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Are we what we eat? An exploration of the Small Intestine organ system

CCM2023-02-15T16:15:16-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Chinese medicine, goat, Heiner Fruehauf, small intestine, TCM|

Having explored the Heart organ system and its integral role in health and disease, we now discuss the Small Intestine—the organ system charged with carrying out the mission of the Heart. The Small Intestine function is involved in making choices—what to eat, what to absorb of what we ate, what thoughts to entertain, what situations to engage in. When the Small Intestine function is healthy, we make choices that are true to our deeper nature, and therefore lead to real happiness and fulfillment.

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Might saturated fats, eggs, butter, raw milk, and cholesterol actually be good for you?!?

CCM2023-02-15T16:13:31-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Chinese medicine, healthy eating, Heiner Fruehauf, nutrition, Sally Fallon Morell, Weston A. Price|

Heiner and Laurie discuss the wisdom of traditional diets with “grassroots” expert Sally Fallon Morell. Sally began her journey into nutrition as an interested and observant mother. She quickly found that much of the modern view of nutrition has been highly influenced by business interests, rather than being informed by solid research and time-worn experience. Through open-minded exploration, she has become a proponent of ideas that may surprise (and delight) you!

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Building in Harmony with Nature

CCM2023-02-15T16:19:18-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Autopoiesis, Chinese medicine, Christopher Alexander, ecological design, green technology, Heiner Fruehauf, integrative medicine, Katy Langstaff, natural building|

Heiner and Laurie interview ecological design expert Katy Langstaff about how we can design and build structures that not only support the environment, but directly benefit human health as well. Katy is a former student of architect and theorist Christopher Alexander (A Pattern Language, The Timeless Way of Building, The Nature of Order), and works with her husband Stuart Cowan to provide ecological design, development, financial, and management services for innovative and sustainable building projects worldwide. Join us to hear how you we can build (whether a bed, house, or business) in a way that creates meaning and harmony in our lives.

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The Ancient Chinese Holomap of the Body: Exploring the Mystery of the Acupuncture Point Names

CCM2024-07-15T14:36:46-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture channels, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, holomap, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, symbolism|

Heiner Fruehauf National University of Natural Medicine, College of Classical Chinese Medicine Running time Part 1: 52 mins Part 2: 59 mins Part 3: 45 mins. English Filmed in Portland, Oregon (US) The Ancient Chinese Holomap of the [...]

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On Acupuncture

CCM2023-05-20T12:21:15-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture points, Daoist Medicine, Huangdi Neizhen, Liu Lihong, Sikao Zhongyi|

LIU LIHONG

Dr. Liu Lihong has become a household name in China since the publication of Sikao zhongyi, his inspirational best-seller on Chinese medicine 18 years ago (available in English translation under the title Classical Chinese Medicine). Originally an expert in herbal medicine, Dr. Liu has recently shifted his educational and clinical focus to a Daoist system of acupuncture called Huangdi Neizhen (The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Transmission of Acupuncture). In this month’s presentation he will share some of his insights into the art and science of classical acupuncture and the Neizhen system in particular.

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As Above, So Below

CCM2023-02-15T16:20:21-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Astrology, Carol Ferris, Chinese medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, integrative medicine, planets, stellar constellations, TCM|

What do the stars and planets reveal about how humans can live in harmony with the rhythms of nature? Heiner and Laurie interview Carol Ferris, a western astrologer who has spent more than forty years studying the relationship between planetary movements and human potential. Over the past decade, she has expanded her interests to the ancient Chinese understanding of the heavens, and is particularly fascinated by what the stellar constellations can reveal about human health.

