Taoist Medicine (TM) Doctrine Dao Jiao Yi Xue 道教医学 Daoshing Ni 1
TaoistMedicine(TM)Doctrine
DaoJiaoYiXue
DaoshingNi
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WhatisTaoism?
ItisanimportantbranchinChinesephilosophy,religionandspiritualpracBces.
ItisbasedonthefoundaBonofTaoTheWay.Itfrequentlyreferstothewayofhowtheuniverseworks,thewayofhowtheEarthisformedandhowlivesarecreated.
Itsessenceisaboutanunifyingprinciplesofeverythingaroundus,whatwecalledtheUniversalTruth.
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TaoistMedicine
ImportantbranchofTCM ImportantfieldofstudyforTaoists Taoismisablendingofreligionandscience.
Religion:Faithandbelief. Hermainfocusisonuniversaltruth,benevolence,balance,andlongevity.
SheincludesthestudiesofmysBcism,religion,philosophy,science,andmedicine.
Themaintheme:TheUnionofHeavenandMankind.
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TCMDoctorversusTaoistTCMDoctor
TCMDoctor Focusesondiagnosis,
treatment,andprevenBonofdiseases
Believesinlonglifebutnotimmortality
DoesnotbelieveinGhost/spiritphenomenon
Doesnotbelieveinastrologicalinfluencesonlifeandhealth
DoesnotbelieveinFengShui
TaoistTCMDoctor Focusesondiagnosis,
treatmentandmoreprevenBonofdiseases
Focusesonimmortalityandlongevity
Believesinenvironmentalinfluences(FengShui)
BelievesinGhost/Spiritphenomenon
Believesinastrologicalinfluencesonlifeandhealth
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ALLMEDICINEINTHEWORLDBEGINSASARELIGIOUSMEDICINE
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ALLSTUDENTSOFTHETAOBEGINTHEIRSTUDYBYSTUDYINGMEDICINE
GeHong,284-364AD
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RelaBonshipofTCMandTM
Separatebutentangledways Religionandhealing Taoistimmortalitybelief MutualabsorbingandpromoBng
SpreadingTaoismbymedicineBorrowingimmortalityintomedicine
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TMCharacterisBcs
UseMedicineasamissionarypurpose EmphasisonLifeandDeeds SelfHealing/CulBvaBonandSocialServices DualityofscienceandmysBcism AmalgamaBonofphysicalhealing,psychologicalhealing,sociologicalhealing(publichealth),andfaithhealing.
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TwoMajorFocusesfortheTaoists
Gong culBvaBontoachieveenlightenment
Xing behaviors,acBonsanddeedstobenefitthesociety
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ContribuBons
FormulaBon,exercisestoslowdowntheagingprocess.
IniBaBonofchemistry. Specificdietaryunderstanding. SpiritualhealinginvocaBons,talismans,etc. Sexualhealing. PrevenBvemedicine
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HistoricalTransformaBonsDeathandDisease
Witches(MedicineMan) FangShi(ImmortalityGuide) Doctors(TreatmentofDiseases)
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Witches
Witches(MedicineMan)Pray,InvocaBon,objecBficaBon,predicBon,touch,anddrama.
ContribuBonsHerbs,spiritualhealing
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SamplesofTaoistTalisman
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FangShi
FangShi QinDynasty ImmortalityBased HeavyMetals ImmortalityMedicine
ContribuBons DaoYin(Dao-In) Chemistry FasBng Dietaryunderstanding
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DietaryUnderstandings
BacktoNature Vegetarianism LessquanBty Morefluid Nofood NoGrain ReduceFatandProtein
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ThreeDemonsorWorms
UpperDemonorUpperWormGreedformaterials
MiddleDemonorMiddleWormGreedforfood
LowerDemonorLowerWormGreedforsex
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LessGreedforBecerHealth,BecerLife,andBecerWorld
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TheInfluenBalDoctors
DongFeng GeHong BaoGu TaoHongJing YangShangShan WangBing SunSiMiao WangHuaiYin MaZhi CuiJiaYan LiuWanSu ZhaoYiZhen
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TheinfluenBalPublicaBons
BaoPuZiNeiPian ZhouHouBeiJiFang BehindElbowPreparedAcuteFormulary
BeiJiQianJinYaoFang(EssenBalFormulasforEmergencies[Worth]aThousandPiecesofGold)
QianJinYiFang(SupplementtotheFormulasofaThousandGoldWorth)
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TheinfluenBalPublicaBons DaoZang(Taoist
Cannon) Originallypublishedin
417AD. ManyiteraBonsand
addiBons. LastcompilaBonis1997
AD,acollecBonthatincludesover1500volumesofdifferentpublicaBonsonTaoism
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GeHong
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GeHong
283-364AD EffecBve,cheap,andconvenientherbandformulas IniBatorforchemistry Againstwitchdoctors IdenBfiedTB,Smallpox,Jaundice,HepaBBs. 60pluspublicaBonsrangingfrommedicine,culBvaBon,spiritualenlightenment,astrology,astronomy,artofwars,etc.Mostlylost.
