The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine

425 Pages·34.291 MB·English

by  Lonny Jarrett

THE
CLINICAL
PRACTICE
OF
CHINESE
MEDICINE
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Lonny S. Jarrett

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pj,at I SITtiNG THI POUMDATION I
1 THE NATURE OF SHOO: s
l AGGI.ISSIYE ENIRGY 16
3 POSSISSION J7
4 TIR HUSIAHDIWtn IML\I.ANCE SB
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ExiTIENTaY BLOCKS 7S
6 ExrTIENTaY BLOCKAGE OF
ntl CoNCVJJON AHD GoYIRNOl Vassu.s 94
7 AICAIANI IM&ALANCES lOS
8 1'HJ UMIIUCAL PuuE lU
' CALMING ntE MIND '"
to
RIMOYING BLOCKS '11'rTH CHINlS! HilliS 122
11 OntDBLocn l7B
- u ....... CAfiGO&IU lfS
U CUI.nvATING ntE FlvE EuMI!Hn "'
U Souaa Ponm 260
M LDOPoiNTS 26$
XI.Q.Irr PoiNTS 276
Mvfollm
280
Sllf#Poam 2BJ
lilll:l' PoiN1'i 292

tUkF.WOitll
' t.IIINI\f MEDJllNI-
invoke. . m.p«t fur the .lrtaenc sour~ of the mediclne~ ancluJing the five· of Hw. Tuo when studyans: h11 rn:h"'qun. Reali.sni.Allly. tfw:rt:fort: • .1c.a~
danent hnr-Jgc of hls te"J{"her J. R. \t'ordey, and corfflates rhem m more dcmic insuudion n«ds ro bqsn with rh~m nscnrUI dcta.ils that can be
• sundard fot gmentoms ol phyJJ<,.ns. -n.. ard!cryp< fot dUs "Yk o1
recent phdowphK•lmnd< i•vor.d by mod<m TC.\1, but it ,. the wnung
bt-Nun the-hnn rNr camn thr main pronouru:antnt of 1h1S ~ork: .u 3 uans:nussioo ts. woaf cr ~ Zhan& ZhOO$JlDg. H.LJ way wndun the-Oao of
mcdic::inc is the of rhe coruunr. Hu;a Tuo, on the odtn h.and.c:xcm·
ttn.oun sugc m cvtry practinoner's dcl-dopow:nt. sim.ilv to a alhg.r.aphy
plifacs rbc wn of ch.angt dut puh rhc coosunt ro U$C..
s<u<lcnt who" n-mtu.all)· done unitati"!: the brush strol<cs of his prtdccn
sors, lhrrr" the nttd to toolr and arrive Ill the ~.art of onr's own mechc-1nc. While the lielcl ol Onental m«fiane ...ms to be hrochng mo"' and
Whtlr pmndmg a trcmrnJous amount of clinical anfomution that as mort rov.-ard a state of doman.anon h)' uand.uditrd textbooks? standard·
immeda.utly apphahlc 1n a rracrtcabJC" realm. Tbr Oinic.tl Prac11ce of iz.ed t~ and a nandardazrd p.tnthcon of Cbindc medicine he-roes. chls
Onnrse !tff'dl""'" pnmarily transmit~ this meisage. ln d srnsc, th•~ work book shows us how much lifr. crrall\'llf, passion, and intuition lirs in m~
must bt-read ou the ~uwbiogr-aphy of 3 master practitioner who shows u• \-ut depths of our growing rrofession, and modds how these rather per·
his roon, his growth process, .1.nd the llrMigamation of Chine)( medictnr sonal sparks combine rathtr naturally wlth the data o( the das~icaltta•
with cvc:r)•thing he i•, chink~. and know!~-all in the ~pirir of inr.piring us dirions to ca.$t tht cultivatlonal path of 1hc hcalrr. Pe-rsonally, ir makes me
w do the t.amt'. Dr.twing U\ into rhc :tuthor's: world, which ancludc' the extremely happy that the fitld of Orlenral me-dicine has matured to pro·
D.10d~J;,% the Yellow F.mpc:oror\ Classic of Medic::Loe, J. R. Wor~lcy, Dun duce a Lonny jarrcrr. It rtflecH well on •II of us.
B«k. Andrew Coh<'n, and Ken Wilber, this work empowers each ont" of
u~ to recognize and .lwaken our own mamt5hap. It thm ~:onunuc!lo ., s•l~
ver thread of inspirational writing thou goes b.lck to the sage$ of Chme~t H~ER fRVf.HAUP
Cb""· D~rtment ofC lassitUI Chines< Mtdi''"~
medicine thtmK1vc,, The 4\1ing dynany scholar Sun Zh•~•ong ontt non·
N•'"""'l Colkgt of N•tuToP-th.c Mtdicr"'
ed, "'Medicine ls a <ombination of fixed principles a.nd thtir fkx1biC' uu.gr
PortLzrul, Orrgo"
that malcn thtm cOI'Dt .1live in the nugjc of the momtnt. Tht fonncr
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uanumtt thr truth of the ogn., while tht latttt follows the subtk dyn.am·
ics of rimr. Both of thtm n«d to be adhered to." His famou' contempo
rary Sun Ytku1, an a ubkau rnridrd • A BMlgr-aphy of Si..~ Ma.ucn. • took
this meuagc nm funhtt
A rhfJKlln b«omn, rcrfra .n 1hc .,.,.es of~. Adhtrmcc-to f13ld
princ1~ w1ll only crC'iltc t.Ugnanon. Evet)' warukrcr on the- path of
mcdi,1nc nt\:n"nly looks to the laws of nature expounded by 1hc ma•·
lt'"l'l ol old, hut whtn 1he morrl(nr of tcrion arti\·~ 11\e mull m."C'1ve the
transmiuion c,f tht hean and become enlightt'ntd to tht at~phl:'rt of
the mommt whC'n thC' t111gn fine t«C)gniud thde a1 1f tmc
law~alm05t
wu m!lllling thC'St l11w• onrJ(lf, over and over again.
1'ht- Song dynasty hter4tus Guo Yong. finally, pointed our in has
"Supplcmontotion of What Hos lken lost !rom the Slwtghan lun • that
one must bf. both academician and sluman alikr when upitmg 10
become ma\t(f pramnonc"r of O.inne medicine:
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Zlwla Zhonm•na\ on '""" from aac1aaic lcammg. wfoolo H .... Tuo'•
... rbe 111t ol en~- When rbe htan aw.k- the ,..,.. ol
duftl(' bu:omc: m&nnaftnblc--chil way ol pracbCiftC as uruque and m1y
oppear ott&ftl< to orben, .uod only a f<w may be •blc to loUow rbe 1o1o. .

