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  • By Heiner Fruehauf English (12 pages) This important and timeless essay 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.
  • By Frank Fiedeler Translated by Gabriel Weiss These original translations are chapters from the book Yin and Yang, by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpretors of the Yijing, and 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.
    • Cosmological Thought in Europe and China, An Introduction
    • Image and Script
    • Heaven and Earth
    • The History of Heavenly Sacrifice
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  • Developing the Core Essence of Chinese Medical Science: An Interview with Liu Changlin (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy) Translated by Heiner Fruehauf 4 pages In these translated excerpts from a comprehensive interview, one of China’s leading theorists explores the philosophical differences between Eastern and Western modes of thinking, and how they shaped two distinct systems of medicine: Chinese medicine, described as a medicine of time, and Western medicine, described as a medicine of space.    
  • By Cheng Guopeng (Scholar, Qing Dynasty) Translated by Heiner Fruehauf Available languages English (6 pages) German (7 pages) Cheng Guopeng is one of the seminal scholar-physicians of the early Qing dynasty. At the height of his career, he synthesized his personal insights derived from a life-long study of the classics, especially Zhang Zhongjing’s Shanghan lun, and his clinical experience by writing the book Enlightened Insights into the Science of Medicine (Yixue xinwu, 1732).
  • With Heiner Fruehauf Interview by Bob Quinn 14 pages 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 long-awaited 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 this website.  
  • By Heiner Fruehauf Available languages English, translated from Mandarin Chinese (9 pages) German, translated from Mandarin Chinese (10 pages) These essays represent Heiner’s contribution to 2011's Fuyang luntan (Discussion Forum on Supporting the Yang), China’s premier conference dedicated to upholding the roots of classical Chinese medicine.
  • By Shan Yutang Translated by Heiner Fruehauf 3 pages One of modern China’s last masters of acupuncture interprets shaoyang function and provides a model for transforming Shanghan lun information into elegant point prescriptions.
  • By Heiner Fruehauf Available languages English (7 pages) German (8 pages) This essay examines how the image of the tiger—a traditional symbol associated with the season of fall, the phase element metal, and the organ network of the Lung—transmits a host of intricate information about Lung function in the spheres of the physical, the emotional, and the spiritual.
  • By Lu Chonghan (Chengdu University of TCM, Department of Fundamental Studies) Translated by Kendra Dale 10 pages In this 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.
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