by Jennifer Dubowsky | Feb 11, 2015 | Astrology, China, Chinese New Year, Uncategorized, Year of the Sheep
The year of the Sheep (also known as Goat or Ram) is fast approaching, and it maybe leading to a decline in pregnancies in China. Why? Apparently, superstitious Chinese parents-to-be consider the Sheep an unfortunate sign under which their child could be born. There...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 25, 2014 | Acupuncture, Acupuncturists, Books, China, Chinese Medicine, Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice, Guest Bloggers, Healing, Health, Healthcare, Ioannis Solos, Martial Arts, Qi, Qigong, Yin and Yang
I am honored to share this guest article by author Ioannis Solos, whose newest book ‘Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice’ comes out this week. Take it away Ioannis…. According to Hippocrates, the practice of Medicine was...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Oct 29, 2013 | China, Halloween, Holidays
I love Halloween; it’s one of my favorite holidays. When I was little my mother would go to great lengths to make me the perfect costume. In junior high, I won a costume contest at school by dressing as a bunch of grapes. My costume consisted of numerous purple...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 12, 2013 | Acupuncture History, Acupuncture/Chinese Medicine Research, China, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine History, I Ching, Lao Tzu, Lao Zi, The Tao
I just read this very interesting article in the New York Times. About 2,500 muddy bamboo strips were given to the Tsinghua University in Beijing for study by Li Xueqin, a historian and paleographer at the university. After painstakingly cleaning the strips for 3...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Feb 10, 2013 | China, Chinese New Year, Happy New Year, Year of the Snake
According to ancient legend, the noise and excitement of the Chinese New Year began because villagers had to fight a ferocious beast called the Nian. This creature emerged from the sea or the mountains once a year around the New Year to attack people, especially...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Oct 30, 2012 | China, Halloween, Health, Holidays
Halloween has become such a favorite holiday in the U.S. that many people are surprised to learn that countries in the East do not celebrate Halloween. However, in China there is the Hungry Ghost Festival, a time when ghosts and spirits of ancestors may pay a...
