Daoist Medicine & Qigong
This section is dedicated to the transmission of knowledge from the taproot system of Chinese medicine–the nature based approach to healing that includes shamanism, alchemy and ancient hermit practices. It contains diagnostic and treatment information that is generally only transmitted in the context of the traditional teacher/disciple relationship, and can be found nowhere else.
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Daoist Medicine & Daoism
Wang Qingyu, Liu Lihong, Abbot Fu Yuanfa, and Heiner Fruehauf
Medicine and the Dao: New Reflections on the Relationship Between Two Vital Aspects of Chinese Culture (3 Parts)
WANG QINGYU
HEINER FRUEHAUF
After a similar lecture series Daoist Medicine: the Alchemical and Shamanic Root of Chinese Medicine that we offered 10 years ago, Prof. Wang Qingyu, China’s premier expert of Daoist medicine and the ancient science of nourishing life is back with us at the ripe age of 80 to give us another round of reflections on his favorite topic.
Total running time: 3 hrs. 5 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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The Role of Fasting in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Bigu (2 parts)
LIU LIHONG
The practice of fasting for cleansing and longevity purposes used to play an important role in the hygiene rituals of Daoist medicine. In this presentation, one of China’s leading China’s experts on the forgotten modalities of classical Chinese medicine introduces a traditional fasting system from a lineage healing with “bigu” in mainland China.
Total running time: 100 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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The Dao of Healing (2 Parts)
ABBOT FU YUANFA
Daoist medicine is the mysterious precursor of Chinese medicine, a vast yet barely researched field of traditional medical science. Abbot Fu Yuanfa of the Yuntai Guan monastery in Sichuan gives a lively account of his medical and spiritual studies with his master, the legendary master healer Li Zhenguo. He outlines the importance of personal cultivation and intention in healing, as well as several profound yet simple principles for treating with herbs.
Total running time: 127 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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The Bagua in Your Hand: Practical Applications of Daoist Medicine (2 Parts)
WANG QINQYU
In these presentations, a follow-up to last year’s 4-part series The Alchemical and Shamanic Root of Chinese Medicine, China’s premier expert on the Daoist origins of Chinese medicine introduces the basic parameters of palm diagnosis.
Total running time: 73 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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Daoist Medicine Series: The Alchemical and Shamanic Root of Chinese Medicine (4 Parts)
WANG QINGYU
In these informative presentations, China’s premier expert of Daoist medicine and the ancient science of nourishing life gives an enlightening account of the ancient roots of Chinese Medicine and an overview of some of the primary healing modalities of Daoist Medicine.
Total running time: 4 hrs. 18 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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Qigong
Wang Qingyu, Liu Lihong, and Heiner Fruehauf
Dao Yin: Theory and Practice (4 Parts)
LIU LIHONG
In these lectures, China’s premier advocate of the classical wisdom traditions in Chinese medicine explores the history, theory, and practice of Daoyin, the Daoist tradition of cultivating qi, maintaining the balance of Yin and Yang, and nourishing life as it was elucidated in the Huangdi Neijing.
Total running time: 56 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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Building the Heart Bridge: The Importance of Direct Connection in the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge (4 Parts)
HEINER FRUEHAUF
WANG QINGYU
In this presentation, respected Daoist medicine elder Wang Qingyu dialogues with his student, Heiner Fruehauf, about the importance of maintaining consistency in Qigong practice, and the vital importance of the concept of lineage in Chinese medicine and related forms of personal cultivation.
Total running time: 1 hr. 5 mins.
English and Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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Jinjing Qigong: Deeper Meaning of the Phase Element “Wood” and the Foundational Principles of Jinjing Qigong (3 Parts)
HEINER FRUEHAUF
WANG QINGYU
In this presentation Dr. Heiner Fruehauf explores advanced layers of the Wood element in Chinese medicine by introducing the meaning of Jinjing Gong 筋經功 (Tendon and Meridian Opening Qigong), the Daoist lineage he received from nourishing life expert Wang Qingyu and later incorporated into the curriculum of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
Total running time: 2 hrs. 58 mins.
English and Mandarin Chinese, translated into English
by Heiner Fruehauf
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The Five Elemental Sounds and the Power of Internal Alchemy
WANG QINGYU
Wang Qingyu, professor at the Sichuan Academy of Cultural Science and lineage holder of the Jinjing style of Qigong, speaks on the vibrational aspects of Chinese medicine by introducing the five pentatonic sounds of Chinese music in a medical context. From a cultivational perspective, he talks about how to work with the five sounds within the body during Qigong meditation.
Total running time: 60 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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Jinjing Shisi Shi—The 14 Movements of the Jinjing School of Qigong
WANG QINGYU
HEINER FRUEHAUF
In this presentation, with assistance from Heiner Fruehauf, Wang Qingyu, professor at the Sichuan Academy of Cultural Science and lineage holder of the Jinjing style of Qigong, demonstrates the Jinjing Shisi Shi—The 14 Movements of the Jinjing School of Qigong.
Total running time: 56 mins.
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The Science of Longevity: Reconsidering a Key Concept of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)
HEINER FRUEHAUF
In this richly illustrated lecture, Prof. Fruehauf explores the time-honored concept of longevity from a Chinese medicine perspective, drawing from classical texts, ancient symbolism, and parallel developments in modern research.
Total running time: 118 mins.
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On Cultivation and the Spirit of Chinese Medicine
WANG QINGYU
In this lively presentation, China’s premier expert of Daoist medicine and the ancient science of nourishing life gives a highly personal account of the role of personal cultivation and the acquisition of practitioner knowledge in the traditional teacher–disciple relationship.
Total running time: 1 hr. 17 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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