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A History of Chinese Medicine in the West

CCM2023-02-15T16:26:05-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Boston University School of Medicine, Chinese medicine, Dr. Linda Barnes, Heiner Fruehauf, History of Chinese Medicine, TCM|

Contrary to common belief, Chinese medicine came to the west long before James Reston’s New York Times account of acupuncture following his trip to China with President Nixon in 1971. In fact, accounts of Chinese medicine practice in the Americas go back to at least the 1600’s. Heiner and Laurie interview expert Linda Barnes, PhD, who not only elucidates how, when and where Chinese medicine came to the west, but also provides insights about intercultural exchange that occurred. The discussion includes a consideration of how western understandings of medicine and the body were informed by interactions with Chinese medicine practitioners.

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The Problem of Iatrogenic Disease

CCM2023-02-15T16:27:05-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, iatrogenic disease, TCM|

While Western medicine can be a life-saver, it also is much more likely than natural medicine to cause serious health problems for the patient. Heiner and Laurie discuss the issue of practitioner induced illness, and explain why this problem is much more likely to result from the practice of allopathic than natural medicine.

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Acupuncture in the Wild: Part I & II

CCM2023-02-15T16:31:21-08:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture points, Chinese medicine, David Ford, Heiner Fruehauf, TCM|

“As Above, So Below” isn’t just a lovely saying—there really is direct relationship between the human body and the natural world. In the realm of acupuncture, perhaps nobody knows this as experientially as this week’s guest, David Ford. Having spent more than forty years teaching acupuncture in wilderness settings, David has developed a deep understanding of how the properties of individual acupuncture points mirror actual phenomena in nature.

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The China Study Re-visited—with very different conclusions!

CCM2023-02-15T16:32:11-08:00Tags: acupuncture, ancient wisdom, Chinese medicine, chronic disease, Classical Chinese Medicine, Denise Minger, food pyramid, health, Heiner Fruehauf, nutrition, TCM, The China Study, vegan, vegetarian|

Health writer Denise Minger shares her insights about the meat-no meat debate. Denise Minger is exuberant and simply in search of the truth…about what the available data does and does not tell us about the nature of healthy nutrition. Following a raw food, vegan diet to become hearty and strong, Denise instead found herself becoming sicker and weaker. According to the conclusions in The China Study, she was on the diet that should prevent chronic disease. Puzzled by her experience, and a data wonk at heart, she obtained the original data upon which the book was based, and analyzed it herself. Join us for a discussion of what she found in that data, and in her subsequent quest for nutritional wisdom based in sound science rather than dogmatism or political agendas.

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Spirit of the Points: Lung Channel

CCM2024-10-09T15:38:13-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, lung channel, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Large Intestine Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:03:58-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, large intestine channel, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Stomach Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:01:32-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, stomach channel, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names—a vital piece of information with enormous clinical implications, which has literally been lost in translation. Most Western practitioners of Chinese medicine associate each acupuncture point with an abstract number. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced last year with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Spleen Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:03:37-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, spleen channel, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Heart Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:02:55-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, heart channel, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Small Intestine Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:03:46-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, small intestine channel, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Bladder Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:04:38-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, bladder, bladder channel, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Kidney Channel

CCM2023-07-10T13:54:17-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, hidden channel, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Pericardium Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:05:48-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, pericardium channel, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Triple Warmer Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:05:58-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism, triple warmer channel|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Gallbladder Channel

CCM2023-07-10T13:53:45-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, gallbladder channel, Heiner Fruehauf, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Spirit of the Points: Liver Channel

CCM2023-07-05T16:06:07-07:00Tags: acupuncture, acupuncture point names, acupuncture points, cosmology, Heiner Fruehauf, liver channel, organ networks, Spirit of the Points, Sun Simiao, symbolism|

The great Tang dynasty scholar physician Sun Simiao hinted 1,400 years ago that the secret of understanding the power of the acupuncture points is encoded in their ancient names. This vital piece of information has enormous clinical implications and has literally been lost in translation. This series represents the detailed delivery of goods that was announced in 2018 with the existing video lecture on symbolism of acu-points.

