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From Seed to Blossom
Nourishing the Essence with Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine
with Josephine Spilka
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We’ll take a look at essential oils made from seeds, roots, branches and flowers as we explore how you can engage the essence in your body to nourish, enrich, heal and grow. Each special plant part offers unique functions that support our bodies, hearts and minds in novel ways, inviting you into a deeper relationship with nature while nurturing yourself. When you nourish the essence you strengthen your foundation, creating security and stability while fostering creativity and inspiration.
Offered are some basics for working with the essential oils. Some of the oils featured are Caraway Seed, Carrot Seed, Jasmine, Neroli, Cedarwood and Vetiver. We’ll also take a look at some Chinese herbal medicinal essential oils such as Bai Zi Ren, Wu Wei Zi and Dang Gui. You’ll be able to use these oils right away for yourself, your family and your clients to nourish from the roots right to the tips of the branches, from seed to blossom!
Learning Objectives
- Participants will become familiar with up to 20 essential oils for use in nourishing the essence (jing)
- Participants will become familiar with how different plant parts used as essential oils can influence different aspects of the interaction with jing-essence.
- Participants will be able to discuss the basics of essential oils including note, type of Chinese medical action and associated organ systems.
- Participants will be able to discuss and understand how jing-essence works in the body and how it influences aging and disease.
Your Teacher
Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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Acupuncture for Treating the Hidden Roots of Disease - Course 1
Psyche and the Body in Chinese Medicine
with Hamid Montakab
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The effects of the Mind over the Body have been clearly emphasized in Classical Chinese Medicine for at least 10 centuries. Mind-sets and mental attitudes influence the human responses to the outer world, manifesting as emotions and classified as the inner causes of disease. Understanding the structure of the conscious and subconscious parts of the psyche and unravelling the psychological mechanisms of “Belief systems” and helping to change these in a regular TCM setting is to treat the “Hidden Roots of Disease”.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the subconscious and the concept of Gui≈ghost in Chinese medicine.
- Learn the structure of the Psyche in Chinese medicine and its parallels with Western psychology.
- Understand the concept of physical and psychological health. The relation between the mind and the body.
- Learn how to apply acupuncture protocols for the treatment of the psyche, with clinical examples.
- Learn the workings of the mind and the functions and disturbances of Shen, Hun, Yi, Po & Zhi and Acupuncture treatment strategies.
Your Teacher
Hamid Montakab
Hamid Montakab graduated from the Medical School of Paris, completed an education in acupuncture in France and in China. He practiced in the US and later founded the Academy of Chinese Healing Arts in Switzerland and was co-founder and president of the Swiss Professional Organization for TCM.
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Shen Series - Course 3
Emotions: How to Address the Jumbled Movements of Qi
with Elisa Rossi
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To us westerners it looks as a reductive over-simplification that in Chinese medical tradition there are only 5 or 7 emotions and that they do not seem to consider all the other sentiments, as hate, envy, jealousy, attachment, aggressiveness, shame, fault, regret, avarice, etc.
It is the result of recognizing the essential, of going to the root, to the core, into the heart of the primary emotions.
Chinese Medicine sees emotions as physiological events, a response of our qi and shen to what comes from the outside world. But excessive emotions are harmful: “Desires without limits and worries without end consume jing, coagulate ying qi and expel wei qi; then the shen leaves and the disease is not curable” (Suwen, ch.14) and “When euphoria and anger are not regulated, they will injure the organs, when organs are injured, illness originates in the yin” (Lingshu, ch.66).
Emotions, internal movements, affect qi. If qi does not move properly we can have qi stagnation, blood stasis, accumulation of dampness and phlegm, transformation into Fire and internal Wind, etc. Yin, blood, and jing are injured.
Sadness consumes qi, euphoria scatters the shen, thought and worry knot the flow of qi, anger rises it up, fear does not contain it.
How to recognize the single emotions in patients and in the therapeutic encounter.
Detailed clinical examples help to recognize different patterns and how to use the “shen-axis” points combination.
Learning Objectives
- How to recognize emotions in patients and in the therapeutic encounter.
- Possible use of the “shen-axis” points combination in clinical cases.
- How Chinese Medicine considers emotions.
- When emotions may become pathological and what disorders in the qi system may happen.
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
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Modern Illness, Chronic Inflammation & Our Future Patients
TCM Principles of Immunology & Post Vaccine Syndromes
with Toni Krehel
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Modern illness is the phenomena of chronic inflammation manifested in many zang fu pathologies. It presents unique challenges for our health care system because it is often misdiagnosed and is always difficult to treat due to the nature of internal disease.
This course reviews Concepts of Immunology in Chinese Medicine as related to patterns associated with chronic inflammatory diseases specifically as they relate to the significance of foreign antigens leading to chronic inflammation, the consequences of prolonged sympathetic nervous system engagement and the pathogenesis of deep-lying infection.
The course presents an objective overview of infection by injection and the concept of guest pathogens as a possible pathway to chronic inflammation and persistent illness: from the initial allergic reaction and histamine response through the post-infection evolvement process to the pathogenic states of modern illnesses. Within the context of TCM, the immune reaction and functional disturbances caused by infection by injection are analyzed according to pattern differentiation, stages of disease and zang fu pathologies.
The concepts of Connective Tissue Integrity and a Five Element Core Constitution Analysis are introduced as a means of assessing susceptibility factors for adverse events and possible post vaccine syndrome outcomes for individual patients.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the TCM biomechanics of immune function as it relates to infection by injection
- Recognize post vaccine evolvement elements of chronic illnesses and identify TCM patterns commonly associated with post vaccine syndromes
- Recognize signs/symptoms of allergic reactions associated with vaccination
- Be able to articulate a basic understanding of vaccines, including types of vaccines and the use of adjuvants, new gene expansion & nanotechnology vaccines, and current public health trends
- Understand the TCM biomechanics of immune function as it relates to chronic inflammation
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Toni Krehel
In practice for over 20 years, Dr. Toni Krehel, AP specializes in the treatment of persistent illnesses & chronic inflammation in both children and adults (Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Microcurrent Therapy).
