Qiological Podcast

Treating With Moxa • Felip Caudet

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this “part two” conversation with Felip Caudet we get into the nuts and bolts of how he uses moxa, and how to find and treat “moxa points.”...

172 Sunset of a Practice • Charlie Braverman

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our medicine teaches us that all things move through cycles of generation, flourishing, decline and disappearance. It’s the way qi moves through thi...

171 Inner Development of the Practitioner • Peter Mole

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Good cookware requires seasoning. A hearty stew takes heat and time. Good wine needs a few years; whiskey, that requires a decade or more. And to deve...

170 Researching Attitudes Toward TCM • Brenda Le

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Research when done well is an inquiry that can shift the foundation of your cognitive model. And that’s exactly what it is for. In this convers...

169 Path of Moxibustion • Felip Caudet

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My initial introduction to moxibustion was the classic Chinese mugwort cigar. I hated it. But only because my lungs are the weak link in my chain of b...

Encore Episode, Stress is Not Manageable • Heidi Lovie

11 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stress management is something we started to hear about in the 1980’s. But compare the “stress” of the 80’s with the 2000’s and we are talki...

168 Balancing the Koshi • Jeffrey Dann

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The medicines and martial arts of Asia have long considered the lower belly and back to be of significant importance in health, wellbeing and as a kin...

167 The Challenge of Ethics in a Healing Relationship • Laura Christensen

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ethics is never a simple black and white calculation, but rather the inquiry into proper relationship in a world filled with variability. It’s about...

166 The Spirit of Medicine • Elisabeth Rochat

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There is a kind of poetry to Chinese characters. They gives hints and clues about the names we give to the world. They tell a story. In this conv...

165 Treating Cancer with Acupuncture • Yair Maimon

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jing, Qi and Shen— the three treasures. Like so many of these pithy quotes about Chinese medicine there is a lot here if you have taken the time to ...

164 The Resonant Hum of Yin and Yang • Sabine Wilms

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese is not that easy, and the 文言文 (wen yan wen) the classical Chinese, that stuff is a whole other order of magnitude in challenge to the mo...

Encore Episode, The Problem With the Medical Model • Alice Whieldon

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The medical model is useful for certain conditions and problems. It also lends itself to a factory sort of medicine that allows a large number of peop...

163 The Path of Journey • Daniel Schulman

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We venerate the masters, hold them up as shining examples of what we would like to be one some day, but let’s be honest here— most of us will neve...

Spirals, stems and branches • Deborah Woolf • Qi162

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Stems and Branches are old Chinese science. Our medicine touches on it, but most of us rely on the more modern perspectives for our clincal work. The ...

161 Vitality, Attention, & Sensing • Chip Chase

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are many ways to attend to our patients in clinic. We can work through mental models that we’ve acquired from our schooling, study, and clinic...

160 Five Movements and Six Qi • Sharon Weizenbaum

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We often consider the Five Phases when doing acupuncture, and the Six Conformations when treating our patients with herbal medicine.In this conversati...

Encore Episode, Tea Time Talk with Sabine Wilms

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is the audio from a Teal Time talk with Sabine Wilms. Sabine holds these conversations with practitioners who have a taste for the classic and sc...

159 Voices of Our Medical Ancestors • Leo Lok

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We give a great amount of respect to the Classics in Chinese medicine, but understanding these foundational texts of our medicine can be challenge, ev...

158 Listening, Non-doing and Appreciative Attention • Alice Whieldon

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Medicine is a curious business. The “agreement” is that the patient has a problem and we as practitioners are going to fix it. It’s not an unrea...

Practicing Acupuncture in Rural America • Barbara Bittinger • Qi157

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing new about city and rural life being very different. But what about when it comes to having an acupuncture practice? What’s it like to practi...

156 Magic and Emergence- Treating Teenagers • Rebecca Avern

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Can you remember in those first couple of years of puberty when your senses began to quicken and a new world began to open up and you started to quest...

