In Portland there was a place I was briefly practicing at that had a “Whiskey Kitchen” across the street, Many people liked to go and sit outside and drink across from my window view. Looking to get some notice, I went over to tell them I had raw herbs that could be soaked in the whiskey to make a…
What the 2015 Nobel Prizes mean for traditional Chinese medicine COMMENTARY by Marta Hanson OCTOBER 6, 2015 Scientist Youyou Tu’s Nobel Prize is a sign that Western science has changed how it perceives alternative systems of medicine — but only slightly. I’m sure I’m not the only one surprised by the announcement that half of…
Its a new year – the Wood Horse – now in the Chinese calendar – moving from years of swirly depth and maybe appropriate confusion into one of youthful exuberance and newness. In the talk I’m giving tomorrow (inside from the rain?) the keyword is ‘education’ for the year to come…can you feel it? After…
CHINESE HERBS FOR A COLD – “ YIN QIAO, right?” Maybe, maybe not….. Yin QIao formula for the beginning of a cold Ashland, Oregon seems like a pretty sophisticated place when it comes to understanding about health, herbs, supplements, Chinese medicine – that kind of thing. But as in the rest of…