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Articles
Classical Chinese Medicine
Translations
Interviews
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Clinical Information
Cosmology and Symbolism
Articles
Over thirty scholarly articles (in both English and German)
- Fuxing jue and Tangye jing translation project – “Extraneous Secrets: The Essential Method of Using Medicinal Substances for Differential Treatment of the Organ Networks” (Heiner Fruehauf and Michael Dell’orfano)
- Chapter On Differentiating Lung Organ Disease Patterns and Corresponding Formulas (辨肺臟病證文併方)
- Chapter On Differentiating Spleen Organ Disease Patterns and Corresponding Formulas (辨脾臟病證文併方)
- Chapter On Differentiating Heart Organ Disease Patterns and Corresponding Formulas (辨心臟病證文并方)
- Chapter On Differentiating Liver Organ Disease Patterns and Corresponding Formulas (辨肝臟病證文并方)
- Commentary on Formula Design in the Fuxing jue Chapter on Lung Organ Disease Patterns
- Commentary on Formula Design in the Fuxing jue Chapter on Spleen Organ Disease Patterns
- Commentary on Formula Design in the Fuxing jue Chapter on Heart Organ Disease Patterns
- Commentary on Formula Design in the Fuxing jue Chapter on Liver Organ Disease Patterns
- Preface to Fuxing Jue (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Introducing the Fuxing jue (Extraneous Secrets) and Tangye jing (Decoction Classic) Translation Project (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Glossary: A Chronological List of the Most Relevant Extant Transcriptions of the Original Text (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Abbot Yang Xu: Calligraphy and the Art of Nourishing LifeLu Chonghan: Clinical Reflections of a Chinese Medicine Physician (lecture transcript) (in and Mandarin Chinese)
- “The Aconite Papers” – Zhang Zhicong (fl. 1619-1674): on Fuzi (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- “The Aconite Papers” – A Description of the Therapeutic Uses of Aconite by the Ming Dynasty Scholar-Physician Zhang Jingyue (1583-1640) (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Reflections on the Relationship of Traditional Wisdom, Precision, and Clinical Efficacy in the Herbal Science of Chinese Medicine [2 parts, in English and Chinese, and in German and Chinese] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Traditional Chinese Approaches to Gu Syndrome: Two 18th Century Examples (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Lyme Disease – An In-Depth Interview with Heiner Fruehauf (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Cheng Guopeng (Scholar, Qing Dynasty): Han Fa – The Sweating (diaphoretic) Method (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Selections from Shan Yutang, Annotated Excerpts from the Shanghan Lun with Suggestions for Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy (1984): “Shaoyang” (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Das Nähren der Bestimmung Die Innere Tradition der Chinesischen Medizin (Lonny Jarrett)
- Der Geist der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin: Die Rückkehr zur ursprünglichen Natur (Lonny Jarrett)
- A Classical Chinese Medicine Perspective on the Nature of Aging and Longevity (In English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Thunder Pearls – An Effective Chinese Herbal Treatment for Chronic Parasitism (lecture transcript) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Correlative Cosmology: Energetics of the First Month of Spring and Lung Function (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Das Feuer des Drachen-Donners Geschichte, Diagnose und Behandlung von Yin-Feuer (Gunter Neeb)
- The Superior Physician: Medical Practice As Seen Through the Yijing’s Junzi, Parts I & II (Susanna Lowbeer)
- The Lung and the Tiger Image: An Example of Decoding the Symbolic Record of Chinese Medicine (in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Etymological Analysis of the Defining Quote on the Lung Official in Chapter Eight of the Huangdi neijing suwen(in English and German) (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Three Yin and Three Yang – Clarifying Zhang Zhongjing’s Diagnostic Approach of the Six Confirmations (in English and German) (Yaron Seidman)
