ELEMENTAL CHANGES Oriental Medical Arts

07/19/2025

☯ It is the thinking of what we want that has gotten out of control. Thinking only leads to more thinking and more questions. The state of being awake is the end of suffering. In stillness, inner energies awaken and work without effort; Qi following consciousness.

By being still, one begins to hear the wisdom of the plants and animals, quiet whispers in dreams, and one learns the subtle mechanisms by which those dreams come into material form.

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07/02/2025

On Movement • The Tao of nurturing life indicates that one keeps themself as fluid and flexible as possible. One should not stay still for too long, nor should one exhaust resources by trying to perform impossible tasks. One should learn how to exercise from the cues of nature; by observing that flowing water never stagnates, and by the way in which a busy door with active hinges does not readily rot or rust. Why? Because they are moving, perpetually, integrally.

-Sun Simiao, 7th century CE
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06/25/2025

Summertime Well-Wishes to All
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05/31/2025

What Lies Beyond Menopause
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05/24/2025

Chinese strategists think like players of ‘Wei Qi’ or ‘Go’, which means that, in the long term, they wish to prevent encirclement. Westerners are chess-players, tacticians aiming to get rid of their opponent in a series of head-on clashes. Chess produces single-mindedness; Wei Qi generates strategic flexibility. -Henry Kissinger

This dynamic encompasses the trajectory of the medicine of each respective mindset. Ultimately, there is no separation in intent, functional application, and outcome.

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05/07/2025

Gems from a classical Chinese pulse Master, Dr. Zeng Rongxiu, interpreted by Heiner Fruehauf.

Dr. Zeng was the last living disciple of the great Shanghan pulse master, Dr. Tian Heming. During his long career as an internal medicine doctor in Chengdu, he synthesized a highly effective system of constitutional approaches to chronic illness. Some of his students included Heiner Fruehauf, Arnaud Versluys, Liu Lihong, Ed Neal, Bob Quinn, and Bill Frazier.

In Memoriam Dr. Zeng Rongxiu
1927-2012 https://youtu.be/6PkBPCXdYqs?si=0SdkDkWuG31jLiXF

04/29/2025

Heaven has the three treasures:
The Sun, Moon, and Stars

Earth possesses the three treasures: Water, Fire, and Soil

Human being is enlightened by the three treasures: Jing, Qi, and Shen

Wise application of these treasures liberates to eternity

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04/17/2025

Liver Qi can become tangled and uproarious with wind and the exuberance abounding in springtime. To roam in gardens and forests, leisurely sitting and absorbing tranquil sights, sounds, and fragrances brings about suppleness and harmoniousness of Liver Qi.

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04/15/2025

04/12/2025

✍️Wendy Brown, Lic. Ac. Do not burden yourself with depressing thoughts, do not get anxious about future events that may never happen, and do not dwell on things that are well in the past. All of these emotions dissipate the brightness of Shen (Heart Spirit). If we over-extend our Heart we will ...

03/17/2025

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03/06/2025

COLON CANCER & Huáng Qín Tāng 黃芩湯
Scutellaria Decoction has been known for nearly two thousand years to effectively clear heat entering the interior. The combination promotes harmonizing of middle QI; soothing abdominal pain, alleviating dysenteric diarrhea, quelling fever and a bitter taste in the mouth.

Huang Qin黃苓
Da Zao大棗
Bai Shao白芍
Zhi Gan Cao炙甘草

Yale University researchers have observed the multiple benefits of these herbs, isolating & testing active ingredients, gaining control over the constancy of variabilities, and wrapping their scientific collective head around four Chinese herbs and their efficacy in the treatment of side-effects of colon cancer. Scutellaria decoction, renamed PHY-906, has been determined to reduce toxicity and damage of chemotherapy by multiple mechanisms, including inhibiting inflammation and promoting the creation of new intestinal cells, something which apparently cannot be accomplished by current drug methods.

*This is NOT a recommendation or official statement on curing anyone of anything. Always evaluate Your health requirements with a qualified professional & Practitioners, do not treat patients beyond Your scope of understanding.

Huáng Qín Tāng Herbs from My Cabinet.
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