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Reading the Seasonal River Tides

2023-07-14T17:25:22-07:00July 14th, 2023|Published Resources, Videos|

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In the initial descriptions of Chinese medicine set down in the Huangdi Neijing, acupuncture was described as a traditional form of ecological surgery. Its primary aim was to restore the natural watersheds of the body by regulating the flow of the blood circulating through these regions. These writings compare the vascular rivers of the body to rivers in nature, understanding them to be formed by the same basic forces and patterns of nature. Similar to rivers in nature, the flow qualities of the vascular rivers display different seasonal variations or 'tides'. We assess these seasonal tides in the pulse qualities of the major blood vessels of the body. This allows us to synchronize the bodies of our patients with the seasonal patterns of nature.

Acupuncture Journal Club Meeting with Evidence Based Acupuncture

2023-06-17T17:43:13-07:00June 17th, 2023|Published Resources, Videos|

In a special collaboration with the folks at Evidence Based Acupuncture, Dr. Neal guest moderates a journal club discussing the paper by Stephan Birch and his colleagues titled "Understanding blood stasis in traditional East Asian medicine: a comparison of Asian and Western sources". During this talk, he delves into the current state of Chinese medicine terminology and highlights some of the pressing challenges illuminated by these findings.

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