Dialogues on Applied Channel Theory

Episode 69: Understanding Qi Stagnation

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Dialogues on Applied Channel Theory, Jon and Nyssa unpack a couple case studies that demonstrate the variety of ways qi stagnation ca

Episode 68: Modern Applications of Medical Ethics

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson discuss three sources of medical ethics and reflect on how they can inform the modern clinic. Drawing

Episode 67: Integrating Tongue Diagnosis with Channel Examination

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jonathan and Yefim discuss the integration of tongue diagnosis with channel examination. What to do in cases when the presentation of t

Episode 66: Trusting the Objectivity of the Channels

Send us Fan Mail Recently Jonathan Chang and Nyssa Tang had the opportunity to treat the same patient on opposite sides of the globe and in this episode, they discuss th

Episode 65: Reconciling Zang Fu Diagnosis with Applied Channel Theory

Send us Fan Mail Acupuncturists first encountering Applied Channel Theory are sometimes confused about apparent differences between Dr. Wang's diagnostic approach a

Episode 64: Thinking about Collaterals; PC-6 with SP-4 vs. LR-5

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jason Robertson attempts to get into Yefim Gamgoneisvili's head.  In the practice of East Asian Medicine, fine differentiation of h

Episode 63: Two Cases of Irregular Menses

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jonathan and Nyssa talk about two recent gynaecological cases. The cases are different according to the general pathology, channel chang

Episode 62: Modern Research on the Nature of Channels -- Interview with Professor Zhang Wei-bo

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jonathan talks to Professor Zhang Wei-bo (张维波) about his research on the channels, which he calls the "Interstice-Interstitial Fluid" S

Episode 61: Lessons From Two Shao Yang Headaches

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson each discuss a recent case of temporal (Shaoyang) headache from their clinics.  Despite the similar

Episode 60: Reflections on Apprenticeship Part 2

Send us Fan Mail The opportunity to have apprenticed with Dr. Wang Ju Yi is an enormous privilege that comes with the responsibility to continue sharing his work on clas

Episode 60: Reflections on Apprenticeship Part 1

Send us Fan Mail The opportunity to have apprenticed with Dr. Wang Ju Yi is an enormous privilege that comes with the responsibility to continue sharing his work on clas

Episode 59- Spleen 21 and the Great Collateral of the Spleen (脾大絡)

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson discuss the curious dilemma of SP-21 and its association with the 'great collateral of the splee

Episode 58: Cases from Guatemala — Arthritis and Dizziness

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Yefim talks to Jonathan about his recent trip to rural Guatemala. He discusses two cases that he saw while there. The first patient had

Episode 57: Insights into the Early History of Acupuncture

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jonathan talks to Dr. Shelley Ochs about recent texts and artifacts excavated from the Han Dynasty tomb in Lao Guan Shan (老官山汉墓), Sichu

Episode 56: Regulating the pivots

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jonathan Chang and Nyssa Tang discuss some recent Shao Yin/Shao Yang cases where the channel changes made them rethink the pathophysiol

Episode 55: Treatment of Post-Stroke Shoulder and Hand Syndrome

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan talks to Dr. Meng Xiao-nan from the Huguosi TCM Hospital about his recent clinical research on the treatment of post-stroke shoulder and hand s

Episode 54- A Tale of Two Xi/郄

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Nyssa Tang and Jason Robertson discuss two less-often remembered xi-cleft points. KI-8/交信 /jiāo xìn  is the xi cleft of yin qiao vessel.

Episode 53 Cardiology and Constraint in Rothenburg

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jason Robertson and Jonathan Chang discuss his recent trip to teach at the yearly international congress in Rothenburg Germany.  Jason

Episode 52: The Importance of the Primary Symptom (主癥 zhǔ zhèng)

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode, Yefim Gamgoneishvili and Jason Robertson discuss the centrality of placing a 'primary symptom' (主 症 zhǔ zhèng) at the heart

Episode 51: Treatment of Acute Knee Pain

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Yefim and Jonathan discuss the treatment of acute knee pain.  Yefim shares his general approach to the treatment of this type of disord