Dragon Rises College News & Articles
Newsletters
Spring 2013 Newsletter
Books by Leon Hammer, M.D.
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Leon I. Hammer, MD and Hamilton Rotte
New York: Thieme
2013
Handbook of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
Edited by Leon Hammer, M.D. and Karen Bilton
Seattle: Eastland Press
2012
Dragon Rises, Red Bird Flies Psychology & Chinese Medicine – Revised Edition
Seattle: Eastland Press
2010
The Patient-Practitioner Relationship in Acupuncture
New York: Thieme
2009
Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Contemporary Approach – Revised Edition
Seattle: Eastland Press
2005
Articles by Leon Hammer, M.D.
Phlegm Misting-Disturbing the Orifices and Mitral Valve Prolapse
European Journal of Oriental Medicine
Spring 2013 Vol 7.3
Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Modern Interpretation of an Ancient and Traditional Method
Karen Bilton, Leon Hammer, Chris Zaslawski
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Spring 2013
The Relationship of the Kidney and Heart in Chinese Medicine – Part Two
Chinese Medicine Times
Fall 2012
Wang Shu-he Revisited
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 3
Winter 2011
The Relationship of the Kidney and Heart in Chinese Medicine – Part One
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 3
Winter 2011
Homesickness
FSOMA Online Journal
Summer 2011
Case Study – Stopping Long-Term Strenuous Exercise Suddenly: An Epidemic Treated with Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 1
Spring 2011
Science East and West
Medical Acupuncture
Vol. 22, No. 2
2010
Ecology in Chinese Medicine, Part Two
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 5, Issue 3
Winter 2010
Phlegm Misting-Disturbing the Orifices and Mitral Valve Prolapse
European Journal of Oriental Medicine
Spring 2013 Vol 7.3
Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis: A Modern Interpretation of an Ancient and Traditional Method
Karen Bilton, Leon Hammer, Chris Zaslawski
Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Spring 2013
The Relationship of the Kidney and Heart in Chinese Medicine – Part Two
Chinese Medicine Times
Fall 2012
Wang Shu-he Revisited
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 3
Winter 2011
The Relationship of the Kidney and Heart in Chinese Medicine – Part One
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 3
Winter 2011
Homesickness
FSOMA Online Journal
Summer 2011
Case Study – Stopping Long-Term Strenuous Exercise Suddenly: An Epidemic Treated with Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 6, Issue 1
Spring 2011
Science East and West
Medical Acupuncture
Vol. 22, No. 2
2010
Ecology in Chinese Medicine, Part Two
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 5, Issue 3
Winter 2010
Ecology in Chinese Medicine, Part One
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 5, Issue 2
Summer 2010
A Discussion of Terrain, Stress, Root, and Vulnerability Within Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine Times
Vol. 5, Issue 1
Spring 2010
The Liver in Chinese Medicine
Medical Acupuncture
Vol. 21, No. 3: 173-178
September 2009
A Discussion of Wang Shu He Pulse Classic – Part Two
Chinese Medical Times
Vol. 4, Issue 2
Summer 2009
A Discussion of Wang Shu He Pulse Classic – Part One
Chinese Medical Times
Vol. 4, Issue 1
Spring 2009
Integrative Medicine: The Lamb and the Lion
Acupuncture Today
Vol. 11, Issue 4
April 2009
The Pulse, the Electronic Age and Radiation: Early Detection
The American Acupuncturist
Vol. 47
Spring 2009
Chinese Medicine at the Crossroads
Acupuncture Today
Vol. 09, Issue 06
June 2008
The Pulse & The Individual
The American Acupuncturist
Vol. 43
Spring 2008
Awareness in Chinese Medicine
The American Acupuncturist
Vol. 41
Fall 2007
The Concept of “Blocks”; Structure
The American Acupuncturist
Vol. 38
Winter 2006
Used with permission from the American Acupuncturist, www.aaom.org
Removing The Block
TCM World
Fall 2004
On the Matter of the Pulse
TCM World
Vol. 6, No. 2
Summer 2004
Chinese Medicine and Biomedicine: Looking at the Patient in Different Ways
TCM World
Vol. 6, No. 1
Spring 2004
Role of Chinese Medicine in the United States
Chinese Studies Forum
Vol. IV
Florida China Linkage Institute
2003
Trauma and Shock in Chinese Medicine, Part 1
Traditional Chinese Medicine World
Vol. 5, No. 3
2003
Trauma and Shock in Chinese Medicine, Part 2
TCM World
Vol. 5, No. 4
Winter 2003
Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
Medical Acupuncture
Vol. 15, No. 2
2003
Response to Rebuttal by Leon Hammer, Rebuttal by Z’ev Rosenberg
Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
2003
Tradition and Revision
Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Vol. 3, No. 1
2002
The Paradox of the Unity and Duality of the Kidneys According to Chinese Medicine
American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 27, No. 3 & 4
1999
Towards a Unified Theory of Chronic Disease with Regard to the Separation of Yin and Yang and “The Qi is Wild”
Oriental Medical Journal
Vol. 6, No. 2 & 3
1998
Contemporary Pulse Diagnosis: Introduction to an Evolving Method for Learning an Ancient Art — Part I
American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 21, No. 2
1993
The Chinese Medical Model in the West- A Journey in Paradox
Chrysalis Journal of the Swedenborg Foundation
Vol VI Issue I
Spring 1991
The Power of Respect
published in Voices
Dueling Needles: Reflections on the Politics of Medical Models
American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 19, No. 3
1991
The Chinese Medical Model in Thyroid Disease
American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 10, No. 1
January-March 1982
Diagnosis and Acupuncture Treatment of a Chronic, Recurring Skin Disease and Septicemia Using the Chinese Medical Model
The American Journal of Acupuncture
No. 1
January 1981
The Extraordinary Acupuncture Meridians: Homeostatic Vessels
The American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 8, No. 2
June 1980
Integrated Acupuncture Therapy For Body and Mind
American Journal of Acupuncture
Vol. 8 No. 2
1980
Psychotherapy and Growth
Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Vol. 10, No. 3
1974
The Unity of Medicine
The Contemporary Oriental Medicine Foundation
http://comfoundation.org/unityofmedicine.html
by Dr. Leon Hammer
Originally appeared 06 December, 2015
Additional Articles
Acupuncture 101, A Student View
by graduating seniors of Dragon Rises College
Natural Awakenings magazine
Fall 2008