Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 dear all, I am about to do a small introductory talk this Thursday about: A "historical" over view of the perception of the body in Chinese medicine the event is organised by psychology students. Some aims are to introduce the concept that Chinese medicine have about the body as a living entity. In sum as far as I understand for the moment Chinese medicine was and can separate the so call mind body but the "stronger" tendencies is for Chinese medicine to see these aspects as: "Salt dissolved in water" (which "part" is the so call body and mind I am not sure though) What I am wondering is: The difference in meaning between Shen Ti (less I am drastically mistaking these words in some meaning have been used to refer to the body or bodily Xing aspects in Chinese medicine) Hun Po Yi Zhi Shen (same shen as above?) Say in different historical epochs and the etymology of the respective words as well as any philological comments that can shed light on the Chinese medicine view of the body, when if know where they introduced as medical concept and when they "peaked" including as to comments as to why) Qi and its relation to the above would of course be very interesting. The talk is an informal one so I do not feel in the wrong talking about a subject that really needs years attention. My aim is to promote Chinese medicine as much as possible in Guatemala both in terms of accessibility (the majority in Guatemala are below poverty line) and to let Chinese medicine speak for it self. i.e. rather then to impose the term energy ...and the body is a different energy from the mind and so forth hence any comments would be much appreciated. The parentheses about poverty and accessibility really is because someone today via e-mail in Arizona mention that: "...are not an empty shell taking in... information, but have theirpre-conceived notions which influence the way they understand Chinese medicine." (what a wonderful tool the internet can be when used properly) This really made me think I need comments and suggestions as to minimise my own pre-conceived ideas and notion, one which is that I am "convinced" that Chinese medicine acculturated "properly" can help/contribute to the public health service in Guatemala. thank you for any coments Yours sincerely Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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