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Introduction to Chinese Astrology
An introduction to the basic components of Bā Zì 八字 Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui.
with Sonia Tan
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Open the door and scratch the surface into the world of Chinese metaphysics, and the harmony of nature and humankind. Get your feet wet with these pivotal and essential basics of Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui, two important tools for living in the Sān Cái 三才 - Three Essences harmony. Refine and elevate your Five Phase and Yin / Yang knowledge. Set in motion your learning of the language of the Chinese metaphysical world!
This course is an introduction to the basic foundational components of Bā Zì 八字 (Eight Characters) Chinese Astrology, as well as the Five Phases - Wǔ Xíng 五行 basics utilized in both Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui. Learn and explore:
(1) The origins and characteristics of the Five Phases.
(2) The Chinese characters utilized to represent the original segments of time and phases: The 10 Heavenly Stems - Tiān Gān 天干 and the 12 Earthly Branches - Dì Zhī 地支.
(3) Refinement of your knowledge of Yin / Yang theory.
These basics will be practiced, and contextualized in the concept and integration of the Sān Cái 三才 - Three Essences - the unity and harmony of humankind and natural law. Explore these special foundational tools, its application to Astrology and life flow, destiny, and harmony, and learn basic management of these elements.
Take your first step on the journey of Chinese metaphysics, Astrology, Feng Shui, and seeing the world with a new language of integration and harmony!
NOTE: This is not a regular CEU course and course trajectory. The information of Chinese Astrology is sacred and karmic, and must be treated as such. In order to preserve the sacred integrity of the information, knowledge and the Tan lineage, Dr. Sonia Tan will be requiring some homework in order to move on to the higher levels. There is no proper singular reference book, nor are notes given. Students will be asked to take hand-written notes to encourage muscle memory when learning to write the Chinese characters. This is a brief introduction into the language of Chinese Astrology and advanced metaphysical learning. After this course, in true Astrology fashion, students should be determining if the timing is aligned with themselves and their goals.
Learning Objectives
- Outline the Five Phases and Yin-Yang theory, and its various relationships.
- Translate and explain the basic components in a Chinese Astrology Birth (Natal) chart.
- Contextualize Astrology within the theory of the Three Essences and Chinese Metaphysics field.
- Describe and differentiate the characteristics of the Tiān Gān 天干 and Dì Zhī 地支.
- Identify the name, Chinese character, polarity, and five phases of the 10 Heavenly Stems (Tiān Gān 天干) and 12 Earthly Branches (Dì Zhī 地支).
Your Teacher
Sonia Tan
Dr. Sonia F Tan, DAOM, RAc, RTCMP, licensed since 2006, is a Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (DAOM degree), a Registered Acupuncturist, and a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practitioner. She is one of few certified Gold Level practitioners of the late Dr. Richard Tehfu Tan.
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Management of Headaches in Clinical Practice
Acupuncture for Headaches
with Hamid Montakab
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Headaches constitute one of the most common patient complaints as about 70% of people have experienced headaches and about 15-20% suffer regularly from migraines. Although acupuncture has been proven one of the best therapy methods, still the Chinese diagnosis and treatment remains at times a dilemma for the practitioner, as it involves, quite frequently a combination of patterns.
Learning Objectives
- External headaches: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
- Treatment principles.
- Physio-pathology and diagnosis of headaches.
- The energetics of the head: overview of channels; head and neck points.
- Internal headaches: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
Your Teacher
Hamid Montakab
Hamid Montakab graduated from the Medical School of Paris, completed an education in acupuncture in France and in China. He practiced in the US and later founded the Academy of Chinese Healing Arts in Switzerland and was co-founder and president of the Swiss Professional Organization for TCM.
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Management of Seasonal and Perennial Allergies in Clinical Practice
Acupuncture for the treatment of respiratory allergies and hay fever.
with Hamid Montakab
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Allergies, in particular hay fever, represent the fastest rising pathology around the world. Inherited “Atopic” conditions affect children at an early age and may even prove quite handicapping in some cases.
Chinese medicine and acupuncture in particular are quite effective in managing not only the symptoms during the acute phase, but also in treating the deeper roots.
This webinar covers:
(1) The head energetics involving the sensory portals, ear, nose, throat and the eyes
(2) Physio-pathology, diagnostic and therapeutic principles
(3) Practical strategies for the treatment of: allergic rhinitis; allergic asthma
Learning Objectives
- Acupuncture protocols for the treatment of the acute phase and the allergic condition.
- Asthmatic condition. Zang-Fu patterns. Treatment of the acute phase. Case studies. Sources
- Inherited (Atopic) conditions and the Extraordinary vessels. Prevention
- Allergic disease. Chinese physio-pathology. Notion of "hyper-reactivity". Notion of "de-synchronization". Seasonal and perennial allergies. Inherited (Atopic) conditions. Smptom analysis
- Exploring the head energetics involving the sensory portals, ear, nose, throat and the eyes; Primary channels involved; role of the Luo; Divergent and Extraordinary Vessels.
Your Teacher
Hamid Montakab
Hamid Montakab graduated from the Medical School of Paris, completed an education in acupuncture in France and in China. He practiced in the US and later founded the Academy of Chinese Healing Arts in Switzerland and was co-founder and president of the Swiss Professional Organization for TCM.
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Acupuncture Treatment for Pi Diseases in Shang Han Lun
2020 Rothenburg Congress Recording
with Hui Zhang
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As defined in Shang Hang Lun or Discussion on Cold Damage, pi (痞) or glomus refers to the condition featured with distention or fullness, pain and other discomfort in the stomach and chest region. There are 11 different patterns in pi disease, which covers the common conditions of digestive system disorders with the characteristic of the spleen and stomach qi dynamic dysregulation i.e. the rebellions stomach qi and sunken spleen qi. According to Shang Han Lun, a patient may present pi-disease when the cold pathogen invades from Taiyang because of the wrong use of purging methods. The presence also correlates to the constitution of qi xu (deficiency) in the middle jiao. If the ascending-descending dynamic is disturbed in pi disease, water or phlegm may retain in the middle jiao and chest. The commonly used points include SP4, PC6, BL20, -ST36, P9, RN12, etc. to supplement the middle qi and balance the ascending-descending dynamic of the spleen and stomach. Nowadays, pi disease can be seen in the following conditions: Digestive System Diseases, Cardiovascular System Diseases, Kidney Diseases, and Others: pregnant vomiting and Meniere's syndrome etc.
