This book is both a translation and interpretation of Chapter 8 of the Huangdi Neijing Ling Shu, which described the ancient Chinese view of how the emotions influenced physical health. The heart was the center of a living being and the home of Spirit, and the peace and health of the heart could be compromised by human emotions. Larre's interpretation stresses the communication needed between patient and doctor to design a therapy geared specifically to each patient's authentic nature.

Rooted in Spirit: The Heart of Chinese Medicine

Claude Larre

Elisabeth Rochat de La Vallée

S. J. Rochat de la Vallee

Religion & Spirituality

Station Hill Press

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The Secret Treatise of the Spiritual Orchid: Nei jing Su wen Chapter 8

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Monkey Press

The foundation stones of Chinese medicine are laid down in Huangdi neijing and its commentaries now spanning nearly two millenia. Translations of key chapters in the Nei jing with their own illuminating commentaries, this series is transcribed from seminars organised by Peter Firebrace in London from 1985 onwares, designed to deepen an understanding and awareness of these primary concepts.

Chinese Medicine From The Classics: The Kidneys

Alternative Medicine

Transcribed and edited from a seminar given in London in 1986 by the authors. It presents a close study of the paired zangfu of the heart master and triple heater. Detailed classical references and the teachers' usual blend of illuminating humor. The complexity and subtlety of these two energetic systems has rarely been explained and elucidated so well.

Heart Master Triple Heater (Chinese Medicine from the Classics)

The foundation stones of Chinese medicine are laid down in Huangdi neijing and its commentaries now spanning nearly two millenia. Translations of key chapters in the Nei jing with their own illuminating commentaries, this series is transcribed from seminars organized by Peter Firebrace in London from 1985 onwards, designed to deepen an understanding and awareness of these primary concepts.

The Liver (Chinese Medicine from the Classics)

Jing Shen is the title of the seventh chapter of the Huainanzi, a major Daoist text of the early Chinese Han dynasty. Until recently it has remained relatively unrecognized and only partially translated. Long dismissed as merely a reiteration of earlier writings, its importance as a work in its own right and its role in Chinese intellectual history is only now beginning to be appreciated. Chapter 7, Jing Shen - vital or embodied spirit – examines the origins of life and the integral place of human beings within the cosmos. As a contemporary text to the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic), it is of interest to practitioners of Chinese medicine as well as the more general reader. This is a group translation, made under the aegis of Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée.

Jing Shen: A Translation of Huainanzi Chapter 7

Michelle Bromley

Chinese medical knowledge is based on an understanding of the processes of yin yang and the five elements. Chapter five of the Neijing Suwen, the first part of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, lays out these principles. The chapter begins with the laws of yin yang, progresses to the resonances of the five elements within the human body, and culminates with detailed descriptions of medical pathology.

The Rhythm at the Heart of the World: Neijing Suwen Chapter 5

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians by Claude Larre, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee (1997) Paperback

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians

Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée continues her exploration of the key concepts of Chinese medicine and philosophy with a study of wuxing, the five elements, phases or movements. Guiding us through well chosen chapters of the Spring and Autumn Annals and its commentary, the Huainanzi, and the medical texts of the Neijing Suwen, Elisabeth explains the development of these ancient ideas which provide such an important basis for zangfu theory within Chinese medicine. This fascinating book traces the development of wuxing theory from its early beginnings - where we see the five elements in their literal sense, as the five materials necessary for survival on earth - to its incorporation into the sophisticated cosmological system of yinyang wuxing during the 2nd century BCE. The second part of the books explores the five elements as the basis of Chinese medical thinking.

Wu Xing: The Five Elements in Chinese Classical Texts

In 'Aspects of Spirit' Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée explores the concept of spirit and its relationship to the development of human consciousness through the classical Chinese literature. Beginning with a section on hun and po (the yin yang aspects of the human soul), moving on to jing shen (vital spirit), and concluding with yi and zhi (intent and will), each section examines the characters for each term, followed by examples of their usage in the classical philosophical texts and concludes with a study of their specific application within the medical texts of the Huangdi Neijing, Suwen and Lingshu.Because of her intimate knowledge of both the medical and philosophical texts of this period, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée is uniquely placed within the scholarship of classical Chinese medicine. We are very fortunate that she has brought the depth of her understanding and insight to this fascinating and often misunderstood subject. There has been much debate in recent years concerning the treatment of the spirit within Chinese medicine. This book establishes a firm grounding for that discussion, as well as providing inspiration for our own spiritual cultivation.

Aspects of Spirit: Hun Po, Jing Shen, Yi Zhi in Classical Chinese Texts

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