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Selected Medical Discussions from Futai Cottage
Narrated by San Qisheng

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May 2006

Selected Medical Discussions from Futai Cottage
Narrated by San Qisheng

Cover Inscription / San Qisheng
Editor / Folk TCM Network
Website: http://www.37tcm.net/
Word Count: 243,000 characters
Print Run: 500 copies
Version: Trial Edition-001
Date: May 2006

Table of Contents

Preface 1
Declaration of Futai Cottage 2
Joint Declaration of Folk TCM Practitioners 4
Record of Futai Cottage 5
I. Debating Principles 7
Reasons for the Lack of Understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) 7
Epistemology and Methodology of TCM 8
TCM: How to Align Understanding with Expression? 9
Change and Constancy: Regression in TCM's Progress 10
Theoretical Hegemonism and the Focus of Sino-Western Medical Controversies 12
Nature and Science: The Collision Point of Sino-Western Medicine 13
Understanding Western Medicine's "Objective Indicators" through Pain 16
Who is Pseudoscience After All? 17
Does the Efficacy of Chinese Herbal Medicine Come from the Whole or Specific Active Ingredients? 18
The Significance and Consequences of Medical Statistics 19
Differences between Sino-Western Theories Seen from the Perspective of Diabetes Mellitus 21
Similarities between Western Medical Theory and Zeno's Paradox Seen from the Treatment of Diabetes and Hypertension 22
Western Medicine Cannot Yet Be Considered a True Medicine 23
On Case Studies Again 24
Two Types of Fever Reduction 25
Understanding Double-Blind Trials 25
Method and Purpose 25
Differences between Eastern and Western Logic 26
Text and Interpretation: TCM and Modernity 26
Chinese Characters and TCM 27
Differences between Sino-Western Medicine 28
How to Integrate Sino-Western Medicine? 29
Can Sino-Western Medicine Be Combined? 30
Truth: Identifying Fang Zhouzi 31
Fable: The Story of the Foolish Eldest Sister and Her Lackeys 31
Helpless Choice: Hooligans, Gangsters, and Heroes 32
Medical Seeking Record: Common People, Small Hooligans, Triads, and Big Bullies 33
II. Discussing Constants 34
Theory on Yin Often Being in Excess and Yang Often Being Insufficient 34
Theory on the Ascending and Descending of Yin and Yang 34
Theory on the Substance and Function of Yin and Yang 35
Theory on the Entering and Exiting of Yin and Yang 35
Imagery of Yin and Yang 35
Yin and Yang: Male and Female 36
Heart Sweat and Yin-Yang 36
Yin, Yang, Life, Death, Constancy, and Change 36
Distinguishing Death 36
Discourse on Jing (Essence) 37
Theory on Spirit 38
Theory on Jing-Qi (Essence-Energy) 38
Chant of the Fire God 38
Ode to the Three Books of the Fire God 39
The Way of Using Fire 40
Fisherman's Arrogance 40
Distinction between Water and Soil 40
Differences between East and West 40
Roots of Pre-Heaven and Post-Heaven 40
Yin and Yang Should Harmonize 41
The Way of Treating Disease 42
Principles of Respiration 42
Quantity of Yuan Qi (Original Energy) 42
Thus is the Way of Medicine 42
Heavenly Principle and Human Way 43
Ask the World, What is the Heart? 43
Winter and Summer, Cold and Heat; Yin and Yang, Longevity and Early Death 43
Why Do All Eleven Organs Depend on the Gallbladder? 44
Yin-Yang Kai-He-Shu (Opening, Closing, Pivot) 44
Brief Discussion on Kai-He-Shu 44
Theory on Kai-He-Shu as Root, Branch, Middle, Heaven, Earth, Human, Vessel, Universe, and Biochemical Generation 45
Digital Chart 46
All Diseases in One Net 46
III. Discussing Diseases 47
Typical Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Atypical Pneumonia (Revised Edition) 47
Re-discussing SARS Syndrome Differentiation from the Perspective of Luck (Yunqi) 47
Why Did SARS Patients Develop Bone Necrosis? 49
Theory on Yin-Yang, Heaven-Earth, Water-Fire, One-Two, Separation and Union (Discussion on AIDS) 50
