A practitioner-led knowledge hub for the CALee diagnostic framework — Constitutional Individuation, Relational Process, and the Non-Fixed Self. Two SSRN working papers — the clinical framework and its classical foundations in the Huangdi Neijing — plus an evidence map, clinical blog, and educational resources.
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Research Hub
Publications, topic guides, live evidence map (Paper DB), and research classification by framework.
Explore →Clinical reflections, Korean medicine concepts, and case-based writing by Hoon Lee, L.Ac.
Read →188 questions on Korean acupuncture, the CALee framework, clinical practice, and research methodology.
Browse →Research background, credentials, publications, and the clinical philosophy behind the framework.
Learn →The CALee Diagnostic Framework
Each patient is assessed against their own constitutional baseline — not a universal standard. Sasang and Eight Constitution Medicine determine the treatment strategy, not the disease label.
Health is a dynamic relationship between the individual and their environment. Pain, sleep, digestion, and stress are expressions of one relational pattern — not separate complaints requiring separate specialists.
Physiological states are not fixed. Diagnosis is an ongoing interpretive process, not a permanent label. Treatment adapts as the patient's pattern evolves over the course of care.
Original paper: ssrn.com/abstract=6405558 · Evidence classification: Learning Center → Research Map
Publications
Relational Process, Constitutional Individuation, and the Non-Fixed Self. Medical Epistemology · Acupuncture Research · East Asian Medical Theory.
Read on SSRN →Reading the Huangdi Neijing as a classical framework for process-based diagnostic reasoning. Companion paper tracing the framework to its classical source.
Read on SSRN →19 chapters covering history, Sasang, Eight Constitution Medicine, classical lineage, and clinical application.
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