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How To Stay Healthy In Summer

Chinese Medicine Concepts of Food, Energy & Seasonal Living Summer is a yang season, a time for expansion, with the energy moving up and out with a lively brightness. Warm…

Alex TanJune 2, 2018

Articles Chinese Medicine Series Cultural General

The Purpose and Meaning of Fever

I wanted to share some ideas on the mind-body-spirit connection and, more specifically, how biological function has soul-spiritual links. I remember when we were living in China and one of…

Alex TanMarch 16, 2018

Dietary Seasonal

How To Stay Healthy In Spring

Chinese Medicine Concepts of Food, Energy & Seasonal Living Spring is the time for get up and do. It is the season of activity. A time of stirring after the…

Alex TanFebruary 25, 2018

Cultural General Seasonal

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today is 2018 Chinese New Year's day, the first day of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar in the year 4715. The zodiac year of the Yang Earth Dog, often referred to as the Mountain…

Alex TanFebruary 16, 2018

Articles Cultural Daoism

Chapter 36 – 道德经 Dào Dé jīng

道德经 Dào Dé jīng History The Warring States Period (403-221BCE) in which the Dao De Jing was born is fairly named. As time passed, internecine warfare raged with escalating ferocity among…

Alex TanJanuary 16, 2018

Articles Chinese Medicine Series Cultural Daoism General

Human Beings: A Reflection of the Living Cosmos

We usually think of our bodies as complete in themselves, separate from the air we breathe and the ground we walk on. It is true that the body is a…

Alex TanDecember 16, 2017

Alex The Acupuncturist Articles Cultural Daoism General

How Long Can a Human Being Live?

Question: How Long Can a Human Being Live? What does Chinese Medicine say about living longer? Answer: There is no objective answer to this question and I emphasize here that…

Alex TanOctober 19, 2017

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Useful and Useless

Zhuang Zi As many of you know, I love the stories from Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu). He was a sage that stood apart from others in Chinese history. He was…

Alex TanJuly 23, 2017

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