Videos about a wide variety of subjects in classical Chinese medicine.
DENG TIETAO
Honored in China as one of the “four elders of Chinese Medicine,” Prof. Deng discusses the power of the classical approach to Chinese Medicine. In this presentation, he shares valuable philosophical insights into this system’s emphasis on function, over structure, and discusses specific relevant clinical examples from his many years as a practitioner and teacher of this medicine.
DENG ZHONGJA
In this video conversation, one of China’s most outspoken experts on the philosophy of teaching Chinese medicine issues a comprehensive analysis of the state of modern TCM. As a scholar and former university administrator, he pinpoints the problems of the present PRC model of TCM education. Furthermore, he gives us his own suggestions on how to productively face the challenge of learning, teaching, and practicing an ancient medicine in a modern world.
LIU LIHONG
Institute for the Research and Preservation of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi University of TCM
Total running time: 92 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
In this two-part video lecture, one of China’s premier experts on the Shanghan lun shares his unique insights into the nature of Zhang Zhongjing’s work and the clinical relevance of the six conformation approach in diagnosis and treatment.
LU CHONGHAN
Professor, Chengdu University of TCM
Total running time: 85 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
In this presentation, the main successor of the Sichuan “fire spirit” school of aconite, ginger, and cinnamon usage tells the highly personal story of one of Southwest China’s great Shanghan lineages.
LIU LIHONG
In these lectures, Prof. Liu systematically traces the root concepts of Chinese medicine, and makes bold suggestions how its classical spirit needs to be interpreted dynamically to meet the clinical needs of our time. A brilliant plaidoyer to all natural health professionals for recognizing and healing the emotional causes of disease.
HEINER FRUEHAUF
These lectures are an in-depth continuation of Prof. Fruehauf’s previously uploaded presentation on Macrocosmic Alchemy, which set out to delineate the basic parameters of the ancient cosmological system that originally informed Chinese medicine theory. They clarify the concept of the mid-level and high-level physician, and gives concrete examples as to how traditional knowledge about the months of the year, stellar constellations, hexagrams, rivers, and tribal territories can be used to significantly enhance diagnostic and treatment skills. Richly illustrated, professionally edited by Kamal Khan.
Total running time: 2 hr. 40 mins.
English
LIU LIHONG
Institute for the Research and Preservation of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guanxi University of TCM
WANG FENGYI
1864-1937
PRESENTED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
National University of Natural Medicine,
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
In these presentations, Heiner Fruehauf translates and explains in detail some of the constitutional five element teachings by the Confucian educator and 19th century peasant saint Wang Fengyi.
Total running time: 138 mins.
English
ABBOT MINGCHAN
Jiashan Zen Monastery, Hunan
This presentation offers practical transmissions on how to cultivate oneself in the midst of everyday life. These transmissions hail from classical Chinese texts, and are interpreted by a modern Zen master.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
Total running time: 62 mins.
LIU LIHONG
Institute for the Research and Preservation of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi University of TCM
In this lecture, a classical master physician presents from a very personal perspective what was once at the core of ancient medical healing—the inseparable relationship of the physical aspects of the body to the realm of the emotions. In particular, he introduces us to an ancient yet thriving Confucian lineage in Northern China that practices healing by personal conduct, storytelling, and affirming Five-Element virtue chants.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
Total running time: 151 mins.
LIU LIHONG
In the final installment of this 3-part lecture series, Prof. Liu Lihong, the author of the best-selling book Sikao zhongyi (Rethinking Chinese Medicine) and one of the leading proponents of the so-called Fire School of Chinese herbalism, lays out in great detail the theoretical reasons for using the herbs aconite, cinnamon, and ginger as the keystone for the treatment of most chronic and severe illnesses.
Total running time: 180 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
LIU LIHONG
In this educational presentation filled with important practical clinical information, Prof. Liu Lihong offers insight into "fang", or formula science. He utilizes guizhi tang (cinnamon decoction), one of the premier and most important formulas in Chinese herbalism, as the example to illuminate his lesson.
Total running time: 120 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
LIU LIHONG
Aconite plays a central role in the classical materia medica, yet is rarely used anymore by Chinese herbalists in modern clinical practice. Dr. Liu Lihong, China's most prominent proponent of yang tonic therapy and a formal disciple of the Fire Spirit Lineage of Southwest China illuminates the rich story of aconite in this lecture. He explains the reasons why it has become a forgotten herb, and what needs to be done to reclaim it as one of the most powerful healing substances in the treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases.
Total running time: 180 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
DENG ZHONGJIA
In this concise and data-packed lecture, China's premier expert on herb combinations and herbal formulas illuminates one of the most important yet little talked about aspects of Chinese herbology. In this segment he focuses on the laws of alchemy, by explaining how the combining and dosing of single herbs can emphasize one specific function of a multi-spectrum herb over another.
Total running time: 134 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
HEINER FRUEHAUF
The concept of Gu Syndrome ("Possession Syndrome") is an important feature of classical Chinese medicine that has been thoroughly misunderstood and subsequently disappeared from the historical record of TCM. During the last 15 years, Dr. Fruehauf has tirelessly researched this topic to demonstrate how forgotten ancient medical wisdom can provide effective solutions for difficult clinical problems in our time. In his most detailed lecture on the subject to date, he explains how Qing Dynasty Gu-parasitology can provide unique approaches to chronic infections caused by viruses, fungi, spirochetes, and intestinal parasites--beneficial information for practitioners treating patients who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Lyme Disease, IBS, and related auto-immune disorders with "strange" symptoms.
Total running time: 120 mins.
English
JIAN YUGUANG
An accomplished Sichuanese village doctor who hails from a long lineage that traces its roots to the Ming dynasty Daoist alchemist Zhang Sanfeng talks about his discipleship studies and life-long clinical usage of an alchemical remedy made from brine and salt. According to him and his teachers, it represents the lost remedy of the miraculous "tangye laoli" (decoctions and medicinal wines) that is the topic of Neijing chapter 14.
Total running time: 120 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
ZHANG ZHIWEN
In Part 2 of a two part interview, China’s most distinguished Fever School expert explores diagnostic parameters and main treatment approaches of the Fever School of Chinese herbalism (includes case examples).
Total running time: 45 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
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
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
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
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
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
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.
English
LIU LIHONG
China’s main promoter of the classical medical arts introduces the unique work of Chen Yuqin, a self-taught massage therapist from Shanghai who specializes in the treatment of cancer and other difficult diseases using tuina.
CHEN YUQIN
In this three-part lecture series, an accomplished female massage therapist from Shanghai shares her passion for the modalities of acupressure and tuina, as well as her fervent belief that there is no disease that cannot be healed by restoring proper flow of life energy in the body's channel system. In session 1, she shares from the wealth of her clinical experience diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and lung, including lung cancer. In part 2, she addresses pathologies of the liver and kidney, and offers solutions for treatment. In the third and final installment, she focuses on pathologies and treatment strategies for the spleen, stomach, and pericardium organ systems.
ZHAO FU
In this interview, Zhao Fu, a well-known Chinese tea expert offers folklore, history and other health and medicinal information about one of the oldest traditions in China.