Posted in China, Translation, Travel on Apr 21st, 2007 No Comments »
At times, it is not unlike bashing through concrete and rebar with a wobbly headed sledgehammer.
Somehow in wriggling across the borders of Chinese and English, nouns and verbs become pathologically flexible, the doer and the doing get mightly confused as to who is the lead, and who is the follow.
I suppose that had I had [...]
Posted in Herbs, Language, Medicine on Apr 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
十大類方 (shi da lei fang), the book I’m in the process of translating is getting site of its own. While items of general interest pertaining to health and vitality will still appear on this blog. The new site Classic Formulas will host information that is more geared to [...]
Posted in China, Health, Medicine on Apr 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
Medicine and culture are as woven together as medicine and language. You don’t get one without the other. They are inseparable as two sides of a coin.
Discussing medicine with Dr. Huang always brings with it a discussion of history. Not surprising, since part of the focus of the way he practices is by using the [...]
Posted in China, Curiosity, Travel on Apr 15th, 2007 4 Comments »
It is a kaleidoscope of sizzle and boil, clanging, chatter, horns, slurping and the ever present squeaking of wheels. At at time when most Americans are stumbling through coffee, the Chinese have swarmed onto the breakfast street.
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Soup and noodles.
Bao zi, you tiao, cigarettes and cabbage.
Steamed buns, rice gruel, flat breads, fruits.
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Tables that spill into [...]
Posted in China, Health, Herbs, Medicine, Travel on Apr 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’m just not a Mahuang kind of guy. I don’t have the physique, nor the kinds of health problems that Mahuang kinds of people tend to have.
Anyway, Mahuang scares me a bit. It is one of the herbs along with Fu-zi, Da-huang, and Huang-lian that demand respect and sharp clinical skills to use safely. I [...]
Posted in China, Curiosity, Language, Travel on Apr 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
The oddest thing about being here in China this time….
…..is that it does not [...]
Posted in China, Language, Travel on Apr 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Language evaporates faster than last night’s dream. My ears still wring meaning out the sounds of Chinese, but it is as if I am speaking through a mouth filled with cold oatmeal. The muscles that move the tongue in Chinese have gone bedriddenly weak.
I can not imagine what it is like to be Shanghaiese. They [...]
Posted in Wellness on Apr 2nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Yong Kang Clinic
is all about supporting what is good, right and healthy in the world.
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We do it with our needles, and herbs.
We do it with our walk in style clinic where you can get help when you need it.
We do it by providing a wide range of access to treatment with our [...]