The Min Jie School

為人 Becoming Human 為人
Serving Humanity 


Passing along some big secrets

If you want to study, learn and practice Chinese medicine, it helps to have a friend on the inside.

I’ll be your guide.

I’m in the later years of my practice as an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. I got in early, got off to a great start, kept on going and never stopped. On a professional level, I’ve already proved everything there is to be proved many times over.

Now it’s time for me to pass along some big secrets about acupuncture and Chinese medicine to a few people.

Over 35 years of experience and treating tens of thousands of patients have taught me that Chinese medicine works, often best in the very areas where other medicines don’t.

I’ve also learned that Chinese medicine can be much more effective if you take a few simple and specific steps in your study and practice. That’s why I formed the Min Jie school, to show you what those steps are, how you can take them and encourage you along the way.

The Min Jie system can help you to heal yourself and become a better practitioner by cultivating simplicity, accuracy, precision, coherency, power and safety in your practice of Chinese medicine.

You've already taken your first step.



Min Jie Articles

The Min Jie School Vision

Our task is to honor, support and incorporate every traditional medicine into the newly emerging world of traditional medicines…


The Roots of the Min Jie School

The main synthesis that I’m teaching with the Min Jie school comes from my two primary teachers of Chinese medicine…


Studying the Min Jie System

I’m inviting you to come along with me and our fellow students to grow together for a lifetime, to become a part of a larger solution to some of the problems that people are too scared to deal with on their own…


Training in the Min Jie System

Training with me definitely isn’t for everybody…


Min Jie Foundations

Foundational work at the Min Jie School consists of two practices…


Questions Answered About the Min Jie Foundations Workshops

Answers to common questions about the Min Jie Foundations workshops…


Changing the Course of History With Min Jie Stone Needles Well Maybe

Transcript of an Interview Between John Mini and Esmuy Fuerte of Dodge Magazine of Manila, wherein Esmuy grills John Mini on matters of the Min Jie Stone Needles, power, social addictions and the magic of the Old World…


Min Jie Certification

The Min Jie School is not a practitioner factory. Our aim is to empower a core group of authentic and outstanding cultivator-practitioners…


Min Jie School Classes and Events

Updates on the latest live and online Min Jie teachings...


The Min Jie Formulary Companion

Although I originally created The Min Jie Formulary Companion series to be the best possible clinical reference books, students have told me again and again that these volumes are also fantastic resources for studying Chinese herbs…


The Meaning of Min Jie

We can’t sleepwalk through the process of practicing medicine. Being awake and aware are essential prerequisites to the medical art…


Becoming a Master of Chinese Herbs

If you want to become a master of prescribing Chinese herbs, all you need is a sincere desire to learn it and some patience. The rest is about training and efficiency…


A Special Note for Health Care Practitioners

If you truly want to learn about Chinese medicine, the quickest, easiest and most direct way is to go straight into the deep end by exploring the world of Qi…


A Special Note to Acupuncturists

We all can become better practitioners by returning to the deep roots of our tradition…



Min Jie Podcasts


John Mini Glowing Older Podcast Photo

Interview with John Mini and Nancy Griffin on the

Glowing Older Podcast 

where John discusses Min Jie Qi Gong, Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy and the use of Paleomedicine for self-healing in senior communities...



Min Jie Videos

The Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy Videos

Questions are both raised and answered in these penetrating short subjects…



Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

Sparks of the Divine





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

A World of Bioelectric Force





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

An Antidote to the Distractions of the World 





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

Each One is a Link





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

There is no Rational Observer





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

The Spiral of Time





Min Jie Stone Needle Therapy:

The Original Acupuncture




More Min Jie Videos


A Video interview with John Mini, founder of the Min Jie school…



…and a follow up interview…



...and a short video by one of our star Min Jie students who 'gets it'...