Right after the eight lights of Chanukah and the new moon comes 大雪Da xue, the time of great yin. The days have reached their shortest length, the angle of the sun long, leaving shadows and reflected, soft light. The sky is crystal clear, long distances in view, a silence in the cold, crisp nights, low humidity. [...]
8/31/15 This journal entry is being written a few days past full moon, and eight days past 處暑chu shu/limit of summerheat. It is eight days to 白露bai lu/white dew. The days are noticably shortening. After a bristling, humid heat wave, a cooler, more breezy weather pattern has dissipated the excessive sweating, fatigue, skin rashes and [...]
Medical journal 7/12/15 on Summer Epidemic Qi by Z’ev Rosenberg, L. Ac. Update on summer epidemic qi pattern: A few weeks from my last report, this particular form of epidemic qi is still sticking around. About ten days ago, a heat wave with high humidity flowed up from Mexico on southerly winds, firing up a [...]
BLOG ENTRY: SUMMER SOLSTICE 7-21-15 Summer solstice: ䷀乾Qian/'the creative' great yang is transforming to the beginnings of yin qi from below (䷫姤Gou/'coming to meet'). Yang has reached it's peak and as yin reappears from below, the strong, uplifting force of the qi of springtime loses its strength. Yang qi is full at the surface, but [...]
Z’ev Rosenberg, L. Ac. recently teamed up with Yaron Seidman to speak at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine on the New York campus on Monday, May 11th. Over 120 practitioners and students showed up, a full house, with many questions and great interest. Z’ev lectured on “Autoimmune Disease and Classical Chinese Medicine”, and Yaron spoke [...]
By Lonny S. Jarrett & Z’ev Rosenberg Introduction For Chinese medicine (CM) in America today it is the best of times and, it is the worst of times. On the one hand, CM is increasingly accepted, and practitioners are finding opportunities to work in more venues than ever before. On the other hand, the cost [...]
By Micah Arsham Abstract Z’ev Rosenberg is one of the first generation of American practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine. With a background in macrobiotics and shiatsu, he began practicing acupuncture and herbal medicine in 1983, and has been active in the profession since. Regarded as an experienced clinician, teacher, and scholar, Z’ev was a [...]
These journal entries were written in the heart of deep winter, on the edge of a new calendar year. Click on the first image and begin reading when it pops up in the lightbox. Enjoy!
After arriving in the Albuquerque airport from San Diego, we had decided to drive directly to Jemez Springs and soak in the hot springs there. We had hoped to also dip in the Jemez River behind the springs, but there was a heavy flow of debris and mud from runoff after thunderstorms at the Concha [...]
This was posted on the TCM user group e-mail site: The problem really comes down to terminology. If practitioners of alternative medical systems or techniques want to use the language of the immune system to explain their results, they need to be able to engage in the immense complexities of immunology. Few of us can [...]
