Sun Simiao’s Concept of Nurturing Female Life
Today’s short talk will introduce you to the world of traditional Chinese medicine and gynecology from a completely different angle than you probably ever considered before. Rather than offering you clear-cut and simple answers to the questions above, which would be impossible anyway whether we had an hour or a full week, we will merely begin to explore these thorny issues together. Come prepared with an open mind and a willingness to take a critical look at your own assumptions related to gynecology, by means of writings from a completely different time and culture.
Download and read this wonderful article and please ponder these questions before participating in Monday's live webinar discussion:
- What could an old hermit, busy picking mushrooms in the company of a tiger and dragon in the seventh century, possibly have to teach the modern practitioner on how to treat women’s bodies in the 21st century?
- How can we even know what he thought about female bodies, what associations he had with things like menstruation, growing bellies in pregnancy, or infertility?
- Why and how did male literate physicians/authors even begin to consider women in their writing and from what angles?
- What, if any, were the clinical ramifications of these theories on women’s lived experiences?
- And ultimately, to paraphrase a question by Yaron Seidman, if Sun Simiao was a true Daoist hermit, why did he write all this information down rather than disappear into the sunset like his predecessor Laozi?
Also, join the early discussions with Sabine about this topic on Chinese Medicine Tools: http://chinesemedicinetools.com/community/forums/sun-simiao%E2%80%99s-co...
Sabine Wilms will be teaching a 3 hour CEU approved webinar on May 2 on The Foundations of Classical Chinese Gynecology. To register for this course go to http://www.prodseminars.net/store/foundations-classical-chinese-gynecology
All Posted Conference times are in Pacific Standard (Vancouver / Los Angeles)
Comments
gucci
linda
It's the most important part of our marketing Tiffany & Co," he said. "I absolutely cannot imagine a retailer or designer operating today without a website.We have a social media prada store who has helped us integrate our Facebook page with our blog, the website and Twitter, and it has definitely brought in clients," Gucci Shoes Sale said. "Our big thing right now is video, though. We can take our clients to market with us via the clips we bring back and share on our video Nike Air Jordan. We've also found great success with Flowtown, a pay-for tool that lets you import your email list and see who's on Twitter, chanel bags, LinkedIn - then aggregate them based on how they describe themselves.
quote Sabine mentioned in webinar...
“Zhaolin had a malignant illness which physicians were unable to cure, so he went and asked Simiao, “What principles do the famous physicians employ to cure illness?” Simiao answered: “I have heard that if one is skilled at talking about Heaven, one must substantiate it in the human realm; if one is skilled at talking about humans, one must also root it in Heaven. In Heaven, there are four seasons and five phases; winter cold and summer heat alternate with each other. When this cyclical revolution is harmonious, it forms rain; when it is angry, wind; when it congeals, frost and snow; when it stretches out, rainbows. These are the constancies of Heaven and Earth.“Humans have four limbs and five internal organs. They alternate between being awake and sleeping. In exhaling and inhaling and spitting out and sucking in, essence and qi leave and come. In their flow, they constitute the constructive and protective [influences of the body], they manifest as facial color, and they erupt as sound. These are the constancies of humanity. Yang employs the form, yin employs the essence. This is where Heaven and humanity are identical.” “When [the constancies] are lost, if [qi and essence] steam upward, they cause heat [in the body]; if they are blocked, they cause cold; if they are bound, tumors and excrescences; if they sink, abscesses; if they scatter wildly, panting and shortness of breath; and if they are exhausted, scorching and withering. Their symptoms arise on the face, and their transformations move around in the body.” “When one extends this analogy to apply to Heaven and Earth, it is also likewise. Thus the waxing and waning of the Five Planets, the irregular motions of the constellations, the eclipses of the sun and moon, the flight of shooting stars, these are Heaven and Earth’s symptoms of danger. Unseasonable winter cold and summer heat are the ascent or blockage [of qi and essence] in Heaven and Earth. Uprighted boulders and thrust-up earth are the tumors and excrescences of Heaven and and Earth. Collapsing mountains and caved-in ground are the abscesses of Heaven and Earth. Scattered winds and violent rain are the panting and shortness of breath of Heaven and Earth. Dried-up streams and parched marshes are the scorching and withering of Heaven and Earth.” “An excellent physician guides [qi and essence] with medicinals and [lancing] stones and rescues with needles and prescriptions. A sage[ly ruler] harmonizes [qi and essence] in order to perfect his power and uses them for support in order to manage the affairs of humanity. Thus, the human body has illnesses that can be cured, and Heaven and Earth have calamities that can be dispersed.”