Orthodox Theory on Xiao Ke (Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome) 51
Brief Words on Jaundice 54
Discussion on Treving Liver Diseases 54
Treatment Methods for Tumors 54
Overview of Diabetes Mellitus 55
Questioning the Mechanism of Action of Glibenclamide 56
Difference Between Metabolizing Sugar and Lowering Blood Sugar 57
On the Nature of Insulin 58
Differentiation of Leukemia 58
Why Do White Blood Cells "Abnormally" Proliferate? 59
Hypertension and Warming Yang Dispelling Cold 60
(Six Qi Disease Model) Six Pathogeneses of Hypertension 61
Notes for Cold Patients 61
Notes for Patients with Damaged Essence 63
IV. Discussing Medicines 67
Theory on the Four Images, Five Flavors, Substance, and Function 67
Theory on the Appropriateness and Taboos of Medicinal Use in Four Seasons 67
Interpretation of Xiao Qing Long Tang (Minor Blue Dragon Decoction) 68
Interpretation of Zhen Wu Tang (True Warrior Decoction) 69
Interpretation of Xu Ming Tang (Revive Life Decoction) 69
Interpreting Contemporary Formulas: Starting from Wu Ji San (Five Accumulations Powder) 70
Critique of Physician Xi's Case Records in Lin Zheng Zhi Nan (Guide to Clinical Practice) 71
Aconite: One of the Five Tiger Generals of Warm Medicines 72
The Principle of Ginger, Cinnamon Twig, and Aconite Nourishing Yin 73
Monarch and Minister Fires and Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) 73
Accidental Insights on Decocting Medicines 73
V. Discussing Nourishment 75
Vernacular Explanation of Spring Nourishment Principles 75
Vernacular Explanation of Summer Nourishing Growth Principles 75
Vernacular Explanation of Autumn Nourishing Harvest Principles 76
Vernacular Explanation of Winter Nourishing Storage Principles 76
Re-discussing the Suitability of Using Fire in Modern Health Preservation 77
Simple Dietary and Lifestyle Methods for Regulating Disease 77
Prediction of 2005 Luck Disasters and Epidemics (Lung Diseases) 79
Must-Read for Nourishing Illness and Taking Medicines 79
To Those Who Fail to Store Essence in Winter 80
How Can Men and Women Enjoy Pleasure Without Licentiousness? 80
Admonitions on Health Preservation 82
VI. Brief Lectures 83
TCM Enlightenment I: First Clarify Yin and Yang 83
Lectures on Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) 85
Seeking the Root in Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) 88
Casual Talks on TCM (Transcribed Recording) 97
Talk I: Wen Bing School · What is Qi · Cough 97
Talk II: Extraordinary Fu Organs 100
Talk III: Viewing the Cold-Warm Controversy through the Debate between Zhu and Xu 101
Talk IV: Meditation 107
Talk V: Diet · Pulse Diagnosis 111
Talk VI: Ministerial Fire · Kai-He-Shu 113
Appendix I: Early Medical Cases 122
Infant Not Eating for Eight Days 122
Fungal Pneumonia 122
Pain in the Right Hypochondrium 123
Eight Months of Undigested Food Diarrhea 123
External Contraction 124
Soaking Medicines to Treat Infant Abdominal Pain 125
Thrombocytopenia 125
Case of Facial Pain for Decades 126
Appendix II: Online Medical Cases 128
Case I: Atrophic Gastritis and Superficial Gastritis, Chronic Cholecystitis, Lower Back and Leg Pain and Heaviness, Soreness behind the Knees, Basically Lost Labor Capacity 128
Case II: HIV Positive (AIDS) 151
Case III: Emergency! Seven-Month-Old Infant with Cold, Fever, Convulsions, and Syncope 173
Case IV: Child Frequently Coughing, Especially at Night During Sleep or After Heavy Exercise 177
Case V: Child with Cough, Nasal Congestion, and Runny Nose for Two Weeks 184
Case VI: Urgent Help Requested from Teacher San Qisheng, Concerning Two Lives! 198
Case VII: (Live Report) Rescuing a Death Row Prisoner under Western Procedural Justice 263
Appendix III: Personal Testimonies 283
Abuse of Cold-Cooling Medicines Misdiagnosing Colds Turns Chinese People into Sick Men of East Asia!! Folk TCM Sincerely Invites Victims to Speak Out!! !!

