Neijing Nature-Based Medicine

Classical Text Archeology

Neijing Nature Based Medicine: Returning to the Root with Dr Edward Neal

2025-08-25T14:38:16-07:00August 25th, 2025|Podcast, Published Resources, Videos|

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.

Dr. Ed Neal: Nei Jing Nature-Based Medicine and Text Archaeology

2025-08-25T14:38:17-07:00August 23rd, 2025|Podcast, Published Resources, Videos|

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.

Art, Nature, and Medicine: A Discussion with Michael DeAgro and Edward Neal

2025-04-16T21:50:07-07:00August 1st, 2024|Cornerstone, Event|

With Dr. Edward Neal and Michael DeAgro

Art and the creative process are established upon basic processes of the natural world. In this 90 minute public discussion, Apricot Grove artist-in-residence Michael DeAgro and Apricot Grove Medical Director Dr. Edward Neal discuss the interrelationship between art, nature, and medicine, and investigate the important role art can play in medical practice.

Advances in Neijing Nature-Based Medicine Classical Text Research: A New Story of Cancer

2024-08-26T17:04:58-07:00August 1st, 2024|Cornerstone, Event|

With Dr. Edward Neal

Advances in Neijing classical text research over the past several decades have reshaped our understanding of early concepts in Chinese medicine and provided new models of health and illness. In this one-hour public talk, Dr. Edward Neal discusses new concepts of disease pathogenesis and therapy by examining recent reevaluations of cancer.

Reflections on Studying the Huang Di Nei Jing in the West

2025-08-25T14:53:29-07:00May 28th, 2024|Articles, New Article, Published Resources|

ARTICLE

By Dr. Edward Neal, MD
First published in Chinese Medicine and Culture
Volume 7, Issue 1 (March 2024)

Huang Di Nei Jing ( 黄帝内经 The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic) has been the source text of Chinese medicine knowledge and innovation for over two thousand years. Despite this key relevance, many of its ideas and practices have proven difficult to understand and implement fully into clinical practice. Cultural and language differences can be compounded with these challenges but may also present new opportunities for advancement and insight when studied by researchers outside of the originating culture. This article introduces the method of Classical-Text Archaeology and delves into the author’s two-decade journey of researching this text, with a discussion on cultural differences and issues of medical scholarship.

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