Ancient Chinese Wisdom — Medicine for Today
Support and Inspiration for Practitioners of the Chinese Healing Arts
by Sabine Wilms, PhD
Celebrating our latest release at an amazing value!!!
Celebrating our latest release at an amazing value!!!
Sun Simiao’s Gifts
An online course for Chinese Medicine practitioners, lovingly created by Leo Lok and Sabine Wilms
How I can help you…
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Books and Consulting
Physical book and ebooks on traditional Chinese medicine, written, translated, and published by Dr. Wilms, and some other things…
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Imperial Tutor
A mentorship for practitioners, about traditional Chinese medicine, history, culture, philosophy, and religion, presented in translation.
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Classical Chinese
Resources, from an 8-week FREE course to a membership to an intensive training program, for reading original sources in Chinese medicine
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Podcast
Old and new stories from China's healing traditions, about Medicine in Heaven and on Earth...and in the sweet spot in between.
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Traditional Gynecology
Courses, a blog, and other resources on one of the crown jewels of Chinese medicine (and my favorite subject): traditional Chinese gynecology
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Members Portal
For current members of my two mentorships on “Imperial Tutor” and “Reading the Chinese Medicine Classics,” here is our private platform…
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Continuing Education
Sabine Wilms, PhD, is a nationally certified (NCCAOM) provider of Continuing Education Units (PDAs/CEUs) in the US. Her international students have received credit for coursework in dozens of countries all over the world.
Three Gifts For You
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Free Course: Introduction to Classical Chinese
My greatest gift: An absolutely free two-month course, distilling my 35+ years of experience reading, translating, and teaching classical Chinese medical literature, because I am on a mission... I really hope you give it a try!
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A Tea Time Talk on Accumulating Virtue Power
Enjoy this free recording of a conversation I had with my student, friend, and colleage Zoe Brenner as one of my popular Imperial Tutor’s Tea Time Talks shortly after launching my book on Healing Virtue-Power.
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A Lecture on the Daoist Roots of the Fuxingjue/Tangyejing
Learn about the real history of the mythological “Decoction Classic” in this free recording of “The Daoist Roots of the Fǔxíngjué: Celestial Secrets in Classical Decoctions.”
Our Latest Publications
Happy Goat Productions exclusively publishes books of the highest standard that are translated, written, and produced by Dr. Sabine Wilms. We average about one book a year. Click below for more information on our newest titles or visit the STORE for a complete listing.
For free short essays and poems, subscribe to “Slack Tide with Sabine” over on Substack.
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A conversation across time and space, between the seventh-century hermit Sūn Sīmiǎo 孫思邈 and the contemporary translator Sabine Wilms, to address two sets of questions at the heart of the most ancient and precious texts in Chinese medicine:
How do we find the DÀO 道 OF MEDICINE? How do we walk the PATH OF THE HEALER?
How do we cultivate DÉ 德 “VIRTUE-POWER”? How do we learn and teach, recognize and transmit, replenish and nurture our HEALING SUPERPOWER? Read more here…
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The first English translation of a rare medieval Chinese manuscript with the full title Fǔxíngjué zàngfǔ yòngyào fǎyào ("Secret Tips for Helpful Action: The Key to Using Medicinals on the Zàngfǔ Organs").
In addition to an elegant yet literal annotated translation of the complete text by Dr. Wilms, this book includes a lengthy scholarly introduction, analyzing the history of the text and its relationship to the ancient Tāngyèjīng ("Classic of Decoctions"), as it is often called. Read more here…
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Your guide to the Great Treatise on the Resonant Manifestations of Yin and Yang, the fifth chapter in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, Plain Questions (Huang Di Nei Jing, Su Wen 黃帝內經，素問) .
It offers a rare glimpse into a radically different way of interacting with the world from the perspective of ancient Chinese medicine, philosophy, and cosmology through a conversation between the mythological Yellow Emperor and his medical advisor that was recorded about two thousand years ago. Read more here…
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This four-volume series is a literal translation and discussion of a famous Chinese textbook on gynecology: Qi Zhongfu's Hundred Questions on Gynecology 《女科百問》 from 1220 CE. Our books include the Chinese original side-by-side with Dr. Wilms’ elegant English translation, extensive commentary on the essays and formulas, and clinical notes by leading international contemporary practitioners. Read more here…
Some Resource Pages
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Sun Simiao 孫思邈
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Wang Fengyi 王鳳儀
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Gynecology 婦科
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Pediatrics
Sabine’s Story
I am Sabine Wilms, PhD, writer, publisher, translator, and homesteader. Happy Goat Productions used to be the name of my farming business, through which I sold goat cheese and other products from my biodynamic farm in northern New Mexico. Today, I produce books, courses, podcasts, and other resources for people interested in Chinese medicine. Every aspect of my work flows from my lifelong passion to study, contemplate, practice, discuss, and transmit the "Dao of Nurturing Life" 養 生之道 in the sweet spot between Heaven and Earth.
Mentorships
Whether you want to learn about Chinese medicine directly in Chinese or in translation, my two memberships — “Imperial Tutor” and “Reading the Chinese Medicine Classics” — allow you to connect to the cultural and historical roots of Chinese medicine, to support your clinical practice through inspiration, joy, community, and education. My memberships offer:
Weekly written posts and/or recorded videos, sent to your inbox
Monthly live events, online, in person, and recorded (see EVENTS)
A revolving library of resources curated by Dr. Wilms, on a members-only interactive platform
Special discounts on any offerings by Dr. Wilms
The “Imperial Tutorial” podcast for Imperial Tutor members
A personal connection to Dr. Wilms for questions, topic suggestions, etc.
Good karma for supporting my work!
So… why don’t you sign up below for a low-cost trial to see if you like it?
(current members, ENTER THE MEMBERS PORTAL HERE)
Upcoming Events
Select Courses
Introduction to Classical Chinese (FREE!)
What have you got to lose? With just your name and email, you get a written or video post delivered to your inbox twice a week for 6 weeks, completely free. Just because I care and want you to know this information!
Triple Crown Intensive
My most involved 1.5-year-long training program in classical Chinese. Not for the faint of heart and starting in September every two years.
Sun Simiao’s Gifts
An exceptionally rich online course of six video lectures by Sabine Wilms and Leo Lok, to introduce you to Sun Simiao 孫思邈 (581-682 CE). In addition to his life and work in general, we focus on gynecology, pediatrics, the Ghost Points, medical ethics, and yangsheng and personal cultivation.
“The Purpose of Life is to be yourself as much as you can be, by combining your innate talents and abilities with the wisdom from your life experience and merging them with your intrinsic spirit. Then give yourself back to the world as a gift.”
— Lillian Pearl Bridges
