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 [...]