Category: More Chinese Medicine Education
Article on Covid-19 for local paper
This is an article I submitted to a local newspaper (The Beachhead). I thought I would post it here. Its March 17, 2020 here in Venice, California so the only thing to write about is Covid-19. I have ... Read More
Teaching Addiction and Chinese Medicine – A paper for colleagues
This is a paper I wrote that was published in the California Journal of Chinese Medicine published around 2015. Teaching Chemical Dependence in the CM School Teaching chemical dependence has become ma... Read More
What is Qi, Ki, Chi?
First of all Qi, Ki and Chi are all the same word just variations of Chinese and Japanese and ways that the West has written it in (their/our) letters. In Chinese Mandarin its more or less pronounced ... Read More
Lung and Cough Formulas
Lung and Cough formulas Lung issues and Coughs can be run from annoying to debilitating. And curing them is often elusive. Chinese medicine is big on when the cough was created how it has progressed ... Read More
The E Jiao Problem
Our E Jiao comes from Chinese farms so it is my belief that we are not contributing to the horrendous situation originating from the cosmetic industry. There are some efforts to get E Jiao banned from... Read More
Tongues and Diagnosis
From time to time people will send me a picture of their tongue and ask “what formula should I take?” (I love this job.) Tongue diagnosis is not a standalone method for making a diagnosis ... Read More
Kampo List
Eagle Herbs has an affinity for Kampo medicine, the herbal medicine of Japan. Below is a list of Kampo formulas (in pinyin alphabetical order) – all of which are recognized and covered by the Ja... Read More
Info – A little somethin’ somethin’ about sex and Chinese Medicine
This page is in response to someone (male) who asked about sperm counts. It has reference to sex so move on if you need to. There are bunch of angles to sex and Chinese medicine. The main word ... Read More
PLMD and RLS Writings
The below are various writings Al Stone from his earlier website. Note that Al used to sell products on BeyondWellBeing and we no longer sell from that website. “WHY DO MY LEGS FEEL RESTLESS AT ... Read More
Some Theory – Distinguishing Yin and Yang
Distinguishing Yin and Yang Defining Yin and Yang Yin and yang theory is an explanation for the natural phenomena of the universe. According to this theory, the whole of the universe is made up of two... Read More
Wind: One of the 5 Pathogenic Factors in Chinese Medicine
All diseases in Chinese Medicine come from an imbalance of Yin and Yang. In the case of wind, the Yin can fail to “ground” the Yang and so the Yang “floats” and moves too aggre... Read More
Info – Alternative Therapies for Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases
for those suffering from Sibo, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, stomach pains, etc… (From our friends in the government) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434213/ Complementary and Alter... Read More
Info – Acupuncture and Gastric Motility
For those with Stomach and Intestinal issues, I would suggest finding a licensed acupuncturist that you can see on a regular basis (eg: once a week for a few months). This is along article about studi... Read More
No Sleep or Sleep Too Much
You can buy the CD’s here….http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/DouglasEisenstark Somnolence or Hyper-somnolence is the flip-side of insomnia. It is the feeling of always wanting an... Read More
Liver Information
The “Liver” in Chinese Medicine is the liver. I mean they were talking about that organ underneath our rib cages. But Chinese medicine also describes the functions of all the organs in gre... Read More
Yin Deficiency
Here are some brief notes about Yin Deficiency from my (co-written) book: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine (PMPH 2015) “Yin deficiency heat involves the appearance of more (predominant) heat eve... Read More
Qi Stagnation
The following is an excerpt from my (co-written) book: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine (PMPH press) 2015 Qi stagnation (qi zhì，气滞) is state of obstructed or stagnated qi flow in a particular p... Read More
Body Differences
This is a very cool text from our (USA) government’s website about the cultural differences of the body (somatic) perception of emotions. (The illustrations are inserted by Eagleherbs.com) http:... Read More
Photos from China
These are some shots I took dealing with herbs and medicine from three visits to China – 1995, 2003 and 2005. Note that some of these are 20 years old and are from raw herb pharmacies. Our own h... Read More
Why Take Herbs?
This is something I thought about today… why take herbs? Well, the way I see it is that herbs are what we humans have been consuming for thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years. Our bodies a... Read More