Guest guest Posted November 24, 2000 Report Share Posted November 24, 2000 on 11/24/00 11:53 AM, at wrote: > , " " < > zrosenberg@e...> wrote: > >> > it appears that Li Dong-yuan used acupuncture, which was more >> in tune with wu yun liu qi, whereas there is no evidence that Zhu Dan-xi >> practiced acupuncture. > > so is the wu yun liu qi considered widely applicable to herbology or > not? I suspect it is this aspect of li's work that makes it still so > controversial amongst modern px (as Greg Bantick indicated in an > earlier post), rather than the yin fire theory. As you know, there are not too many records of wu yun liu qi herbalism. . . but many practitioners I consider teachers, such as Miki Shima and Michael Broffman, do use the methods of time of day, season, host and guest qi in formulating prescriptions. > > Also, not everything physicians did is in print. It >> would be interesting to research this question, however. > > > No doubt, but zhu did seem to write down everything he thought was > important. It would be strange that he glossed over this with no > mention if he actually practiced it. > It is interesting, however, that he didn't attack this method either. . . ..as he did the purgation school of Zhang Zhe-he. But, yes, an interesting question still remains on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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