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History of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

There’s a new blog post on Dr. Weil’s website with a slideshow of photos from the many exhibits at the Shanghai museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The exhibits document the truly ancient and evolving nature of Chinese Medicine. The photos show the classic (and mostly obsolete) “nine needles” as well as truly brutal looking neolithic…

What is Qigong?

Qigong is a Branch of Chinese Medicine Qigong is perhaps not as well-known as some of the other modalities of Chinese Medicine in “the west”. This is a shame as it is a well-developed and powerful healing system. Qigong is pronounced “Chee Gung”. Here is my definition of Qigong: Qigong is a set of exercises…