The Pericardium Organ Network of Chinese Medicine
The heart protector function. Join us for a discussion of the functions of the Pericardium Organ Network—the system responsible for protecting our heart and allowing for true intimacy.
Western Holistic Medicine: How to Truly Integrate Different Approaches to Medicine
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.
Chinese Medicine In Crisis: Science, Politics, and the Making of “TCM”
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY SEPP LEEB
This article is based on the conviction that the traditional art of Oriental medicine is dying—both in mainland China, home of the mother trunk of the field, and consequently overseas where branches of the tree are trying to grow. It may be an anachronistic piece, written at a time when TCM administrators around the world are celebrating major advances in the field, such as increasing numbers of students, practitioners, patients, colleges, universities, and hospitals, which all appear to reflect a booming state of Oriental medicine.
On the Relationship Between Medicine and Philosophy
BY ZHANG XICHUN (1860-1933)
TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE
Zhang Xichun (1860-1933) is one of China's great scholar-physicians. He is primarily remembered for his prominent role in spearheading the early movement of Chinese-Western medicine integration during the first three decades of this century. The depth of his knowledge and the broad range of his activities, moreover, distinguish him as one of the last of the classical cast of renaissance physicians.
Chinese Medicine Blues
PETER FIREBRACE
Eastern Currents
Total running time: 4 mins.
Music
The British Chinese medicine expert Peter Firebrace is a dear friend of the ClassicalChineseMedicine.org community. In recent years, he has used his deep love for music to cover many of the perennial themes of Chinese medicine in witty and informative song compositions. CDs capturing more of his musical work can be obtained from EasternCurrents.ca in North America, and from peterfirebrace.com in Europe.
The Qualities of a Good Physician
BY ANONYMOUS (12 Century)
TRANSLATED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
Everyone who walks the path of healing has to first understand the fundamental principles that are behind all technical aspects of medicine. Only then should herbs and other modalities be prescribed. If healing is approached from the underlying source, all treatment efforts will be sublime and clinical results will naturally follow.
Restoring the Clinical Power of Chinese Medicine: Theory, Diagnosis and Treatment (3 Parts)
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
Der Geist der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin: Die Rückkehr zur ursprünglichen Natur
VON LONNY JARRETT
Shen Ming Seminars
For our German speaking audience, this two-part article by our associate, Lonny Jarrett, L.Ac., is a reflection on the return to nature as the spirit and foundation of Chinese medicine.
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE
Das Nähren der Bestimmung: Die Innere Tradition der Chinesischen Medizin
VON LONNY JARRETT
Shen Ming Seminars
For our German speaking audience, this two-part article by our associate, Lonny Jarrett, L.Ac., is a reflection on the return to nature as the spirit and foundation of Chinese medicine.
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE