Rooted in the Dao: Reviving Classical Chinese Medicine for the Future

In this profound episode of the 39Gen Podcast, we sit down with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée, visiting faculty at Yo San University and recipient of the 2019 Blount Distinguished Speaker Award at YSU. Elisabeth is a scholar and practitioner immersed in the classical Chinese medical and philosophical traditions for over 50 years. She shares her journey from Western academia into the heart of ancient Chinese thought, exploring how texts like the Huangdi Neijing and Dao De Jing inform a holistic understanding of life, health, and healing. We discuss the importance of balance, the integration of thought and action, and how true healing comes not only from diagnosis or treatment but from the inner transformation of both patient and practitioner. This is a conversation about medicine, yes—but also about what it means to be human.