- Liu Yiming: A Die Aufzeichung vom Luofluss
- Cosmological Thought in Europe and China: An Introduction to Yin and Yang, from Prof. Frank Fiedeler’s book Yin and Yang (Prof. Frank Fiedeler)
- The History of Heavenly Sacrifice, from Prof. Frank Fiedeler’s book Yin and Yang (Prof. Frank Fiedeler)
- Image and Script, from Prof. Frank Fiedeler’s book Yin and Yang (Prof. Frank Fiedeler)
- Heaven and Earth, from Prof. Frank Fiedeler’s book Yin and Yang (Prof. Frank Fiedeler)
- Excerpts from Zhang Xichun’s Materia Medica, in Chinese at Heart But Western Where Appropriate: Essays Investigating an Integrated Form of Medicine (Yixue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu, 1933). Introduced and Translated by Prof. Heiner Fruehauf (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Developing the Core Essence of Chinese Medical Science (Lu Chonghan)
- The Principle of Supporting Yang (Lu Chonghan)
Videos
Classical Chinese Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Acupuncture & Bodywork
Cosmology & Symbolism
Spiritual & Emotional Healing
Qigong and Daoist Medicine
Traditional Chinese Arts and Culture
Audio Presentations
Video and Audio Presentations
Over 160 hours of videos in our database
Each video or “part” generally has a running time of approximately 45-75 minutes, with an average time of 60 minutes.
Classical Chinese Medicine: Introductory Discussions
- Yin Yang: A Deeper Look at the Core of Chinese Medicine System Science [2 parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Traditional Chinese Perspectives on the Importance of Trust and Integrity in the Field of Medicine [1 part] (Liu Lihong)
- The Concept of the Upper Level Physician in Chinese Medicine [2 Parts] (Liu Lihong)
- The Meaning of Health: Harmony and Balance in Classical Chinese Medicine [3 Parts] (Liu Lihong)
- The Crisis of Modern TCM – An Analysis (Liu Lihong)
- The Path of Transmission – Restoring the Art of Teaching Chinese Medicine (Liu Lihong)
- Chinese Medicine Past and Present: Problems and Solutions (Deng Zhongjia)
- Preserving the Whole (Deng Tietao)
- Clinical Insights of a Fever School Expert, Part I (Zhang Zhiwen)
Cosmology and Symbolism in Chinese Medicine
- Spirit of the Points: An In-depth Exploration of the Symbolic Meaning of the Acupuncture Point Names: Lung [3 parts]; Large Intestine [3 parts]; Stomach [3 parts]; Spleen [4 parts]; Heart [4 parts]; Small Intestine [3 parts]; Bladder [6 parts]; Kidney [4 parts]; Pericardium [4 parts]; Triple Warmer [4 parts]; Gallbladder [3 parts]; Liver [4 parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- The Organ Network Series: Lung [3 Parts]; Large Intestine [3 Parts]; Stomach [2 Parts]; Spleen [3 parts]; Heart [4 parts]; Small Intestine [3 parts]; Bladder [3 parts]; Kidney [3 parts] (Heiner Fruehauf); Pericardium [2 parts]; Triple Warmer [2 parts]; Gallbladder [2 parts]
- Understanding the Heart of Humanity: A Differential Analysis of the Fire Organs of Chinese Medicine (Heart, Small Intestine, Pericardium, and Triple Warmer) [3 parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- The Ancient Chinese Holomap of the Body: Exploring the Mystery of the Acupuncture Point Names [3 parts]
- Macrocosmic Alchemy: The Hidden Code to Deciphering the Function of the Chinese Organ Networks [2 Parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- The Path of Transmission – Restoring the Art of Teaching Chinese Medicine (Liu Lihong)
- Restoring the Clinical Power of Chinese Medicine: Theory, Diagnosis and Treatment [3 Parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
Daoist Medicine and Qigong
- The Role of Fasting in Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Bigu [2 parts] (Liu Lihong)
- The Science of Longevity – Reconsidering a Key Concept of Chinese Medicine [2 Parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Jinjing Shisi Shi—The 14 Movements of the Jinjing School of Qigong (Wang Qingyu and Heiner Fruehauf)
