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TaoistMedicine(TM)Doctrine

DaoJiaoYiXue道教医学

DaoshingNi

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WhatisTaoism?

•  ItisanimportantbranchinChinesephilosophy,religionandspiritualpracBces.

•  ItisbasedonthefoundaBonofTao–TheWay.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.天⼈人合⼀一

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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葛洪,284-364AD

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RelaBonshipofTCMandTM

•  Separatebutentangledways•  Religionandhealing•  Taoistimmortalitybelief•  MutualabsorbingandpromoBng

– SpreadingTaoismbymedicine– Borrowingimmortalityintomedicine

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TMCharacterisBcs

•  UseMedicineasamissionarypurpose•  EmphasisonLifeandDeeds重⽣生贵德 •  SelfHealing/CulBvaBonandSocialServices•  DualityofscienceandmysBcism•  AmalgamaBonofphysicalhealing,psychologicalhealing,sociologicalhealing(publichealth),andfaithhealing.

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TwoMajorFocusesfortheTaoists

•  Gong功 –culBvaBontoachieveenlightenment

•  Xing⾏行行 –behaviors,acBonsanddeedstobenefitthesociety

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ContribuBons

•  FormulaBon,exercisestoslowdowntheagingprocess.

•  IniBaBonofchemistry.•  Specificdietaryunderstanding.•  Spiritualhealing–invocaBons,talismans,etc.•  Sexualhealing.•  PrevenBvemedicine

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HistoricalTransformaBonsDeathandDisease

•  Witches(MedicineMan)•  FangShi(ImmortalityGuide)•  Doctors(TreatmentofDiseases)

•  巫医

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Witches

•  Witches(MedicineMan)– Pray,InvocaBon,objecBficaBon,predicBon,touch,anddrama.

•  ContribuBons– Herbs,spiritualhealing

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SamplesofTaoistTalisman

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FangShi

•  FangShi⽅方⼠士 –  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

• UpperDemonorUpperWorm–Greedformaterials

• MiddleDemonorMiddleWorm–Greedforfood

• LowerDemonorLowerWorm–Greedforsex

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LessGreedforBecerHealth,BecerLife,andBecerWorld

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TheInfluenBalDoctors

• 董奉 DongFeng，葛洪 GeHong，鲍姑 BaoGu，陶弘景 TaoHongJing，杨上善 YangShangShan，王冰 WangBing，孙思邈 SunSiMiao，王怀隐 WangHuaiYin，⻢马志 MaZhi，崔嘉彦 CuiJiaYan，刘完素 LiuWanSu，赵宜真 ZhaoYiZhen

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TheinfluenBalPublicaBons

• BaoPuZiNeiPian抱朴⼦子内篇• ZhouHouBeiJiFang肘后备急⽅方 BehindElbowPreparedAcuteFormulary

• BeiJiQianJinYaoFang(EssenBalFormulasforEmergencies[Worth]aThousandPiecesofGold)备急千⾦金金要⽅方

• QianJinYiFang(SupplementtotheFormulasofaThousandGoldWorth) 千⾦金金翼⽅方

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TheinfluenBalPublicaBons • DaoZang道藏(Taoist

Cannon)• Originallypublishedin

417AD.• ManyiteraBonsand

addiBons.• LastcompilaBonis1997

AD,acollecBonthatincludesover1500volumesofdifferentpublicaBonsonTaoism

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葛洪 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.

– Life’sBind• Religionistheopiumofpeople(Marx),atBmesitfalsifiesrealityandnumbspeople.

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BaoPuZiNeiPian抱朴⼦子内篇

• 20chapters• MysBcism,Dao,Enlightenment,Medicine,Nature’sLaw,PhilosophyofLife,DifficulBes,UniversalSubtleBes,DiligentSearch,IdenBfyingTruth,FacingUncertainBes

• AnimportanthistoricaldocumentdescribingTaoismbefore200AD

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肘后备急⽅方 ZhouHouBeiJiFangBehindElbowPreparedAcuteFormulary

• 8secBons– Dividinginto73chapters

• 1,060formulas:714forinternaland346forexternal.