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GeHong
ParadoxicalThoughts Againstwitches,medicalquackery. Forphysicalimmortality. TheExistenceofSpiritandtheabilityforhumantoachieveimmortalspiritualstatus.
LifesBind Religionistheopiumofpeople(Marx),atBmesitfalsifiesrealityandnumbspeople.
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BaoPuZiNeiPian
20chapters MysBcism,Dao,Enlightenment,Medicine,NaturesLaw,PhilosophyofLife,DifficulBes,UniversalSubtleBes,DiligentSearch,IdenBfyingTruth,FacingUncertainBes
AnimportanthistoricaldocumentdescribingTaoismbefore200AD
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ZhouHouBeiJiFangBehindElbowPreparedAcuteFormulary
8secBons Dividinginto73chapters
1,060formulas:714forinternaland346forexternal.
Cheap,accessible,simple,andeffecBve WhiteRadishseedforchroniccough,asthmawiththicksputumandpusblood
Bambooshavingforchildrensasthma,coughandsinusconges;on
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BaoPuZiNeiPian
Qiisthesourceofalllives. Form-Spirit(Xing-Shen)
Coexistencerequirement Overstrainedbodycausesscaceringofthesoul;ExhausBonofQiendslife.
ChangesofMacer ChangesiniBatedbymancanreplacenature Wecanmakeclouds,rain,frost,lightning,andsnow Organicmacerscanfrominorganicmacers
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BaoPuZiNeiPian DiscoveryandidenBficaBonof22ormoremineraland
compoundsrangingfromlead,sulfur,calcium,mercury,silicone,tometalsandbronze.
ThemakingofbasicCinnabar(mercurysulfide) HgS+O2!Hg+SO2 Hg+S!HgS(Black)!HgS(Red)
Themakingofferricsulfide,cupricsulfide,leadsulfide(galena),carbondisulfidethroughprimiBvesmelBngprocess
HgS+2SO3!Hg+3SO3 HgS+Fe(Iron)!FeS+Hg HgS+Cu(Copper)!CuS+Hg HgS+Pb(Lead)!PbS+Hg 2HgS+C(Carbon)!Hg+CS2
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BaoPuZiNeiPian
DescripBonsofTide,Spiralforceforhelicopter,gears,etc.
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BaoPuZiNeiPian
SickpeopleblameonWindColdandSummerDamp,butWindColdSummerHeatcannotinjurethestrongone.Onlywhenyourbodyisweakandqiisdeficient,thenyougetsick.
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Sun,SiMiao
YaoWangTheKingofMedicine
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Sun,SiMiao 581-682AD,livedto101yearsold Consideredtobeagenius,studiedhardsince7yearsold,greatmemory,passedmanyexamstobecomeascholarwithgreatdepthandbreadthofknowledgeinmanyareasincludingphilosophy,medicine.RefusedthreeemperorsinvitaBontobecomehighlevelcourtofficialtobecomebarefootdoctortoservetheworkingpublic.
HehashelpedthousandsandtempleswerebuiltandsBllexisttodaytocommemoratehiscontribuBonstothecommunityandsonamedTheKingofMedicine
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Yao Wang in the Tianfei Palace, Nanjing
Sun,SiMiao
Twoseminalworks: BeiJiQianJinYaoFang(EssenBalFormulasforEmergencies[Worth]aThousandPiecesofGold)
QianJinYiFang(SupplementtotheFormulasofaThousandGoldWorth)
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QianJinYaoFangQianJinYinFang
Milestonemedicaltexts,summarizingpreTangDynastymedicine.
Themaintextlistedabout4500herbalformulas,andthesupplementaltext2000.
Thirteenmeasurestokeephealth,whichclaimedthatacBonsliketouchinghair,rollingeyes,walking,andshakingheadsimprovedhealth,partofourwarmupexercises.
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TheChineseHippocraBcOath
Fromthe1stchapterofmaintext: AGreatPhysicianshouldnotpayacenBontostatus,wealthorage;neithershouldhequesBonwhethertheparBcularpersonisacracBveorunacracBve,whetherheisanenemyorfriend,whetherheisaChineseoraforeigner,orfinally,whetherheisuneducatedoreducated.Heshouldmeeteveryoneonequalgrounds.HeshouldalwaysactasifhewerethinkingofhiscloserelaBves.
