tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post5255098398641191905..comments2023-05-23T03:54:17.181-07:00Comments on Introducing Haiku Poets and Topics . . . . . WKD: Chinese Medicine (kanpo)Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-90511917888767217812018-04-27T18:44:15.089-07:002018-04-27T18:44:15.089-07:00Sennin no shokuji 仙人の食事 Food of the Sennin
The Eli...<b>Sennin no shokuji 仙人の食事 Food of the Sennin<br />The Elixir of Life and Immortality </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2018/03/sennin-elixir-of-life-food.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2018/03/sennin-elixir-of-life-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-55328168928707574962018-04-02T14:20:06.022-07:002018-04-02T14:20:06.022-07:00Woodblocks associated with Japanese medicine, heal... <b>Woodblocks associated with Japanese medicine, healing: </b><br />There is an amazing resource online at the University of California. <br />Their entire woodblock is related to medicine and health, and most of it is online and well-documented. <br />http://japanesewoodblockprints.library.ucsf.edu/<br />http://japanesewoodblockprints.library.ucsf.edu/about.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-12938163874879420892017-04-06T20:59:08.783-07:002017-04-06T20:59:08.783-07:00Sugiyama Waichi 杉山和一 (1614–1694)
was a Japanese ac...<b>Sugiyama Waichi 杉山和一 (1614–1694)<br />was a Japanese acupuncturist, widely regarded as the "Father of Japanese Acupuncture".</b><br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2017/03/gofunai-temples-46-and-47.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2017/03/gofunai-temples-46-and-47.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-69026641524796127472015-10-25T18:17:53.313-07:002015-10-25T18:17:53.313-07:00Pierce Salguero wrote
... the launching of
www.as...Pierce Salguero wrote<br />... the launching of <br />www.asianmedicinezone.com, <br />a scholarly blog site for Asian medical humanities. <br />We currently have 50 blogs contributed by Carla Nappi, Sabine Wilms, Daniel Trambaiolo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Jonathan Pettit, and myself.<br />.<br />East-Asia<br />http://asianmedicinezone.com/category/east-asia/<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-86235301322696005192015-10-18T19:13:42.254-07:002015-10-18T19:13:42.254-07:00yakudansu, kusuridansu 薬箪笥 chest for Chinese medic...<br /><b>yakudansu, kusuridansu 薬箪笥 chest for Chinese medicine<br /></b><br /><br />more about tansu 箪笥<br />Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttp://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/10/tansu-chest-of-drawers.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-60081749350390196512015-10-13T18:57:07.783-07:002015-10-13T18:57:07.783-07:00The Nobel Prize versus traditional Chinese medicin...The Nobel Prize versus traditional Chinese medicine<br />by Orac on October 12, 2015<br />.<br />Last week, in response to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Chinese scientist Youyou Tu, who isolated Artemisinin and validated it as a useful treatment for malaria back in the 1970s, I pointed out that the discovery was a triumph of natural products pharmacology, not of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). So did Scott Gavura, a pharmacist who blogs at my favorite other blog, Science-Based Medicine, who also emphasized that the path from TCM remedy for fever to pill used to treat malaria was the very model of how pharmacologists isolate medicines from plants. Basically, we both noted that Artemisinin is extracted from wormwood, but that the process of turning it into a drug involved a lot of trial and error, the elucidation of which wormwood plants contained enough Artemisinin to be useful for manufacturing larges amounts of it, and chemical modification fo the compound to make it more potent. None of this had anything to do with the basic ideas at the heart of TCM, such as the five elements or the imbalances in heat, damp, and the like to which TCM ascribes the cause of all diseases.<br />.<br />Read on<br />http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/10/12/the-nobel-prize-versus-traditional-chinese-medicine/<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-30646464664871591692015-07-28T17:50:03.822-07:002015-07-28T17:50:03.822-07:00The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-C...<b>The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-Century Engagements – August 11, 2015<br />by Erik J. Hammerstrom (Author) </b><br />.<br />Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society.<br /><br />Examining dozens of previously unstudied writings from the Chinese Buddhist press, this book maps Buddhists' efforts to rethink their traditions through science in the initial decades of the twentieth century. Buddhists believed science offered an exciting, alternative route to knowledge grounded in empirical thought, much like their own. They encouraged young scholars to study subatomic and relativistic physics while still maintaining Buddhism's vital illumination of human nature and its crucial support of an ethical system rooted in radical egalitarianism. Showcasing the rich and progressive steps Chinese religious scholars took in adapting to science's rising authority, this volume offers a key perspective on how a major Eastern power transitioned to modernity in the twentieth century and how its intellectuals anticipated many of the ideas debated by scholars of science and Buddhism today.<br />.<br />more at amazon com<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-10880791480305176742015-01-22T17:34:23.193-08:002015-01-22T17:34:23.193-08:00Kappa the Water Goblin
