Acupuncture & Bodywork
This section features several colleagues of the ClassicalChineseMedicine.org community who present their unique systems of acupuncture, acupressure, and tuina, all used to treat difficult and recalcitrant diseases. The systems featured here incorporate a decidedly classical perspective for treating disease and restoring the body’s vital systems.
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On Acupuncture
LIU LIHONG
Institute for the Clinical Research of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi University of TCM
Dr. Liu Lihong has become a household name in China since the publication of Sikao zhongyi, his inspirational best-seller on Chinese medicine 18 years ago (available in English translation under the title Classical Chinese Medicine). Originally an expert in herbal medicine, Dr. Liu has recently shifted his educational and clinical focus to a Daoist system of acupuncture called Huangdi Neizhen (The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Transmission of Acupuncture). In this month’s presentation he will share some of his insights into the art and science of classical acupuncture and the Neizhen system in particular.
Total running time: 1 hr.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
The Classical Chrono-Acupuncture System of the Wu Sheng’an Family Lineage (3 Parts)
HE CHAN
Shaanxi Province Sheng'an Research Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology
This video series introduces one of the clinical gems that Heiner Fruehauf found on this year's China trip—the uniquely effective and easy-to-learn classical acupuncture system of the esteemed contemporary Chinese medicine folk physician, Dr. Wu Sheng'an. Presented by Dr. Wu's main student Dr. He Chan.
Total running time: 136 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
Restoring the Flow: Introducing a Unique Acupressure System for the Treatment of Difficult Diseases by the Master Massage Therapist Chen Yuqin
LIU LIHONG
Institute for the Clinical Research of Classical Chinese Medicine, Guangxi University of TCM
China’s main promoter of the classical medical arts introduces the unique work of Chen Yuqin, a self-taught massage therapist from Shanghai who specializes in the treatment of cancer and other difficult diseases using tuina.
Total running time: 62 mins
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
Insights of a Senior Chinese Body Worker on Treating Pathologies of the Organ Networks (3 parts)
CHEN YUQIN
Shanghai Institute for the Research of Chinese Medicine Meridian Therapy
In this three-part lecture series, an accomplished female massage therapist from Shanghai shares her passion for the modalities of acupressure and tuina, as well as her fervent belief that there is no disease that cannot be healed by restoring proper flow of life energy in the body's channel system. In session 1, she shares from the wealth of her clinical experience diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and lung, including lung cancer. In part 2, she addresses pathologies of the liver and kidney, and offers solutions for treatment. In the third and final installment, she focuses on pathologies and treatment strategies for the spleen, stomach, and pericardium organ systems.
Total running time: 178 mins.
Mandarin Chinese, translated into English by Heiner Fruehauf
Part 1: subtitles, Parts 2 & 3: spoken