Interview with Professor Volker Scheid on the diversity of approaches within Chinese medical history

[@robertquinn2479]

Great interview. Important ground covered. Should be required listening for all Chinese Medicine students. As a side note, I am trying to lead the replacement of the saying: "Kill two birds with one stone" with "Feed two birds with one scone."

[@yiwutcmmedicalenlightenmen922]

volker mentions the "seminal lectures of john shen on the late '80's" - just wanted to flag that I made an audio recording of these john shen sessions.

[@willceurvels]

It's true that Menghe is not a good example of a lineage, it's more like a geographical grouping, but this doesn't mean there aren't any true lineages in China. Check out the Lu lineage of Sichuan who are central to the Fire Spirit school. I've read four generations of their case studies and they have a high degree of similarity, but with subtle refinement and expansion from generation to generation. Even the Hu Xishu lineage looks quite similar at the third generation and are now teaching the fourth generation with a high degree of discipline. Another small correction: Cao Yingfu actually had very small dosages. If you look through his case studies, 9g of guizhi is considered a high dose for him...