Old Doctors Talk Shang Han Lun Cao Yingfu
Old Doctors Talk Shang Han Lun Cao Yingfu

Author: Steven Clavey

Publisher: RCSW Pty Ltd

Published: 2024-05-26

Total Pages: 94

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Cao Yingfu is the foremost expert on the subject of Cold Damage in early twentieth century Chinese medicine. This book is a collection of his case histories and essays on this demanding topic. Due to his deep scholarship in other areas of CHinese culture, and thus a particulary difficult style of writing, there is not much in English on Cao Yingfu, but his Jing Yan Shi Yan Lu (Records of Experiences with Classical Formulas), as well as his commentaries on both the Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue, were extremely influential on a whole generation of Chinese medicine luminaries, including Qin Bowei (whose personal reflections of Cao as a teacher are translated here), Zhang Cigong, Jiang Zuojing (who was instrumental in collecting these case histories, comments and records) What is unique about Cao’s writings is how he shares his intimate thought processes regarding diagnosis, differentiation, and choosing a formula. More, he goes beyond that and shares his doubts and trepidations when handling a particularly difficult case, and why he ultimately selected the approach he used.

Old Chinese Doctors Talk Shang Han Lun: Liu Duzhou
Old Chinese Doctors Talk Shang Han Lun: Liu Duzhou

Author: Steven Clavey

Publisher: RCSW Pty Ltd

Published: 2024-02-23

Total Pages: 119

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Professor Liu Duzhou was one of the giants of Chinese medicine in the twentieth century. His grasp of the Discussion of Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun) ) was unrivalled, and his use of simple direct Classical formulas to treat complex and puzzling diseases made his published work required reading for generations of Chinese herbal medicine students. These essays and case histories, translated by Steve Clavey, collect the best of over twenty years of publication in The Lantern, one of the most popular of the Chinese medicine journals published in the Western world. For the students of Classical Formulas, or for the Chinese herbs medicine student in general, this book provides access to the mind of a truly sophistticated practiioner of the art, whose experience and clinical flexibility are truly inspiring.

Chinese Thought
Chinese Thought

Author: Roel Sterckx

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0141984848

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Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize 'A terrific book, rich and endlessly thought provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese civilisation, read this' - Michael Wood An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so physically, digitally, economically or aesthetically present in everyday Western life. But how much do we really know about its origins and key beliefs? How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? In this enlightening book, Roel Sterckx, one of the foremost experts in Chinese thought, takes us through centuries of Chinese history, from Confucius to Daoism to the Legalists. The great questions that have occupied China's brightest minds were not about who and what we are, but rather how we should live our lives, how we should organise society and how we can secure the well-being of those who live with us and for whom we carry responsibility. With evocative examples from philosophy, literature and everyday life, Sterckx shows us how the ancient Chinese have shaped the thinking of a civilization that is now influencing our own.

Fluid Physiology and Pathology in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Fluid Physiology and Pathology in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Steven Clavey

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 368

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Assists in the diagnosis of conditions resulting from fluid pathology and discusses approaches to treatment using both herbal remedies and acupuncture. The text is augmented by clinical cases and listings of formulae and herbs used in treatments.

China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence

Author: Sophie Richardson

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2009-12-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780231512862

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Why would China jeopardize its relationship with the United States, the former Soviet Union, Vietnam, and much of Southeast Asia to sustain the Khmer Rouge and provide hundreds of millions of dollars to postwar Cambodia? Why would China invest so much in small states, such as those at the China-Africa Forum, that offer such small political, economic, and strategic return? Some scholars assume pragmatic or material concerns drive China's foreign policy, while others believe the government was once and still is guided by Marxist ideology. Conducting rare interviews with the actual policy makers involved in these decisions, Sophie Richardson locates the true principles driving China's foreign policy since 1954's Geneva Conference. Though they may not be "right" in a moral sense, China's ideals are based on a clear view of the world and the interaction of the people within it-a philosophy that, even in an era of unprecedented state power, remains tied to the origins of the PRC as an impoverished, undeveloped state. The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty; nonaggression; noninterference; equality and mutual benefit; and peaceful coexistence live at the heart of Chinese foreign policy and set the parameters for international action. In this model of state-to-state relations, the practices of extensive diplomatic communication, mutual benefit, and restraint in domestic affairs become crucial to achieving national security and global stability.

