WRITING & RESOURCES
43 years of thinking out loud.
Useful information, strong opinions, recipes, academic articles, and occasional meditations on why Chinese medicine keeps being right about things. These posts migrated from sixfishes.com, where I wrote for over a decade. The voice is the same. The clinic has changed hands. The knowledge doesn't expire.
Late Summer is the Fifth Season: Nourishing the Earth Element
In Chinese medicine there are five seasons, and late summer is the one the Western calendar skips. It belongs to the Earth element: digestion, grounding, and Spleen Qi.
The Treatment of Recurrent Fevers in Chinese Medicine
Each autumn, the same fever returns. For patients experiencing cyclic or recurring illness, Chinese Medicine offers something conventional treatment often doesn't: a strategy for addressing the root cause, not just the symptoms. Through the principle of latent pathogens, practitioners can identify why illness resurfaces — and how to stop it.