Posted in Acupuncture, Health, Medicine, Wellness on Dec 5th, 2007 No Comments »
1- Acupuncture is not just for treating pain.
2- You don’t have to “believe” in it for it to work.
Heck, the practitioner does not even need to believe in it for it to work.
3- Anxiety or depression are not simply psychological problems.
4- There are no [...]
Posted in China, Medicine, Travel on Oct 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
My friend Ronny says that the camp counselors get beat to the bone, but the kids have a ball, and never have clue they are held up with invisible wings.
Today for the first time in weeks there is not a thread of responsibility woven into my life, and a temperatureless fall morning next to the [...]
Posted in China, Medicine, Translation, Travel on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Sunday night was like any Sunday night before an early rising to meet the plane that would float me back across the ocean to the Middle Kingdom. Restless. Dream filled shallow sleep that longed for oblivion and respite from the months of planning and preparation. It did not arrive. It was like being a child [...]
Posted in Curiosity, Medicine on Sep 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
I don’t get it.
Mercer Street down by the south end of Lake Union is a ruffian of potholes, bumps and disgravity. It has been that way for as long as I can remember, and I can remember at least 20 years of driving that stretch of road.
Imagine my surprise to see Mercer Street with it’s [...]
Posted in China, Medicine, Travel on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
This seems to be a habit, Autumn in China.
It is not that it has the explosions of deciduous color, nor does the sky there turn an impossible crisp blue. But, the summer swelter has evaporated, and the oppression of triple digit humidity has receded as well. This year it is not some odd migratory sense [...]
Posted in Medicine, Taiwan, Travel on Aug 26th, 2007 No Comments »
You open to your life unfolding,
and while holding on
to your hopes,
you accept.
My friend Ronny is leaving Taiwan. As for me, it was a stop on the way to Mainland China. A stop of two years. Which is just about enough time, if you work hard, to get enough Chinese into your tongue so you can [...]
Posted in Curiosity, Health, Herbs, Medicine on Jul 17th, 2007 No Comments »
It is a curiosity. Perhaps it is because Yong Kang clinic looks like something from outside the brittle borders of our country. The walls are lined with assorted jars full of bark, leaves, twigs, and roots. This stuff looks like it means business. I should not be surprised when people walk in and ask:
So, what [...]
Posted in Curiosity, Medicine, Wellness on Jun 14th, 2007 No Comments »
These days, you have to be careful about what you ask for.
I asked for a medium sized cup of coffee. I is not a good idea to do this without looking at just how big is a medium sized cup. What I got was the tower of coffee. It is quite possible that I just [...]
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 [...]