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Lok-Kwan performing Flying Shiatsu at Isla Mujeres

Gui Zhi, cinnamon twig, has strong antibiotic effects against Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi

Shi Gao, or Gypsum, a mineral derived from limestone, has strong cooling effects.

Shiatsu at Round Hill, Jamaica

Zhi Mu, or Anemarrhenae, has strong antibiotic effects. Zhi mu means 'knowing the mother', referring to the herb's yin-nourishing properties.

Lian qiao is the fruit of the forsythia. Its pointy, chambered form reminds of its affinity for the heart. Lian qiao has broad antimicrobial effects.

Fu Hsi, Shen Nong & Huang Di, the three mythological founders of energy medicine, represent the cosmological, herbal and sociological aspects of the art of healing.

Binary evolution of the Tai Ji into the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching. Development of the system of acupuncture is largely based on numerology.

Patient treated with scalp acupuncture for anxiety and insomnia

The Taiji diagram (from a Ming dynasty book) symbolizes the unity of the Tao that exists beyond the duality of phenomenal existence.

Chinese pulse reading gives information not only on the heart and circulation, but all the energy channels, vital organs, essence and spirit. It is a snapshot of the internal balance that reveals the hidden reasons for diseases and points to the way of healing. (Diagram from a Chinese medical text published in 1510.)

A sample of ephedra (ma huang) collected from the Grand Canyons

A Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE) chart depicting 44 movements for maintaining health discovered at Mawangdui in Southeastern China

The earliest known medical manual containing herbal formulas and instructions for preparing medical liquor discovered at Mawangdui in Southeastern China

The Inner Circulation diagram illustrates the process of Daoist internal cultivation

Acupuncture Point Names on the Front Side of Body

Ming dynasty woodblock showing the right kidney as 'dragon fire' and the left kidney as 'tiger water', a symbol of the mutual containment of yang and yin.

Decorations on a Tang dynasty bronze mirror symbolize the relationship between the Five Elements. the Eight Trigrams, and the twelve earthly branches that correspond to the twelve celestial stations of Jupiter and to the Chinese zodiac.

Qigong at Whistler mountain peak, BC

Qigong among the hoodoos, Bryce Canyon NP, 2011

The sixty four hexagrams of the I Ching describe all phenomena. This diagram draws attention to the limitless emptiness in the center which is the source of all.

The feet are a microsystem representing body parts and organs.

Channels on yang side of arm

Channels on yang side of leg

Channels on yin side of arm

Channels on yin side of leg

Location of the organs on the pulse

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