About

Nei Jing Now!

 

Artwork by Antonia Mezcua Lopez/Logo design by Takahiro Noguchi

Nei Jing is the vitality that shields us from dis-ease.

Nei Jing is a Chinese word that describes the concept that one’s resilience or capacity to resist disease is in constant interaction with environment, culture, lifestyle, genetics, diet, emotions, age, and context. It has been said that Nei Jing is the concept that taking medicines for an illness is like starting to dig a well after you are already thirsty. Of course, if you are ill it is important to get treatment. The idea of Nei Jing is to live life in such a way, to the best of our abilities, to prevent getting ill in the first place.

 

Nei Jing Now is

  • Prioritizing Well-being

  • Demystifying Medicine

  • Cultivating Resilience

  • Empowering Host Resistance

  • Promoting Primary Prevention

Nei Jing Now is about placing and taking responsibility for the health of the individual and the planet.  We explore topics that range from molecular biology to global ecology, from geopolitical socioeconomics to emotional psychology and spirituality.

 

Jayshree Chander, MD, MPH

Jayshree is a practicing physician trained in family and community medicine, and in occupational and environmental medicine from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).  Jayshree graduated with a doctoral degree in medicine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned a graduate degree in public health with an emphasis in environmental health from the University of California-Berkeley.  In her role as an assistant clinical professor without salary at UCSF, she has been nominated “Most Inspiring Teacher” by medical students in the Foundations of Patient Care course.  As a dedicated practitioner of vipassana meditation, ashiatsu, and Iyengar yoga, she has a deep appreciation for the therapeutic potential of mind-body practices.  She has traveled to the East to study the principles of ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine.  Dr. Chander cares for patients part-time at the Tom Waddell Clinic for the Homeless in San Francisco and has served the survivors of the Union Carbide Gas Disaster in Bhopal.  In her practice she witnesses firsthand the interconnectedness and impact of our individual and collective priorities.  A physician by profession, performing artist by obsession she is sometimes known as an AABBCCDDDD (Asian American bred (and buttered), cross-cultural, creative, dancing, drumming, desi doctor).

Nei Jing Now Mission Statement

To educate the public and professionals that health is determined by every aspect of living.

To expand the view of the practice of health and medicine to include all aspects of Life.

To promote the understanding that the quality of the world we live in is determined by our priorities and is shared by all living beings.

To understand that well-being is determined not only by genetics and pre-dispositions, but also by individual choices and societal structures, which are all malleable.

To understand the role of resilience and host resistance to disease as prime determining factors in well-being.

To bring to light that poverty is detrimental to host resistance and economics are a main contributing factor in many diseases.

To empower people to consider political and social action as avenues to accessing well-being.

To educate people in the responsible use of treatment modalities.

To present this information in a manner that is thought provoking, insightful, artistic, and entertaining.