Footnotes

 

*1. The term classical Chinese medicine specifically distinguishes the material in this book from the canon of what is popularly known as traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM. Traditional Chinese medicine developed after the Cultural Revolution, when Mao Zedong and his followers realized they had destroyed their system of medicine, along with many other cultural arts of China. Influenced by the Western convention of naming diseases by classifying “patterns” of symptoms, the historical medical arts of China were distilled by Mao’s government into a simplified “quick fix” system called traditional Chinese medicine and the famous “barefoot doctors” were dispatched to use TCM to tend to the needs of the rural populations. There was a dearth of doctors to fulfill the medical needs of the population, and the government needed to get practitioners into the field quickly.
    In contrast to TCM, classical Chinese medicine encompasses the full history of the development of Chinese medicine. As classical Chinese medicine evolved, any new ideas or concepts had to uphold the basic principles expounded in the two primary classical texts, the Su Wen and the Ling Shu (the two extant volumes of the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, the Nei Jing). Classical Chinese medicine has been reintroduced by practitioners who have adequate training in these classics, most notably Jeffrey Yuen and a few others. Lineage holders such as Jeffrey Yuen have kept these teachings alive from generation to generation.
    When traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was first introduced into the West, the Wade-Giles system of romanization, developed by the British in the 1800s, was the most common transliteration system. In this book, the transliteration system used for spelling Chinese words is Pinyin, developed by the Chinese government in 1958. Pinyin has become the standard in the Chinese medical and martial arts worlds.

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

*3. For a discussion of the practical application of massage technique to address the three Yang divisions, see Barbra Esher, “Not Now, I Have a Headache!” Massage Today 1, no. 2 (February 2001); and “Using the Six Divisions,” Massage Today 1, no. 3 (March 2001).

*4. Steve Marshall, “Yijing Hexagram Sequences,” www.biroco.com/yijing/sequence.htm.

*5. “Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Invents the Binary System,” www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5913/.

†6. Ralf Dahm, “Friedrich Miescher and the Discovery of DNA,” Developmental Biology 278, no. 2 (2005): 274–88.

*7. For more in-depth discussion of the Divergent Meridians and Jeffrey Yuen’s theory of latency, see “The Conceptual Basis for the Support of the Divergent Meridian Theory of Treatment,” by Therese Walsh-Van Keuren (www.allthingshealing.com); and Nicholas Sieben, L.Ac., “Using the Channel Systems of Acupuncture to Unravel the Mysteries of Disease Progression,” Acupuncture Today 13, no. 3 (March 2012).

*8. Fraser Cain, “How Long Does It Take Sunlight to Reach the Earth?” Universe Today, April 14, 2013, http://phys.org/news/2013-04-sunlight-earth.html.

*9. Virgini Rondeau, Hélène Jacqmin-Gadda, Daniel Commenges, Catherine Helmer, and Jean-François Dartigues, “Aluminum and Silica in Drinking Water and the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease or Cognitive Decline: Findings from 15-Year Follow-Up of the PAQUID Cohort,” American Journal of Epidemiology 169, no. 4 (2009): 489–96.

*10. Kim Zarse, Takeshi Terao, Jing Tian, Noboru Iwata, Nobuyoshi Ishii, and Michael Ristow, “Low-Dose Lithium Uptake Promotes Longevity in Humans and Metazoans,” European Journal of Nutrition 50, no. 5 (August 2011): 387–89.

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

*12. Walter Last, “The Borax Conspiracy: How the Arthritis Cure Has Been Stopped,” www.health-science-spirit.com/borax.htm (accessed December 8, 2015).

†13. Forrest H. Nielsen, “Evidence for the Nutritional Essentiality of Boron,” Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine 9, no. 4 (1996): 215–29.

*14. M. Rosenqvist, L. Bergfeldt, H. Aili, and A. A. Mathe, “Sinus Node Dysfunction during Long-Term Lithium Treatment,” British Heart Journal 70 (1993): 371–75.

*15. A. Machoy-Mokrzynska, “Fluoride-Magnesium Interaction” (guest editorial), Journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research 28, no. 4 (November 1995): 175–77.

*16. Ruth Pike and Myrtle Brown, Nutrition: An Integrated Approach (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984), 197.

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

*18. Charles Q. Choi, “Brute Force: Humans Can Sure Take a Punch,” February 3, 2010, www.livescience.com/6040-brute-force-humans-punch.html.

†19. M. J. Olszta et al., “Bone Structure and Formation: A New Perspective,” Material Sciences and Engineering 58, nos. 3–5 (2007): 77–116.

*20. “Pietersite: Facts & Figures,” www.kashmirblue.com/Coloredstones/Pietersite/psfacts.html.

*21. Some texts assign affinities of LR/GB/ST.

*22. For detailed information on Jeffrey Yuen’s theory of latency, see “The Conceptual Basis for the Support of the Divergent Meridian Theory of Treatment,” by Therese Walsh-Van Keuren (www.allthingshealing.com/Acupuncture/Divergent-Meridian-Theory-of-Treatment-/6351#.VliyNnarTIU); and Nicholas Sieben, L.Ac., “Using the Channel Systems of Acupuncture to Unravel the Mysteries of Disease Progression,” Acupuncture Today 13, no. 3 (March 2012).

*23. It sometimes appears in modern materia medica with the affinities of SI/UB

*24. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica, compiled by Dan Bensky et al., identifies purple fluorite as zi shi ying, which in this book is the name assigned to amethyst.

*25. Labiste, Susan. “Paleolithic Stone on Stone Fire Technology,” www.primitiveways.com/marcasite%20and%20flint.html.

*26. J. Meng et al., “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.

*27. Thomas H. Maugh II, “Early Humans Found to Use Makeup, Tools,” Los Angeles Times, October 20, 2007.

*28. Earth Science Picture of the Day, a service of Universities Space Research Association, “Rubies and Lapis Lazuli,” March 22, 2011, http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2011/03/rubies-and-lapis-lazuli.html.

*29. University of Minnesota, “Magnetite,” www.esci.umn.edu/courses/1001/minerals/magnetite.shtml.

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

†31. “Pyrite Suns from Sparta, Illinois,” www.cuttingrocks.com/gallery_mineralspecimens1.shtml.

*32. Gemdat.org, “Sodalite,” www.gemdat.org/gem-3701.html.

*33. Some say that the elixir of emerald has antibacterial and antiviral effects, making it particularly useful for Lyme disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and other infections held deeply in the body that potentially lead to autoimmune conditions, such as multiple sclerosis.

*34. In the jewelry trade, some say that the name heliodor applies only for the greenish yellow color.

*35. According to mineralogists at Mindat.org, golden beryl from areas in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan is likely to be irradiated aquamarine.

*36. Geoffrey Notkin, “What Are Meteorites?” http://geology.com/meteorites/.

*37. OurAmazingPlanet, “Oldest Impact Crater on Earth Discovered,” June 29, 2012, www.space.com/16366-oldest-meteorite-crater-earth-found.html.

*38. Earth Science Picture of the Day, a service of Universities Space Research Association, “Rubies and Lapis Lazuli,” March 22, 2011, http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2011/03/rubies-and-lapis-lazuli.html.