HEINER FRUEHAUF
This is Part 1 of the three part presentation unpacking Chinese medicine views on water and its counterpart in the microcosm of the human body, jing essence. Heiner will lead us on a highly unique journey with the aim of recognizing and defining the role of the four most important organ networks involved in the storage, circulation and maintenance of jing.
HEINER FRUEHAUF
This is Part 1 of the three part presentation unpacking Chinese medicine views on water and its counterpart in the microcosm of the human body, jing essence. Heiner will lead us on a highly unique journey with the aim of recognizing and defining the role of the four most important organ networks involved in the storage, circulation and maintenance of jing.
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”.
輔行訣臟腑用藥法要 梁華陽隱居 陶弘景 撰 EXTRANEOUS SECRETS: The Essential Method of Using Medicinal Substances for Differential Treatment of the Organ Networks Attributed to the Hermit of Huayang, Tao Hongjing (456-536), As Recorded and Transmitted by Zhang Dachang (1926-1995) and his Disciples 辨腎臟病證文并方 On [...]
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the kidney organ network.
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
National University of Natural Medicine,
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
This 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.
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE