VIDEO
Dr. Edward Neal and Apricot Grove teacher and colleague Mel Hopper Koppelman sit down for a wide-ranging conversation on what the Neijing, the foundational text of Chinese medicine, has to teach us about navigating change in the age of AI. They explore pattern language, the hidden dimension behind the visible world, and why the heart, not the brain, is the true center of a person.
INTERVIEW
In this interview by Dean Mouscher, Dr. Edward Neal discusses the philosophy behind his approach to teaching Chinese medicine at The Apricot Grove. The conversation centers on what sets Dr. Neal's teaching apart: a direct, rigorous engagement with the Huangdi Neijing (the "Yellow Emperor's Classic"), the foundational text most practitioners are told to read in school but rarely understand.
PERSPECTIVE
With Mel Hopper Koppelman, DAc
The Huangdi Neijing is one of the most influential medical texts in human history. It has shaped the healthcare of billions of people over two thousand years. And yet almost no one outside of East Asian medicine has read it — or taken it seriously. This video is about why that's a mistake, why that's changing and why the questions modern science is only beginning to ask are questions the Neijing was built to answer.
PODCAST
With Gavin Martin-Rentz and Dr. Edward Neal
Join us for an in-depth conversation with Dr Edward Neal, physician, researcher, and founder of Neijing Nature Based Medicine. In this interview, we explore the roots of Chinese medicine through the lens of the Huangdi Neijing and discuss what this classical text can teach us about clinical practice today.
PODCAST
With Dr. Gretchen Badami and Dr. Edward Neal
What if modern disease, and even the human condition itself, could be reframed through ancient wisdom? Can the Nei Jing offer new ways of creating meaning and understanding in our world today? In this episode Gretchen interviews Dr Ed Neal, and he shares his journey bridging modern medicine with the ancient wisdom of the Nei Jing. He shares how his understanding and practice of East Asian Medicine has been informed by an ever changing and deepening understanding of the Inner Classic, through a process of Text Archaeology.
PODCAST
Conscious Fertility podcast with Lorne Brown
Join Dr. Edward Neal as he bridges the wisdom of classical Chinese medicine with modern science. Drawing from the "Neijing," an ancient text revealing the universe’s operating system, he explains how aligning with natural rhythms can transform health and consciousness. In this episode, Dr. Neal explores how the universe’s intangible patterns shape the physical world. Discover how practices like acupuncture and mindful living can restore balance, foster flow, and help you connect with the light and breathe at the heart of existence.
VIDEO
In the initial descriptions of Chinese medicine set down in the Huangdi Neijing, acupuncture was described as a traditional form of ecological surgery. Its primary aim was to restore the natural watersheds of the body by regulating the flow of the blood circulating through these regions. These writings compare the vascular rivers of the body to rivers in nature, understanding them to be formed by the same basic forces and patterns of nature. Similar to rivers in nature, the flow qualities of the vascular rivers display different seasonal variations or 'tides'. We assess these seasonal tides in the pulse qualities of the major blood vessels of the body. This allows us to synchronize the bodies of our patients with the seasonal patterns of nature.
In a special collaboration with the folks at Evidence Based Acupuncture, Dr. Neal guest moderates a journal club discussing the paper by Stephan Birch and his colleagues titled "Understanding blood stasis in traditional East Asian medicine: a comparison of Asian and Western sources". During this talk, he delves into the current state of Chinese medicine terminology and highlights some of the pressing challenges illuminated by these findings.
Watch an excerpt of Lecture #25 "Physical Diagnosis and the Artist's Eye" from Neijing Nature-Based Medicine: Foundations Level I, presented by Dr. Edward Neal.
Watch an excerpt of Lecture #26 "The Meaning of Stomach Qi in Pulse Diagnosis" from Neijing Nature-Based Medicine: Foundations Level I, presented by Dr. Edward Neal.
Apricot Grove Educational Services, LLC
4201 NE Couch Street
Portland, Oregon 97213
Join The Apricot Grove mailing list to stay informed about courses, events, workshops, and other happenings!
Wisdom of the Cosmos: Introduction to NNBM
NNBM: 2-Year Postgraduate Mentorship Training
道可道非常道名可名非常名無名天地之始有名萬物之母故常無欲以觀其妙常有欲以觀其徼
The Dao that can be percieved by our mind is not the true Dao. The name that can be perceived by our ears is not the true name. The world without names creates the patterns of heaven and earth; the world with names is the mother of the Ten Thousand Things. Thus, to perceive the mysteries, let your desires fall away. To experience the world of limitations, hold them tight.
Dao De Jing
Chapter 1