Shang Han vs Wen Bing? What is Shang Han Lun Theory?
Shang Han Lun
Beware: Long Post, hopefully interesting and helpful!
To be able to treat the manifestations of Covid-19, one must understand, not just the nature of how a virus manifests in the body but also how the body works to process it and the outside world in general. In a previous post, I discussed the two vectors that are involved with the way an illness like Covid 19 manifests in the body and the idea of using herbs to help the body process it. I described health and a healthy immune system not as a function of being able to keep things or get things out, but as a function of being permeable and able to be in relationship with and able to process the things that come in from the outside world. For me, the physiology that is inherently described within the Shang Han Lun is key to being able to help a body process the world in general and a virus in particular.
I want to start this multi-post discussion with transparency as to my own bias. We all have a particular way of viewing the way the body works and […]