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Posted on March 23, 2009 by Yael
You thought I forgot, didn’t you?
Now really, how can I forget about this hefty book, sitting on my desk just waiting for me to read it??
How to needle a child?
We’re on page 80 (for those who are following), and Julian starts talking about practical things- how does one needle a child? What is the right technique?
On Julian’s website you can find a double DVD that explains, among other things, the technique Julian uses in his practice. It can help you master the technique, and understand it better. In the book you can of course find illustrations of the technique to help you start.
The technique is important, especially with young babies and toddles who tend to be on the move. Many of them don’t like to be pinned down and so the practitioner must be quick with finding the acupuncture point and super-quick with needling the point and applying the desired manipulation.
Julian offers many tips on this subject and so ends the first part of the book.
Posted on March 16, 2009 by Yael
It all starts with a personal story
Lisa Hanfileti is an acupuncturist from Oregon in the USA.
She graduated from school and opened her business, and due to a family illness sank into debt which almost cost her her clinic.
Lisa decided not to give up and made a huge change on a business level. This change lead to today, where she has a successful clinic, she earns money from her clinic and her website (check Lisa’s website by clicking here), and now she wrote an e-Book, in which she shares her experience with the rest of the community.
The personal story is the story of the community
Lisa’s story is not a rare one.
In many places in the world- including Israel, the USA and many countries in Europe- we have many who graduate each years, and we know that they all face the problem of finding their path to success after 4 years of school.
In Israel, you can add the problem of not having even one single hour of business school- there’s nothing that leads students to think that they will be running a business.
We also know that many people don’t survive the tough market and leave, which might make some of us feel relived, but I think it’s a cause to worry. Is there any guarantee that one of those numbers will be me? In a year? In two years?
I would like to mention that this is true for all professions of the complementary medicine, not just Chinese Medicine.
Posted on March 2, 2009 by Yael
Almost all the books about Chinese Medicine are on important subjects.
Sometimes, it seems as though some subjects don’t have enough written work about them. When we find a book on one of the subjects, it seems as though we found a treasure, which immediately makes the book and the subject important.
Five Elements and the Shen are two examples to very important subjects.
There’s very little information about these subjects, and in some books, the price tag is enough to cause some kind of disturbance in one’s mind.
One of two courses I am taking this year is about the Five Elements and the Shen. We got a list of recommended books, and I will go over some of the books, hoping to share some new books with you, or at least remind you of the books you forgot about:
Posted on February 19, 2009 by Yael
The book by Ofer Baranovitch, Stages, Levels, Envelopes, is a challenge.
It contains 270 pages that talk about complex matters in Chinese Medicine- the 6 divisions, 4 levels, 8 extraordinary meridians and the connections between them. As the book unfolds, there are connections being made in between the topics I mentioned above, and other topics such as blood vessels and the TW, which in itself is some what of a mystery in Chinese medicine.
As I was reading the book I made notes on the points I wanted to mention in my review.
It is a list, but it’s still a review- a different kind of review. I think that the fact that this book is different from all the books I read in Chinese Medicine, I think it is fair for it to have a different kind of review.
Posted on January 5, 2009 by Yael
I recieved 2 books by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee in the mail.
One of them, The Essential Woman
, is about women’s health and fertility in the Chinese classics.
Happy happy, joy joy! Here is a look at how the Chinese classics look at gynecology, a very important aspect if you ask me, especially those who chose Chinese gynecology as their main path in their clinic.
Truth should be told that I was a bit offended that Elisabeth wrote just 127 pages on the subject. Is there really so little to be said about gynecology? And no, the woman on the cover, a painting dated back to the Tang dynasty, did not make me feel any better. I thought there’s a lot more to be said…
Of course- I was correct.
I say “of course” because for a moment there, I forgot we’re talking about Elisabeth, the woman with the amazing ability to read ancient texts, collect important information in Chinese philosophy and make it all usable for us to practice daily in our clinic. Elisabeth always has a lot to say that way.
One should keep in mind that we’re talking about the classical text itself, which presents a certain amount of information. Elisabeth then translates the text so that we will understand it better.
