Author: drross

Uncategorized

Living in Accord with Nature

One of the paramount lessons that Chinese medicine teaches is the importance of living in harmony with the cycles of nature. When one resists our ignores these cycles, imbalance sets […]

Uncategorized

Cultivating Qi

In the latest issue of Buddhadharma, Zen Master Harada Roshi was asked about the concept of Qi (ki in Japanese). He states that one can cultivate Qi doing yoga, qigong […]

Uncategorized

Splenda far from Splendid

The amount of food products containing Splenda and other sugar substitutes like aspartame and the sugar alcohols is increasing exponentially. Being marketed as a “healthy” alternative to refined sugars is, […]

Uncategorized

Medicine Buddha

The mantra of the Medicine Buddha: TADHYATA ; OM BHEKANDZE BHEKANDZE MAHA BHEKANDZE RAJA SAMUDGATE SOHA ! According to Buddhism (and Chinese medicine), the causes of diseases are primarily rooted […]

Uncategorized

Paradigm

A medicine cannot be truly effective without a successful paradigm. By that I mean, how can a system of medicine diagnose, treat, and heal an illness that it cannot even […]