Interview with Dr. Rey Tiquia about Traditional Chinese Medicine: Part One
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Dr. Rey Tiquia is an experienced traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner. He studied Chinese medicine at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 北京中医药大学, the best TCM University in Mainland China. He has practiced TCM for over 40 years and published many research papers in the field. He not only accumulates huge amount of knowledge and skills in TCM but also is well versed in Classical Chinese philosophy which provides the theoretical foundation for TCM practice.
This is the part one of my interview with Dr. Rey Tiquia. The interview was conducted in a hotel room near a train track. So it took me quite a bit technical modification to make the video with reasonable quality. The interview recording was nearly two hours long. Even after my editing, it is still nearly 80 minutes. It is simply too long for one video. So I divided it into three parts. This is the first part. Hope you will enjoy it!
00:00-03:00 Introduction
03:01-06:38 What happens during a consultation with a TCM practitioner: the diagnostic procedure of observation, smelling, questioning, and palpation.
06:39-11:46 Detecting the Qi flow to diagnose a medical condition and decide treatment strategies
11:47-13:30 The differences between TCM and Biomedicine in clinical practices (over simplified comparison)
13:31-21:26 The significance of timing for treatment in TCM practice
Hi, Jiri. Thank you for the interesting question. If you recall the video I made about the Music Cosmos of ancient China, the ancient Chinese believe that everything in the cosmos following a cyclical pattern of changes and transformation except human being. The difference is that human beings have preferences. They can either follow the natural cycles of the seasonal, lunar, and circadian rhythms, or they can following their own preferences. The Chinese classical philosophical presumptions are that if the rulers' policies are aligned with the natural cycle, their kingdoms or empires will flourish and people will enjoy live and support the rulers. If they go against the natural cycles, disasters will happen. The same rationale apply to human health. If a person follows the natural cycles, he or she will be healthy. But most of the people do not necessarily follow the healthy way of live. They might prefer fame, power, sexual over indulgence to a healthy life which would lead to disruption of the normal Qi flows in their body leading to illness. The treatment provided by a TCM practitioner is to reset the body by manipulating the Qi flow in the body so that the body will be aligned with the natural cycle again. That is why the calendar is critical to devise the treatment!! Most of the time, the practitioners will only talk about manipulating the Qi flow and forget to mention resetting the body's clock because for them, this presumption is a given and sometimes is omitted from their textbooks or teaching. But forgetting this point is a huge mistake that leads to many confusions.
Gratitude and thank you Professor Gao and esteemed Dr. Rey Tiquia for understanding how the holistic approach to treating illness brings about care through the different modalities and wisdom in leading to the restoration of the balance and end of suffering.
Gratitude and thank you for sharing the light
Thank you for your kind comments! I have informed Dr. Rey about the comments you guys posted here. I would have a chat with him later this week. I am so happy that my videos can shed some light on the TCM practice. The second part of the interview will be on by this Friday, please check it out!😀😀
Precious gold🙏🙏🙏❤Thank you so much for doing this to both of you, Dr. Rey and Dr. Gao. Love the fact that you even used specific examples; Now I will always remember where the 足臨泣 point is and what it relates to☺☺🙏🙏Looking forward to the next part!
Thank you Seena. You even noticed that the kidney meridian point!
Best wishes and regards from Mama Africa's Southern tip
Thank you!
Fascinating!
Regarding the seasonal aspects of the practice is it the climate of the seasons i.e. temperature, humidity etc. or the aspect of the sun i.e. latitude that makes the difference? Even within China the climate varies immensely on any particlar day depending on where you are. The latitude not so much. Or is it only northern/southern hemisphere related?
Check out my response on the video comment section. I think many others might also benefit from my response. Hope I answered some of your question. I really appreciate your questions because they help me to plan for my future videos on the philosophy of medicine I am preparing the moment!! 🥰😀😀
聞 in diagnostics actually carries both meanings of listening and smelling.
Here are the contents of a basic diagnosis book….
3 聞診
3.1 聽聲音
語聲
喑啞與失音
語聲重濁
語言
譫語
鄭聲
獨語
錯語
狂言
言謇
呼吸
喘
哮
短氣
少氣
咳嗽
嘔吐
呃逆
噯氣
太息
噴嚏
3.2 嗅氣味
病體及病氣味
口氣
體氣
分泌物、排泄物氣味
Thank you for the input!