Bundle: ERV Fundamental Chinese Medicine Concepts

Clear 清 and turbid 濁 are the fundamental qualities initially emerging from undifferentiated primordial matter. They form a yin-yang pair but exist neither in isolation nor as pure terms: they are relative qualities within a process.

The art of the great practitioner lies in the ability to grasp these passages, to perceive the imperceptible beginning of a disorder and to anticipate its possible development by correctly understanding the smallest signs. Then one can make a subtle diagnosis and treat it before the disease becomes deeply entrenched.

Taking us through the ancient text Elisabeth Rochat de laVallée reveals to us the different meanings in which 經 can be understood and enlarge our understanding of the concept of Meridians. 

Too often the traditional meaning of the Chinese «li 禮» Rituals is misunderstood. This course explores the true meaning of this essential concept in Chinese traditional thought and life.

Through a choice of texts coming from different schools, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée elucidates the classical understanding of MING 明 Light.

In this course Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée focuses on the answer given in Daoist texts as the Daodejing and explore the link between shan 善 and non-acting (wu wei 無為).

Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée, world renown sinologist, teaches in this course the term Wu Wei 無為: Non-Acting from the Taoist view.

Health cannot be understood without a reference to one’s original or true nature; the inborn dispositions give anyone their robustness and their fragility which have to be known by the patient to conduct correctly their life and buy the practitioner to establish an accurate diagnosis and apply an appropriate treatment. 

Through a choice of texts from different schools, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée elucidates the classical understanding of Ziran.