11 Patterns of pi Disease: Cold pi, Exterior Yang Xu, Heat Pi, Shaoyang Pi,Water Pi in Middle Jiao, Sanjiao Water Retention, Water Pi in Chest, Chest Phlegm Pi, Rebelling Phlegm Pi, Xu Pi, and Lower Jiao Xu Li after Pi Disease
Learning Objectives
- 11 Patterns of Pi Diseases treated with acupuncture and herbal medicine (Part 1)
- 11 Patterns of Pi Diseases treated with acupuncture and herbal medicine (Part 2)
- Introduction
Your Teacher
Hui Zhang
Hui Zhang, Ph.D., is a Chinese Medicine Doctor, Educator, and Researcher. Having trained at the Chengdu University of TCM in China, he works in Denmark. Hui lectures regularly in Denmark, Germany, Austria, and China.
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Yin Yang & Four Types - Food as Medicine
Classical dietetics for modern patients
with Peter Torssell
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A system of regulating health with food rooted in classical Chinese medicine.
Each time you eat, you medicate yourself. The question is whether you get the effect you want. Any food, any diet and any individual could be included in the system to understand the effect of the food on health and diseases.
It could be argued that food is historically the worlds most important medicine, and therefore the most important contributor to chronic health problems and diseases. Let the modern meet the traditional, and the West meet the East in a rational system that could be applied to any culture. ”Yin yang & the Four Types” is the simplest way to understand what to eat, how much and how often for health.
”Any practitioner of medicine must first thoroughly understand the source of disease and know what has been violated, then, use food to treat it, and if food will not cure it, afterwards apply drugs” Sun Simiao (the god of medicinals)
It is time to popularize Chinese medicine. This system is a way of presenting the fundamental theories of the classical Chinese thinking and how to apply them in our daily lives. ”Yin yang & The Four types” is simple enough to understand for laypersons to make Chinese medicine mainstream knowledge. The diagnosis is based on observation and questions and will mainly be explained in terms of qi and yin yang.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to effectively prevent and treat patients with food and with simple and daily measures
- Learn how to diagnose body types and which foods are suitable for regulation
- Learn how we can integrate modern scientific nutrition with classical Chinese medicine for clinical use
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Peter Torssell
Peter Torssell works clinically and teaches Food as medicine and classical Chinese medicine with the motto "Take as much as possible into consideration and make it as simple as possible, and from that use simple and daily measures to get good results for an individual and empower the patient"
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Improving Function of the Gut-Brain Axis with Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs
with Ayla Wolf
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What does Chinese medicine have to offer in the way of improving both brain function and gut function? In this course you will learn exactly that, along with the neuroscience behind the brain’s top-down modulation of gut function, and the involvement of the autonomic nervous system in digestive health. The connection between dysautonomia and Ying-Wei Disharmonies will be explained in the context of gut dysfunction. The use of acupuncture from a theoretical and modern neuroscience perspective will be provided.
This course covers:
• Regions of the brain involved in gut function
• Clinical presentation of dysautonomia
• Dysautonomia and Ying-Wei Disharmonies
• How to assess the autonomic nervous system
• The use of acupuncture and Chinese herbs for improving autonomic nervous system function
• Case studies
• Clinical gems
Learning Objectives
- Learn the connection between dysautonomia and Ying Wei Disharmonies
- Learn the neuroanatomy involved in the autonomic nervous system
- Learn applications of Classical Chinese herbal formulas for digestive disorders
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Ayla Wolf
Dr. Wolf is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine specializing in neurological disorders, chronic pain, and concussion recovery. She is a faculty member of the Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation.
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Shen Series - Course 1
An Introduction: Classic and Contemporary Approach to Psycho-emotional Disorders
with Elisa Rossi
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Elisa Rossi is a practicing acupuncturist of 40 years as well as an MD and Jungian Psychotherapist, with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Having spent 3 months in China in 1983 researching for shen-hun-po, and subsequently publishing her book “Shen” in 2002, it is clear to Elisa that her interest is in the internal side of human being. And Chinese Medicine is an incredible tool to look at these forces, and to do something about their disorders. It can give some meaning to conditions that may appear confused and confusing, some help to whom is suffering.
Some patients speak directly of anxiety or depression, while others express their emotional discomfort through pain, chest oppression, abdominal swelling, fatigue, insomnia, etc. There are times when the “emotional illness” shows itself clearly, others in which it seeps inside in even more alarming ways. Using acupuncture we do not to have to separate emotional and somatic levels.
This introduction about shen and the 4 courses that spring from it are based on careful reference to the Classics, so to be able to be creative and effective in our daily practice.
Clinical cases are discussed all along, with their doubts and failures, so to connect to real experience.
Contents: meaning of shen, hun, po and use in our practice; the role of emotions and how to recognize them; “psycho-emotional” diagnostic patterns and treatment guidelines; “psycho-emotional” classical signs and syndromes. Complete and clear handouts.
Learning Objectives
- An introductory exploration of: the role of emotions and how to recognize them in the patient and in the therapeutic relationship
- An introductory exploration of: reference to hun and po in clinical disorders
- An introductory exploration of: shen, hun, po in the classics
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
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The Nectar of Plants: Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine Series - Course 2
Heart & Will
with Josephine Spilka
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Part II - Heart & Will looks at what happens after we take in our world, begin, you could say, to make it our own. In effect, this is our inner world. Looking at emotional disorders, sleep disorders, and anxiety disorders, in the context of our relationship to our conscious selves, our emotional lives and the way these aspects affect our bodies.
This section of the course explores the mechanism of ying qi, the relationship between the blood and the spirit as it manifests in our daily lives, as well as in how we sleep, in how we relate to others and how we discover who we are in our world. Ying qi is intimately connected to how comfortable we feel in our bodies and whether we can adequately respond with post-natal resources to the stresses in our lives.
This section features many precious oils such as Frankincense, Neroli, Rose and Sandalwood as well as detailing the specifics for safe and effective use of all essential oils.
You'll learn to use these essential oils to calm the spirit, ease the stresses of life and build capacity for healthy interaction, opening the heart and focusing the will in service of peace, contentment and spiritual alignment.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the unique properties of essential oils including use of notes, effects on the spirit and their relationship with essence.
- Understand and discuss the relationship between wei qi, ying qi and yuan qi as a framework for post-natal life dynamics.
- Articulate the basic theory and practice of using essential oils from Chinese medical perspective.