Unceasing Inquiry • Richard Hammerschlag

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to think of researchers as stotic characters in laboratory coats who rely on their frontal cortex and religiously follow the flowchart of ...

155 Following Balance and Flow • Jake Fratkin

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It is surprising where life can take us. We follow a hunch or a nudge and somehow gain some momentum that in time generates wind for our sails.Not man...

154 Medicine From the Heart- The Practice of Saam Acupuncture • Toby Daly

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese medicine is not one medicine; it’s a kaleidoscopic plurality. There is no one true acupuncture; we have a rich ecosystem of perspectives and...

153 Untangling Emotion • Lillian Bridges

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We often think of emotion as one thing. That we are sad, or angry, or frustrated, or joyous. But often it’s more complicated than that. Many times t...

152 Tracing the Wind Part II, Implementing a Research Study for Covid19- Practical Application

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese say 活到老學到老 hou dao lao, xue dao lao, which can be translated as “continue learning for as long as you live.” It’s good a...

151 Chinese Medicine & Covid19- The Perspective From China • Thomas Avery Garran & Shelley Ochs

13 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese and people of East Asia deal with epidemic disease on a regular basis. And every time a new bug comes to town, they learn a little more.Wh...

Tung Style Acupuncture • Susan Johnson • Qi150

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are many ways to do acupuncture. Each method gives you a glimpse into the workings of the body, each one gives you a different map of the terrai...

Encore Episode, The Privlege and Burden of Practice • Rebecca Avern

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spending time in the clinic seasons us. It exposes us to success, failure and unending questions about healing, wellbeing and connection that over tim...

149 What's Going on Here? A Researcher Explores Acupuncture • Richard Hammerschlag

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The prolific science fiction write Issac Asimov wrote “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “...

148 World Grief-Transforming Trauma Through the Five Phases • Alaine Duncan

30 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The airways are full of bad news, fear and conjecture it’s a hit parade of one scary thing after another. This alone would be hard our spirits if yo...

147 Self Publishing for Acupuncturists

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

These days pretty much anyone can have their own media outlet. The gatekeepers who used to control access to the airwaves and printing presses are pre...

146 Acupuncture and Neurology • Michael Corradino

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have many different ways to view the body with Chinese medicine and each of these lenses gives us a different perspective on both physiology and fu...

145 Tracing the Wind- Designing and Implementing a Study on the Treatment of Symptoms from Possible Covid19 with Chinese Herbal Medicine • Lisa Taylor-Swanson & Lisa Conboy

17 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The scientific method is useful. It helps us to better understand the world by screening out our biases, beliefs and wishful thinking. The process of ...

144 Dao of Communication • Margot Rossi & Nick Pole

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve noticed in the treatment room, that moment when something “lands” for the patient, and there's a palpable internal shift. You’ve notice...

Encore Episode, Practice, Attitude and Success • Lamya Kamel

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Getting a practice started is hard. Part of the process is recognizing the strengths and skills we already have, and the other part is being open to a...

143 Put Your Best Voice Forward- Tech for Telemedicine • Michael Max

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Listening is not a skill that I expected to develop. I thought I’d get good with palpation or pulse reading. After all, the masters are said to get ...

142 The NCCAOM Looks at Challenges & Opportunities for Acupuncturists • Mina Larson & Afua Bromley

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us are head’s down in our clinical work and focused on taking care of patients and running a business. It’s easy to forget that 40 years a...

141 Social Connection & Knowing Our Essence • Panel Discussion

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are being invited, both by our conditions and circumstances and by people in our profession to “get online and do tele-medicine.” However much ...

140 Copywriting for a Googlicious Website • Iselin Svalastog

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe you were one of those people who learned in English class that you weren’t very good at the standardized form of writing they were trying to t...

139 Treating Hashimoto's with Chinese Medicine • Heidi Lovie

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

You’ve probably seen patients who are on thyroid medication and the numbers are “fine” according the their conventional doctor, but they just do...

