Comments on: Welcome to Classic Formulas

By: Michael Max

Michael Max — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:05:59 +0000

Hi Kelly

Really? You are not ready to go back to China at the drop of a hat? Don’t you miss the food?

I suspect that once the book has been translated into English and published in the West, then we will invite Dr Huang to come to the US and teach.

Keep watching this site for those kinds of developments.

By: Kelly Clady-Giramma

Kelly Clady-Giramma — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:56:04 +0000

I just got back this February from living and practicing TCM in Suzhou and Shanghai (I interned for 5 mos. at the Suzhou Zhong Yi Yuan and Shanghai’s Shu Guang Hospital then opened a private practice in Shanghai). I wondered if there is any chance Dr. Huang’s methodology will be offered in the U.S. as a CEU?? not sure I can pick up again and go back to China so soon…

By: Michael Max

Michael Max — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:36:45 +0000

Jutta

We are planning more travel seminars for next year. I’ll keep you posted, and also be sure to check back here from time to time for the latest news, and some interesting clinical tips from Dr Huang.

By: jutta gassner-snyder

jutta gassner-snyder — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:31:58 +0000

hi michael
i am glad you are doing this translation; i am myself very much interested in the classic formulas; this past April 07, i had a chance to study with some classicly trained TCM docotrs in Hangzhou at the Zhejiang university; unfortuantly, i am not able to join your group on the upcoming trip to China in Oct 07 since I just gave birth about 2 month ago and I am adjusting to motherhood and returning to the clinic for work; should you plan another trip next year, please keep me informed since I would really love to join you on such an endeavor

home tel#973-761-8863
jutta gassner-snyder

best of luck

By: M.J.

M.J. — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:03:21 +0000

Thanks for the beautiful site and the powerful information. I’ll be following your thinking with great interest.

By: Sheh Adams

Sheh Adams — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:00:34 +0000

Hi Michael,

Not sure which stage is your book at. If you need another set of eyes to go through Shi Da Lei Fang, I’ll be happy to help. I am a professional translator (mostly focus on high-tech industry), a native Chinese speaker and a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist. I am also very passionate about Shang Han Lun work.

Great work and thanks for sharing.

By: littlepotato193

littlepotato193 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:00:03 +0000

Hello,Michael!It‘s a beautiful blog! I love it!

By: Michael Max

Michael Max — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:56:39 +0000

Z’ev

I’m delighted to have something here in China worth sharing with my community in the West.

Dr Huang has a not small amount of influence from the Japanese, as he spent some time there. But, the majority of his thinking comes from the “formula family” school.

I did an interview with him that will be published in The Lantern later this year. I will also post it here, once I get it transcribed into English. He goes into quite a bit of detail on where he got his inspiration.

It is exciting to have access to some pre-TCM ideas about constitution. I did ask if his thinking dovetails at all with wu xing (5 phases), and he said it did not. He further goes onto to say that much of Chinese medicine thinking is very abstract, and he is very much into grounding any theory of practice into something tangible and observable.

By: Z'ev Rosenberg

Z'ev Rosenberg — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:07:55 +0000

Dear Michael,
This is great stuff, thanks for turning me on to this book a few months ago. I’ll be following your blog carefully, and hope to connect with you on your return to the U.S.
I’ve often thought of Chinese medicine in this ‘constitutional’ or ‘terrain’ sort of way, but have not found so many sources in the literature for it. The Japanese ‘Kanpo’ medicine, of course does have this concept of constitution, of a ‘gui zhi tang’ patient, or a ‘xiao chai hu tang’ patient.
I wish more of our colleagues shared their adventures in Chinese medicine as you have done. I wish you much success and joy in your studies!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:36:15 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing, Michael. I’m looking forward to reading more!