06 Apr 2012 No Comments

From the kitchen

Detoxing and fasting are neither recognized nor accepted in Chinese medicine, which stipulates that when yin and yang are in balance, the body naturally detoxifies and cleanses itself.  Of course, when Chinese medicine was developed many thousands of years ago, I doubt that processed foods, metal toxicities, and other pollutants were fathomed to ever exist. [...]

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30 Mar 2012 No Comments

Weight Loss – where did this tire come from??

  Often, patients come to me wondering why they are gaining weight (especially around the mid-section).  The red flag is raised whenever I hear, “I don’t know why I am gaining weight – I don’t even eat that much!”  It is instantly clear to me why they are gaining weight.  There is an intuitive knowledge [...]

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20 Aug 2011 No Comments

Bedside Manner in a Healing Clinic

[Originally published in Acupuncture Today, 2011] Under the tutelage of a mentor, and eight months studying abroad. An eclectic educational background allowed me to see a lot of variations of bedside manners. I have received acupuncture in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and America, and can easily say that bedside manner means something different in [...]

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01 Sep 2010 1 Comment

Interview with my mentor, Marco Chung-Shu Lam, L.Ac.

[Originally published in Herbal Explorations] I had the very great fortune of having Marco as my mentor as I did the apprenticeship program. While a quiet and gentle man, when I met him, he spoke passionately about his commitment to the human spirit, and our evolution both personally and as communities. Marco spoke of what [...]

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01 Jul 2010 No Comments

Studying Abroad

  As I was approaching my second (and last) year of apprenticing with my mentor, I asked him what he thought about me picking up and heading to Asia to study Chinese medicine at the source. He loved this idea, especially when I picked Chengdu University in China, where his mentor trained. In the end, [...]

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