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All Disease Comes From the Heart (podcast)

CCM2024-09-12T15:01:49-07:00Tags: Buddhism, Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Confucianism, heart, Heiner Fruehauf, Taoism, TCM|

In this podcast, we discuss the ancient awareness that physical disease (dis-ease) arises when the natural flow of the Heart is restricted. This happens when we entertain false beliefs about ourselves or others, and let these prejudices dominate our inner wisdom. When our Heart is functioning freely, we experience ease and feel connected to the people and environment around us. Seen from this perspective, disease isn’t an enemy to be eradicated, but rather a sign in the material world pointing to opportunities to relax, open and live our life in a more whole and authentic way.

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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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Dao Yin: Theory and Practice (4 Parts)

CCM2023-05-19T18:23:53-07:00Tags: Classical Chinese Medicine, Daoyin, Heiner Fruehauf, internal alchemy, Liu Lihong, self-cultivation|

LIU LIHONG

In these lectures, China’s premier advocate of the classical wisdom traditions in Chinese medicine explores the history, theory, and practice of Daoyin, the Daoist tradition of cultivating qi, maintaining the balance of Yin and Yang, and nourishing life as it was elucidated in the Huangdi Neijing.

Total running time: 56 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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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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Building the Heart Bridge: The Importance of Direct Connection in the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge (4 Parts)

CCM2023-05-19T18:24:50-07:00Tags: Daoism, Heiner Fruehauf, internal alchemy, Jinjing qigong, qigong, self-cultivation, Wang Qingyu|

HEINER FRUEHAUF
WANG QINGYU

In this presentation, respected Daoist medicine elder Wang Qingyu dialogues with his student, Heiner Fruehauf, about the importance of maintaining consistency in Qigong practice, and the vital importance of the concept of lineage in Chinese medicine and related forms of personal cultivation.

Total running time: 1 hr. 5 mins.
English and Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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Exploring Ancient Wisdom with Classical Chinese Medicine Scholar Sabine Wilms

CCM2023-02-15T16:41:59-08:00Tags: Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, Sabine Wilms, Sun Simiao|

Why ancient wisdom is so relevant for finding health and harmony in today’s world? Join Heiner and Laurie for a lively discussion with Dr. Sabine Wilms, world-renown expert on the life and works of ancient sage-scholar Sun Simiao (581-682 A.D.). Known as the “King of Medicine” (Yaowang), Sun Simiao is revered not only for his medical acumen (especially in the realm of herbal prescription), but also for his deep knowledge of how to “nourish life”, emphasizing the health of women and children.

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Jinjing Qigong: Deeper Meaning of the Phase Element “Wood” and the Foundational Principles of Jinjing Qigong (3 Parts)

CCM2023-05-19T18:25:37-07:00Tags: Heiner Fruehauf, internal alchemy, Jinjing qigong, qigong, self-cultivation, Wang Qingyu|

HEINER FRUEHAUF
WANG QINGYU

In this presentation Dr. Heiner Fruehauf explores advanced layers of the Wood element in Chinese medicine by introducing the meaning of Jinjing Gong 筋經功 (Tendon and Meridian Opening Qigong), the Daoist lineage he received from nourishing life expert Wang Qingyu and later incorporated into the curriculum of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Total running time: 2 hrs. 58 mins.
English and Mandarin Chinese, translated into English
by Heiner Fruehauf

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The Triple Warmer Organ Network of Chinese Medicine

CCM2023-02-15T16:43:24-08:00Tags: Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, organ networks, triple warmer|

This episode explores the most mysterious of the organ networks. Join us for a discussion of the elusive Triple Warmer Organ Network—perhaps the least understood of the Chinese organ systems. While not easily associated with any specific physical organ, the Triple Warmer functions are related to warmth, water metabolism, and networking throughout the body. Aspects of nervous and endocrine system functioning are likely involved.

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The Pericardium Organ Network of Chinese Medicine

CCM2023-02-15T16:44:29-08:00Tags: Chinese medicine, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, organ networks, pericardium|

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.

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Visions of the Baojun: Donald Trump and the Pathological Large Intestine Archetype in Classical Chinese Medicine

CCM2024-09-12T15:01:50-07:00Tags: Correlative Cosmology, cosmology, Donald Trump, Heiner Fruehauf, large intestine, symbolism|

BY HEINER FRUEHAUF

This impromptu three part editorial by Heiner Fruehauf is an attempt to make sense of the recent US presidential elections through the constructive lens of Chinese medicine systems science.

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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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Healing Through the Emotions: The Confucian Therapy System of Wang Fengyi

CCM2023-02-15T16:50:07-08:00Tags: Confucianism, emotions, Five Element virtue healing, Heiner Fruehauf, Laurie Regan, Wang Fengyi|

This 5-element emotional release system can result in a rapid and profound return to health. Tamara Staudt, ND, LAc shares with Heiner and Laurie her direct experience with this powerful system of emotional healing. In 2010, Dr. Staudt was a member of the first group of foreigners to attend in a Wang Fengyi retreat in China. Having received great personal benefit as a participant, Dr. Staudt was inspired to lead the first Wang Fengyi retreat in the United States in June, 2011. Of particular note, one woman who entered the US retreat with liposarcoma remains cancer-free since that time. Heiner and Laurie have also participated in this type of healing work, and are big proponents of its powerful simplicity.

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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 “Bladder Type” and the “Kidney Type” in Chinese Medicine

CCM2023-02-15T16:53:17-08:00Tags: bladder, Classical Chinese Medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, kidney, Laurie Regan, organ networks|

BLADDER
The bladder is the organ function that leads to Enlightenment. Heiner discusses how ancient symbol scientists described the functioning of what is arguably the body’s most mystical and esoteric channel network, namely the Bladder.

KIDNEY
What did real “surrender” mean to the ancient Chinese, and why did they deem it to be necessary for a person to live a fully authentic life? We’ll explore this question today, through the discussion of the characteristics attributed to the Kidney Channel Network of Chinese medicine. Ancient wisdom keepers defined the body’s root system as a type of “battery” for the storage of our core vitality, called “Source Qi”.

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Natural Medicine Works for Animals, Too (2 Parts)

CCM2023-02-15T16:55:51-08:00Tags: Classical Chinese Medicine, conventional medicine, Heiner Fruehauf, integrative medicine, Laurie Regan, Steve Marsden, veterinary medicine|

Our guest this week and next has a unique perspective from which to compare and integrate conventional and natural medicine. Steve Marsden was by all accounts a successful veterinarian, but felt that his toolkit of drugs and surgery was too limited to reliably achieve the kinds of outcomes that he wanted to with his furry, feathered, and scaled patients. Although initially wary of natural medicine, he was willing to investigate whether it could broaden and deepen his ability to help animals heal.

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