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How these teas (and that logo) actually came to be. 這些茶包和 Logo,其實是這樣來的。

  九重葛的花語是「熱情」與「堅韌不拔」,但它卻選擇了象徵憂鬱、寒冷、令人聯想到天空或水的藍色。 跟我的人生一樣諷刺。 ✼••┈┈••✼••┈┈••✼ 月兒不哭茶 那是正值同時在辭職、賣掉房子、買能夠開診所的房子、搬家,生活大風吹、最混亂的一年半。媽媽卻因為眼睛看不見,我帶她到隔壁縣市的醫學中心看診,結果是雙眼都必須手術。 前後歷經四個月,雙眼經過手術都重建光明,也不再需要眼鏡了,但卻天天流淚流不停。我不想再看到她每天醒著時就是拿著一張衛生紙一直擦的樣子。我想說自己是中醫,連為母親做一款照顧眼睛的藥茶都做不到嗎? 加上陸續來看診的人(中年~老年)跟我抱怨眼睛不舒服、乾澀、飛蚊症,所以我想說,做一款藥茶是這些人可以喝了比較舒服的。可以天天喝,比一個禮拜來看一次診、吃科學中藥粉還能達到日常照顧的作用。 Luna’s Rest It happened during a rather chaotic eighteen-month stretch where my life was thoroughly upended. I was simultaneously resigning from my job, selling my house, buying another property to set up my practice, and moving. Amidst this domestic hurricane, my mother’s eyesight began to fail. I duly escorted her to the grand medical centre in the neighboring county, only to be told that both of her eyes required surgery. Four months later, the operations proved to be a roaring success. Her vision was fully restored, and she could finally bin her spectacles. The catch? Her eyes wouldn’t stop watering. Every single day. I grew utter...
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The Wraith-Tide 亡靈遷徙

  昨天夢見自己看得到大批遊走於人間的亡靈,祂們忽然集體往一個方向走,終於要回到祂們的世界(彼岸)。有些亡靈以為我跟祂們是一樣的,催我跟祂們一起走。 / 亡靈靠近我時,我往後退了,因為他們的身體有些扭曲,走路的樣子也很奇怪。亡靈湊近跟我說話時,我假裝沒有驚訝或害怕,因為我怕他們發現我不跟祂們一樣是亡靈時,會突然對我做什麼。 / 祂們繼續走的時候,我往相反的方向趕往一個實驗辦公室。辦公室裡有多台電腦和堆滿紙張文件的桌子,顯得十分擁擠。有幾個人緊張的跑來問我該怎麼辦,一個女生指著螢幕一直跳出來的訊息,我指示她該怎麼處理,安慰她不是她想的那樣。我壓抑住自己內心深處萌發的焦慮,趕往一樓。 / 趕到一樓時,我被冰涼的水滴滴到,抬頭看到天花板的水越漏越多。我的焦慮越升越高,飛快思考著漏水點以及怎麼處理,一邊順著天花板的邊線找尋漏水範圍。我循著在樓梯邊緣找到水管,我以為我找到問題源頭,但水管突然中斷,斷點是裸露且空心的。我好像被人硬生生截斷了追查線索。 此時有人跑來找我,好像要跟我說有別的問題發生。 ๋࣭𓈒𓂂 𓈒⭑𓍯𓂃 ֶָ֢˖ ࣪⊹ 我在想,最近我把自己過去人際之間的難過和困惑編成故事,然後在講故事給自己聽的過程,有了新的理解,放下了那些過去。 / 那些扭曲、奇怪的亡靈,可能是那些受傷、變形、令人困惑的人際記憶。因為我重新詮釋了那些記憶,那些長期困擾我、在我心中遊蕩的雜音與負面能量,終於找到了歸宿。祂們催我一起走,代表內心一部分「過去的自己」正試圖把我往回拉。 / 我往後退,因為我知道現在的我不是亡靈,雖然我與祂們有共鳴(能看見、能理解),但我依然擁有屬於陽間的生命力。 / 祂們催我一起走,而我害怕他們發現我跟祂們不一樣會對我做什麼,是因為害怕如果徹底和過去斷開,那些痛苦會不會突然「發現」並回來報復、糾纏我。 / 那些扭曲的亡靈雖然看起來可怕,但祂們的集體移動方向是遠離我、走向彼岸。而我選擇往相反的方向走,沒有跟著去彼岸,也沒有留在原地,代表選擇了迎向現實與未來。 / 接下來的實驗辦公室,應該是對應了我最近「編故事療癒自己」的行為,在大腦裡進行一場心理實驗,用新的方法來處理舊的資料。擁擠、多台電腦、堆滿文件則反映出資訊量爆炸,重新整理過去的記憶耗費了極大的認知資源和心力。螢幕一直跳出訊息就像大腦的警報系統,過去的亡靈雖然被我放下了,但餘波盪漾,理智層面還在忙著...

