Contents of Volume: VI, Issue: 1
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Mentoring in Chinese medicine
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by Glenys Savage
The retirement of legendary Melbourne teacher-practitioner Professor Lun Wong highlights the issue of mentoring for graduates and new practitioners. -
An axis of efficacy
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by Charles Chace and Dan Bensky
The authors analyse the first section of chapter one of the Ling Shu as the foundation for understanding approaches to needling.The discussion involves in-depth examination of the concept of "ji". -
Practical palpation
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by Michael Ellis
Diagnosis by palpation is not always easy or clear-cut, which perhaps explains its relative lack of development in the literature. This article tackles the advantages – and difficulties – of palpation and offers practical pointers on its use in zang fu diagnosis. -
Treatment protocols of constitutional facial acupuncture renewal
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by Mary Elizabeth Wakefield
A comprehensive constitutional treatment that views the face as a mirror of the overall health and well-being of the body. -
Feed a cold, starve a fever
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by Wang Shi-Xiong (1808-1867)1
Kidneys are the constitutional basis, Spleen is the postnatal basis. If one has Stomach qi one lives, without Stomach qi one dies. So this issue of Spleen and Stomach is not inconsequential. -
Barefoot in Bengal
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by Tom Connor and Natasja Sproat
In December 2007, we travelled to West Bengal, India, 400 km northwest of Calcutta, to do voluntary acupuncture work in a remote village known as Ananda Nagar, the “City of Bliss”. -
The Ba Gua pulse
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by Greg Williams
The theoretical system proposed in this paper has been developed by the author, the aim being to link the eight extraordinary vessels discussed in the Nan Jing (Book of Difficulties) chapters 27–29 with the changes of the seasons. By doing this a direct link to the five elements can b
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