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Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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The Pulse Atlas: Guide to Pulse Diagnosis
Feeling your way to Diagnosis
with Greg Cicciu
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Pulse diagnosis is one of the fundamental objective tools in Chinese Medicine to have deep insight into all that a patient presents from their chief concern to underlying issues. This class strengthens the theoretical foundations with simple and clear descriptions along with illustrations!
Many of the participants of this class are excited the have real "Take Aways" for use in the practice right away. These also give them huge building blocks for developing a more comprehensive understanding of the pulses.
This class really begins and adds on to experienced practitioners' understanding of how pulses can be used for diagnosis!
Learning Objectives
- To understand the difference between the physical organ and the function of the organ in the pulse.
- To learn the basic theory behind pulse diagnosis.
- To learn the Qualitative vs Quantitative aspects of the pulse.
- To understand the yin and yang of the pulse from a theoretical perspective.
Your Teacher
Greg Cicciu
Greg began studying Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the early 1990s. He is the author of The Pulse Atlas and has lectured around the world for over two decades on Auricular therapy, Tui-Na, and Pulse Diagnosis.
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The Encounter with the Patient: Sparkles and Traps
The main issues in the clinical relationship to improve therapeutic results
with Elisa Rossi
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Please Note: This course is presented in English and is verbally translated into German during the presentation.
The workshop focuses on the process of co-building a working alliance.
We discuss some main features of the therapeutic relationship: the structure of communication and the emotional, mental, physical space of the treatment.
We see how to deal with:
the daily management of time, requests, money
the dynamics of empathy and neutrality
the deep movements stirred up by the use needles
the expression of hidden or violent emotions
the yin attitude of “being there”
We work with illnesses and suffering, it is a delicate matter.
The encounter of patient and practitioner requires a specific attention.
To improve therapeutic results we need not to be submerged by what takes place inside the relationship.
The classics give a great attention to it – quotations will be discussed in the workshop.
Clinical cases are given throughout all the issues.
Learning Objectives
- Refer to the Classics and Recognize deep relational movements in given clinical cases
- Paths to deal with dysfunctional behaviours
- Learn how to address the clinical relationship in daily practice. Deal with questions about ethics, communication, clinical interview. Understand how to handle interpersonal issues that arise in the clinic.
- Cope with the therapeutic setting, empathy, expression of emotions, silence and words. Not be invaded or drifted away by what may happen during the treatment. Use a yin attitude of “being there”
- Why we have chosen this profession, what deep needs it responds to, how we deal with it all
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
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Chronic Disease: The Initiating Causes and Downstream Effects
Beyond symptomatic treatment; looking at root causes.
with Butch Levy
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The goal of this course is to provide a broad overview of the root causes of chronic disease seen today in modern societies. Root causes of disease come from our toxic environment, exposure to infectious agents, nutritional deficiencies, hormonal disruption and imbalanced immunity. These insults create chronic inflammation and oxidative stress that damage cellular function, promoting chronic illness. This discussion will review each causative factor, its impact on health, and current approaches to treatment. It will integrate treatments used in Chinese medicine, Naturopathic medicine and Western medicine.
Regardless of the paradigms you offer in your practice, one approach is often limited in therapy. Having multiple skill sets to approach a complex problem offers greater opportunity for restoring health. This course will bridge the East and West to provide a holistic perspective on chronic illness, with clinical pearls that can be applied right away.
Learning Objectives
- Understand current diagnostic approaches to uncovering these influences.
- Learn about the bodies response to imbalance and damage with inflammation and oxidative stress, and recognizing they are the pathway to diseases.
- Become familiar with the several causative factors that contribute to the development of chronic disease.
- Learn about treatment options to remediate each issue.
Your Teacher
Butch Levy
Dr. Levy is a primary care physician with twenty-eight years of Chinese Medicine experience. He uses his diverse skill set to provide expertise in topics including age-related cognitive decline, supportive care for cancer patients, auto-immune diseases, and chronic illness.
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Kiiko Matsumoto is an internationally recognized Master in Acupuncture. She is a Chinese Medicine scholar and an author of multiple texts on Classical Acupuncture. These texts include Hara diagnosis, Extra Meridians, and her own books, Clinical Strategies Volumes 1 and 2. She has developed her own style of acupuncture, Kiiko Matsumoto Style (KMS), that is being translated into multiple languages. This class highlights her skill in protocols for chronic pain including protocols for trauma, painful scars, neuropathy, painful veins, inflamed nerves, diabetes, osteoarthritis, chondritis and abdominal pain.
This is an advanced course for those who have already studied in person with Kiiko.
Learning Objectives
- To further studies in Japanese acupuncture and Moxa, especially Kiiko Matsumoto Style (KMS) directly from the founder.
- The objectives of this class are to expose acupuncture practitioners to innovative ways to diagnose and treat patient's pain.
- To examine case studies which illustrate methods for immediate resolution of pain.
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Kiiko Matsumoto
Kiiko Matsumoto is a licensed acupuncturist, internationally recognized for her scholarly work interpreting the Chinese Classics and her unique and practical acupuncture style that integrates the work of important Japanese masters. An author on numerous acupuncture texts, she maintains a private practice in Boston and frequently lectures around the world.
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The Big Formulas and the Big Ideas Behind Them - Course 1
Xiao Chai Hu Tang
with Will Maclean
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Xiao Chai Hu Tang is one of the most important formulas from the Shang Han Lun, and with over 2000 years of clinical experience behind, still one of the most widely and effectively used for a host of commonly seen ailments. This talk explores the popularity and dynamics of Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and goes beyond the usual shao yang/lingering pathogen narrative. We expand the understanding of Xiao Chai Hu Tang from a formula used for infectious processes, into one that is capable of managing some of the most common health issues of the modern world, and the reasons for this. We will see how understanding the structure and function of XCHT, and its related group of formulas, can assist in uncovering and elucidating the causes, pathology and solutions to the problem of chronic inflammation, or persistent heat in the language of Chinese medicine.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the Primary Pathological Triad model and be able to apply it, and utilise Xiao Chai Hu Tang and related formulas effectively, in the treatment of complex chronic pathology with a p[ersistent heat component
- Understand how Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and it related group of formulas, provides insights into the genesis, development and persistence of the problem of persistent heat in the body (synonymous with chronic inflammation).