- On the Cultivation and the Spirit of Chinese Medicine (Wang Qingyu)
- The Five Elemental Sounds and the Power of Internal Alchemy (Wang Qingyu)
- Daoist Medicine Series: The Alchemical and Shamanic Root of Chinese Medicine (Wang Qingyu)
- An Introduction
- Diagnostic and Healing Methods
- Daoist Fingernail Diagnosis
- Daoist Treament Methods
- The Dao of Healing [2 Parts] (Abbot Fu Yuanfa)
- The Bagua in Your Hand: Practical Application of Daoist Medicine (Wang Qingyu)
Classical Chinese Herbalism
- Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine [3 parts] (Hu Changjiang)
- Principles of Classical Herb Prescribing and Paozhi Processing with Clinical Case Studies [3 parts] (Hu Changjiang)
- On the Vital Concept of Precision in the Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine [2 parts] (Hu Changjiang)
- Essential Prescriptions for Pregnancy and Post-Partum Care [1 part] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Treating Cancer with Chinese Medicine [2 parts] (Deng Zhongjia)
- The Six Conformations (liujing): Reflections by a Shanghan Expert [2 parts] (Liu Lihong)
- Restoring the Vital Link Between Gut Chemistry and Brain Chemistry: Using Chinese Herbs to Treat Food Allergies, Leaky Gut Syndrome, IBS, SIBO and GAPS [2 parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- Understanding Cancer: Spiritual and Physical Reasons for Its Development and Complimentary Treatment Strategies with Chinese Herbs [3 Parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- A Practical Introduction to Dr. Wu Sheng’an’s Method of Ascending/Descending Herbal Prescriptions [3 parts] (Wu Sheng’an)
- Clinical Reflections of a Chinese Medicine Physician [2 Parts] (Lu Chonghan)
- Formula Family Series (Zeng Rongxiu)
- Sini San (Frigid Extremities Powder) – Typical Pulses and Clinical Case Studies
- Baihe Tang (Lily Buld Decoction) – Diagnostic Concepts and Clinical Case Studies
- Xiexin Tang Formulas – Typical Pulses and Clinical Case Studies
- On the Concept of “Fang” (Formula Science): The Design and Clinical Power of Guizhi Tang (Cinnamon Decoction) [2 parts] (Liu Lihong)
- A Synthesis of liujing bianzheng (Six Conformation Diagnostics) and the Practical Application of Shanghan lun Formulas [3 parts] (Zeng Rongxiu)
- Herb Pairs: Mastering the Alchemical Element of Chinese Herbal Medicine [2 Parts] (Deng Zhongjia)
- Gu Syndrome: Effective Ancient Approaches to Chronic Inflammatory Disease and Other Silent Epidemics of Our Time [2 Parts] (Heiner Fruehauf)
- King of 100 Herbs: The Central Role of Aconite in the Fire Spirit Lineage [3 Parts] (Liu Lihong)
- The Foundation of Life: How to Ensure Clinical Success by Safeguarding the Yang [3 Parts] (Liu Lihong)
- Conversations with the Salt Doctor [2 Parts] (Jian Yuguang)
- Clinical Insights of a Fever School Expert, Part II (Zhang Zhiwen)
- Paozhi (herb processing): The Field of Herbal Alchemy Series (Hu Changjiang)
- Recovering the Lost Arts of Chinese Medicine: External Alchemy (3 Parts)
- Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in the Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine (3 parts)
- Principles of Classical Herb Prescribing and Paozhi Processing with Clinical Case Studies (3 parts)
- On the Vital Concept of Precision in the Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)
The Classics of Chinese Medicine
- What Is a Classic: On the Importance of Transmission, Inner Cultivation and Sage Consciousness (Liu Lihong)
- Supporting the Yang: Southwest China’s Aconite Masters (Lu Chonghan)
- Shanghan Lun [2 Parts] (Liu Lihong)
- The Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in the Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine [3 parts] (Hu Changjiang)
Emotional and Spiritual Healing in Chinese Medicine
- The Five Constitutional Types in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Psychology [3 parts] (Wang Fengyi (1864-1937), interpreted by Heiner Fruehauf)
- The Dialectics of the Heart—10 Practical Steps to Live in Health and Integrity (Abbot Mingchan)
