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Kye Peven
Naturopathic Physician
- Seattle, WA
- NUNM
- Accepting new patients
The Four Earth Organs of Chinese Medicine
Overview One model of the Chinese organ systems posits that there are four Earth organs: the Stomach, the Small Intestine, and Pericardium, and the Liver. All of these functions...
The Anatomy of Acupuncture Channels
Overview There are multiple types of acupuncture channels existing at different levels within the body. Acupuncture channels are more accurately thought of as networks, with each...
Which Type of Insomnia Do You Have? Part 3
Overview Insomnia can be caused by the stagnation of various substances, such as qi, blood, food, or phlegm. Qi stagnation in the Heart leads to intense dreams and waking with...
Which Type of Insomnia Do You Have? Part 2
Overview Insomnia is often due to a state of deficiency. There can be qi deficiency, where the person wakes frequently without agitation or restlessness and is able to fall back...
Which Type of Insomnia Do You Have? Part 1
Overview Sleep from a Chinese Medicine perspective offers a more nuanced understanding of the causes of insomnia. All matters of consciousness involve the Heart, therefore insomnia...
Nutrients – Part 4 – Vitamin C
Vitamin C, the most popular nutrient! Somehow everybody knows that you take vitamin C when you get a cold, or feel that flu coming on. For centuries people understood that something...
Nutrients – Part 3 – Fat Soluble Vitamins
Overview– The group of fat-soluble vitamins consists of vitamins A, D, E, K1, and K2. – They are critical for proper immune and nervous system function. – They represent elements...
Nutrients – Part 2 – B Vitamins
Overview– B vitamins are necessary for energy metabolism and creating the essential building blocks of the physical body. – They represent an aspect of Spleen and Stomach qi in...
Nutrients – Part 1 – An Overview
This is the introduction to a new blog series examining the qualities of essential nutrients from both a Western and Chinese Medicine perspective. The field of nutrition is an...
Understanding Digestion – Its Role in Chronic Disease
Overview The Stomach in Chinese Medicine is responsible for the suppression of indigestible toxins, chemicals, emotions, and experiences. The digestive system is a major source...
Understanding Digestion – The Microbiome
Overview The microbiome, the community of microorganisms living in our guts, is an integral part of our body. They aid in digestion, regulate immunity, produce important vitamins,...
Understanding Digestion – The Gut’s Nervous System
Overview Neurotransmitters, popularly known as brain chemicals, are also used by the nervous system of the gut. For many of these, the primary place they are made is in the gut,...
Understanding Digestion – Hormones of the Gut
Overview By expanding the concept of the stomach to encompass the functions of the entire digestive tract, connections can be made with the idea of the Stomach in Chinese Medicine....
Understanding Digestion - The Chinese Stomach Process
Overview The Stomach is the seat of nourishment in the body and supplies energy to the rest of the organ systems. It has to digest everything: food, thought, emotion, beliefs,...
The Six Conformations – Part 2
One thing about the biomedical correspondences is that each major system in the body has every conformation represented in it. The nervous system, the immune system, the endocrine...
The Six Conformations – Part 1
Chinese Medicine has a number of models of human functioning and physiology. One major system is known as the six conformations, also known as the six stages, or the six divisions....
Causality in Complex Systems
What came first, the chicken or the egg? This is a common thought experiment and an actual scientific question that represents a paradox of causality. To a casual observer, this...
Side Effects - An Unwanted Result
Most people know what side effects are in terms of medication. They are the results of something a person does, or of a medication that a person takes, or perhaps a decision a...
An Integrated Look at the Thyroid
Overview The thyroid hormone is important for all metabolic activity since it speeds up cellular energy and heat production. Low levels of the thyroid hormone can cause a variety...
Premenstrual Syndrome - It Is Not Necessary
Overview Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is common but not a necessary part of having a period. PMS in Western terms is due primarily to a hormone imbalance between estrogen and progesterone....
