Chinese Medicine Notes

The years go by and I continue to look for books about Chinese Psychology.
Yes, I know, Good luck to me, but I didn’t give up yet.
When I find there’s nothing new under the Tai Yang, I go back and take comfort in Dragon Rises, Red Bird Flies by Dr. Leon Hammer.
I bought this book a [...]

Skin conditions are very common problems for people all over the world.
Atopic dermatitis, for example, is common in adults and in babies, and is a very itching thing to handle.
Psoriasis sends many people to the beautiful Dead Sea a number of times a year, and is a very misunderstood skin condition- as you can read about it in the [...]

After having lots of fun with Carnival of Healing #133, I will be hosting #144, which will see the light of day on June 28th.

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”~ John Lennon
The plan

Phillippe Siounneau is not a well known name here in Israel.
If practitioners know him, it’s mainly for his books, but that’s about it.
A few years ago I thought that having an interview with him would be a good way to get to know him, and indeed we exchanged e-mails, in which he appeared very kind [...]

Truth should be told- studying for exams is never fun.
Who wants to be inside the house studying when you can be watching the new Indiana Jones movie? Or having coffee with a friend?
If you ask me, if I got to choose between writing a paper and an exam I’d take writing a paper any time.
Writing a [...]

Don’t tell Eric, but one of the reasons I started blogging in English is the inspiration I got from Deepest Health. And I still am very inspired by Eric and his writing, mainly because I find so much information on his blog that I’ve been looking about CM.
Also, after meeting Heiner Fruehauf in 3 lectures, [...]

…Or to be more precise- Ian Brown and the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine.
May 31st marks the first ever performance of Ian Brown in Israel.
If you don’t know, Israel is not a place where we get many performances by wonderful artists such as Ian Brown. Security issues are always clouding potential visits from rock gods- even if [...]

Tong Ze Bu Tong, Bu Tong Ze Tong- so claims an old wise Chinese saying- free flow- no pain; no free flow- pain.
One of the first things on which Chinese Medicine is based upon is the free flow of Qi and Blood in the body.
Gua Sha is a 5,000 year old technique, and by applying it [...]

Before the ICCM started, as I knew Julian Scott will be one of the guest speakers, I decided to Google Julian and see what I come up with.
The results were interesting:
Julian Scott- a composer of music for films and such, and even scores music for the Olympic games in Beijing! But the more I look [...]