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Recovering the Lost Arts of Chinese Medicine: External Alchemy (3 Parts)

2023-01-07T18:19:30-08:00Tags: , , |

HU CHANGJIANG

Prof. Hu Changjiang is the leading scholar on the art and science of paozhi (traditional herbal processing) in mainland China. For the last decade, it has been a personal passion of his to rediscover the lost science of Daoist external alchemy (involving the fusion of metals for medicinal purposes) and restore its clinical value to the field of Chinese medicine. We are proud to be able to present his first public lecture about this topic to a Western audience to our members.

Total running time: 53 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

On the Vital Concept of Precision in the Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)

2022-10-31T18:38:52-07:00Tags: , , |

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This collection of lectures is a continuation of our series on the forgotten science of paozhi (herbal processing). In these presentations, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy expands on the previous introductory lectures to offer specific principles on how to process raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances, and explains how these measures can affect an herb's clinical potency and direction. In this second section of the series, he presents relevant clinical case studies.

Total running time: 137 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

Principles of Classical Herb Prescribing and Paozhi Processing with Clinical Case Studies (3 parts)

2022-10-31T18:37:57-07:00Tags: , , |

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This collection of lectures is a continuation of our series on the forgotten science of paozhi (herbal processing). In these presentations, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy expands on the previous introductory lectures to offer specific principles on how to process raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances, and explains how these measures can affect an herb's clinical potency and direction. In this second section of the series, he presents relevant clinical case studies.

Total running time: 209 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in the Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine (3 parts)

2022-10-31T17:21:29-07:00Tags: , , |

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In this lecture series, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy gives a passionate introduction to the forgotten science of paozhi. He explains how processing raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances can affect their clinical potency and direction.

Total running time: 223 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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