- Kappa no kizugusuri カッパの...Kappa the Water Goblin<br /><br />- Kappa no kizugusuri カッパのきず薬 / 河童の傷薬<br />Kappa makes an ointment for wounds -<br />.<br />河董膏 Kappa Cream<br />.Gabi Greve - Kappahttp://kappapedia.blogspot.jp/2015/01/kappa-no-kizugusuri.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-63534546256841840842014-06-03T21:12:08.630-07:002014-06-03T21:12:08.630-07:00Daishi Daranisuke medicine
from
Shin Daibutsu-Ji ...Daishi Daranisuke medicine<br />from <br />Shin Daibutsu-Ji 新大仏寺 New Daibutsu Temple<br />Iga town, Mie, Shin-Daibutsuji 三重県伊賀市富永1238Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttp://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2012/11/shin-daibutsu-ji.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-65547118498339747062013-09-06T21:54:04.044-07:002013-09-06T21:54:04.044-07:00Yosa Buson
妻や子の寝顔も見えつ薬喰
tsuma ya ko no negao mo m...Yosa Buson<br /><br />妻や子の寝顔も見えつ薬喰<br />tsuma ya ko no negao mo mietsu kusurigui<br /><br />wife and children asleep<br />he also glances at their faces -<br />eating medicine<br /><br />Tr. Gabi Greve <br /><br />MORE about sleep Gabi Greve - Busonhttp://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.jp/2007/03/sleepy-in-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-81241632256924349042012-10-09T21:30:22.921-07:002012-10-09T21:30:22.921-07:00洎夫藍の紫乾して漢方医
safuran no shibe kawakashite kanpoo i
...洎夫藍の紫乾して漢方医<br />safuran no shibe kawakashite kanpoo i<br /><br />he dries the stamen<br />of autumn saffron -<br />doctor for Chinese medicine<br /><br />Yasaki Masako 矢崎正子<br />source : NHK Haiku October 2012 <br />.<br />Gabi Greve - saffronhttp://europasaijiki.blogspot.jp/2005/03/crocus.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-30677154807076731662009-02-26T04:11:00.000-08:002009-02-26T04:11:00.000-08:00das ist ein Thema, das mich sehr interessiertdanke...das ist ein Thema, das mich sehr interessiert<BR/>danke, liebe GabiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-27186386675619865392007-09-08T21:38:00.000-07:002007-09-08T21:38:00.000-07:00History and Traditional Uses of Kihada Phellodendr...History and Traditional Uses of <B>Kihada </B><BR/><BR/>Phellodendron amurense Rupr.<BR/>http://www.planetbotanic.ca/fact_sheets/japanese_herbs/kihada.htm<BR/><BR/>Kihada is native to Japan, where it grows wild in the mountains. A deciduous tree growing up to fifteen meters, it has outer bark of a cork or buff color. In Japanese, Ki means yellow and hada means skin, which indicates one of the interesting features of the tree. If you peel the buff outer bark, a bright yellow inner cortex is revealed. It is this inner cortex that is used for medicinal purposes.<BR/><BR/>Traditionally, this inner bark is harvested in summer. Contemporary research has proven the wisdom of this process. At that time of the year, the bark's most active constituent, berberine, is in its highest concentration. Once again, science has established that the ancients really knew what they were doing!<BR/><BR/>One very unique and interesting use of this plant has to do with record keeping. Kihada bark is used as source of yellow color dye - with an added feature. It repels insects. As a result, people used Kihada bark to dye important papers - birth, marriage, death certificates and the like! Papers you would not want eaten by insects.<BR/><BR/>Kihada is one of the most important plants in Japanese folk medicine, so important, it is registered in the Japanese Medicines Codex, an honor awarded very few herbs !<BR/><BR/>Legend goes that a famous Japanese Buddhist monk, Kukai, went to China and brought back a formula for a powerfully healing concoction. The concoction was called <B>Daranisuke. </B> <BR/><BR/>The monk brought this prescription back to Japan early in the ninth century AD. The prescription was very simple in composition. Kihada cortex plus two other herbs, the root of Gentiana scabra and the leaves of Aucuba japonica.<BR/><BR/>Like Kihada, Gentiana scabra is a digestive bitter. Aucuba japonica is a demulcent which adds viscosity to the mixture. The three herbs are decocted several times until a thick fluid extract is produced. This fluid extract is then dried until a solid extract results. The extract is extremely bitter which makes it, amongst other things, an excellent digestive tonic! Bitters increase the digestive tract's production of essential digestive enzymes.