Colin Garon

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Colin Garon is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, where he studied the history and anthropology of science. This year, he's researching the theoretical dimensions of integrative medicine at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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#The New TCM

Can Traditional Chinese Medicine Be a Solution to Pollution?

How can traditional medicine combat a new and dangerous enemy like smog? Read More

03, Jun 2019

#TCM

Digital Diagnosis: Chinese Medicine in the WeChat Era

How does technology change "traditional" Chinese medicine? Read More

07, May 2019

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#TCM

No Pain, No Gain: A TCM Practitioner on Chinese Medicine’s Principles of Pain

While biomedicine stops pain signals in their tracks, Chinese medicine seeks to reverse the pathological processes that cause it Read More

09, Apr 2019

#qi

Changing the Channels: Breaking Down TCM’s Meridian System

The Bronze Man, a thousand-year-old teaching implement, helps us visualize some of TCM's most important health practices Read More

05, Mar 2019

#TCM

The Universal, Yet Uniquely Chinese, Experience of Being On Fire

If you find yourself with "rising fire," no need to stop, drop and roll Read More

22, Jan 2019

#Featured

Translation and Condensation: Thoughts on Qi

17, Aug 2017

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