Barefoot Doctor's Journal
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A comprehensive guide to natural health and healing, the Barefoot Doctor’s Journal seeks to empower it's readers to take control of their own health, find their own inspiration, help create healthier communities and share the adventure with whoever is interested. Internationally recognized experts in the fields of healthy aging and Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Living Younger Longer Institute has helped hundreds of people each year to live healthy naturally.
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Oxford Study Lectures Fall OLLI Course
AN OLLI LECTURE SERIES:
COMMUNITY MEDICINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
“Preventive medicine is education, empowerment and personal responsibility”
former Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop M.D.
Learn to make sense of alternative medicine and what it can do for you. According to a recent study funded by the National Institute on Aging, 65 percent (a higher percentage than any other group) of older adults said they used some form of alternative medicine they considered either curative or preventive. The most influential factor in the decision to use alternative health care is that people find that it works. Figure out for yourself what works and what doesn’t, and safely use alternative medicine in your own life.
Topics
Week 1: Evidence-Based, Integrative and Alternative Medicine
Week 2: Community Medicine: Medical Science the 21st Century
Week 3: Going Back to Medical School: Lifelong Learning and Health Promotion
Week 4: The Mystery of Qi: Ancient Medicine in a Modern World
For more information see
http://communitymedschool.org/community-medicine/
To Register for this lecture series Click here
https://access.du.edu/s/1150/community/index.aspx?sid=1150&gid=1012&pgid=16942&cid=30286
Meditation for Chronic Pain
Taoist meditation for chronic pain is different from most types of meditation in that it emphasizes focusing on the pain sensation itself rather than trying to ignore the pain or distract from it. In a sense instead of the pain acting as a distraction to the meditation, the pain now becomes the object of the meditation itself. Scientists are finding that this approach causes changes in both how we respond to pain and the brain’s ability to deal with it. (more…)
Community Med School First Class
Exploring the Promise of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Four Saturday’s Sept 8, 15, 22, 29 1:00-2:30 pm.
Cost is $40 for all four lectures
Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1441 York St. Denver, CO 80206
Overview:
Take a journey through 5000 years of Traditional Chinese Medicine while learning about the history, theories and clinical applications of the worlds most widely used form of Traditional Medicine. This exploration of holistic medicine will teach you a wide spectrum of choices for taking care of your own health that focuses on prevention and self-healing. This lecture series is a comprehensive exploration of the eight pillars of traditional Chinese medicine. This course will focus on the roots of this ancient medicine as well as the evidence base for it’s potential in modern clinical settings. Along the way, we will discuss the phenomenon of Qi that governs traditional Chinese medicine and the nature and characteristics of the various treatment modalities used in the modern clinic. We will also explore the 4000-year history of traditional Chinese medicine and look at where future research may lead. Learn to make sense of alternative medicine and what it can do for you.
“A doctor who treats disease after it has already happened is a mediocre doctor,
the superior doctor treats the disease before it happens”
The Yellow Emperor’s Classic on Internal Medicine
Read More and to Register for a class Go to communitymedschool.org
Allergies and the Winds of Spring
Tips from the “Yellow Emperor’s Medicine Cabinet” Allergies and the Winds of Spring
“The three months of Spring are the season for renewal. With everything flourishing, the world is full of life. To accord with the season, go to bed a little later, and get up a little earlier. Be patient and let things grow. Go for a stroll in the courtyard, loosen your hair, relax your body and freshen your mind. Enjoy the season and do not do anything harmful to your health. This is the way to cultivate the Qi of Life in Spring. ”
The Yellow Emperor’s Classic on Internal Medicine
Springtime is the season of change, growth and unfortunately allergies.
The Tao of Healthy Aging and the Science of Gerontology
From the ancient Taoist alchemists to modern molecular biology the science of gerontology has sought after mankind’s oldest dream, to live to a ripe old age with the health and vigor of youth. Closer now than ever before, many scientists believe we are on the cusp of dramatically altering the way we age, and many like former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop believe we already have the knowledge to empty half the hospitals and half the nursing homes in the country.