- Wang Fengyi’s Five Element Style of Emotional Healing [6 parts, audio lectures] (Liu Lihong)
- Spiritual and Emotional Healing in Chinese Medicine: The Legacy of Wang Fengyi [2 parts] (Liu Lihong)
Acupuncture and Bodywork
- The Classical Chrono-Acupuncture System of the Wu Sheng’an Family Lineage [3 Parts] (He Chan)
- Restoring the Flow: Introducing a Unique Acupressure System for the Treatment of Difficult Diseases by the Master Massage Therapist Chen Yuqin (Liu Lihong)
- Insights of a Senior Chinese Body Worker on Treating Pathologies of the Organ Networks [3 parts] (Chen Yuqin)
- On Acupuncture [1 part] (Liu Lihong)
Traditional Chinese Arts and Culture of Chinese
- Erhu: The Instrument of Emotion and Character (Wan Lanzhen)
- The Qin (Lute): A Macrocosm of Chinese Culture (Wang Huade and Wan Lanzhen)
- Insights from a Tea Expert [2 Parts] (Zhao Fu)
SCHOOLS & STUDENTS
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Videos
VIDEO PREVIEW
The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Stomach, Part I
WITH HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: approx. 2 hrs
English
2 Parts
These presentations comprise a unique series about the physiology of the Chinese medicine organ networks. Based on a 10-year research project led by sinologist and Chinese medicine practitioner Heiner Fruehauf, these lectures explore a field of ancient symbolism that greatly illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the organ systems.
Based on the introductory lecture, Macrocosmic Alchemy: The Hidden Code to Deciphering the Function of the Chinese Organ Networks.
VIDEO PREVIEW
Macrocosmic Alchemy: The Hidden Code to Deciphering the Function of the Chinese Organ Networks, Part I
WITH HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: approx. 1 hr. 27 mins.
English
2 Parts
These lectures present the results of a 10-year research project led by sinologist and Chinese medicine practitioner Heiner Fruehauf. This groundbreaking exploration employs ancient symbolism, star lore, and mythology to introduce a comprehensive method aimed at defining the functions of the Chinese organ networks with much greater clarity, depth and detail than presently outlined in the textbooks of modern TCM.
Based on the introductory lecture, Macrocosmic Alchemy: The Hidden Code to Deciphering the Function of the Chinese Organ Networks.
VIDEO PREVIEW
Daoist Medicine: The Alchemical and Shamanic Root of Chinese Medicine, Part I (Introduction)
WITH WANG QINGYU AND HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: 3 hrs. 40 mins.
Mandarin Chinese,
translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
4 Parts
These presentations comprise a unique series about the physiology of the Chinese medicine organ networks. Based on a 10-year research project led by sinologist and Chinese medicine practitioner Heiner Fruehauf, these lectures explore a field of ancient symbolism that greatly illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the organ systems.
Based on the introductory lecture, Macrocosmic Alchemy: The Hidden Code to Deciphering the Function of the Chinese Organ Networks.
VIDEO PREVIEW
The Foundation of Life: How to Ensure Clinical Success by Safeguarding the Yang, Part I
WITH LIU LIHONG AND HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: approx. 3 hrs.
Mandarin Chinese,
translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
3 Parts
In the this 3-part lecture series, Prof. Liu Lihong (Institute for the Clinical Research of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi College of TCM), 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.
VIDEO PREVIEW
Preserving the Whole
WITH DENG TIETAO AND HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: 1 hr. 16 mins.
Mandarin Chinese,
translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
1 Part
Honored in China as one of the “four elders of Chinese Medicine,” Prof. Deng Tietao discusses the power of the classical approach to Chinese Medicine, sharing 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.