- Be familiar with the origin and classical use of Xiao Chai Hu Tang
- Understand the structure and functional dynamics of Xiao Chai Hu Tang, form both the classical and modern perspectives
Your Teacher
Will Maclean
A graduate of the Sydney College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Will Maclean, M.Sc.Chin. Med, Dip.TCM, Cert. Chin. Med, trained in China, and has practiced TCM for over 25 years. An author, Will teaches internationally and speaks on topics pertaining to acupuncture and herbal medicine.
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The Big Formulas and the Big Ideas Behind Them - Course 2
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang & the Directional Tendencies of Herbs
with Will Maclean
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Understanding Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang (BXXXT), its stucture and mechanics, provides insights into the importance of the qi dynamic in managing gastrointestinal problems. A member of the harmonising group of formulas, BXXXT demonstrates how the use of herbs with opposing natures and directional tendencies can drive and restore normal qi movement. While the main focus is on the middle burner qi dynamic, the principle can be extended to assist in rectifying other qi dynamics, the Heart Kidney axis, Spleen Lung (ying wei dysharmony) etc. We look at the directional tendencies of herbs and how to combine them to suit specific purposes.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the directional tendencies and thermal natures of certain herbs, and how to combine these to drive qi movement, and the restoration of the various qi dynamics of the body.
- Understand the function of the middle burner qi dynamic, and its importance in gastrointestinal complaints.
- Learn how to identify middle burner qi dynamic pathology, and solutions to restore its proper function.
- Understand to origin, stucture and mechanics of Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang and its related formulas.
Your Teacher
Will Maclean
A graduate of the Sydney College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Will Maclean, M.Sc.Chin. Med, Dip.TCM, Cert. Chin. Med, trained in China, and has practiced TCM for over 25 years. An author, Will teaches internationally and speaks on topics pertaining to acupuncture and herbal medicine.
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As the essence of the plant, essential oils represent a very special and dynamic relationship of wei qi and yuan qi. In this introduction to the use of essential oils from a Chinese medical perspective, we will discuss the way in which any essential oil operates on the body via its nature and functions. We will discuss the care and formulation of essential oils and how to discern good quality and retain therapeutic action through a course of treatment. We will then consider specific essential oils created from both common plants such as Eucalyptus and Chinese herbal medicinals such as Schizandra. We’ll examine how they can be used to work with disorders occurring at the essence level such as cancer, infertility, personality disorders and auto-immune conditions.
Learning Objectives
- Provide a framework of Wei, Ying, and Yuan for understanding both how essential oils work with consciousness and how Chinese medicine views both destiny and consciousness.
- Describe the nature, taste, note, channels and dilution rate for 18-25 essential oils that are especially associated with the essence. These include essential oils made from seeds and herbs found in the Chinese material medica.
- Comprehension of basic energetics of essential oils and Chinese medicine, including Wei Qi, Ying Qi, and Yuan Qi.
- Explain the relationship between essential oils, Chinese medicine, and epigenetics, the science of how the environment affects our genes.
- Comprehension of what differentiates essential oils from other types of herbal medicine, i.e. note, preparation and applications.
Your Teacher
Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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Single Systems: Balance System Acupuncture - Level 1
Balancing one channel at a time.
with Sonia Tan
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This course provides the basic foundations of five main systems of the Balance Method/System. The systems are rooted in the concept of healing the body by balancing meridians. Student will learn the history of the Balance Method/System, the basis of each of the Five Systems, and the logical processes for determining the meridians to acupuncture, including an easy-to-use format to outline the treatment plan. Learn how to apply the quick, efficient results effectively! Particular attention will be paid to musculo-skeletal conditions in this introductory level.
Pre-requisite: A license to practice Acupuncture legally within your jurisdiction, with a minimum 250 hours of Acupuncture training.
Learning Objectives
- Be able to identify the name and numbers of the six systems/strategies and describe how each balances a meridian.
- Be able to follow the steps used in the Balance Method/System to diagnose and treat health conditions.
- Understand the development of the six systems/strategies.
- Learn how to apply a mirror and imaging concept to choose the acupuncture points on the body, and locate specific acupuncture points within the Balance Method/System.
- Be able to diagnose which meridians are sick and apply a treatment plan.
Your Teacher
Sonia Tan
Dr. Sonia F Tan, DAOM, RAc, RTCMP, licensed since 2006, is a Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (DAOM degree), a Registered Acupuncturist, and a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practitioner. She is one of few certified Gold Level practitioners of the late Dr. Richard Tehfu Tan.
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The Nectar of Plants: Essential Oils and Chinese Medicine Series - Course 1
Strength & Survival
with Josephine Spilka
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This course will teach students to use essential oils easily and effectively in a healthcare practice. Chinese medicine principles will be presented to form the basis for discussion of functions and application of specific essential oils in the treatment of common diseases and disorders. Session 1 will feature presentation of the framework of Wei,Ying and Yuan as way to understand Respiratory and Digestive disorders; it will also focus on the special features of essential oils in a Chinese medical practice along with presentation of the tools for assessment, storage and care of essential oils. Session 2 features Wei Qi disorders including the Lung, Large Intestine, with a focus on external wind disorder such as the common cold, bronchitis, fever, etc. Session 2 will also focus on the timeline and strategies for effective treatment of these disorders with essential oils, in addition to ways to build immunity and prevent illness using essential oils. Session 3 will begin the exploration of how we digest the world. Common digestive disorders such as heartburn, intestinal gas and belching, involving the Stomach and Spleen organ systems will be discussed with a focus on healthy assimilation. Session 4 will focus on inspiration and elimination through the Lung and Large Intestine systems. Essential Oils for relieving asthma, constipation, Crohn's disease and Celiac disease will be discussed. Building health inspiration and elimination habits will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the unique properties of essential oils including use of notes, effects on the spirit and their relationship with essence.
- Cite the properties including nature, taste, channels entered and therapeutic function of 12-15 essential oils.
- Articulate the basic theory and practice of using essential oils from Chinese medical perspsective.
- Create an essential oil formula for use in a respiratory or digestive condition.
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Josephine Spilka
Josephine Spilka, M.S., L.Ac., has been practicing Classical Chinese Medicine and Buddhist meditation for over 20 years, and is focused on investigating the relationship with essence in its many forms.
