Dec 27 2009
Discovery
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!”, but “That’s funny…”
~Isaac Asimov
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We have these kinds of opportunities all the time in our clinical work. The pulse that does not feel quite like any pulse we have felt before. The odd reaction a patient has to a formula. The strange way that an acupuncture point that seems unrelated to a person’s problem, when palpated suddenly unfreezes a stuck joint.
Moments of discovery, more often than not first manifest as a head scratching annoyance. If we are quick enough and can turn it to curiosity, we have the opportunity to learn something new.
One response so far
beautifully stated.
and this is where we can make our contribution to the ages old dialogue of Chinese medicine . .