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A Balanced Way; Daoist Tips for 21st Century Living: The Trick Is To Keep Swimming

by Vicki McKenna

In the face of the current credit crunch and contraction in the economy, the author, through the example/analogy of swimming, shares her thoughts on the Daoist way of meeting thi...

A Balanced Way: Daoist Tips for 21st Century Living: Simplify, Simplify

by Vicki McKenna

In this column, the author looks at how we can live simply in today’s complex world and the attitudes we can alter within us to achieve this. 

A Balanced Way: Daoist Tips for the 21st Century: Training the Emotions

by Vicki McKenna

Daoist philosophy tells us that there are two aspects within the psyche - the mind of emotion or Fire Mind which resides in the Heart and the mind of intent or Water Mind which resi...

All the Time in the World

by Vicki McKenna

A balanced way of living; Daoist tips for 21st century living. The author gives an example of a shift from a sense of leisure, of time spreading out before her, to suddenly, as a r...

An Ancient Remedy for Children with Nephrotic Syndrome

by Yao Jie Blair

This article looks at Nephrotic syndrome, which occurs when the kidneys leak a large amount of protein into the urine, resulting in a lower level of protein in the blood. Protein...

Balancing Your Internal Climate

by Liz Koch

This article, co-authored with Martin Grasby LAc, focuses on finding our internal balance which, the authors say, should not be confused with ridding oneself of unwanted emotions. ...

Chinese Culinary Herbs

by Susanna Dowie

In the west, our choice of foods is frequently driven by taste alone. However, a look at Chinese dietary principles can lead us back to a clearer focus of how we can use foods to b...

Chinese Face Reading for Health

by Maura Bright

The ancient art of face reading has been used since the time of Confucius by Chinese doctors as an aid to diagnosis and a way of helping their patients. Close observation of the fa...

Chinese Healthcare

by Maria Mercati

This column touches on the current state of Chinese healthcare…Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), such as Herbal Medicine and Diet, Qi gong and Tai Chi, including Acupuncture and ...

Chinese Herbal Medicine in the West

by Stefan Chmelik

Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) is a relative newcomer in the West compared to acupuncture, which has had a significant profile since Nixon's trip to China in the seventies.

Chinese Herbal Remedies for Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, and Psychosis

by Joel Harvey Schreck

The author believes that TCM can not just help alleviate mental health problems, but actually cure them.  In any case, they can be used as an adjunct to other treatments, and are ‘...

Chinese Medicine - An Art of Balance

by Jamie (Qianzhi) Wu LAc MD (China)

Chinese medicine is about the balance, including the balance of Yin and Yang inside human body, the balance of energy and substances, and the balance of internal and external enviro...

Chinese Nutrition - The Energetics Of Food

by Neil Kingham

Our western view of food and nutrition seems to focus upon chemical constituents and calories. However, according to the principles of Chinese medicine all foods can be categorized...

Choosing Your Own Direction

by Vicki McKenna

When I was in my mid-twenties, in the nineteen seventies, like many others I followed a guru and was a member of a cult. My teacher gave me a sense of direction and brought a sense ...

Daoist Diary - Late Summer

by Vicki McKenna

In her Daoist Diary for late summer, Vicki McKenna looks at how we face change in our lives. At these times we often feel vulnerable and deeply uneasy. We create strategies to allo...

Daoist Diary: Autumn

by Vicki McKenna

To followers of the Dao the seasons can be powerful teachers and through them we learn to flow better with the circumstances of our lives. This is a time of letting go, of withdraw...

Daoist Diary: Spring

by Vicki McKenna

Outer seasonal changes seem to affect us on an inner level. In Spring, this manifests as a surge of energy and enthusiasm for new projects. This is a very appropriate response, acc...

Daoist Diary: Summer

by Vicki McKenna

Vicki McKenna continues her Daoist diary from Issue 87 (April '03). According to the Daoist view, summer is the season of the fire element. The changing of seasons gives us the opp...

Daoist Diary: Winter

by Vicki McKenna

Regular Contributor Vicki McKenna presents the winter entry to her Daoist Diary. She looks at the importance of creating a restful time for ourselves in winter to build healthy imm...

Daoist Tips for 21st Century Living

by Vicki McKenna

This column looks at the Daoist way of life, which is one of balance – somewhere between strain and over-indulgence. A life where we can be ourselves, in harmony with nature… basic...