This documentary is an excellent introduction to the history and practice of Chinese medicine in contemporary China. Ping has shown this video to her Chinese medicine students for many years, and we also recommend this video to you for educational purposes only.

The Mystery of Chi – Healing and the Mind (57mins)

“The Mystery of Chi” was filmed on location in Beijing and Shanghai and features David Eisenberg M.D., of Harvard Medical School, helping Bill Moyers to explore various aspects of traditional Chinese medicine.

The program opens with a tour of a Chinese hospital, which attempts to cure through either western medicine or eastern methods such as herbs, acupuncture, massage and meditation. The choice of eastern medicine, western medicine or a combination of both is left to the particular patient and doctors to decide.