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FiveMainContribuBons
EmphasisonEthicsandCulBvaBonofCharacter
NewUnderstandingofShangHanLun ExpansiononMiscellaneous(Non-InfecBous)Diseases
CollecBonofHerbalFormularies EmphasisonPrevenBonandYangSheng
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EthicsandCharacterCulBvaBon
PaBentCare ThePhysiciansOath CalmSpiritAnchorSubjecBvity CompassionandEqualTreatment
Colleague NeverBoastSelfandDamageOthersReputaBon AlwaysLearningfromOthers
WorkBehaviors CauBousbutDecisive Flexiblebutfocused Deepthoughtsandbroad
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Sun,SiMiao
IstudyTCMforthreeyears,IrealizedthatIhaveformula7onsforeverydisease.Iseepa7entsfor
threeyears,IrealizedthatIhavenoformulaforeachdisease/pa7ent.
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ContribuBonstoShangHanLun
RevitalizedShangHanLun ReorganizedShangHanLuntoconnectsymptomstoformulaBons
FocusedonThreeMainCategoryFormulaBons GuiZhiTang(GuiZhi,BaiShao,GanCao,ShengJiang,DaZao)
MaHuangTang(MaHuang,GuiZhi,GanCao,XingRen)
QingLongTang(MaHuang,GuiZhi,GanCao,BaiShao,XiXin,GanJiang,WuWeiZi,BanXia)
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ContribuBonstoMiscellaneousDiseases
BegintocategorizediseasesintoFiveZangSixFuDifferenBaBons,establishedfoundaBonforYiShui(ZangFuDifferenBaBon)Doctrinelater.
ElaborateddiscussionsonCholera,Jaundice,XiaoKe(DM),Lin(UTI-KDProblems),Edema,Emphysema,Stroke,ChronicFaBgue.
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ContribuBonstoCollecBngFormulaBons
4500+2000formulaBons,mostlyhisownclinicalexperience.
CombinaBonofFOODandHERBS LambDuZhongSoupfortreatmentofpostpartumlumbagoandcough,lamb,duzhong,zhiyuan,wuweizi,xixin,kuandonghua,rensheng,houpou,chuanxiong,fuzi,bixie,gancao,huangqi,danggui,rougui,baizhu,shengjiangdaozao.Itisusedfordeficiencyaterlabor,cold,dampbiacackslowerback,windacackingthelungcausingasthmaandcough.
CreaBonofnewformulaBons DuHuoJiShengTangforKIDefLumbago,duhuo,sangjisheng,duzhong,niuxi,xixin,qinqiu,fuling,rougui,feangfeng,chuanxiong,shengdi,rensheng,gancao,danggui,baishao.AfrequentlyusedBiSyndromeformulaBon.
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EmphasisonPrevenBonandYangSheng
CulBvaBonofCharacter(YangXin) CalmemoBonsandbeposiBve 10essenBalareasofculBvaBonControlspirit,controlqi,balanceform(body),daoyin,conversaBon,foodanddrink,sex,customs,medicine,contraindicaBonsandforbiddenitems.
12LESS Lessthinking,lessscheming,lessdesiring,lessconflicts,lessexcitaBon,lesstalking,lessworrying,lesshappy,lessjoy,lessanger,lessgood,lessbadbehaving.
Regularexercises,selfmassage,FiveAnimalDaoYin
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EmphasisonPrevenBonandYangSheng
NutriBonalHealing Lessmeat,lessfats Morecookedvegetables Avoidrawvegetables,rawrice,spoiledfoods,andalcohols Avoidbinging. Encouragelessfoodandmoremeals Eatonlywhenhungryanddrinkonlywhenthirsty Usefoodtotreatfirstbeforeherbs Usedanimalthyroidglandstotreatgoiterproblems Usedanimalliverfornightblindness Usedsoy,azukibeans,blackbeansforgout
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EmphasisonPrevenBonandYangSheng
CulBvateMidlife(50andabove)(Thiswouldbeoldagebeforethebabyboomersre-definedit) ReducBonofYangQi PrevenBonofconsumpBonofYangQibysixpathogensandsevenemoBons
Donotforcethings Carefulwithexcessivetastes Maintainnotfull,notempty,notwarm,andnotcold Encouragetheuseofcowmilk Encouragefoodtreatmentfirstbeforemedicineusage MonitoremoBonsfordepression
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Summary
TaoistMedicineevolvedfromreligioushealingtomedicinefocusedonlongevity,diseaseprevenBon,nutriBon,andculBvaBonofcharacters.
ContribuBontoTCMisenormousandespeciallyintheareaoffoodtherapy,healthyagingandchronicillnesses.
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