Hello everyone and welcome to issue #144 of Carnival of Healing.
This is the 2nd time CMNotes is hosting the carnival, and I want to tell you- this is a lot of fun!
Issue #143 was hosted by Change Therapy, and next week’s issue will be hosted by Aquatic Meditations.
A special thank you for the recently- turned- grandmother Phylameana, who makes this carnival happen.
Don’t forget to check the Carnival of Healing Archive for more information and to sign up to host the carnival.

This issue will be a bit eclectic, as I tried to collect posts from different topics, and not just Chinese Medicine. Yes, it was difficult, but I managed and here is my collection which I am sure you will find interesting and will provoke at least one thought- if not more.

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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 long time ago.
When I got back home, I felt as though I’m holding the most important book in my hands. It’s no surprise, considering that all my teachers spoke very highly of this book. At the library, the copy of the book was worn out and crumpled from over-use by students.
I was always drawn to the psychology world, and the fact that there’s a fully accomplished, well established psychologist who converted to Chinese Medicine and focused on that 100%, these two reasons I had to buy my own copy of the book.
I was very clever to do so.

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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 link above.
Many people decide to treat these conditions, and a number of other conditions, with Chinese Medicine, most of them as a last resort, after years of applying steroids ointments and what not, but with very little help in the long run.

Chinese Medicine and skin conditions
Although Chinese Medicine sometimes works like magic, there are no magic tricks with skin conditions.
As with everything, one should look at the individual patient to understand why that certain skin condition is occurring to this specific person.

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Summer is definitely here.
Everything is too sticky, I am glued to the air condition, and as much as I know that it’s not all that healthy- I just can’t help it. Sweating right after taking a shower is something that I had enough of, you know what I mean?

Here are some interesting links to read while cooling off:

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Once you start studying Chinese Medicine, probably the first name you learn to say is “Giovanni Maciocia” (or “Peter Deadman”, depends on which class you are in).
The Chinese Medicine world, according to Maciocia, is pretty simple- when you have this, you do that.
This creates a very “dry” text, things repeat themselves many times in the books.
When you remember that Giovanni was a student of the late Dr. Van Buren, you realize that there must be something not quite right here, and you start thinking that there’s more to Giovanni’s books than meets the eye.

Giovanni Maciocia speaks fluent Chinese, which opens up a wide range of knowledge for him.
Combine that with many years of clinical experience and knowledge of the Chinese culture, and you understand that Maciocia has deep understanding that goes beyond what is presented in the books.

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Books are important, period.
They can be our best friends, they take us to travel in new lands, create a wonderful world of fantasy and allows us to use our imagination freely, without judgment.
Books are forever a symbol of culture, of knowledge and spiritual and intellectual wealth.

They are, for me, one of the best things to be created by the human race.
If it weren’t for books and the evolution of books, our knowledge of life, people, animals, medicine, history, science- almost everything would have been lost.
No doubt, books are rather useful.
They are also useful in various ways as explained in the next quote:

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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.

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

The plan

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It’s time for our weekly links post, again, and I think you’ll find these links very interesting:

Face-lift via Acupuncture: I’m bringing this link mainly because I don’t like it. In fact it actually annoys me to read that people use Chinese Medicine for cosmetic reasons such as a face-lift. Where exactly is the “Chinese Medicine way of thinking” here? Chinese Medicine is much more than just points to needle and look better, you know what I mean?

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Eric from Deepest Health reminded me that I need to post at least a little something about that widget you see on the right side of the blog, regarding the Blogger’s Choice Award.
If you like what you read here I will be happy if you take the time to vote for CMNotes.
Also, as I’m sure you like what you read what Eric has to say, please take the time to vote for him too.
It’s not about winning really. It’s about having a good and solid community of Chinese Medicine on the web and supporting each other. We all benefit from it, including bloggers.

Place your votes and have fun!