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Telltale Signs on the Tongue

CCM2023-02-15T16:33:23-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Barbara Kirschbaum, cancer, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, TCM, tongue diagnosis, trauma|

A skilled Chinese medicine practitioner can learn a tremendous amount about a patient’s history and current condition just by observing their tongue. What are they looking for? Heiner interviews internationally recognized expert Barbara Kirschbaum to find out. Listen as Barbara provides insights gained from her more than thirty years of experience using tongue analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic disease, with a special focus on cancer and trauma. Barbara Kirschbaum is the author of the widely used textbooks The Atlas of Chinese Tongue Diagnosis, volumes 1 and 2, and is Director of the TCM Clinic within the Breast Cancer Center of the Jerusalem Hospital in Hamburg, Germany.

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Western Holistic Medicine: How to Truly Integrate Different Approaches to Medicine

CCM2023-02-15T16:45:24-08:00Tags: acupuncture, allopathic medicine, Anthroposophical medicine, Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Goethe, Heiner Fruehauf, integrative medicine, Laurie Regan, Rudolf Steiner, TCM|

Heiner and Laurie interview Dr. Paul Kalnins, a scholar practitioner with an unusually broad and deep perspective on how to truly integrate biomedical approaches with natural medicine approaches. After majoring in physics in his undergraduate studies, Dr. Kalnins attained degrees in Chinese and naturopathic medicine, and pursued additional study of the works of Goethe and Steiner. Dr. Kalnins discusses methods of cultivating one’s own perceptive abilities as a means to more directly understand what part of “the whole” is elucidated by different systems of medicine, and how these systems can be used together to optimize patient care.

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Treating Trauma in Times of War and Peace

CCM2023-02-15T16:50:46-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, PTSD, Roger Batchelor, trauma|

Acupuncture gives hope to the survivors of trauma–even those suffering from PTSD. It is common knowledge that the long-term sequelae of trauma can be devastating, but how many know there is much hope available in the form of acupuncture and other forms of natural medicine? Laurie interviews Roger Batchelor, DAOM, LAc, who has more than two decades of experience treating trauma survivors in public health and private clinical settings. Roger gives insight into how an acute traumatic event (or series of events) can cause chronic problems, and how these can be reversed through the skillful use of Chinese medicine.

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The Inspiring Life Story of Chinese Qigong Master Wang Qingyu (2 Parts)

CCM2023-02-15T16:49:21-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Chinese history, Classical Chinese Medicine, Daoism, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, Li Jie, martial arts, qigong, TCM, Wang Qingyu|

In this two-part podcast, Laurie narrates and Heiner translates the biographical story of master Wang Qingyu. The story begins with Master Wang’s birth, literally on a battlefield during the Japanese invasion of China. Especially touching are his remembrances of his beloved Daoist teacher, Li Jie, a legendary Daoist hermit who taught young Wang the real value of cultivation practices–to know one’s own heart and become a truly good person.

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Selections from Shan Yutang, Annotated Excerpts from the Shanghan Lun With Suggestions for Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy (1984): “Shaoyang”

CCM2017-04-01T18:56:27-07:00Tags: acupuncture, German, liver, Ministerial Fire, moxabustion, Shanghan lun, shaoyang, translations, triple warmer|

BY SHAN YUTANG

TRANSLATED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF

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.

GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE

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The Essence of Chinese Medicine

CCM2023-02-15T17:12:27-08:00Tags: acupuncture, Chinese herbs, chrono acupuncture, Classical Chinese Medicine, self-cultivation, Sun Simiao, Wu Sheng'an|

WU SHENG'AN

ClassicalChineseMedicine.org is proud to announce that one of Northern China’s most pre-eminent folk physicians has become a permanent advisor to our online family. Dr. Wu Sheng’an is a classically trained master physician who still combines many traditional skills that are virtually impossible to find in one person in modern-day China: chrono-acupuncturist, wildcrafter and processor of medicinal plants, internal medicine expert specializing in difficult and recalcitrant diseases, Taiji master, and active proponent of Sun Simiao’s medical ethics.

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