XI. Elisibeth Rochat: The Classics and their relevance for Chinese medicine today

03 Jun 2011

Here Lonny interviews Elisabeth Rochat De Le Valle.
1. Learn the importance of the Chinese language and historic texts for informing the contemporary practice of Chinese medicine.
2. What is the appropriate balance and relationship between scholarship and clinical experience?
3. What is the importance of the classical insight that all treatment must be “rooted in spirit”?
4. What does the phrase “tong shen ming” mean to the contemporary practitioner?
5. What is the effect of having postmodern conditioning in relationship to the higher values of the medicine?

  1. Audio

    Lonny Jarrett Interviews Elisibeth Rochat on Awakening to the Heart of the Medicine

    Please listen to this interview. Elisibeth as always is inspiring in her depth and breadth of knowledge. Her love and respect for Chinese medicine emerges like a force of nature. I have always considered Elisibeth and her mentor Father Claude Larre to set the standard for enlightened scholarship in our profession.  
  2. Essay questions

    Please answer One question in 2-5 paragraphs and email it to Lonny Jarrett at: [email protected]. The most thoughtful answers will be published on this site. 1. What do the classical teachings offer us as practitioners now in the 21'st century? 2. To what degree can a practitioner now awaken to the same source of inspiration as those …

    Rochat: Worksheet

    Please complete and return with your test/essay. 1. Tong shen ming means: a. “He who speaks does not know” b. “To be in communication with the spiritual radiance of heaven” c. TO be enlightened d. B&C 2. Classical teachings are important to the modern practitioner because: a. They allow us to know exactly what real Chinese medicine is. b. They may root our practice in an appreciation of its history and …
  3. Essay

    Essay questions

    Please answer One question in 2-5 paragraphs and email it to Lonny Jarrett at: [email protected]. The most thoughtful answers will be published on this site. 1. What do the classical teachings offer us as practitioners now in the 21'st century? 2. To what degree can a practitioner now awaken to the same source of inspiration as those …