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There are many gems in the Chinese pharmacopoeia that are hidden in plain view. One of the best ways to grasp these hidden gems is by systematically deconstructing the entire pharmacopoeia and going through a process of discovering how this extraordinary material can organically reassemble itself into different forms. The Min Jie Formulary Companion series is a systematic deconstructions of the Chinese pharmacopoeia based on Category, Taste, Temperature, Territory, Internal Relationships and Number. The first series, of which this is the first part, focuses on the deconstruction and reconstruction of category. This volume focuses on the deconstruction and reconstruction of category by category. The Min Jie Formulary Companion is useful precisely because the Chinese pharmacopoeia is so gigantic and detailed. This enormity can prevent us from getting to the core of what we seek in the intensity of the clinical moment. The structure of The Min Jie Formulary Companion may break some taboos in the world of traditional Chinese medicine, but putting our pharmacopoeia into a series of new, systematic and coherent forms helps us to locate what we need in that critical clinical moment. It also helps us to make meaningful comparisons between herbs in our process of differentiation when we're prescribing. Moreover, it helps us to make connections between herbs and their functions that we might never arrive at without physically seeing them arranged in a variety of ways. Beyond that, novel organization patterns also help us to undergo a more systematic process of assessing, diagnosing, treating and prescribing with our patients. The current popular structure of the Chinese pharmacopoeia has a definite systemic coherence. Yet it's so complex and esoteric that very few practitioners truly understand or appreciate how it was designed, even though they might use it every working day. One of the main purposes of these deconstructions is to begin to bring to light many of the invisible secrets that are built into the organization of the Chinese pharmacopoeia. It's been my experience that this process can help us to value and respect this material more completely, and ultimately become better practitioners of our medicine.

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John Mini, MSCM, LAc, Dipl Ac has been in private medical practice as an acupuncturist and traditional Chinese herbalist in northern California since 1988. John has studied the beliefs and sciences of indigenous cultures since he was a child, leading him to explore a number of traditions first hand and to go through many fascinating and unique experiences while traveling abroad, studying and practicing both indigenous and modern sciences to discover how best to help his patients and educate those interested through writing, non-profit work and leading seminars and workshops. John's background includes graduating with honors from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, receiving one of the first four fully accredited Master of Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine degrees in the United States, and intensive study, practice and apprenticeship with Dr. Lai Yat Ki, founder of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr. Richard Tan, founder of the Balance Method, native Aztec elders, Dr. Bindu Kumar Purohit, lineage holder of the White Tantra lineage, Madam Ou Yang Ming Yu, lineage holder of Yu's Qi Gong, the world-renowned Philippine healer Reverend Jun Labo and many others. John has authored numerous published books and articles on the subjects of Traditional Chinese Medicine and indigenous medicine and religion, including Day of Destiny and The Aztec Virgin, both of which relate to the practice of Aztec medicine and religion. His intensive clinical research into the short and long-term effects of marijuana use and how to balance them from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine and other indigenous medical sciences led to the release of the first comprehensive book on the diagnosis and treatment of marijuana syndromes using traditional Chinese medicine, entitled Marijuana Syndromes, which continues to endure as a reference standard for health care professionals who work with people that habitually take marijuana. John has delivered media appearances and lectures across a spectrum of academic and social institutions from small rural classrooms to the United Nations, and continues his arc of research, teaching and clinical practice to include translation and rewriting of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia to create The Min Jie Pharmacopoeia, and the founding of the Min Jie School.

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