Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine

Study the practical system of itinerant traditional practitioners through external therapies, topical applications, plasters, navel therapies, and folk experience-based methods, following its principles of low cost, practical effectiveness, and convenience.

Course Introduction

Taught by Wang Dong, Lingyi Jiemi covers TCM external therapies, traditional folk methods and various forms of external treatment. It emphasizes a practical approach using ordinary, inexpensive and readily available ingredients, with an emphasis on effects after taking or applying them. Topics include acupuncture, massage, steaming and washing, topical applications, plasters, navel therapies, foot therapies and ear points. Cases involving psoriasis, low-back pain, acute lumbar sprain, rhinitis ointment, blood-sugar patches, Mayi San and Lingyi ring methods help learners understand applications in family and practice settings.

What You Will Learn

This course introduces the history, classifications, principles, common dosage forms, medication characteristics, application essentials, and precautions of external therapies in TCM.

Organize external therapies, topical applications, paste preparation and common cases into practical notes for gradual use in family health regulation, therapy practices and specialist TCM services.

Course Outline

Public preview: the following lessons are those publicly displayed on the original website.

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 00: Keys to Studying TCM Well — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 01 - A Brief History of Lingyi 01 - Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 01: A Brief History of Lingyi 02 — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 01: A Brief History 03 — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 01 - A Brief History of Lingyi 04 - Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 02: Classification of External Therapies 01 — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 02: Classification of External Therapies 02 — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 02 - Classification of Lingyi External Therapies 03 - Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 03: Basic Principles of External Therapies — Wang Dong

[Exploring Lingyi Folk Medicine] Lesson 04: Features of External Herbal Therapies — Wang Dong

Student Feedback

External therapies have a wider range of applications than I expected. The course explains the principles and common dosage forms clearly.

Ms. Zhu / Student in Canada

★★★★★

As a business operator, I particularly need services that clients find approachable and that are relatively straightforward to carry out.

Ryan Liu / Student in Australia

★★★★☆

The rhinitis ointment, topical applications and ring methods work well as notes for repeated review.

Mr. Wu / Student in Thailand

★★★★★

Wang Dong

Doctorate in Medicine / Inheritor of Taisu Pulse Methods / TCM External-Therapy Instructor

Wang Dong has long studied external therapies, acupuncture, and traditional medicine. Centered on practical Lingyi methods and external applications, the course provides a simple, practical, reviewable learning pathway.