138 The Essence of Our Work: An Exploration on Knowing What You Have to Offer Online • MB Huwe

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With Covid-19 knocking the bottom out of our practices, there is a call from experts in the field to “get online.” Which isn’t bad advice as it ...

137 Listening • Michael Max

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Listening is not a skill that I expected to develop. I thought I’d get good with palpation or pulse reading. After all, the masters are said to get ...

Encore Episode, Immunity and Resiliency • Chris Powell, Laura McGraw, Toby Daly

11 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese medicine does not have an immune system in the same way that we think about it with modern bio-medicine. It’s not that there is a lack proce...

136 Abundance, Perspective and Practice • Lamya Kamel

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The opinions we have about “doing business” can dramatically affect the kind of practice we have, the opportunities we recognize or are blind to, ...

135 Trusting the Fundamentals-Using Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Epidemic Disease • Heiner Fruehauf

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For those of us in North America the world changed about three weeks ago as the Covid-19 began to make itself known. And as Chinese medicine practitio...

134 Curiosity in the Time of Corona • Greg Bantick

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the difficulties faced by many of us in this time of pandemic are the disorientation, anxiety and fear that arise from uncertainty. But if you...

133 Researching the Essence of Mugwort • Alice Douglas

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Moxibustion is one of the more interesting methods in toolbox. Stunning in its simplicity and often brings deep relief for those who are a good fit fo...

132 Acupuncture in the Borderlands • Ryan Bemis

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ours is a portable medicine. In the 1960’s the barefoot doctors in China took Chinese medicine into the countryside. Over the years acupuncturists’...

131 Weird Science, Bioelectricity, Consciousness and Biology • John Hubacher

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We often think of the bioelectricity of the nervous system as a signaling system for the body to communicate with itself, but it might serve an even g...

130 Considering Covid-19, Methods and Safety • Craig Mitchell

08 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The coronavirus has not only found its way into our bloodstream and mucus membranes, it’s worked its way into our social fabric, economic relations ...

Encore Episode, Tidal Flows and Channel Resonance • Brenda Hood

07 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The 子午 zi wu, “Chinese Clock” that helps us to learn the flow of qi through the channels can give us a glimpse into many underlying dynamics o...

129 Currents, Culture and Conversation Through Time • Volker Scheid

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us like to think we are connected with doctors throughout time, that we practice the same medicine in a continuous flow from the days of Huang...

128 Saam Acupuncture, the Scholar Tradition • Andreas Bruch

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Saam tradition traces its roots back four hundred years to a monk who as part of his meditative practice received some insight into medicine that ...

127 Tracking the Void, Non-Linear Methods of Research • Lisa Taylor-Swanson

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Humans have an innate drive to make sense of the world. To understand how things work and see if we can reliability influence the outcome on something...

126 Treating the Corona Virus With Chinese Medicine • Jin Zhao

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The corona virus that emerged in Wu Han earlier in this year has disrupted travel and business and has been a deep cause of concern as doctors through...

125 The Mirror of the Interior- Chinese Medicine Dermatology • Olivia Hsu Friedman

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to think of our skin as the outside wrapper, but really its a mirror of the internal environment. And while topical treatment of skin has ...

124 Attending to the Field of Healing • Esther Platner

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There is something about connection that goes beyond words. There is a way of engaging with those who seek our help that goes beyond the ten questions...

Encore Episode • Discovering What It Means to be a Doctor • Poney Chiang

02 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In our last conversation with Poney, we talked about the neurological view of acupuncture points. In this Part Two conversation we’re exploring what...

123 Creativity Presence and Attention • Michael McMahon

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The practice of medicine is not completely about what we do, it’s also informed by how we are. How our  presence, perception and allowing ourse...

Using Saam in the Community Clinic • Toby Daly • Bonus Episode

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is the audio of a webinar conversation on the use of Saam acupuncture in the community clinic setting. We get into particular benefits of th...