So yes, it’s 127 pages, but just like in her other books, these are pages with wonderful deep knowledge that is worth knowing.
Posted on December 29, 2008 by Yael
I’m bouncing back into action after being sick for a week or so.
As it is the end of 2008, it is only right to look back and see what on earth I’ve been upto here on CMNotes!
Turns out, I have some good stuff:
Dr. Leon Hammer is one name that keeps coming up here, as it did since my second year or so of school.
I was lucky enough to have a number of chats with Dr. Hammer over e-mails, and one of the posts I am most proud of is the interview I got to do with him.
One of his students, Ross Rosen, was kind enough to write our very first guest post here on CMNotes, about Chinese Pulse Diagnosis.
Tags: 2008, chinese medicine, chinese medicine books, chinese medicine in 2008
Filed Under: General notes, Heiner notes, Interviews, Julian's book notes, Personal notes, Practitioners notes, Students notes, The Library
Posted on November 9, 2008 by Yael
It is a common fact that the information we have today in the west about the 8 extraordinary meridians is insufficient- at best.
Historically speaking, they are mentioned in the Su Wen and Ling Shu but separated from each other, or mentioned by pairs. It is in the Nan Jing that they were first mentioned as one group.
The loss of information has various reasons, and we are left with knowledge that is being passed from practitioner to his student.
The extraordinary meridians are the foundation for life from the beginning to end, as it is clearly stated in the first page of the introduction of the book by Elizabeth Rochat de la Valleeand Father Claude Larre.
They are the “blueprint” on which the human body is built on, and on the rest of the body are being added to- 12 meridians, organs and so on.
It is, therefore, very important to understand them, their functions and when to treat them.
And how are we supposed to know all that if we don’t read about it?
2 main books were written on the subject, one by Kiiko Matsumoto
and the second by Rochat and Larre. I will discuss the latter.
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Yael
It was just a matter of time until I would interview Peter Deadman.
After all- it’s Peter Deadman- the big blue book, the JCM…. This is definitely one of those names you learn to say really fast as of the first year in studying Chinese Medicine. And the name continues to be with us as we grow with our career.
Peter Deadman is the founder of Infinity Foods in England.
He studied Chinese Medicine with Dr. Van Buren at the International College of Oriental Medicine and has a clinic in Brighton. Deadman founded the Journal of Chinese Medicine 29 years ago, which became the most important journal of Chinese Medicine in the west. The JCM is also a publication, the most famous book to come of this publication is A Manual of Acupuncture
, a must have textbook in most colleges throughout the world.
In addition, Peter Deadman was a member of The Matzos, a band in which he played the violin.
Posted on August 23, 2008 by Yael
Tuvia Scott has been one of my teachers during the 3rd year.
Or was it the 4th year?
At any rate, he was one of the nicest teachers to ever walk our school. He’s also one of the busiest practitioners that I know of here in Israel- with teaching, having his own clinics and traveling to China almost every year, to learn more and practice Caligraphy.
Tuvia has this attraction for acupuncture systems that work on certain parts of the body to affect the whole body- one system is auriculotherapy and another one, his latest, is Abdominal Acupuncture (Fu Zhen).
The first time I heard and learned about Abdominal Acupuncture was 2 years ago, during my Chinese gynecology studies.
It sounded like a perfect system to treat women and everything that has to do with women- problems with the period, infertility, migraines and so on.
I was able to use it on one patient before I stopped working at my practice, and had very good results.
Posted on August 21, 2008 by Yael
The first ICCM in Israel brought Peter Mole to the promised land.
That was the first time I heard his name, but my mentor told me that if I’m interested in 5 Elements (which I am), I shouldn’t miss Peter’s lecture.
Peter Mole was an instant hit with all of us.
His wonderful humor and his obvious love for Chinese Medicine captured us all, and the fact that there’s someone who is a graduate of 5 Elements that mixes that with TCM was an amazing bonus.
Israel is very TCM, and very Stems and Branches. But 5 Elements sort of got lost- it is a must subject to cover during our 4 basic years of study, but it doesn’t stand alone like the other two I mentioned.
I don’t know why that is really…
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