Z’ev Rosenberg, L Ac. and ALEMBIC INSTITUTE is pleased to announce a new AUTUMN-WINTER 2015-16 CLASS SERIES in SAN DIEGO, CA.: DECONSTRUCTING CHINESE MEDICINE: SU WEN and LING SHU STUDIES in DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT of COMPLEX DISORDERS” Class I / Sunday, Sept. 20th, 10 AM- 6 PM Morning: Su Wen 23: Wide Promulgation of Five [...]
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 [...]
May 2015 Z’ev recently finished up a four part series at his office in San Diego, covering the core principles of the Nan Jing/Difficult Classic, from beginning to end, chapters 1 through 81. It was a wonderful class, with all participants asking important questions about their practices, patients, and practicing classical Chinese medicine in the [...]
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!
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 [...]
An article in today's NY Times discusses circadian rhythms/body clocks and seasonal rhythms that affect our health, then ties them into cosmic changes involving lunar cycles and our bodies' relationship to the solar system. It is a succinct expression of the principles expressed in the famous Su Wen chapters 69-77 on wu yun liu qi/five [...]
By Jason Blalack, LAc and Z'ev Rosenberg, LAc In Jake Paul Fratkin's Acupuncture Today article entitled "Going Beyond the Classics," it was suggested that Western practitioners of Chinese medicine are ignoring modern research only to be "married to the classic formulas." Fratkin makes the case that China has been making advancement after advancement in medicine [...]