Preface

In the autumn of the Renwu year, I resigned from my post and lived in seclusion. Feeling that incompetent doctors were rampant and the people were suffering, I wished to rectify this situation. Thus, I engaged in medical affairs via the internet, and it has been three and a half years since then. Like swallows leaving traces on snow mud, there are indeed marks. Fragmented bamboo slips and torn books roughly take shape. Therefore, I write these humble words to record the outline:

My heart is tied to the Classics, my spirit wanders the online world. Roaming within the Six Directions (the universe), movements are no different from insects; swallowing and exhaling within the Eight Extremities, spider webs leave clear traces. The Kai-He-Shu (Opening, Closing, Pivot) mechanism turns, allowing Yin-Yang and the Six Qi (Wind, Cold, Summer Heat, Dampness, Dryness, Fire) to enter and exit; Ascending, Descending, Floating, and Sinking allow Cold and Heat of the Four Seasons to come and go. Heaven and Earth establish their images, Water and Fire symbolize their natures. The causes and conditions within this realm are truly significant. However, because debates are difficult to resolve, the ignorant know they cannot understand; mutual refinement is not easy, and like-minded individuals are rarely sought. Thus, relying on the Classics, I established my own school. Dwelling peacefully in the Grass Cottage, taking root among the folk. According to disease and medicine, I form many good affinities. Dispelling cold and supporting Yang, I restore the source and purify the origin. Consequently, people gather from the Nine Provinces, traveling ten thousand miles; meeting from all directions, capturing everything in one net. The lecture hall transmits voices, with Su Wen and Ling Shu preceding; voice messages discuss diseases, with Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue running concurrently. After three years of rotation, the scale is roughly formed. Repeating a thousand times, the rules gradually become complete. Finally, the simple wheel changes into flowers and leaves, and a thousand jun transforms into a single hair. Carefully using troops, governing the country with diligence and frugality. Nourishment outweighs treatment, and upright methods replace unconventional ones. Because Qi is light and easily taken, heavy substances tend to coagulate.

Mr. Lianhua, a learned and elegant gentleman, skilled in calligraphy and literature, entrusting meaning to the Dao, is a clear stream in a turbid world. He mistakenly praised my clumsy writings, wishing to circulate them. He collected fragmented manuscripts and compiled them into a volume. Editing and proofreading, he spared no effort. Once typesetting was completed, he asked me to write a preface. Therefore, I narrate the general overview and express sincere gratitude.

Written in the third month of spring in the Bingxu year by San Qisheng of Futai Cottage

Declaration of Futai Cottage

Since Western medicine obtained a dominant position in China's medical career, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has increasingly been despised by both patients and doctors. After falling ill, patients often first seek treatment from Western medicine; only when treatment fails do they try TCM with a "give it a shot" attitude. In fact, for many diseases, TCM diagnostic and therapeutic methods are more accurate and effective. Even for many diseases that Western medicine classifies as difficult, major, critical, or terminal illnesses, if TCM practitioners can accurately differentiate syndromes and prescribe appropriate medicines, they can achieve satisfactory curative effects or even cure the disease. However, the true principles of TCM treatment are difficult for people in modern society who lack traditional ways of thinking to understand. Even many students of TCM remain at a superficial level, understanding TCM through Western medical theories.

The uniqueness and brilliance of TCM lie in: the dialectical method of Four Diagnostic Methods and Eight Principles (Four Diagnostic Methods: Inspection, Auscultation/Olfaction, Inquiry, Palpation; Eight Principles: Yin-Yang, Exterior-Interior, Cold-Heat, Deficiency-Excess); the correspondence principle of Six Channels and Six Qi; the concept of balance in the ascending and descending of Yin and Yang; the holistic view of the unity of Heaven and Humanity; the circulation laws of Wei Qi (Defensive Qi), Ying Qi (Nutritive Qi), Xue (Blood), and Jin Ye (Body Fluids); and the Five Elements generation and restriction attributes of Meridians and Zang-Fu Organs. These jointly constitute a treatment system where theory, method, formula, and medicine are consistent throughout. However, in the process of prescribing medicines, current TCM practitioners often think more about Western medical test results, are confused by various biochemical indicators, and ignore the observation of patients' intuitive symptoms, even using only Western medical conclusions to explain relevant conditions. In fact, without the basis and guidance of TCM syndrome differentiation methods, even using Chinese herbal medicines to treat diseases cannot be considered TCM. Conversely, if Western medicines are used to treat diseases according to TCM principles, it still remains TCM. For example, Mr. Zhang Xichun is a model of skillful use of Western medicines. Because in the TCM treatment system, anything that can play a therapeutic role can be included in medicines. And TCM mainly uses pure natural medicines, which is advocated by modern medical concepts.

