The air we breath contributes to our general well-being, but we don’t often think about that in the context of nutrition. Yes, nutrition! Air is a form of nutrient in both biomedicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The exchange of gases occurs in the lungs, where oxygen (O2) is inhaled and carbon dioxide (CO2) […]
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Ancient Wisdom from the I Ching
The I Ching, or Book of Change, is a book of wisdom upon which all of Chinese philosophy and eastern medicine is based. Hexagram # 43: Kuai/Break-through (Resoluteness) We came to study acupuncture through our passion for the Chinese internal arts of qi gong, ba gua, and tai ji. This passage in the I Ching speaks […]