tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40520193547043193442011-07-08T06:22:47.256+08:00My incredible journey through life, illness, traditional medicine and true healing--discoveries made along the way.duxiangjun 杜湘君http://www.blogger.com/profile/05853509885026414957noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052019354704319344.post-17942413143745860912010-03-18T02:14:00.000+08:002010-03-18T06:02:59.058+08:00

Within the last few months, I have been incredibly busy......Synthesizing field research and practiceExploring the chasm between health and healingThe 'unknowns' patients and their families face in the wake of illness especially chronic and difficult onesand exploring the inevitable questions that arise regarding choices,midst unprecedented levels of medical tourismthe era of the WHO 2008 Beijing

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In late April, I was honoured to partake in a wonderfully, inspired and insightful conversation with Lonnie Hodge and Des Walsh on their radio program China Conversation. They are both amazing men with tomes of valuable experience and knowledge. This was truly a delight and a gift for which I am eternally grateful!You can find both Lonnie and Des on Twitter, too @lonniehodge and @deswalsh.http://

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Last April, I was fortunate to encounter @winserzhao on Twitter. He is an amazing man with deep knowledge and appreciation for his culture, for China, for the deep meanings and connections within this world and for his practice of Taichi quan. I am truly honoured that he chose to interview me!As I share this conversation, I also hope to introduce you to Winser. He is a treasure! The friendship

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Sitting in O'Hare airport, en route to Washington DC, a million thoughts coursed through my mind. Prominently among them, space and place and the way things are arranged in the U.S. always seems so strange to me. Yet, noticing them and my own liminality merely reminds me that anthropology is almost as deeply ingrained within me as medicine, healing and the discourse therein.Nevertheless, sitting

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As soon as I learned of the Institute of Medicine Working Summit on Integrative medicine and the Health of the Public, mere words cannot describe the hope, the longing, the relief, the responsibility and the joy that welled within my being. Although my journey has been long, it has not been completely solo. Rather many other health practitioners of various healing modalities and traditions have

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It's funny how life happens. Synchronicity is always a welcome surprise, often unplanned. Nevertheless, it appears, connects, reinforces and guides. Thanks to a friend who offered support and encouragement, I discovered the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of Public nearly two months before it commenced. Midst the seemingly mounting challenges that healers

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Happy New Year! Wishing you ALL happiness, health and prosperity!杜湘君

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Obviously, I thought this post would detail more about the World Summit, but life sometimes deals its own hand. I WILL write more about that here within the next few weeks. However, something more compelling prompted me to write, to share.As many of you know, the last few years in the United States, particularly 2008, was punctuated with unprecedented actions, including the suppression of health

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Later this week, I will realize a dream. It's funny how that happens when we aren't looking.It leads me to contemplate Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and the passage about seeking and finding. When one is seeking, one does not find because seeking means we have a goal in mind. It could well be that we then overlook what we need to encounter:-)I received a last minute invitation to speak at the World

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Within the waves of global public discourse............between and among healers,healer to patient,patient to patient, healer to scientist/researcher and/or M.D.,so much chatter and musings fill the air.In the midst of all this, I contemplate, reflect.During a similar period of time this summer, a book sitting on my bookshelf called to me.From within it, the light emanated. It revived my soul and

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"Every time I think I'm out, they keep pulling me back in!"I'm sure that many of you recognize this line from the Godfather III.Yet, it seems so apropos here.As I penned the previous post, I silently thought to myself that somehow I would be sharing this quote and the thought that Drug Resistant TB would pull me back into the arena. Sure enough, I guess the quest continues. Throughout so much of

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Dear All,The Time of Discernment has arrived........After many months of seemingly insurmountable opposition, personal and professional sacrifices and challenges, the quest for a homeland for "True Healing" may have reached its end. It may well be someone else's work to unite healers and bridge knowledge. I just don't know. It certainly requires more courageous people dedicated to truth and

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Anyone who has ever faced a long-chronic and/or life threatening illness through personal experience or close relations with someone affected, perhaps, knows this best.Challenged by life alterations and accommodations, one looks into life's mirror and asks many questions. For some, illness seems like a betrayal. For others it is a fact of life. For some, it seems like punishment and for others it

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Decisions.......What to do? In my mind, it sounds like this first--决定，几个决定 怎么办？Those of you who know me are probably smiling, knowing my mind is like this middle place for Chinese and English in thought, philosophy, medicine, all things:-)I cannot apologize for something that just is. Rather, I choose to embrace it with gratitude, knowing there is meaning and purpose both unforeseen and unknown

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Confusion for global healersInternational friends of mine who are healers around the world, distributed throughout every region have recently alerted me to difficulties helping their global patients, especially with regard to naturally occurring substances such as chamomile and evidence reports conducted in countries outside the United States. More importantly, perhaps, every difficulty has

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It seems as if nearly every one of my friends is pondering direction at this point in timereflecting, meditating, reflecting, open to the universe......Perhaps, this is inevitable around the holidays and the birth of the New Year.I, too, find myself pondering not so much the where but how.....If you would have asked me some time ago what I thought about my journey back to the US to fulfill

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I would be remiss if I entered the New year without honouring the wolf, my companion, my teacher, my friend, sometimes, the master of my destruction, yet always leading me along the path, propelling inquiries, discoveries, engaging me in a global conversation and purpose I never intended and, of course, encouraging new levels of thought, of trust, faith. Yet, I cannot contain the smile!Indeed,

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Where the heart leads when there is no payoff?Recently a friend shared this within a rather string of appreciations on http://www.dailyappreciations.net/Immediately, it led my mind to ponder......For days it entered my mind. The answer was always the same-to heal bodies, spirits and minds and bridge divides- HEAL WORLDSI realize that many persons believe this is too simple.Perhaps, it is. Yet, I

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Dear Healers, Friends, Caregivers and Readers,I would like to thank you for your love and support, your ideas and encouragement throughout this year and wish you all the most loving and happy holidays!Together we have begun to make true healing a reality and begun to alleviate so much suffering globally. Mere words cannot express my gratitude. You are amazing!From the depths of my heart I am

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It's Thanksgiving Day in the USAAlthough I personally believe that everyday, every moment, every breath offers so many facets to be grateful for,and at the very least remind us of our own humility and humanity, they also present opportunities to express kindness, gratitude, benevolence.It's hard to imagine that ten years ago, I would not have been able to type this post or share my thoughts

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What is true healing? This question has entered my mind countless times throughout the last few days. Healing occurs on so many levels! When someone suffers a chronic illness, he/she asks this question and seeks the answer(s). Life and its quality depend upon it. When I consider the suffering in the world, the countless persons who suffer disabling, crippling and chronic diseases, and

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Communitas, a connection far greater than community is said to enter in any place in which the sacred exists. I have been fortunate enough to enconter it in all its glory. It is the deepening of relationship, magical interaction and bonding that extends no matter where we are. After all, Healing is a sacred rite.I met Nourredine and Ammar in Huai Hua city, Hunan Province China at the Red Cross

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Anyone who has encountered difficult times knows that these moments always yield lessons to be learned, choices to be made and sometimes hidden worlds and doorways…My journey with the wolf of Lupus (SLE) I affectionately call “My s’ung manitu tanka,” has provided all of the above and then some.From the most tumultuous times, midst the most tortuous moments, when I often awakened to find the wolf’

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I am a global citizen, inaugurated into a world of healing within the unforeseen ordering of life and my battle with lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosis). What was once a dark and desolate journey into seemingly unknown territory has taken me through mystic realms, tomes of medical information, led me to traditional medicine, spiritual guides, people and places I would never have otherwise

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