• Cheap,accessible,simple,andeffecBve• WhiteRadishseedforchroniccough,asthmawiththicksputumandpusblood

• Bambooshavingforchildren’sasthma,coughandsinusconges;on

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• Qiisthesourceofalllives.• Form-Spirit(Xing-Shen形神)

– Coexistencerequirement– Overstrainedbodycausesscaceringofthesoul;ExhausBonofQiendslife.

• ChangesofMacer– ChangesiniBatedbymancanreplacenature– Wecanmakeclouds,rain,frost,lightning,andsnow– Organicmacerscanfrominorganicmacers

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BaoPuZiNeiPian抱朴⼦子内篇 • 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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• DescripBonsofTide,Spiralforceforhelicopter,gears,etc.

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• SickpeopleblameonWindColdandSummerDamp,butWindColdSummerHeatcannotinjurethestrongone.Onlywhenyourbodyisweakandqiisdeficient,thenyougetsick.

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Sun,SiMiao孙思邈

YaoWang药王“TheKingofMedicine”

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Sun,SiMiao孙思邈 • 581-682AD,livedto101yearsold• Consideredtobeagenius,studiedhardsince7yearsold,greatmemory,passedmanyexamstobecomeascholarwithgreatdepthandbreadthofknowledgeinmanyareasincludingphilosophy,medicine.Refusedthreeemperor’sinvitaBontobecomehighlevelcourtofficialtobecome“barefoot”doctortoservetheworkingpublic.

• HehashelpedthousandsandtempleswerebuiltandsBllexisttodaytocommemoratehiscontribuBonstothecommunityandsonamed“TheKingofMedicine”

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Yao Wang in the Tianfei Palace, Nanjing

Sun,SiMiao孙思邈

• Twoseminalworks:– BeiJiQianJinYaoFang(EssenBalFormulasforEmergencies[Worth]aThousandPiecesofGold)备急千⾦金金要⽅方

– QianJinYiFang(SupplementtotheFormulasofaThousandGoldWorth) 千⾦金金翼⽅方

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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• EmphasisonPrevenBonand“YangSheng养⽣生”

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EthicsandCharacterCulBvaBon

• PaBentCare– ThePhysician’sOath– CalmSpiritAnchorSubjecBvity– CompassionandEqualTreatment

• Colleague– NeverBoastSelfandDamageOther’sReputaBon– 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– LambDuZhongSoup–fortreatmentofpostpartumlumbagoandcough,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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EmphasisonPrevenBonand“YangSheng养⽣生”

• CulBvaBonofCharacter(YangXin养性)– CalmemoBonsandbeposiBve– 10essenBalareasofculBvaBon–Controlspirit,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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• NutriBonalHealing– Lessmeat,lessfats– Morecookedvegetables– Avoidrawvegetables,rawrice,spoiledfoods,andalcohols– Avoidbinging.– Encouragelessfoodandmoremeals– Eatonlywhenhungryanddrinkonlywhenthirsty– Usefoodtotreatfirstbeforeherbs– Usedanimalthyroidglandstotreatgoiterproblems– Usedanimalliverfornightblindness– Usedsoy,azukibeans,blackbeansforgout

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• CulBvateMidlife(50andabove)(Thiswouldbeoldagebeforethebabyboomersre-definedit)– ReducBonofYangQi– PrevenBonofconsumpBonofYangQibysixpathogensandsevenemoBons

– Donotforcethings– Carefulwithexcessivetastes– Maintain“notfull,notempty,notwarm,andnotcold”– Encouragetheuseofcowmilk– Encouragefoodtreatmentfirstbeforemedicineusage– MonitoremoBonsfordepression

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Summary

• TaoistMedicineevolvedfromreligioushealingtomedicinefocusedonlongevity,diseaseprevenBon,nutriBon,andculBvaBonofcharacters.

• ContribuBontoTCMisenormousandespeciallyintheareaoffoodtherapy,healthyagingandchronicillnesses.

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