Summary
Zhuangzi's Inner Chapters presents a philosophy centered on "Nourishing the Lord of Life." This concept, explored through the text, aims to guide practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine by informing their clinical practice. The book draws upon classical texts like the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen and the Nan Jing, specifically focusing on vessel discrimination as detailed in the latter.
The Inner Chapters provide a commentary on essential vessel discrimination chapters from the Nan Jing, serving as both a teaching text and a clinical manual. It addresses parameters such as depth, length, qualities, five-phase relationships, viscera, channels, and seasons, making it particularly useful for those practicing five-phase approaches within Chinese and Asian medical systems. Readers gain access to classical references that support their formal training.
Key concepts
- Nourishing the Lord of Life — A central philosophical concept from Zhuangzi's Inner Chapters guiding medical practice.
- Nan Jing — A classical Chinese medical text providing foundational knowledge on vessel discrimination.
- Vessel Discrimination — A key diagnostic method examined in the Nan Jing, focusing on parameters of the body.
- Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen — Another foundational classical Chinese medical text referenced.
- Five-Phase Relationships — A system within Chinese medicine that the book's commentary helps to clarify through classical references.
From the book
Description: In Z'ev Rosenberg's second book, the scholar-physician shares his insights from his study of discrimination of movement in the vessels in the Nàn Jing. This book provides an accessible window into the world of classic vessel discrimination, and a deep explanation of the Nàn Jing as well as advising how it can inform modern clinical practice. The first chapters of the Nàn Jing examine the parameters of depth, length, qualities, five phase relationships, viscera/bowel, channel/network vessel and season. Ripples in the Flow is designed as a compendium text that provides a commentary on these essential vessel discrimination chapters, as a teaching text, and as a clinical manual for practitioners of both acupuncture and herbal medicine. It will be especially useful for…
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