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Yulu Yinjue is a WeChat public account recently started by senior fellow @玉庐, with content that is somewhat professional.
I was fortunate to have some contact with the senior fellow during a trip to Taizhou. Reliable, professional, and humorous. So far, every article is a masterpiece. Respect to the master!
Official Introduction of the Public Account
Content mainly sourced from
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lG3ZToq91BRabXDSmNERpA
Learning Experience
Q: Which teachers has the author studied under?
A: Including teachers from within the institution, folk traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners outside the institution, ranging from national TCM masters and academicians to some “eight sects” wandering folk healers. The author has also interned in leading top-tier Western hospitals. Regardless of title or rank, the author has had contact with experts from all walks of life.
Regarding Clinical Practice
The author currently works part-time clinically at Beijing Tongrentang.
The author mainly treats diseases of the “lower three pathways,” including kidney, reproductive, and urinary systems.
The author self-assesses clinical skill as relatively average. Overall, 1/3 of cases respond quickly, 1/3 show obvious effect, 1/3 have no effect. Areas of specialty can reach national top-level standards.
Personal Characteristics
- Calm mindset, pragmatic;
- Pragmatism. The author has no excessive or useless TCM ego, treating TCM and Western medicine equally—use whichever is suitable for the patient;
- Emphasizes empiricism and Bayesianism, with clinical evidence above all;
- Many friends. Clinically connected to TCM and Western specialized doctors; research connections with top-ranked national laboratories (published in CNS, loves TCM), and philosophy/logic connections with one of the top three philosophy PhD programs nationwide—any doubts can be asked;
- Positivism. The author affirms phenomena that, despite issues, achieve sufficiently good results (such as academic summaries of TCM theory) and phenomena that may not yet have achieved results but still have significance (such as academic “incorporation” of folk TCM);
- Good at apologizing. Except for what the author is sure about, for unknowns, suspicions, doubts, or questions without definite answers, the usual reply is “Sorry, I don’t know”;
The author has a relatively stable source of income, so the potential risks of showing off far exceed the benefits. Still welcomes readers to leave questions; the author will try to confirm or reproduce through own channels as much as possible.
Recommended Works
TCM Practitioners, Do You Choose to Go Left or Right?
What to Watch Out for When Apprenticing Under Folk TCM Practitioners?