<BR/><BR/>So bitter was this herbal extract, monks used it for an amusing and practical purpose. Monks would take a small amount in their mouth to wake themselves up when they found themselves falling asleep while studying. History reveals that as monks spread the word of Buddha, they also spread the word of Daranisuke and Kihada.<BR/><BR/>Since then Daranisuke has become a household remedy, with many traditional uses to back it up. It is a digestive tonic used in stomachache, gastroenteritis, jaundice, diarrhea, food poisoning, hangovers, nausea and indigestion. It is also used to treat boils, ulcers, conjunctivitis, cystitis, dermatitis, dysentery, eczema, enteritis, meningitis, acute conjunctivitis, fever, flux, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, melaena, rheumatism, stomatitis, urethritis, vaginitis, and worms!<BR/><BR/>If one were to summarize Kihada's use, it could be seen as a healing agent for the skin and mucous membranes. It is used internally and applied externally for all chronic skin conditions. The mucous membrane lines the digestive, reproductive, urinary, and respiratory tract and many of the problems affecting those systems are rooted in mucous membrane malfunction. For mucous membrane disease, Kihada is used internally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-51916475700948815452007-09-06T23:46:00.000-07:002007-09-06T23:46:00.000-07:00Korean Folk MedicineIn ancient times illness was t...<B>Korean Folk Medicine</B><BR/><BR/>In ancient times illness was thought to be due to something entering the body, and recovery meant ridding oneself of this contamination. Shamans, usually female, were employed to drive away this evil spirit. <BR/><BR/>The original function of the shaman was not just to drive evil spirits from the body, but to charm away all the spirits that bring unhappiness. The shaman also performed rites invoking the gods' blessings for good fortune, the birth of a male child or a good harvest, etc.<BR/><BR/>To cure the sick, the shaman made offerings of food and wine, and sometimes even sacrifices of animals, symbolizing the ill person. In return for the offerings, the shaman would request the spirits to leave the body and home of the sick person and never return. <BR/>Making the entreaty, the shaman would sing, chant, dance and pray.<BR/><BR/>If this was not effective, a more active and hostile approach was made. The locality of the spirits would be sought out and if found, beaten, shut up in a bottle, floated down the river, buried in the ground or wounded with a sharp knife or stick through a performance that symbolized these actions. <BR/><BR/>These performances, lasting anywhere from an hour to a week, were accompanied by music.<BR/><BR/>Fortunetellers were often consulted in the treatment of illness. Through divination, it was believed they could determine the causes of the sickness and advise an appropriate treatment. <BR/><BR/>Not only illness, but also misfortune, and calamities of various kinds, were attributed to evil spirits. To protect against these forces, Koreans would often post <B>pujok, </B>or talismans, at certain places in and around the house such as the gate, the ceiling beam, over the door, and in the barn. <BR/><BR/>Most talismans were painted in red ink on yellow or white mulberry paper. Red has traditionally been thought to possess the power to suppress evil, and for this reason, red beans, red clay, red gowns and other red items are often used in shamanistic rites.<BR/><BR/>Korean talismans range in style from highly structured, geometric patterns to free-form swirls and doodles. Some consist of a single Chinese ideograph and others incorporate lines of Chinese or Sanskrit into a maze of effigies, figures, star charts and religious symbols. <BR/><BR/>Used not only for exorcising evil spirits, some talismans were also seen as assisting those in need of special help.<BR/><BR/>The employment of such talismans is an involved process requiring rites of purification, performing chants, painting the talisman, and posting it in the appropriate place. At the beginning of the lunar year, Buddhist monks often prepare talismans and send them to their followers for posting. <BR/><BR/>The beginning of springtime is an important season and, by custom, families usually post a talisman in the hope that spring will bring happiness and harmony to the family.<BR/><BR/>Information provided by the Korean Embassy<BR/>http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/cel/folk_medicine.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-16114483076518812282007-05-05T22:37:00.000-07:002007-05-05T22:37:00.000-07:00。 More DARUMA medicine bags ! .。<BR/><A HREF="http://darumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/05/medicine-kusuri.html" REL="nofollow"> More DARUMA medicine bags ! </A><BR/><BR/>.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-820047071744679108.post-20673181301727740362007-04-04T14:45:00.000-07:002007-04-04T14:45:00.000-07:00.Plenty of good things around us in nature to keep...<B>.<BR/>Plenty of good things<BR/> around us in nature to keep<BR/> us healthy and fit.</B><BR/><BR/> (c) Aju Mukhopadhyay, India 2007Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com