122 CBD, Neurology and the Inspiration That Comes From Unexpected Challenges • Chloe Weber

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The changes that come from an unexpected direction tend to be the ones that transform our lives the most. Chloe Weber did not plan on becoming an expe...

Encore Episode, Coherence and Resonance • Edward Neal

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How does acupuncture work? We hear this question all the time. From our patients, from someone we just met at a neighborhood BBQ, from out parent...

121 A Neurological View of Acupuncture Points • Poney Chiang

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Just how do you locate an acupuncture point? Are you looking for bony protrusions, a palpable change on the skin, or a rule based measurement from a b...

120 The Archetypes of Confucius and Carl Jung • Pia Giammasi

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Archetypes are deep influences that all humans share. They give us a glimpse into the complicated landscape of our psyche. They can live in the light ...

119 The Power of Connection- Business as an Aspect of Community • Brigitte Linder

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An often overlooked aspect of running our own business is that it gives us a potent way of connecting with others and serving a community. Sure there ...

Encore Episode, Practical Cosmology • Deborah Woolf

25 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the study of acupuncture we learn about the Five Phases, the Six Conformations, all kinds of relationships involving three, and the pattern differe...

118 Daoism in the Modern World • Josh Paynter

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Daoism and Daoist thought is something that many acupuncturists have been exposed to. It might have been part of what launched our interest in studyin...

117 Getting Your Finances Right: What the Entrepreneurial Acupuncturist Needs to Know • Bev Hacker

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Money, for many, is the pebble in our shoe that irrates enough to annoy, but not enough for us to make a fundemental change. And if our accounting sys...

116 Qi Anatomy • Brenda Hood

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The way we make sense of structure helps us to understand function. Drawing lines and divisions helps us to understand parts. But a keen understanding...

Encore Episode, Stalking the Wild Caterpillar Fungus • Jeff Chilton

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cordyceps is one of the precious medicinals of the Chinese medicine pharmacopeia. It’s a wild grown substance that has only recently begun to give u...

115 Beyond The Visible - Electromagnetic Radiation and Health • Brandon LeGreca

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese medicine reminds us that we are one part of a complex, interdependent and ever evolving ecosystem. That we both influence and are influenced b...

114 Wisdom Guild- Listening to Our Practice

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What gets us started is not what sustains us over the long haul. The energy of beginning is essential at the start of any new endeavor. But what got u...

113 Ripples in the Flow: Pulses, Nanjing and the Questioning Mind • Z'ev Rosenberg

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The classics are helpful not just because they contain pointers to how medicine works. They are helpful because of the discussions they have generated...

112 Acupuncture in the Integrative Hospice • Robyn Curtis

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us spend our days treating illness and working to bring out patients into a great state of health and wellbeing. But there are moments toward ...

111 Short Conversations from the Pacific Symposium

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a series of short conversations with some of the attendees of the Pacific Symposium.Listen in to the wide variety of perspective and practice ...

110 A Qing Dynasty Perspective on Channels and Points • Michael Brown

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Access to acupuncture point location and function has not always been a matter of a few clicks on your mobile phone. This kind of information has not ...

109 Spirals, Stems and Branches: The Structure of Unfoldment in Time and Space • Deborah Woolf

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Stems and Branches are old Chinese science. Our medicine touches on it, but most of us rely on the more modern perspectives for our clincal work. The ...

108 Outside the Box and Inside the Heart Medicine • Amy Mager

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The medicine we practice doesn’t just help us to help others. It can help us to live more deeply into our own lives. The challenges, adversity and d...

107 Treating Psoriasis with Chinese Herbal Medicine • Sabine Schmitz

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With Chinese medicine we know that issues of the skin are more than skin deep. That imbalances in the internal environment can manifest on the exterio...

106 Rhythm and Motion: The Magic of Bamboo Moxa • Oran Kivity

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The characters for acupuncture in Chinese, 針灸zhen jiu, literally translate as needle and moxa.You surely were introduced to the cigar-like pole mo...

