yang sheng

Sexology Texts

The Art of the Bed Chamber (fang zhong)

nourishing life practice

Su Nu Jimg

essence is lost through ejaculation

activaton of essence brings qi to the entire body

sexual potency declines w. age

Identify the main suppositions of Chinese sexual culture

Emphesis on the conservation of Essence

(Essence is lost through ejaculation)

activaton of essence brings qi to the entire body

sexual potency declines w. age

the mingling of essences creates new life

sexual compatibility = harmony

"use it or lose it" abstinence is detrimental

The Art of the Bed Chamber (fang zhong)

conservation of essence

moderation of sexual desire

late marraige and caution in declining years

refrain from losing essence and treasure one's fluids

Huang Di Nei Jing

(Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic 475-221 BCE)

Su Wen (Plain Questions)

Ling Shu (Majic Pivot)

contributions: Acumoxa therapy

          Channel & network vessel theroty

          diagnosis (disease & pattern discrimination)

          pathomechanisms

          viscera-bowel theory

          Five phase theory

          Nourishing life

dynasty: Warring States Period

Shan Han Lun

Cold Induced Disease

(150-219 CE)

 Zhang Zhong-Jing in Eastern Han dynasty

viscera-bowel pattern identification

treatment correlated with diagnosis (herbal emphasis)

Six-Channel Pattern Identification

Eight principle pattern Identification

Nan Jing

- The Classic of Difficult Issues -

(206 BCE - 220CE)

established feeling pulse at the wrist only

81 Issues

1-22 pulse diagnosis

23-29 channels and network vessels

30-47 viscera and bowels

Jin Gui Yao Lue Fan Lun

- Perscriptions from the Golden Chamber -

(150-219 CE)

By Zhang Zhong-Jing in

focus on Za Bing (Miscellaneous Diseases)

Gynecology

Respiratory Diseases

Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing

- The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica -

(206BCE - 220CE)

Earliest Materia Medica

Classifies Medicinals into 3 grades

(superior, medium, inferior)

Established basic rules for herb combining

still has shaministic overtones

Zhong Zang Jing

- The Central Tresury Canon -

(2nd Century CE)

 by Hua To

pulse

vacuity & repletion of viscera & bowels

internal medicine

68 formulas for various diseases

Mai Jing

- The Pulse Canon -

(3rd century CE)

by Wang Shu- He

Oldest surviving text devoted to pulse diagnosis

Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun

- The Origin and Indicators of Disease -

(610 CE)

by Chao Yuan-Fang

gives signs, symptoms, and pathomechanisms for hundreds of internal medicine diseases

Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing

- The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion -

 (215 - 282 CE)

by Huang Fu-Mi

made Nei Jing and Nan Jing more user-friendly 

defined acumoxa therapy

Wian Jin Yao Fang

- Thousand Golden Ducat Perscriptions -

(581-682 CE)

by Sun Si-Miao

Ben cao tradition

herb processing

Pi Wei Lun

- Treastie on the Spleen and Stomach -

(1180-1251)

by Li Dong-Yuan

Earth-supplementing school

 diseases due to Spleen-Stomach vacuity

Gastrointestinal diseases

Dan Xi Xin Fa

- Dan-Xi's Heart Approach -

(1481 CE)

Zhu Dan-Xi as the master of miscellaneous diseases

internal medicine disease

Wen Bing Xue Shuo

- Warm Disease Theory -

(1690 - 1760)

refers to a stream of thought, not one particular text

Main doctors:

       Ye Tian-Shi

       Wu Ju Tong

       Xue Sheng-bai

new diagnostics & treatment for warm disease

-clinical practice

-teaching

-East Asian medical college administration

-research

-Grant-writing

-translating

-Writing/Editing

Yellow Emperor

Sun Si-Miao

Daoist sex magic

Nourishing Life Principles

 Yang Sheng

lifestyle, diet, rest & relaxation

sexual moderation

Self-cultivation practices (qi gong)

creative expression (art, poetry, music)

herbal med. & acumoxa therapy

treating illness early

Supplementing medicinals

What dynasty was Feng Shui in?

Zhou dynasty

but first major school founded in Han dynasty

it involves the proper placement, shape, color, and materials of buildings & furnishings to maximize the flow of good qi & minimize evil influences

also used to plan agriculture

How do the Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches relate to medicine?

helps determine what the pulse should be, what diseases may be prominent, and appropriate treatment methods

at any given moment, there are "open" points that are prime points, needled to maximize qi treatment

based on the five elements & yin yang theory

Each element, starting with wood, has a yin and a yang stem

this results in ten stems

all the "dynastic" kings, were given titles that included an element from the Heavenly Stem

12 yr revolution of Jupiter around the Sun

fits into the 12 mo. of year & 12 two-hr periods of the day

basis of the Chinese Horoscope system

lunisolar based on movements of Sun and Moon

months r lunar    stem from one full moon to the 

                   next -add an occasional extra month 

solar  breaks down the yar into 24 parts,     

         Earth's rev. around the sun

solstices &  equinoxes

marks major agricultural points during the year

a system of 60 "counters"

Shang Dynasty

Refers to the Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches

the mingling of essences creates new life

patient needs and expectations

modern biomedicine    -acute vs chronic diseases

                                 -host/infectious organism

practitioner responsibilities

       -knowledge of modern biomedicine

                  patient safety

       -medicine is not a religion or philosiphy

-communication; mutual respect

-"convincing" Western docs and patients

-fear of herbal medicine

Issues in designing an interpreting acupuncture research

Liu He-Jian

Zhang Zi-He

Li Dong-Yuan

Zhu Dan-Xi

Jin-Yuan Dynasty 

The principle of heat

-All accumulation of qi transforms to heat & fire

The cool and cold school

-use cold and cooling medicinals

Jin-Yuan dynasty

The Draining and precipitating school

disease caused by obstructions, require freeing methods

Jin-Yuan Dynasty

Earth Supplementing School

diseased caused by abnormal fxn of spleen & stomach

Jin-Yuan Dynasty 

"the Squire of the Scarlet Stream"

Yin-enriching School

disease caused by insufficiency of yin & hyperactive yang 

ministeral fire & sovereign fire relationships

Ben Cao Gang Mu

(Herbal Foundation Compendium)

by Li Shi Zhen

 book on

HERBAL MEDICINE

Yi Lin Gai Cuo

(Correctons of Errors in Medical Classics)

by Wang Qing Ren

Anatomy

Tang Dynasty 

and

Later Tong Dynasty 

rulers forces stability and prosperity
China became the cultural center of East Asia

Daoism, Buddhism, & Confussionism influenced

Huang Di Nei Jing re-edited by several physicians

Medical specialization & texts

Tang Ben Cao: the 1st goovernment sponsored Ben Cao

medical education established

official gov-office of medicine

mainly shaped court medicine, dominated by folk