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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