The back of Richard Goodman’s book says it best “Why not go deeper?” I ran into Rick back in 2005. He was just arriving in Taiwan, I was on my way back to the USA; he rented the penthouse studio that overlooked Eternal Harmony City and the Xin Dian river that I’d been living in…
Category Archives: Translation
What Chinese doctors need to know
Every now and then I like to pull something off my Chinese shelf and give it a read. Sometimes I just open to a page and start reading, sometimes I browse the table of contents for some inspiration on a challenging clinical case. Today, it was the former motivation and as I was feeling a…
Ten Key- Herb Index
Eastland Press just released an herb index to The 10 Key Formula Families in Chinese Medicine as a PDF. For those of you that would like a copy you can either go to Eastland’s site and get a copy, or simply click HERE to download a copy. I am considering adding a discussion forum to…
10 Key Formula Families
It has been a long journey and I am delighted to share the news that The 10 Key Formula Families in Chinese Medicine is now available. You will be able to find it at the usual outlets, and of course from Eastland Press. To help celebrate the occasion Eastland Press is offering a discount on…
Extraordinary Views of the Abdomen-
Major Bupleurum Decoction (da chai hu tang)
. That little side trip to Taiwan ate up all my attention there for a while. As promised, here are a few pages from the Extraordinary Views of the Abdomen. Not only that, but there is a bit of discussion from a doctor friend in Beijing that I hope you will find interesting. As ever,…
Dr. Chang’s Formula Families
One of the great things about hanging out with experienced doctors, especially guys like Chang Bu-Tao, is that you get to see how a tuned and savvy doc works. Doc Chang’s ample waiting room empties and refills like a Zen bamboo water pipe; seeing 200 patients in a day is not uncommon. He is one…
Paired Herbs
One of the really interesting things about use of the “jing fang” is that the change of a single herb, or even the amount of an herb used, can have a significant impact on the function of the formula. A friend of mine who has shelves full of books concerning the Shang Han Lun once…
Introduction to the 10 Key Formula Families
We should see The 10 Key Formula Families out in print sometime in March. I am hoping you will find it as interesting to read, as I found it to translate. More importantly, I trust it will give you another lens to focus clinical reality. Dr. Huang’s emphasis on constitutional types and herb presentations is…