The fact that TCM is not understood by modern people is also manifested in some seemingly correct but actually incorrect perceptions. For example, saying that Chinese herbal medicines act slowly; in fact, excellent TCM practitioners achieve rapid effects like drumbeats upon striking, and sometimes cure difficult diseases with just one dose, which is unimaginable for Western medicine. For example, saying that Chinese herbal medicines have no side effects and cannot kill people; in fact, if syndrome differentiation is mistaken and medicines are contrary to the condition, causing deficiency to become more deficient and excess to become more excessive, incompetent doctors can kill people in the blink of an eye. For example, saying that Chinese herbal medicines treat the root cause; in fact, if the condition is misidentified and wrong medicines are used, not only will they fail to treat the root cause, but they will also uproot it. Strangely, the production and spread of these misunderstandings have almost reached a consensus, as if undergoing unified training. These erroneous perceptions are precisely the mass foundation leading to TCM not being universally accepted and widely applied in treatment. The direct consequence is that some diseases curable by TCM are still described as terminal illnesses today, and the exact efficacy of TCM is still not affirmed by certain authoritative departments.

Of course, the TCM mentioned here refers to TCM practitioners who truly inherited the traditional theory, method, formula, and medicine, not those who diagnose with Western medicine and treat with Chinese herbs, nor those TCM frauds who frequently deceive the world and steal fame with so-called ancestral secret recipes. TCM classics are as vast as the sea, and formulas and medicines are countless. The real obstacle lies in the inability to correctly understand and dispel the fog. The principles of the ancients have actually been explained very clearly, and fearing that later generations would not understand, they repeatedly explained and demonstrated with sincerity. Where is there any secret? It is precisely those shallow-minded people who deliberately mystify and deceive others, afraid that people will learn their so-called secret recipes. Let us ask, when it comes to prescriptions, has anyone in history surpassed Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)? Zhongjing had long made it public to the world. To neglect studying this and instead devote oneself to those shady secret recipes, is it not extreme confusion and inversion? With such poor insight, how could they truly treat diseases? Originally, there is no such thing as secret; secrecy is a state of ignorance lacking rationality. These people are sleeping foolishly in dreams; how could they have the ability to cure people's diseases?

The fundamental purpose of establishing this forum is to help every Chinese person understand and accept this great spiritual heritage left by ancestors, and to apply this heritage to modern life to treat diseases that modern medicine cannot diagnose and cure. As stated in the Nei Jing (Inner Canon): "In treating diseases, one must seek the root." Neglecting the root and pursuing the branches leads modern medicine into a misconception. This forum is willing to work together with all knowledgeable people to restore the source, eliminate falsehood, return to truth, and restore TCM to its original appearance. When the root is established, the Dao arises. We wish to stand on the foundation with all knowledgeable people who aspire to revitalize TCM and promote traditional culture, inherit tradition, make the past serve the present, and revive medical ethics.

Joint Declaration of Folk TCM Practitioners

I. The folk is a natural existence. "Folk" implies the continuity and spontaneity of groups. Any change in modes of existence cannot interrupt the natural transmission of the folk, unless humanity perishes.

II. TCM is the sum of traditional health preservation and therapeutic theories and methods produced and developed in the Chinese folk, and is an extremely important part of world natural medicine.

III. Folk TCM is a folk academic organization spontaneously formed by the folk, aiming to inherit and promote traditional Chinese health preservation culture, adopting a survival attitude of peaceful coexistence with nature, and further integrating it completely with human life processes and lifestyles.

IV. The enemies of folk TCM are all unhealthy states related to the human body and spirit, as well as various erroneous factors causing such states. Folk TCM is the friend of all people pursuing physical and mental health.

V. Folk TCM does not aim for commercial operation, but does not exclude commercial operation as a means to promote career development. All business activities related to folk TCM can only be conducted within the scope prescribed by relevant laws.

VI. Folk TCM does not intervene in conventional treatment activities aimed at commercial operation, based on modern medical theories, and using modern scientific methods.

VII. Folk TCM takes voluntary consultation as its form, traditional health preservation theory and practice as its content, directly establishes equal and mutually trusting friendly relationships with people pursuing physical and mental health, and jointly combats various unhealthy states acting on the human body and mind.

VIII. Folk TCM draws a clear line from all rigid and erroneous medical academic viewpoints that have been verified to violate natural laws, constantly reflects and verifies the correctness of traditional medical health preservation theories in practice, constantly corrects errors, strives for truth, and is the unchanging academic attitude of folk TCM.

IX. The slogan of folk TCM is: Inherit tradition, revitalize TCM; Restore the source, criticize contemporary evils.

X. Folk TCM looks forward to the joining of all knowledgeable people committed to spreading and promoting traditional health preservation culture. Using our joint efforts to enhance the overall health of humanity, and using our own health to promote the health of humanity and nature, is the ideal we forever pursue.

Record of Futai Cottage