Cocoon in the Dusk 黃昏之繭

  在門診診間裡,我們每天都在與疼痛對決。檢測報告上的數據、復健的進度、藥物的劑量,都是我們衡量康復的標準。然而,行醫久了,有時會在某些病患的眼神裡,捕捉到一種令人困惑的寂靜。 那是一種在得知病情好轉時,非但沒有鬆一口氣,反而閃過一絲抗拒與迷茫的眼神。 後來我才明白,在某些病患的潛意識裡,其實有一部分是並不想好起來的。 很多時候,無法痊癒的痼疾、反覆發作的疼痛所承載的,是無法言說的委屈與不甘心。因為內心的傷痕是看不見的,只好轉化成身體上的病痛與殘缺。 In the consulting room, our daily work is a battle against pain. We measure recovery by the numbers on investigation reports, the progress in rehabilitation, and the dosages of medication. Yet, after years in practice, I occasionally catch something confounding in the eyes of certain patients. It is a look that surfaces the moment they are told their condition is improving—not a sigh of relief, but a fleeting shadow of resistance and bewilderment. Only later did I come to understand that, deep within the subconscious of some patients, a part of them simply does not wish to get better. More often than not, chronic ailments that refuse to heal and recurrent pains carry a weight of unspoken resentment and grievance. Because the scars of the mind remain invisibl...

To Align or to Rebel? An Anthroposophical and Eastern Discourse on the Nocturnal Soul 借問夜貓幾時睡 (夜貓體質真的需要拯救嗎?)

  「魄之為用,能動能作,痛癢由之。」中醫「肺藏魄」的「魄」主管的是肉體的本能、反射、生理感官(痛覺、觸覺、與初生嬰兒的吸吮),因此「魄」是更靠近物質身與乙太身的原始星芒身。「肝藏魂」的「魂」與精神層面的追尋、夢境、潛意識、計劃與靈感有關,因此中醫的「魂」是正在等待自我轉化的星芒身。而「魂隨神往來」,所有的神智與情感,最終都需要透過「心」來感知和表現。中醫的「神」對應「自我」,且心神必須依賴「心血、心陰」作為物質載體,才能神安其位。 “The operational nature of Po (the Corporeal Soul) manifests in our capacity for movement and action; through it, all sensations of pain and itch arise.” In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Po, housed within the Lungs, governs bodily instincts, reflexes, and foundational sensory perceptions—such as the registry of pain, touch, and the primal suckling reflex of a newborn. It can therefore be understood as the primordial Astral body, residing in closest proximity to the Physical and Etheric bodies. The Hun (the Spiritual Soul) housed within the Liver is entwined with spiritual quests, dreams, the subconscious, foresight, and creative inspiration; thus, the Hun represents the Astral body awaiting transformation by the Ego. Yet, as the classic maxim dictates, “the Hun...

The Idle Brain and the Three A.M. Ceiling 老年失眠

他們以苦難為磚瓦,為自己搭建了一座避風的木屋。卻忘了醫生只能幫忙修補屋頂的破洞,而迷失的靈魂終究得學會重新住進這座屋子裡。 They have built a cosy home out of their own suffering, forgetting that the doctor can only patch the roof, while the soul must learn to live in the house again. ༗ ⋆꙳ ⟢𒄬⋆ ⁎⊹ 人到了退休年齡(大約 63 歲之後),身體的物理特性和具有規律性的生理活動會自然走向僵硬、收縮(正常的生理老化)。而想要健康老去,人必須從精神與心靈層面長出新的創造力,來接替逐漸衰退的身體生命力。 很多老年失眠的患者,生活沒有目標,什麼都不想做。這些患者退休後,失去了外在社會(工作、賺錢)給予的被動目標,內在自我又沒有主動長出靈性的、精神追求的動機,導致自我組織力弱化,陷入麻木。 Once we hit the grand old age of sixty-three, the warranty on our physical plumbing expires. The body, quite naturally, enters a phase of bureaucratic stubbornness—getting stiffer, shrinking slightly, and generally refusing to cooperate. To age with any semblance of dignity, one must counter this physical strike by staging a spiritual revolution. When the flesh begins to retire, the mind must be re-hired as the chief creative officer. This is precisely where the modern insomniac stumbles. Retirement cures them of the routine they hated, only to leave them w...

Paperbag 紙袋

  一開始就是想要好看、觸感自然、不要製造塑膠垃圾,也希望讓病人拿到的時候,不會有看病的「病」感,所以自己畫尺寸草稿,請紙袋公司幫我做藥袋。 還記得當初去健保局簽約的時候,辦理的人員拿到我提供的藥袋(診所簽約健保都需要提供診所藥袋),很驚奇的說哎呦藥袋要用這麼特別哦!我超擔心版面沒有放聯絡電話會不會不通過(還好她讓我過了 然後室友A到現在被人問起,還是會酸我花那麼多成本在藥袋上。還好她雖然唸歸唸,並沒有阻止我這麼做。 現在愈來愈多患者不約而同的說,藥袋太漂亮,丟掉很可惜,想要每次帶回來繼續用。能用這種方式讓人自然而然的惜物和再利用,當初真沒想到有這種效果。 覺得欣慰。 ( ㆁ ω ㆁ *) ;: Right from the start, I just wanted something that looked good, felt natural, and didn’t create plastic waste. I also didn’t want patients to feel that dreary 'clinical' vibe when they picked it up. So, I sketched out the dimensions myself and got a paper bag company to make them. I still remember going to the NHS office—well, the National Health Insurance Bureau—to sign the contract. The officer took one look at my medicine bags (you have to provide a sample to register) and gasped, 'Blimey, you’ve gone a bit fancy with these, haven't you!' I was proper worried they'd reject them because I hadn't included our phone number, but luckily she let it slide. To this ...