Levity Go Go: Recent Episodes
Tyler White
Levity Go Go is a podcast examining topics related to Chinese medicine, Daoism, Martial arts, Spiritual cultivation, and adjacent topics. It is hosted by Tyler White, a physician trained in classical Chinese medicine.
In this episode I sit down with my friend Ivan Cloud to discuss a lot of fun things like: Palm Diagnosis, the importance of Complexion in the context of pulse diagnosis, the use of fu zi and other yang warming herbs clinically, Huo Shen Pai, and Evangelical Ming Men Fundamentalist. We talk about some practical clinical aspects of warming the kidney yang in the treatment of cancer and the variable dosages at which some physicians use fu zi.
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In this episode I sit down with tea sommelier and owner of Rivers and Lakes Tea - Augustus Rushing - to discuss the many facets of Camellia sinensis - 茶. We dive into the production and processing of tea, what differentiates white tea, green tea, wulong tea, red tea, and puer tea. Gus tells us tea stories from China and guides us through some history and cultural nuance pertaining to this beloved plant.
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The boys look at the five channel systems - Sinews, Primary, Luo, Divergent, and 8 XV - and the spirits associated with the five viscera. They discuss the qi kou, TCM vs CCM, Hun and Po, the incarnation of souls, ghost babies, and the unbiblical cord.
In this peaceful and sleepy solo episode Tyler gets into the five flavors as they relate to the organ systems and the elemental cycle. He touches on how to choose herbs according to flavor, thin vs thick qi, and the basic nature of Bitter, Acrid, Sour, Salty, Sweet, and Bland flavors in Chinese herbal medicine.
Greg and Tyler discuss elemental types and the expression of yuan qi by way of the san jiao mechanism.
I sit down with physician and teacher Josephine Spilka to discuss life, death, and the spirits. We discuss Buddhist, Judaic, and Daoist conceptions of passing from this world into the next. Josephine gives a straight, no-nonsense explanation of what the hun and po are. We work through the logistics of death and incarnation, disembodied existence, and conception. She reveals why we should avoid using needles and herbs when assisting someone in passing, and what we should use instead.
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