Posted in Health, Wellness on Jun 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Life changes. Either by choices we make, or situations that demand it. Life changes and suddenly we don’t know how to do things.
It may come from a choice, that we invite a certain change into our lives. It might come by chance. We are struck ill, or our bodies suddenly transform into something new and [...]
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 Taiwan, Tea, Wellness on May 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
There are times I miss it. Miss it with an ache.
Longing for the quiet metronome tick of an antique clock that counts out eternity, while drinking tea on Yong Kang street.
I miss those evenings when hours would disappear into tea and conversation. Surrounded by bamboo shadowed walls, charcol fired spring water, and tea from places [...]
Posted in Curiosity, Language, Wellness on May 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Affirmations never worked for me. They are like lost post-it notes from another dimension, lacking a certain verve, and calling to a dream that might be best forgotten.
Taiwanese stationary on the other hand, incorporates the best of intentions, with the slight twist of English that is not wrong, but neither is it quite right.
It speaks [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Health, Wellness on Feb 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Nor is it the numbers in a blood chemistry report…
The condition of knees as the years progress…
Headcolds…
Depression…
Shape of the pulse, or fur on the tongue…
It is the vitality to live life fully,
to live into what we dream and dare to make so.
It is the ability and wherewithal to engage fully one’s life.
To live with resilience [...]
Posted in Acupuncture, Curiosity, Health, Medicine, Wellness on Feb 8th, 2007 No Comments »
It is a common question. I hear it all the time.
All acupuncturists hear it.
All the time.
Can acupuncture treat backache, asthma, assist weight loss, depression……?
Can acupuncture help me with my memory, my lack of energy, my annoying boyfriend……..?
Will acupuncture cure my urinary infection, reduce my appetite, erase my wrinkles, take 20 years off my knees?
These [...]
Posted in Health, Herbs, Medicine, Prostate, Wellness on Jan 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
One of the things that was terribly shocking to me when I returned to the US from Asia, were all the advertisements for pharmaceuticals.
They were everywhere!
Buses, TV, magazines, radio, billboards.
It was a constant bombardment of better living through chemistry. Well, maybe better living, I generally find the side-effects to be either entertaining, or terrifying.
I was [...]
Posted in Curiosity, Health, Medicine, Wellness on Jan 6th, 2007 No Comments »
One of my teachers likes to say:
There is what the patient thinks is going on
There is what the doctor thinks is going on
Then there is what is actually going on
This is not to say that patients are enmeshed in a world of subterfuge , or that doctors don’t know what they are doing.
It’s more to [...]
Posted in Health, Medicine, Wellness on Dec 29th, 2006 No Comments »
Regulate.
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind?
Control?
Forced compliance?
Shackling the invisible hand of nature’s innate wisdom and balance?
In English regulate often times connotes control.
In Chinese 調理, often translated as regulate has a slightly different meaning.
It means to bring balance to a system.
It’s less about forcing, and more about encouraging.
Less about control, and more about [...]