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[email protected] CEU PROVIDER Florida Board of Acupuncture 50-2489-1 NCCAOM ACHB-038 CALIFORNIA CEP 722 There are some areas where the audience is asking a question that is not audible on the video. In most cases, Giovanni repeats the question. There are a few instances, however, where he does not. ☯☯☯ The treatment of mental-emotional problems with Chinese medicine must imply a knowledge of the structure of the psyche in Chinese medicine. It is only by understanding the concept of mind and spirit in Chinese culture that we can truly grasp how to treat psychological and emotional problems with acupuncture and Chinese herbs. All too often Chinese concepts of ‘mind’ and spirit’ are mistakenly interpreted in terms of Western (and often Christian) concepts of ‘mind’ and ‘spirit.' The mind, shen, is one of the vital substances of the body. It is the most subtle and non-material type of qi. The word shen, is often translated as ‘spirit’ in Western acupuncture books and schools; for reasons which will be clearer as the discussion progresses, I believe ‘mind’ is a more accurate translation, while what we would call ‘spirit’ in the West is the complex of all five mental-spiritual aspects of a human being, ie. ethereal soul, hun, corporeal soul, po, intellect, yi, willpower, zhi, and the mind, shen, itself. What then is the Chinese view of the mind? The mind, like other vital substances, is a form of qi; in fact, the most subtle and non-material type of qi.