VIDEO PREVIEW
Spiritual and Emotional Healing in Classical Chinese Medicine: The Legacy of Wang Fengyi, Part I
WITH LIU LIHONG AND HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: 2 hrs. 30 mins.
Mandarin Chinese,
translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
2 Parts
Prof. Liu Lihong of the Guangxi Institute for the Research and Preservation of Classical Chinese Medicine offers an account of Wang Fengyi and his methods of healing.
VIDEO PREVIEW
Clinical Insights from a Fever School Expert, Part I
WITH ZHANG ZHIWEN AND HEINER FRUEHAUF
Total running time: 1 hr. 15 mins.
Mandarin Chinese,
translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
2 Parts
China’s most distinguished Fever School expert, Prof. Zhang Zhiwen of Chengdu University of TCM comments on the unique challenges and opportunities that Chinese medicine faces in the 21st century.
Articles
ARTICLE PREVIEW
A Classical Chinese Medicine Perspective on the Nature of Aging and Longevity
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
English
12 pages, PDF
Prof. Heiner Fruehauf (National University of Natural Medicine) explores the process of aging by exploring the symbolism of the Chinese organ networks that are initiating the downward and inward spiraling motion on the Chinese organ clock, namely the heart, the small intestine, the bladder, and the kidney.
ARTICLE PREVIEW
Lyme Disease: And In-Depth Article Interview with Heiner Fruehauf
WITH HEINER FRUEHAUF
INTERVIEW BY BOB QUINN
English
Also available in German
14 Pages, PDF
In the spring of 2011 Heiner Fruehauf, PhD, LAc sat down with his student and colleague, Bob Quinn, DAOM, LAc to discuss the finer points of “Brain Gu” syndrome, specifically as it pertains to the treatment of Lyme Disease. This discussion is best understood as a follow-up to and elaboration of the ideas presented in Heiner and Quinn’s earlier interview about Gu syndrome published in the fall of 2008 and available in the public part of this website.
ARTICLE PREVIEW
The Principle of Supporting Yang
BY LU CHONGHAN
TRANSLATED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF & KENDRA DALE
English
10 pages, PDF
In this recently published transmission, the main successor of the Sichuan “Fire Spirit” school of aconite, ginger, and cinnamon usage issues a rare manifesto of the leading role of yang-qi in macrocosm and microcosm. In a challenge to the textbook parameters of TCM, Dr. Lu contents that support of this precious yang is one of the hallmarks of classical Chinese medicine, which must override most superficial symptoms of heat and yin deficiency.
ARTICLE PREVIEW
Heaven and Earth: from Yin and Yang
BY FRANK FIEDELER
TRANSLATED BY GABRIEL WEISS
English
9 pages, PDF
This original translation is a chapter from Yin and Yang, by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpretors of the Yijing, who is one of the few scholars who have made the symbolic methodology of Han and pre-Han dynasty thought accessible for the field of Chinese medicine. Translated into English by our colleague Gabriel Weiss.
ARTICLE PREVIEW
Correlative Cosmology: Energetics of the First Month of Spring and Lung Function
TRANSLATED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
English
German version also available
8 pages, PDF
In this article of Chinese to English translations, Heiner Fruehauf explores the lung as a metal organ according to the five phase element system. Modern Chinese medicine discourse, therefore, has exclusively focused on this organ’s association with the metal season of fall. In original Neijing cosmology, however, the five phase system is paralleled by a more complex and inclusive system of twelve functional entities that correlate the twelve months of the year with the order of the twelve channel systems that we now refer to as the “organ clock.” In this system, which does not contradict but rather amend the simpler view of lung metal function, lung function is likened to the energetics of the first month of spring. By studying classical sources about the first month, therefore, we can recover valuable and clinically practical information about deeper aspects of lung physiology/pathology that are otherwise not overtly expressed in the Neijing itself.