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Points Series - Course 5
A Study of Xingjian (Liv. 2)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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An in-depth study based on the Chinese Classics, on the deep insight of great masters of the past, and on the knowledge of their cultural environment. This presentation sets up a firm foundation for the correct use of the point, Liver 2, which becomes familiar so as to be easily and naturally used. In this course, the Liver 2 - Xingjian is covered. A comprehensive explanation of the point name that helps explain the point's functions, position, and roles is explored; as well, the clinical use of Liv. 2 in the great classical texts of medicine and examples of associations with other points to treat specific symptoms and disorders are also covered.
Learning Objectives
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns.
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Points Series - Course 4
A Study of Tai Chong (Liv. 3)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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An in-depth study based on the Chinese Classics, on the deep insight of great masters of the past, and on the knowledge of their cultural environment. This presentation sets up a firm foundation for the correct use of the point, Liver 3, which becomes familiar so as to be easily and naturally used. In this course, the Liver 3 - Tai Chong is covered. A comprehensive explanation of the point name that helps explain the point's functions, position, and roles is explored; as well, the clinical use of Liv. 3 in the great classical texts of medicine and examples of associations with other points to treat specific symptoms and disorders are also covered.
Learning Objectives
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns.
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Participants who take this course will understand the origin of this Yuan Qi Classical Acupuncture System, have a new understanding of the circulation of the various energies in the body, and learn how to apply this new system with their patients. This network has 60 Yuan qi points that work as doors or keys to access and unblock the circulation of the internal energies. Dr. Robidoux will explain how each point correlates to the different areas of the body, by understanding their connection to the 5 Elements and the Channel Theories. This system has two particular body maps which are the basis of this type of acupuncture. After this course, practitioners will understand how to use these maps to treat their patients according to their symptom manifestations.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the use of the Yuan Qi Classical Acupuncture System to quickly relieve pain and stiffness in the body.
- Understand the Yuan Qi Classical diagnostic Acupuncture System.
- Learn the 60 point locations of the Yuan Qi Classical Acupuncture System.
Your Teacher
Suzanne Robidoux
Dr. Suzanne Robidoux, Ph.D, DAOM, L.Ac., has lived Asia for almost 2 decades, studying TCM with various masters. She completed her Ph.D. in acupuncture at Nanjing University, and specializes in neurological and psychological disorders. Having translated and edited over 20 professional Chinese medical textbooks, she is asked to lecture internationally often.
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The Alchemy of the Organs - Course 1
The Red Bird and the Dark Stag (The Heart and the Kidneys)
with Peter Firebrace
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A detailed study of the heart and the kidneys, the north-south, jing-shen axis of Chinese medicine. Linked with fire and water, li and kan, the exchange between these two organs has always been considered of prime importance for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being, from fertility to longevity in tranquility and serenity. We will study the Daoist, alchemical and medical aspects of the heart and the kidneys from ancient texts and images and crystalize this knowledge into useful clinical practice by studying key points on the heart, kidney and other meridians from Shen Feng, Spirit Seal (Kid 23) to Shen Men, Spirit Gate (Ht 7), from Ming Men, Gate of Destiny (Du 4) to Zi Hu Door of the Child (Kid 13). Restoring the Shao Yin interweaving of heart and kidneys, the cooling and warming of midnight and noon, the retreat and resurgence of December and June, restores brightness to the mind, peace to the heart, strength to the body and resilience to the spirit.
Learning Objectives
- To apply this knowledge to help patients with a lifestyle that will nurture life, yang sheng, and improve their health.
- To give cases and acupuncture points for clinical application.
- To restore the insights of the Neidan Inner Alchemy tradition to Chinese medicine.
- To deepen our understanding of the heart and kidneys and their inter-relationship.
- To present the teachings in the Neijingtu, Inner Landscape Map and the Xiuzhentu, Cultivating Authenticity Map.
Your Teacher
Peter Firebrace
A graduate of the International College of Oriental Medicine, Peter Firebrace, FBAcC, has extensively studied TCM and Chinese language and philosophy. He was a co-founder of Monkey Press, teaches internationally, and also produces songs and poems on topics pertaining to TCM. Peter is in the process of setting up Guan Academy of Chinese Medicine for online teaching.
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The Alchemy of the Organs - Course 2
The Green Dragon and the White Tiger (The Liver and the Lungs)
with Peter Firebrace
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A detailed study of the liver and the lungs, the rising-falling, east-west axis of Chinese medicine. Linked with wood and metal, the power to burst out of the earth and to bury within the earth, this expressive-reflective dynamic is key to the fulfilment and attainment of our desires and dreams - or knowing when to stop at our limits. As sea of blood and master of qi, the liver and the lungs are linked to the hun and the po, the one ever searching to connect with the shen, the other ever vigilant to guard and maintain the body. We will study the Daoist, alchemical and medical aspects of the liver and the lungs from ancient texts and images and explore their application to clinical practice in modern times through studying key points on the liver, lung and other meridians such as Xuan Ji Jade Pivot (Ren 21), which restores fluidity of respiratory movement and Li Gou, Woodworm Canal (Liv 5) which restores normality to the sexual region.
Learning Objectives
- To restore the insights of the Neidan Inner Alchemy tradition to Chinese medicine.
- To present the teachings in the Neijingtu, Inner Landscape Map and the Xiuzhentu, Cultivating Authenticity Map.
- To apply this knowledge to help patients with a lifestyle that will nurture life, yang sheng, and improve their health.
- To deepen our understanding of the liver and the lungs and their inter-relationship.
- To give cases and acupuncture points for clinical application.
Your Teacher
Peter Firebrace
A graduate of the International College of Oriental Medicine, Peter Firebrace, FBAcC, has extensively studied TCM and Chinese language and philosophy. He was a co-founder of Monkey Press, teaches internationally, and also produces songs and poems on topics pertaining to TCM. Peter is in the process of setting up Guan Academy of Chinese Medicine for online teaching.
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This one-hour recorded lecture illuminates pulse interpretation from early classic delineation to modern pulse masters. This single pulse position is used to explore the wealth of practitioner’s own capacities. Words and pictures can all be expanded to provide an explanation of the feeling of the layered qualities of the pulse beat. A song of the soul, a person’s pulse weaves in information about the Divergent channels process, the Luo vessels, the Sinew Channels, the Ying/Blood/nourishing qi, the protective Wei qi, the deep Yuan qi and extra channels, signals of the day of ovulation, and an unborn baby’s gender.
