncture blogsphere- Almental Pathways, written by Noah, a colleague from New York.
It’s still new, but it seems like he has a lot to say. Hey Noah- I’ll be following!

Over to you
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about the written above.
Would also be interested to know what you’re doing for Acupuncture Day….