References

The majority of information contained within this text comes from personal notes taken during lectures with Jeffrey C. Yuen, from 1995 to 2014. Most of the stone medicine information comes from a series of classes between 2006 and 2007.

Additional references for Dr. Yuen’s teaching include:

 

Maryland Acupuncture Society: CDs of lectures from 2007 through 2010.

New England School of Acupuncture, Continuing Education Department: Transcripts of lectures from 2001 through 2008.

Willoughby, Leonard. Every Day Tao. Boston: Weiser Books, 2001.

Additional Chinese Medical and Philosophical Resources

Bensky, Dan, Steven Clavey, and Erich Stöger. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica. 3rd edition. Vista, Calif.: Eastland Press, 2004.

Chen Xin. The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan. Translated by Alex Golstein. Maroubra, Australia: INBI Matrix Pty. Ltd., 2007.

Deadman, Peter, and Mazin Al-Khafaji. A Manual of Acupuncture. East Sussex, England: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications, 1998.

Li Shizhen. Compendium of Materia Medica. Volume 1. Translated by Luo Xi Wen. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2003. First published in Chinese in 1593.

Marshall, Steven. “Yijing Hexagram Sequences.” www.biroco.com/yijing/sequence.htm (accessed March 15, 2015).

Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. In collaboration with Wang Ling. Cambridge, England: University Press, 1954.

Tao Hong Jing. The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica. Translated by Yang Shou-zhong. Boulder, Colo.: Blue Poppy Press, 1998.

Weidong Yu, Harold D. Foster, and Tianyu Zhang. “Discovering Chinese Mineral Drugs.” Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 10, no. 1 (1995): 31–57.

Western Scientific Data (Geological, Gemological, Mineralogical, and Nutritional)

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Bischof, Marco. “Biophotons, the Light in Our Cells.” Journal of Optometric Phototherapy (March 2005): 1–5.

Brown, Nancy Marie. “How Do Agates Form?” Penn State News. September 1, 2001. http://news.psu.edu/story/140648/2001/09/01/research/how-do-agates-form (accessed March 6, 2015).

Cain, Fraser. “How Long Does It Take Sunlight to Reach the Earth?” Universe Today. April 15, 2013. http://phys.org/news/2013-04-sunlight-earth.html (accessed March 6, 2015).

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Cordua, Bill. “Why Pyrite Crystals Have Different Shapes.” Leaverite News 19, no. 1 (1994): 7. Available at http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/48105.

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Martin, K. R. “The Chemistry of Silica and Its Potential Health Benefits.” Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging 11, no. 2 (March–April 2007): 119–24.

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Meng, J., W. Jin, J. Liang, Y. Ding, K. Gan, and Y. Yuan. “Effects of Particle Size on Far Infrared Emission Properties of Tourmaline Superfine Powders.” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10, no. 3 (March 2010): 2083–87. Available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20355631.

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Zarse, K., T. Terao, J. Tian, N. Iwata, N. Ishii, and M. Ristow. “Low-Dose Lithium Uptake Promotes Longevity in Humans and Metazoans.” European Journal of Nutrition 50, no. 5 (2011): 387–89. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00394-011-0171-x.