Formosa Neijia

This article in the NYT lays out the connection by discussing migraines and how one man learned to deal with his.
The truth is that separating neurological from psychiatric problems is often artificial, as is the old and stubborn distinction between psyche and soma. All human states, including anger, fear, sadness, and joy are of the […]

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The following is a selection from a lecture (key graphs for this post shown below) Nigel Wiseman did on Chinese medicine in Taiwan. Many of the changes made to Chinese medicine on the mainland never happened here in Taiwan. Basically, the old ways were preserved to a large extent, making Taiwan an ideal place to […]

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The following is a really long and informative comment written by Jose de Freitas on TCM and qigong. I didn’t want it to stay in the comment section because I’ve closed those posts to any further comments, but I didn’t want to delete Jose’s contribution either. It took him a lot of effort to write […]

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Chinese medicine scholar Nigel Wiseman has weighed in on the meaning of qi here (PDF). His take on this is important because he is one of the leading experts in his field calling for a standardization of terms in Chinese medicine. He clarifies the issue in a way that also makes the issue of how […]

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A while back, I over did my lower back training, which led to a knee problem. Pinched nerve again. So I called up my massage doctor friend again to come fix me.
He showed up and went to work on my lower back, legs, and feet. He used extra strength Ben-Gay over my kidneys to facilitate […]

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Casey/onyomi and I are having an important discussion in the comment section of the post about qigong standards. It’s so important that I don’t want to keep it in the comment section, but write a new post to address the issue. He brings up some great points that I’d like to discuss.
Here’s his comment:
The reason […]

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I was sort of waiting for this thread on EF to come to it’s natural conclusion and I think that onyomi’s post, archived below, is it.
I feel onyomi’s pain on this one, but trying to reform the qigong field, or even making a dent in it, will be impossible. Qigong is difficult to understand and […]

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This was a great post by Bob over at EF. TCM/qigong books in English are notorious for being poorly researched and poorly written. This includes all of the well-known authors that people usually rely on. It’s just a minefield really.
The underlined and bolded parts of this quote are quite interetsing. Unschuld is a man who […]

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It dawned on me today just how much the seasons affect my training. When fall approaches, my body naturally wants to conserve a bit of energy by cutting back on lots of sweat-inducing practice in favor of standing, meditation, qigong, etc. This naturally follows the cycles of nature.

Qigong/TCM theory stipulates that we are part […]

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This completes my little trilogy of posts on my encounters with TCM and healing modalities of this sort. This is the first and second post.
Years ago at university, I studied choy lay fut (CLF) pretty intensely and my teacher chose me to help him do a demo at the University of Florida. Every year, the MA clubs […]

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