tlllNl'~[ MEDICINE
fJijah. Hor tn<por..t perspccri,.. promises to bring a new dopth of intlghr INTRODUCTION
to Chine# herbal mcd1cine.
I'd like to rhank Dorrit Remidc at rhc Aadorny for fov< FJ<m<nt
Acupuncrur< tn Hallandak-, florida, and Bob Dussan and rhc oth<r fac·
uhy at th< TAI·Sophi.o Institute in Laurel, Maryland. Borh school• off.<
a profound <>pponunity to lam rhc spirit of rhc fiV«'I<m<nt uadouon as
discuUfti1n my wntmg.
I'm vrry grateful ro Kelly D. Wdch foe h<lping crou·refermce rhc
point na"'" to th< rcfrrmce tens, for faa ch<cking, and for hia rhoughr·
lui reading of the book. Special thanks ro Will Wadawonh for hilloyal·
ty, frirndahip, and in•ight. I'd also like to thank Jeffrry Yuen for h,. h<au·
riful alhgraphy and for reviewing pans of the text, Dav1d LoPriorC' for
his '"'illlignilphy and comments on the text, and Sharon Smuh for caking
the rime ro review Pan I.
Finally, I'm indebt~ ro my outstanding production team: Toni Kenny
(composition), Ruth Kolben (design), and Anne l<Mer (editorial), who
care as much about thdr an as I do. And thanks to Tom Huston for ere·
aring the rabin of the meeting poinm.
"I would chanst nochonc in my lofe of n meant noc bring here now. • Tbeae
words, when spoken frftly, without a waver in tbe voice or blink of th<
eye. .._u we have amved at a place of bealing, They imply that we
now understand how ~ trauma we haw suffi:rtd in our li'I'CS h.u
played irs role in brinsi"'l us back to ounelvt$. Tht~e words can only be
spoken sincen:ly when we hDve fully grasped chat life hu damaged no
pan of our original nature, and, dC'spite our trlbularional we have
returned home to remember who we are, why we arr here. and what we
an: wpposed 10 be doing about n. I offer this book 10 funh<r rhe effons
of chose cornnutted ro rhtae tdealo in h<aling.
In my fim '"'• NONruhtng Dutilry: T1w lrrlttT Tradition of Ch....u
MtJir;;-. I oxamintd the rheon:tical foundations of Chinese medicin< as
111 .anhcimce focused on empowmn1 rhe manifestation of life's pwpolt.
Thar book conccnrra..,. on the hmorical and rheon:tical undtrpmruf11!1
of a specific lintap of thoushr and rdanvelylcss on the practicalappli·
caooo of diaacal recJuUq.a 10 ach,..e the dtsin:d FOis thtrapeuncaUy.
In this book, I daborare aa approoch rowan! dinical peactice that will
htlp,.,.. odmin;..r ...,._rna way....__ with the values inberent
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