Posts Tagged herbs
Posted on June 3, 2008 by Yael
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 and generous in sharing his ideas about Chinese Medicine.
I don’t know how well known he is abroad, I hope you will find this interview with him interesting enough to read and also give his books a chance to impress you- if they still haven’t.
Phillippe Sionneau is a French practitioner.
He was born in 1967, in France.
He received his B.A in Economics in 1983 and on 1986 he received a diploma in naturopathy from the R. Masson Institute.
In 1994 Sionneau finished his studies at Hubei College of Chinese Medicine, in Wuhan in China and received his B.Sc degree. This year also marked the beginning of his clinical work in various clinics in Paris, Geneva and Barcelona.
Over time, Sionneau became a well known practitioner in Europe, teaching across Europe- mainly France, Spain and Switzerland. He also practices different methods of Qi Gong.
Over the years, Sionneau wrote about 20 books, some of them on his own and some along with Bob Flaws.
In the end of this post I will present a few of his books.
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Yael
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 paper is a lot more helpful than exams. I have no doubt in my mind that writing a paper is a better way to learn a new topic, learn new things about a topic we’ve been talking about for a while, and the best part is- everything that I learn in the process of writing the paper stays with me.
That hardly ever happened to me while studying for exams.
Studying for exams in TCM means that you need to learn lists of functions for acupuncture points and herbs by heart. If you understand it- that’s great, but I never felt like this was the main goal of the exams.
That sounds a bit wrong doesn’t it?
Posted on April 23, 2008 by Yael
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Posted on January 26, 2008 by Yael
The world wide web is packed with so many websites and blogs, that sometimes you just don’t know how to reach them all, which is good and which is, well, not so good.
We will list here the 10 links of Chinese Medicine we think you must bookmark and visit, as they offer good content and important info.
1. Deepest Health: Eric Grey’s blog is one of the first stops I make every day as I start my Internet-round. I mentioned it on my links list and I will mention this blog in the future as it is, simply, a great and interesting blog. Period. Note it.
Posted on January 18, 2008 by Yael
I must be honest with you: if this is the question, acupuncture vs. herbs- acupuncture will be the winner any day.
I don’t mean to put down herbs, I really don’t, I just don’t like them very much. As I see their benefits and think that they are very powerful, studying them is almost like a punishment, and let’s face it- it’s just not fun!
But acupuncture- now there’s an art! There’s a place to be creative.
Yes, I can hear all those herb-people saying “but you can be very creative with herbs too!”, but it’s just not the same.
OK, ok, I will tell you the tale of my struggle with Chinese herbs, which will explain why I don’t like ‘em, I just don’t.