Learning Objectives
- To emphasize the strength of each Chinese Medicine practitioner’s individual interpretation of what information they feel.
- To explain the various levels in the pulse, and the distinct information at each level.
- To familiarize the practitioner with various evolutions in classic pulse diagnostic interpretation.
Your Teacher
Holly Guzman
Having started her studies as a teenager, Holly Guzman, O.M.D., L.Ac., has been devoted to studying and practicing TCM for most of her life. Holly was part of the first graduating class of ACTCM; in addition to her private practice, she lectures internationally, teaches at Five Branches University, and is a contributing author to several health texts.
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As Chinese medicine continues to become integrated into the West, there are growing efforts to interface its rich resources with the Western medical paradigm. With the intentions that both systems can contribute enormously to each other – garnering both respect and enhanced healing potentials – clinicians are motivated to “learn” how to utilize and benefit from their respective wisdoms. One facet of Chinese medicine is their extensive understanding of feng-wind and its impact on motor activity, cognitive function, and emotional responses. This link is often made through the central nervous system with the brain and the spine as the focal areas, as well as their connections to the peripheral nerves, within Western medicine. Coming from a Chinese medical perspective, this course will explore the integration of its theories into the study of neurological conditions and more importantly, the strategies in treating and managing these issues.
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate between treating the peripheral versus central nervous systems
- Understand the role of wind and its link to nervous system pathologies in TCM
- Learn how pulses can help us select acupuncture points for various nervous system TCM diagnoses
- Learn specific protocols for various TCM diagnoses relating to nervous system conditions
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Jeffrey Yuen
An 88th generation Daoist Priest of the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai and 26th generation of the Quan Zhen Long Men Pai, Jeffrey Yuen is a Master of Classical Chinese Medicine, Taoism, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Tai Ji Chuan, and Qi Gong. He lectures internationally and is on the faculty for the American Association of Acupuncture Physicians.
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In this course, Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee presents the classical Chinese medicine understanding of the Wei pathology. This course is centered on the study of Suwen chapter 44 and other classical texts. This course covers the main characteristics of Wei pathology that are often translated into English as "wilting" or "atony". Clinical presentation of Wei pathology covering Biomedicine disease categories such as muscular atrophy, paralysis, and dystrophy are examined in detail. This course also included a synthesis of the meaning and treatment of Wei syndrome in various ancient and modern Chinese texts.
Learning Objectives
- Understand treatment strategies for Wei syndrome.
- Understand Wei Syndrome in Classical Chinese medicine.
- Learn the Chinese medicine understanding of the pathomechanism of Wei Syndrome.
- Obtain a clearer view of which organs contribute to Wei syndrome and in what ways.
- Study the presentation of Wei syndrome in the Jingui, Yaolun, Shanghanlun and Suwen.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Points Series - Course 1
A Study of Kun Lun (UB60)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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This course will explore the point called Kun Lun (UB60). The goal of this webinar is to study this point in-depth and understand what symptoms are specific to it. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee will examine the Chinese name of this point using the Chinese characters to reach a deeper understanding of the point's function within the framework of the body, and provide a detailed study from both classical and medical literature.
The meaning of Kun Lun, its description in the medical classics, presentation, explanation of its therapeutic indications, relationship with other points, and common combinations are explored.
Learning Objectives
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Modern and Classical Chinese Medicine Approach to Multiple Sclerosis
with Suzanne Robidoux
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other effectively. In MS, the body presents with a wide range of symptoms; some physical, emotional or psychological. Symptoms can range from sudden paralysis, sudden blindness, muscle twitching or weakness, muscle atrophy, incontinence of stool and urine, mental confusion, aphasia, depression, loss of memory or loss of cognitive functions and so on. This disease mainly affects women three times more than men, between the ages of 20 to 40. It is recorded that there were over 20 million cases of MS in Northern Europe.
Western medicine has reached a certain level of advancements when it comes to diagnosing this disease. However, the causes of MS are still considered unknown and treatments of MS are still experimental and have severe side effects such as mild or severe depression, multi organ failure and death. Chinese medicine can greatly affect the quality and length of the life. With the right treatment approach, we can treat the presenting symptoms and prevent them from returning. Using the wealth of information given to us in the classical Chinese medicine we are able to have effective treatment for MS patients.
In this recorded seminar, Dr. Robidoux clearly explains the classical understanding of the body and mind in Chinese medicine and relates it to severe degenerative neurological diseases. Dr. Robidoux presents important treatment protocols effective for MS using some body and scalp acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal medicine. Dr. Robidoux also covers additional treatment approaches for over 20 of the main symptoms seen in MS.
Dr. Robidoux was involved in a Chinese medicine research treating MS with Chinese medicine and has successfully treated MS patients in Canada and Europe successfully. She introduces some of the clinical cases and treatment protocols.
Learning Objectives
- Learn some of the keys treatment lines of scalp acupuncture in the treatment of MS.
- Review the etiology of multiple sclerosis according to TCM and according to classical Chinese medicine.
- Understand the classical Chinese medicine outlook on life and health and understand how it is affected in systematic and neurological disorders.
- Learn essential moxibustion treatments to MS.
- Review live success cases of MS and their treatment approach.
Your Teacher
Suzanne Robidoux
Dr. Suzanne Robidoux, Ph.D, DAOM, L.Ac., has lived Asia for almost 2 decades, studying TCM with various masters. She completed her Ph.D. in acupuncture at Nanjing University, and specializes in neurological and psychological disorders. Having translated and edited over 20 professional Chinese medical textbooks, she is asked to lecture internationally often.
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According to Chapter 1 of the Huangdi Neijing Lingshu, the foundation of acupuncture lies not only in the traditional nine needles utilized but also on the cultivation of the skills in needling protocols. Since the needle is perceived as an extension of the hands and its connection to the rest of the body, needling is based on the practitioner’s cultivation of their body. This short course will focus on developing the skills that can be refined for the purpose of improving needling protocols.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the art and history of acupuncture and needling.
- Learn how different types of Qi gong can improve your acupuncture practice (including Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qiu Qi and Ba Duan Jin) and which types are best for which conditions.
- Learn about a Qi gong full body self-massage for bringing Qi from your hands to your body.
