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Chinese Medicine Approaches to COVID: A Brief History and Differentiation of Stages (2 Parts)

CCM2024-04-01T18:02:59-07:00Tags: case studies, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese herbs, COVID-19, Heiner Fruehauf, Hu Changjiang, paozhi (traditional processing)|

HU CHANGJIANG & HEINER FRUEHAUF

Dr. Hu Changjiang, senior professor at Chengdu University of TCM and China’s leading paozhi (herbal processing) expert, has had a life-long interest in the treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases with Chinese herbal medicine. In this lecture, he summarizes his personal insights and clinical experiences while treating COVID-19 during the years of the pandemic.

Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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Recovering the Lost Arts of Chinese Medicine: External Alchemy (3 Parts)

CCM2023-01-07T18:19:30-08:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Hu Changjiang, paozhi (traditional processing)|

HU CHANGJIANG

Prof. Hu Changjiang is the leading scholar on the art and science of paozhi (traditional herbal processing) in mainland China. For the last decade, it has been a personal passion of his to rediscover the lost science of Daoist external alchemy (involving the fusion of metals for medicinal purposes) and restore its clinical value to the field of Chinese medicine. We are proud to be able to present his first public lecture about this topic to a Western audience to our members.

Total running time: 53 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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On the Vital Concept of Precision in the Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)

CCM2022-10-31T18:38:52-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Hu Changjiang, paozhi (traditional processing)|

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This collection of lectures is a continuation of our series on the forgotten science of paozhi (herbal processing). In these presentations, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy expands on the previous introductory lectures to offer specific principles on how to process raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances, and explains how these measures can affect an herb's clinical potency and direction. In this second section of the series, he presents relevant clinical case studies.

Total running time: 137 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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Principles of Classical Herb Prescribing and Paozhi Processing with Clinical Case Studies (3 parts)

CCM2022-10-31T18:37:57-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Hu Changjiang, paozhi (traditional processing)|

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This collection of lectures is a continuation of our series on the forgotten science of paozhi (herbal processing). In these presentations, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy expands on the previous introductory lectures to offer specific principles on how to process raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances, and explains how these measures can affect an herb's clinical potency and direction. In this second section of the series, he presents relevant clinical case studies.

Total running time: 209 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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Single Herbs: Huangjing (Rhizome Polygonati)

CCM2021-03-22T13:12:59-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), huangjing (polygonatum), paozhi (traditional processing), Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in the Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine (3 parts)

CCM2022-10-31T17:21:29-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Hu Changjiang, paozhi (traditional processing)|

HU CHANGJIANG
College of Pharmacology, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In this lecture series, one of China's last remaining experts in the field of herbal alchemy gives a passionate introduction to the forgotten science of paozhi. He explains how processing raw herbs with honey, vinegar, alcohol, clay and other transformative substances can affect their clinical potency and direction.

Total running time: 223 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf

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Single Herbs: Sanqi (Panax notoginseng)

CCM2021-03-19T19:21:43-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), paozhi (traditional processing), sanqi, Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Single Herbs: Baishao (Paeonia lactiflora)

CCM2021-03-22T13:29:36-07:00Tags: baishao (white peony), Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), paozhi (traditional processing), Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Single Herbs: Shanyao (Dioscorea opposita)

CCM2021-03-22T13:30:02-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), paozhi (traditional processing), shanyao (dioscorea), Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Single Herbs: Shichangpu (Acorus gramineus)

CCM2021-03-22T13:30:59-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), paozhi (traditional processing), shichangpu (acorus), Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Single Herbs: Banxia (Pinellia ternata)

CCM2021-03-22T13:32:00-07:00Tags: banxia (pinellia), Chinese herbs, Classical Pearls Herbal Formulas, didao yocai (terroir), paozhi (traditional processing), Single Herb Series|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf's prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi - terroir [...]

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Single Herbs Series: Guizhi and Rougui (Cinnamomum loureirii bark and twig)

CCM2021-03-22T13:32:41-07:00Tags: Chinese herbs, didao yocai (terroir), guizhi (cinnamon), paozhi (traditional processing), rougui (cinnamon), terroir|

By Heiner Fruehauf Heiner Fruehauf’s prolific research trip to China and Vietnam in the summer of 2014 to source high quality, potent, directly-traded Chinese herbs from small family farms provided a significant amount of material and information about didao yocai and paozhi – terroir [...]

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Chinese Medicine Approaches to COVID: A Brief History and Differentiation of Stages (2 Parts)

Recovering the Lost Arts of Chinese Medicine: External Alchemy (3 Parts)

On the Vital Concept of Precision in the Clinical Application of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)

Principles of Classical Herb Prescribing and Paozhi Processing with Clinical Case Studies (3 parts)

Single Herbs: Huangjing (Rhizome Polygonati)

Importance of Herbal Processing (paozhi) in the Clinical Science of Chinese Medicine (3 parts)

Single Herbs: Sanqi (Panax notoginseng)

Single Herbs: Baishao (Paeonia lactiflora)

Single Herbs: Shanyao (Dioscorea opposita)

Single Herbs: Shichangpu (Acorus gramineus)

Single Herbs: Banxia (Pinellia ternata)

Single Herbs Series: Guizhi and Rougui (Cinnamomum loureirii bark and twig)