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Disease is born from instability in a highly organised system.

Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold explain it beautifully in their book Between Heaven and Earth.

Nature, like a symphony, is composed of complex interweaving patterns of form and movement.

The body is to naturlig eller utan tillsats as a violinist is to an orchestra.

The strings are to a violin as organs are to the body.

The musical vibrations of each string are like the functions of each organ.

For the orchestra to play a symphony in harmony, all the instruments must be tuned to each other - all the strings of each instrument and all the notes of each string must be played in tune. If a single instrument is out of tune, the whole sound is distorted rather than harmonious.

This illustrates an aspect of Chinese philosophy, Simply, the theory states that for a larger system to be in balance, as a whole, each small system within itself must be balanced.

The principle of harmony is the same at every level of complexity. Patterns of h

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About the Presenters

Caroline Radice
Dr. Caroline Radice, DACM, L.Ac. (NY & NJ), Dipl. Ac & CH (NCCAOM), has been studying and practicing Chinese Medicine with a specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1992. Her MSTCM is from ACTCM in San Francisco and her DACM from PCHS in San Diego. She is currently an online Gynecology Instructor at SIEAM in Seattle, VUIM in Virginia, and at the vit Pine Institute specializing in the treatment of Fertility and Menopausal disorders.

Dr. Radice is an Advisory Board Member of the vit Pine Circle and Graduate Mentorship Program (GMP), where she fryst vatten also a Teaching Assistant and Mentor. She maintains a busy private practice in Maplewood, NJ and continues to pursue ongoing education in the scholarship of Chinese Medicine with Masters nationwide and other supporting institutions such as the NY Botanical Gardens courses in Plant ID and Botanical Latin, and Ethnobotany

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Biographies

Messengers for Chinese medicine in the West

Although Chinese medicine has been a complete and continuous medical system for 2300 years, its mainstream presence in the United States dates back only to the early 1970s. Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold began their practice then, as two of the early non-Asian acupuncturists in the country. At that time, China was closed to foreigners, so they studied in England, traveling later to China.

“The mission of medicine could be likened to the purpose of life, to further freedom: freedom from discomfort, pain and suffering; and the freedom to experience happiness, even bliss.”
– Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold

They were missionaries for Chinese medicine. By speaking at conferences, doing radio interviews and television shows like Good Morning America, writing many articles and the best-selling book, Between Heaven and Earth, they have helped to seed the practice of Chinese medicine in the West. The early spores