How Zen Became Zen
How Zen Became Zen

Author: Morten Schlutter

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2010-04-30

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0824835085

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How Zen Became Zen takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the twelfth century. The famous Linji (Rinzai) Chan master Dahui Zonggao (1089–1163) railed against "heretical silent illumination Chan" and strongly advocated kanhua (koan) meditation as an antidote. In this fascinating study, Morten Schlütter shows that Dahui’s target was the Caodong (Soto) Chan tradition that had been revived and reinvented in the early twelfth century, and that silent meditation was an approach to practice and enlightenment that originated within this "new" Chan tradition. Schlütter has written a refreshingly accessible account of the intricacies of the dispute, which is still reverberating through modern Zen in both Asia and the West. Dahui and his opponents’ arguments for their respective positions come across in this book in as earnest and relevant a manner as they must have seemed almost nine hundred years ago. Although much of the book is devoted to illuminating the doctrinal and soteriological issues behind the enlightenment dispute, Schlütter makes the case that the dispute must be understood in the context of government policies toward Buddhism, economic factors, and social changes. He analyzes the remarkable ascent of Chan during the first centuries of the Song dynasty, when it became the dominant form of elite monastic Buddhism, and demonstrates that secular educated elites came to control the critical transmission from master to disciple ("procreation" as Schlütter terms it) in the Chan School.

Handbook Of Traditional Chinese Medicine (In 3 Volumes)
Handbook Of Traditional Chinese Medicine (In 3 Volumes)

Author: Stevenson Xutian

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 1491

ISBN-13: 9814571342

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For over two thousand years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has made many significant contributions to China's growth and prosperity. This textbook, based on the unique characteristics of TCM, discusses its principle theories and presents a comprehensive daily practice guide for health maintenance and disease treatment. The book provides clinical practitioners with a fundamental understanding of the essence of TCM.We highly recommend this book for students interested in TCM, Chinese medicine doctors and other healthcare professionals, biomedical researchers, and interested individuals. Readers will benefit from the inspirational viewpoints discussed in the book.

Shitao
Shitao

Author: Jonathan Hay

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780521393423

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An examination of the work of one of the most famous of Chinese artists.

New Paradigms for Shang Han Lun
New Paradigms for Shang Han Lun

Author: Angie Kim

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2017-03-31

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1532018142

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New paradigms for Shang Han Lun Integrating Korean Sasang Constitutional Medicine and Japanese Kampo Medicine Here are two outstanding clinical methodologies for the prescription of traditional Asian herbal medicine that have been practiced in China, Korea, and Japan but not fully adopted in traditional Asian medical education in the US. These two can be indicators in prescribing formulas based on Shang Han Lun, one from the individual constitutional perspective of Dr. Lee Jema and the other from the single herbal functional perspective of Dr. Todo Yoshimas. The author believes these are crucial clues to putting together all the pieces of the vast information in Asian herbal formula practice, yet need to be further studied and proved in clinical settings. Her clinical case studies are also added after the introduction of Dr. Lee and Dr. Todos studies. These clinical cases will provide herbal practitioners with stepping stones on the journey to mastering Asian Medicine. This book provides; - How to identify four different body types based on Korean Sasang Constitutional Medicine - The keys to use the right formula for the right person - An introduction to the unique theories and formulas of Sasang Constitutional Medicine - An introduction to Yakucho, which is the list of the indications and pharmacologic effects for various herbs that were used in Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue - Clinical case studies that show how to use Sasang Constitutional formulas and Shang Han Lun formulas based on SCM theories and Yakucho - Kang Ping Shang Han Lun, which is the closest edition to the original, translated delivering the meaning more accurately by distinguishing big letters from small letters as in the original text