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Introduction to Neijing Classical Acupuncture Part III: Clinical Therapeutics

2025-04-16T13:28:39-07:00May 12th, 2016|Articles, Classical Acupuncture, Published Resources|

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First published in Journal of Chinese Medicine
Number 104 (February 2014)

Chinese medicine currently stands at a critical crossroad in its development, and today exists at a significant distance from the ideas that gave birth to its practice. Shared concepts and terms resonate through classical texts and modern theories, and yet - especially in the West - there exists a significant divide between what was originally envisioned and what is currently practised and taught. This poses significant challenges for the profession.

Classical Chinese Medicine and Contemporary Science: The Vascular Model of Disease Pathogenesis. A Common-Path Theory of Human Illness

2023-05-01T14:47:04-07:00May 12th, 2016|Articles, Published Resources|

ARTICLE

First published in Medical Acupuncture
Volume 27, Number 2, 2015

The practice of physician acupuncture faces unique challenges in its development and inclusion as a recognized medical specialty. Information contained in early Chinese medical texts offers solutions to some of the divides that separate Chinese Medicine from contemporary biomedicine. Recent advances in classical text research—made possible by the establishment of Chinese language databases—provide new hypotheses of disease pathogenesis and new strategies for treating various acute and chronic illnesses.

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