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, " " wrote:

> Like Michael Broffman, however, Jiang Jing has little public

expression to draw on. >>>

 

 

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To the contrary. While Jiang Jing retired from teaching and treating

patients after many years of public life, my articles [many of which

available in this forum's file section] and seminars are a

continuation and an explication of the Dong Han pulse system. Even

much of what has been considered unique or secret in that tradition

is being learned by my students.

 

 

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But Jiang Jing himself has released no articles in several years.

 

 

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 11:12 PM, James Ramholz wrote:

 

> , " " wrote:

>> Like Michael Broffman, however, Jiang Jing has little public

> expression to draw on. >>>

>

>

> Z'ev:

>

> To the contrary. While Jiang Jing retired from teaching and treating

> patients after many years of public life, my articles [many of which

> available in this forum's file section] and seminars are a

> continuation and an explication of the Dong Han pulse system. Even

> much of what has been considered unique or secret in that tradition

> is being learned by my students.

>

>

> Jim Ramholz

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> But Jiang Jing himself has released no articles in several

years.>>>

 

 

True; but I have. I was given a Dong Han lineage medical name in

1991. The tradition and the practice continues. I can explain and

demonstrate any concept in the tradition---but probably not as well

as he did.

 

 

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I can understand and appreciate your lineage certification and

apprenticeship, but I don't think many people on this list have the

details of what that means. What is the Dong Han lineage? What is

unique about this particular school? There are no source materials in

any of yours or Jiang Jing's articles cited from Korean language, and

no English translations of essential Korean works. While Korean

medicine is a derivative of Chinese medicine, as is the Japanese, it

would be helpful to know how the Koreans have assimilated and

naturalized the medicine and how it therefore differs from mainland

Chinese medicine. Many of the ideas in yours and Jiang Jing's articles

are quite interesting, but there is no way to follow up on the

information given, except to accept as is. Source materials are

essential for that process.

 

I did a year of post-graduate work at Emperor's many years ago, and

took a class with Dr. Kim (the director) where he read from the Korean

version of the " Golden Mirror of Medicine'. It was quite interesting,

and I picked up a lot from it. I wish more of this kind of material

was available.

 

 

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 11:37 PM, James Ramholz wrote:

 

> , " " wrote:

>> But Jiang Jing himself has released no articles in several

> years.>>>

>

>

> True; but I have. I was given a Dong Han lineage medical name in

> 1991. The tradition and the practice continues. I can explain and

> demonstrate any concept in the tradition---but probably not as well

> as he did.

>

>

> Jim Ramholz

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, " " wrote:

>>>> There are no source materials in any of your or Jiang Jing's

articles cited from Korean language, and no English translations of

essential Korean works. >>>

 

Keep in mind that what has become the Dong Han system is primarily a

development based on Jiang Jing's own interpretation of the classics

and his clinical work; most of what is discussed was not even

conceivable until the 20th century. So, it isn't a review or

reworking of historical Korean matieral. In my articles, which are a

presentation, explication, and interpretation of the Dong Han

system, I try to track where these ideas reflect and emerge from the

classical matterial.

 

I'm in the process of archiving the audio tapes we used to record

his classes in a digital format. There's about 100 tapes with

commentary on the Nei Jing, about 20 more on pulses, plus a number

of miscellaneous tapes of case histories and other topics. I will

use this material to develop other articles and, I hope, finish a

book on the Dong Han system next year.

 

He said his own teacher was able to read pulses down to the details

of the 9-sector methods found in the Nei Jing and Mai Jing. Jiang

Jing himself expanded on the classical pulse material by developing

a 27- and 81-sector method, Yunchi method, 8-Extra method (different

from the classics), event time calculation, integration with Western

medical interpretation, and other concepts. I contributed only

several minor pulse ideas to the Dong Han system---a shortcut method

to check thyroid function, and a method of calculating past events

employing an idea from the 60-year calendar.

 

 

>>> Many of the ideas in yours and Jiang Jing's articles are quite

interesting, but there is no way to follow up on the information

given, except to accept as is. Source materials are essential for

that process. >>>

 

Outside of my articles and seminars, the only way I know to follow

up is to apply and test these ideas in clinical practice. My

students have been able to learn and successfully apply these ideas

in their own clinical practices; just as I did from Jiang Jing.

 

 

>>> I did a year of post-graduate work at Emperor's many years ago,

and took a class with Dr. Kim (the director) where he read from the

Korean version of the " Golden Mirror of Medicine'. It was quite

interesting, and I picked up a lot from it. I wish more of this kind

of material was available. >>>

 

What did you find the most interesting?

 

Jim Ramholz

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The material I found most interesting in that class was when he would

have our small group of students diagnose without asking questions, by

pulse, complexion, sound of voice, and other non-verbal factors. He

would then read from the Golden Mirror to comment on our efforts.

 

 

On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 04:15 PM, James Ramholz wrote:

 

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>>>> I did a year of post-graduate work at Emperor's many years ago,

> and took a class with Dr. Kim (the director) where he read from the

> Korean version of the " Golden Mirror of Medicine'. It was quite

> interesting, and I picked up a lot from it. I wish more of this kind

> of material was available. >>>

>

> What did you find the most interesting?

>

> Jim Ramholz

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