105 Posture, Structure, Function and Knife Needles • Brian Bowen

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Musculoskeletal issues are the bread and butter of many acupuncture practices. Many people only think of acupuncture when they think about the treatme...

104 Considering Our Roots: The Overlooked Basics of Chinese Medicine • Rhonda Chang

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We pride ourselves on being connected to an ancient medicine, to a way of thinking, working and treating that ties us back to the luminaries of our fi...

103 Beyond a Rational Framework • Mary Elizabeth Wakefield & MichelAngelo

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Resonance, 感應 gan ying, is an aspect of Chinese philosophy that runs through many aspects of our medicine.We see resonance as we look through the ...

102 Getting Your Tech Together • Stacey Chapman

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all know that Tech is part of a modern practice. And regardless of whether we love it, or hate it, it plays a central role in our day to day operat...

101 Aligning Purpose, Resources and Spirit • Matt Ludmer

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We can approach the business and financial aspects of our practices a distasteful task that we’d prefer to delegate to someone else. Or we can take ...

100 Anniversary Show: Art, Postcards, Persistence and Practice • Diana Moll

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last year for the first anniversary of Qiological I invited a listener of the podcast to join me for a conversation, this year I did the same. Part of...

099 Pain, Neurobiology, 099 Beauty and Big Cats: A Surprising Conversation on Veterinary Acupuncture • Bonnie Wright

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I started this episode thinking we would be talking about lions, tigers and bears. But we ended up with glial cells, learning and neuroplasticity. Jus...

Encore Episode, Slow Medicine: How Chinese Medicine Became Associated With the Treatment of Chronic Illness • Eric Karchmer

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When I lived in China I’d often hear people there say “use western medicine for quick results, but use Chinese medicine for chronic conditions.”...

098 Medicine, Not-knowing and The Curious Ways Healing Arising • Lonny Jarrett

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Medicine is an unending study. A process of learning, sifting what helps from what doesn’t, and recognizing that we often are students of the unknow...

097 Considering the Soil: An Agrarian Perspective on Chinese Herb Cultivation • Jean Giblette

06 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There is more to growing herbs than understanding plants. There are the considerations of soil, economic environment, weather patterns, cultural and m...

Encore Episode • Moving Through Trauma: A Path of Healing and Resiliency • Alaine Duncan

04 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Trauma has both a physiological and emotional impact on us. It can set up a kind of dysregulation that while in the midst of trauma can be adaptive, a...

096 Magic of Mushrooms- The Modern Use of Mycilial Medicinals • Robert Hoffman

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mushrooms are a curiosity. Neither plant, nor animal, they are stuff of fairy tales and dreams. They hint at something dangerous. They could be delici...

095 The Blindness of Experts • Kevin Ergil

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We rely on the skills of experts. The car mechanic, plumber, web designer, business coach. We want to trust the people that are in the position where ...

Encore Episode, Channeling the Moon • Sabine Wilms

20 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chinese medicine has a long, long history of puzzling through and treating women’s health issues. In this conversation we touch on clinical consider...

094 Business Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Perspective • John McGarvey

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Business is one of those aspects of practice that many new practitioners approach with a not small amount of fear and loathing. Business is often view...

093 Treating trauma through the five phases • Alaine Duncan

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The experience of trauma is as much a part of life as is falling in love, having family disagreements, and wondering how we fit in this life. And whil...

092 The Power of Story • Jason Robertson

02 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What we tell ourselves might be more powerful than our actual experiences. Not only that, our thoughts shape our bodies. Practitioners of East Asian m...

091 Hands on Medicine • Josh Margolis

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When I was a kid it was easy to smell a snow storm coming, or to be able to feel how the wind shifted and the light in the sky meant that you’d bett...

090 Reflections on Practice • Charlie Buck

18 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When you come right down to it… the practice of Chinese medicine is a kind of applied natural science.What makes for an effective natural scientist?...