The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Kidney
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the kidney organ network.
The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Pericardium
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the pericardium organ network.
The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Triple Warmer
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the triple warmer organ network.
The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Gallbladder
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the gallbladder organ network.
The Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine: Liver
Explore the field of ancient symbolism that illuminates the physical, emotional, and spiritual functions of the liver organ network.
The Lung and the Tiger Image: An Example of Decoding the Symbolic Record of Chinese Medicine
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
National University of Natural Medicine,
College of Classical Chinese Medicine
Heiner Fruehauf has researched the ancient symbolism that defines the finer points of Chinese organ network function for 10 years. His prolific research project will eventually culminate in the creation of an illustrated compendium on the macrocosmic and microcosmic ramifications of organ network theory. Since the publication of this effort is still years away, he has decided to make a selection from his cache of existing research papers available now by publishing them on ClassicalChineseMedicine.org. The first installment of these papers consists of a detailed etymological analysis of the character of fei 肺 (lung), and the defining statement on the lung’s function/office in chapter 8 of the Huangdi neijing suwen.
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE
Cosmological Thought in China and Europe: Introduction, Yin & Yang
BY FRANK FIEDELER
TRANSLATED BY GABRIEL WEISS
This original translation is the introduction and first chapter from the volume Yin und Yang (Yin and Yang), by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpreters of the Yijing, and is one of the few scholars who have made the symbolic methodology of Han and pre-Han dynasty thought accessible for the field of Chinese medicine.
Image and Script
BY FRANK FIEDELER
Translated into English by Gabriel Weiss
This original translation is the second chapter from the volume Yin und Yang (Yin and Yang), by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpreters of the Yijing, and is one of the few scholars who have made the symbolic methodology of Han and pre-Han dynasty thought accessible for the field of Chinese medicine.
Heaven and Earth
BY FRANK FIEDELER
Translated into English by Gabriel Weiss
This original translation is a chapter from the volume Yin und Yang (Yin and Yang), by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpreters of the Yijing, and is one of the few scholars who have made the symbolic methodology of Han and pre-Han dynasty thought accessible for the field of Chinese medicine.
The History of Heavenly Sacrifice
BY FRANK FIEDELER
Translated into English by Gabriel Weiss
This original translation is a chapter from the volume Yin und Yang (Yin and Yang), by the late Prof. Frank Fiedeler, one of the best modern interpreters of the Yijing, and is one of the few scholars who have made the symbolic methodology of Han and pre-Han dynasty thought accessible for the field of Chinese medicine.
Understanding the Heart of Humanity: A Differential Analysis of the Fire Organs of Chinese Medicine (Heart, Small Intestine, Pericardium, and Triple Warmer) (3 Parts)
HEINER FRUEHAUF
In this passionate lecture from the recent Roots and Branches Symposium, Heiner systematically illuminates the four different layers of the heart that play such an important role in the theory and practice of Chinese medicine.
Total running time: 2hr. 23 mins.
English
The Science of Longevity: Reconsidering a Key Concept of Chinese Medicine (2 Parts)
HEINER FRUEHAUF
In this richly illustrated lecture, Prof. Fruehauf explores the time-honored concept of longevity from a Chinese medicine perspective, drawing from classical texts, ancient symbolism, and parallel developments in modern research.
Total running time: 118 mins.
English
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
Fei: An Etymological Analysis of the Pictogram for ‘Lung’
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
The word 肺, in a more specific reference to the specific function of this organ system, is classified by the component 巿 po (in its seal script form, composed of the pictographic components grass 屮and eight 八), meaning “abundant foliage in the wind” (this is a clear reference to the anatomical appearance of the lung lobes, as well as to traditional descriptions of this organ: Chinese texts describe them as “leaves”; see Shijing: 東門之楊, 其葉肺肺 “The poplars at the Eastern Gate, their leaves flutter lung-like in the wind;” Neijing: 肺熱葉焦 “When the lung is hot, its leaves become charred”); note that the rain forest with its prolific canopy of leaves is considered to be the lung of the earth.
Alchemy and Symbolism in Chinese Medicine: A Reading List of Relevant Materials
COMPILED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
A reading list of materials about alchemy and symbolism in Chinese medicine.
The Science of Symbols: Exploring a Forgotten Gateway to Chinese Medicine, Part 1
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
This article summarizes the initial results of an ongoing research project conducted by the Acupuncture Point Research Group of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. First published in The Journal of Chinese Medicine (February 2002).
The Science of Symbols: Exploring a Forgotten Gateway to Chinese Medicine, Part 2
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
This article summarizes the initial results of an ongoing research project conducted by the Acupuncture Point Research Group of the College of Classical Chinese Medicine at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. First published in The Journal of Chinese Medicine (June 2002).
Die Wurzeln der chinesischen Medizin, Teil I
VON HEINER FRÜHAUF
AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN ÜBERSETZT
VON SEPP LEEB
Dieser Artikel fasst die ersten Ergebnisse eines laufenden Forschungsprojekts zusammen, das von der Akupunkturpunkt-Forschungsgruppe des College of Classical Chinese Medicine an der National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, durchgeführt wurde. Erstveröffentlichung im Journal of Chinese Medicine (Februar 2002).
Die Wurzeln der chinesischen Medizin, Teil II
VON HEINER FRÜHAUF
AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN ÜBERSETZT
VON SEPP LEEB
Dieser Artikel fasst die ersten Ergebnisse eines laufenden Forschungsprojekts zusammen, das von der Akupunkturpunkt-Forschungsgruppe des College of Classical Chinese Medicine an der National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, durchgeführt wurde. Erstveröffentlichung im Journal of Chinese Medicine (Juni 2002).
Correlative Cosmology: Energetics of the First Month of Spring and Lung Function
COLLATED AND TRANSLATED
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
In this article of Chinese to English translations, Heiner Fruehauf explores the lung as a metal organ according to the five phase element system. Modern Chinese medicine discourse, therefore, has exclusively focused on this organ’s association with the metal season of fall. In original Neijing cosmology, however, the five phase system is paralleled by a more complex and inclusive system of twelve functional entities that correlate the twelve months of the year with the order of the twelve channel systems that we now refer to as the “organ clock.”
Correlative Cosmology: Energetics of the Second Month of Spring and Large Intestine Function
COLLATED AND TRANSLATED
BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
According to the five phase element system, the large intestine is classified as a metal organ. Modern Chinese medicine discourse, therefore, has exclusively focused on this organ’s association with the metal season of fall. In original Neijing cosmology, however, the five phase system is paralleled by a more complex and inclusive system of twelve functional entities that correlate the twelve months of the year with the order of the twelve channel systems that we now refer to as the “organ clock.”
Philosophical and Cosmological Texts From the Formative Period of Chinese Medicine (The Han and Pre-Han Periods of Chinese Antiquity)
COMPILED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
Chinese medicine is a microcosmic branch of ancient Chinese philosophy and cosmology. The better one understands the philosophical foundations of Chinese medicine, the deeper one’s knowledge of its core concepts and terminology can be. Theories such as yin and yang, the five phase elements, the hierarchical relationship between matter, energy, and consciousness, the supremacy of spirit, and the twelve organ networks were first mentioned in the Daoist and Confucian classics of the Han and Pre-Han periods of Chinese antiquity (fl. 700 BC - 200 AD) before they appeared in the keystone works of Chinese medicine. The following represents a comprehensive list of relevant philosophical, scientific, and literary works from the formative period of Chinese medicine in English translation.
A Classical Chinese Medicine Perspective on the Nature of Aging and Longevity
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