Archive for January 2019
Podcast Ep.9 – Dolly Yang – Prescribing Guiding and Pulling
Dao Yin or “Guiding and Pulling” has a long history in China stretching back thousands of years to the occult shamanic traditions of ancient times, and its influence is still very much present in modern Qigong practices. The Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun, or the “Treatise on the Origins and Symptoms of Medical Disorders” was…
Read MoreThe Nature of Man: Excerpt from Wang Feng Yi’s “Discourse on Transforming Inner Nature”
(六) Chapter 6 三性 San Xing The Three Inner Natures ⼈有三性、 ren you san xing, People have Three Natures: ⼀天性、 yi tian xing, First, Heavenly Nature; ⼆禀性, er bing xing, Second, Endowed Nature; 三习性。 san xi xing. Third, Acquired Nature. 天性是纯善⽆恶的, tian xing shi chun shan wu e de, The Heavenly Nature is pure, benevolent…
Read MoreSeven Whites: Powder for White Beautification and Whitening the Face 七子白美白面膜粉
七子白美白面膜粉 Seven-Whites: Powder for White Beautification & Whitening the Face _______________________________________ 历史 History: _______________________________________ 七子白，由七味名称中带“白”字的中草药配伍而成，最早的记载可追述到宋代的《太平圣惠方》，元代的《御药院方》也载有此方. 為中國千年承傳，皇宮內不外傳的秘方。 Seven-Whites is named after seven herbs whose names all contain the word White. Besides, the earliest record of Seven-Whites can be traced back to 《Formulae of the Great Peace Sagely Benevolence》 in the Song Dynasty, and also written in…
Read MorePodcast Ep.8 – Simon Feeney: An Empirical Approach
Maintaining traditional modalities of any kind is not always a simple pursuit in the modern world. Simon Feeney has devoted his life to investigation of how best to maintain traditional current of Chinese herbal medicine in the present day. This episode examines the state of herbal medicinal farming in China and the world today, how…
Read MoreHerbal Legends: Zi Hua Di Ding 紫花地丁（Yedeon’s Violet)
Two beggars, Cai & Ran, who were sworn brothers, lived in a remote village. One day the younger brother Ran complained about a painful furuncle on his finger. The finger caused so much pain that the beggar could not rest anymore and started pacing around in agitation. The elder brother Cai looked at the finger…
Read More红膏 Hong Gao: Red Plaster
红膏 【红膏药】 Hong Gao [Hong Gao Yao] Red Plaster [Red Plaster Medicine] Ingredients: Pine Rosin [song xiang 松香] 200 grams Sargentodoxae Caulis [da xue teng 大血藤] 50 grams Resina Draconis [xue jie 血竭] 30 grams Borneol [bing pian 冰片] 15 grams Camphor [zhang nao 樟脑] 15 grams Sesami Semen Oil [xiang you 香油] appropriate amount…
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