Your Teacher
Jeffrey Yuen
An 88th generation Daoist Priest of the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai and 26th generation of the Quan Zhen Long Men Pai, Jeffrey Yuen is a Master of Classical Chinese Medicine, Taoism, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Tai Ji Chuan, and Qi Gong. He lectures internationally and is on the faculty for the American Association of Acupuncture Physicians.
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Participants will learn a special scalp acupuncture system focused on treating emotional and psychosomatic diseases and disorders. The necessary treatment protocols and techniques to treat diseases such as Major Depression Disorders (MDD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), anxiety, Autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and various phobias will be covered. Students will learn the correct location of over 10 scalp treatment lines and their clinical applications according to specific diseases or symptoms. In addition, over 10 different single and multiple needling techniques as well as electro-stimulation specific to scalp acupuncture will be observed. Recorded Q&A and case histories are also included.
Learning Objectives
- Students will learn the treatment protocols and techniques to treat several neurological and psychosomatic disorders
- Students will be shown over 10 single and multiple needling techniques specific to scalp acupuncture
- Students will be able to identify the correct location of over 10 scalp treatment lines and their clinical applications according to specific disease or symptoms
- Students will be shown electro-stimulation specific to scalp acupuncture
Your Teacher
Suzanne Robidoux
Dr. Suzanne Robidoux, Ph.D, DAOM, L.Ac., has lived Asia for almost 2 decades, studying TCM with various masters. She completed her Ph.D. in acupuncture at Nanjing University, and specializes in neurological and psychological disorders. Having translated and edited over 20 professional Chinese medical textbooks, she is asked to lecture internationally often.
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The Ethics lecture on the “Patient-Practitioner Relationship from the Chinese Medical Classics” is perhaps considered one of the best talks on Chinese Medicine. It was first presented in 1990 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute, Maryland, presented by Father Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée.
The subject of this lecture has now been included within the body of CTA’s Masters degree, as well as being offered annually to new generations of practitioners. As our profession evolves with the changing landscape of healthcare, this area of study and expertise remains a treasure house of clinical efficacy and healing potential. This course covers the components outlined in this lecture.
Learning Objectives
- Raises his or her vision and conduct
- Invigorates his or her thought
- Allows the practitioner to develop his or her art
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Extraordinary Meridians - Course 1
Du & Ren
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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This course will cover the extraordinary meridians as they are presented in the Classical texts of Chinese medicine. This lecture presents an in-depth study of the meaning of Du Mai and Ren Mai through the study of their names and associated characters, patterns, pathways, nature, physiopathologies, and functions.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the individual extraordinary meridians and their functions together.
- Understand the Classical view of the extraordinary meridians, including the language of the names and ideas central to the extraordinary meridians.
- Understand the points that appear on Du Ren extraordinary meridians.
- Understand the function and roles of the extraordinary meridians Du and Ren.
- Understand the physiopathology of Du and Ren meridian.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Points Series - Course 2
A Study of Guan Yuan (Ren4)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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This course will explore the point called Guan Yuan (Ren4). The goal of this webinar is to study this point in-depth, and understand what symptoms are specific to it. Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee will examine the Chinese name of this point, using the Chinese characters to reach a deeper understanding of the point's function within the framework of the body, and provide a detailed study from both classical and medical literature. The meaning of Guan Yuan, its description in the medical classics, presentation and explanation of its therapeutic indications, relationship with other points, and common combinations are explored.
Learning Objectives
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns.
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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Hun and Po are among the key concepts of Chinese Medicine; they are presented here by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée through their characters, their uses and meanings in classical Chinese texts and in medical texts, and with their main correlated notions. Key sentences and excerpts are studied directly from the source texts including discussion of their practical applications. Among the Five Aspects of the Spirit (shen), the Hun souls are the spiritual and intelligent aspects, associated with Heaven, the Immaterial and with the Liver; the Po souls are the corporeal and sentient aspects, associated with Earth, the body and with the Lung. This recorded course covers all of these concepts.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will have a stronger understanding of the concepts of Hun and Po, and how they can be utilized to benefit treatment outcomes.
- Raises his/her vision and conduct.
- Invigorates his/her thought; and
- The practitioner will understand the history and sources of the Hun and Po in Classical texts and its modern implications.
- The practitioner to develop his/her art;
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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The Ling Shu states that all diseases are rooted in the spirit, and texts tell us that the Shen resides in the Heart, the sovereign ruler of all the Zangfu. According to Taoist teachings, the Heart and Shen have an intrinsic push for completing what we were meant to do in life. This recorded seminar* will deepen your knowledge of Taoist acupuncture so that you may help your patients fulfill their destiny.
You will learn about the 9 Heart Pains, their emergence when one is not consciously evolving in life, the symptoms that manifest, and the 9 acupuncture points that influence these pains. Jeffrey will explore the "how" by helping patients resolve the 9 Heart Pains, thus bringing them to a place in life where they are both an Alchemist (worker of change) and a Sage (someone who is comfortable within themselves and accepts the world as is), thereby fulfilling their destiny and manifesting the highest level of health.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the nine heart pains and its impact on xue-blood.
- To develop treatment strategies for heart pains and self-cultivation.
- To review the concepts of shen-spirit, ling-soul, ming-life.
- To examine the cycles of 7 & 8 in the Neijing SuWen with its significance to health and longevity.
- To explore the significance of the Heart channel.
Your Teacher
Jeffrey Yuen
An 88th generation Daoist Priest of the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai and 26th generation of the Quan Zhen Long Men Pai, Jeffrey Yuen is a Master of Classical Chinese Medicine, Taoism, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Tai Ji Chuan, and Qi Gong. He lectures internationally and is on the faculty for the American Association of Acupuncture Physicians.
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Points Series - Course 3
A Study of Da Dun (Liv. 1)
with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
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An in-depth study based on the Chinese Classics, on the deep insight of great masters of the past, and on the knowledge of their cultural environment. This presentation sets up a firm foundation for the correct use of the point, Liver 1, which becomes familiar so as to be easily and naturally used. In this course, the Liver 1 dadun acupuncture point, the first point of the Foot Jueyin Liver meridian, is covered. A comprehensive explanation of the point name that helps explain the point's functions, position and roles is explored; as well, the clinical use of Liv. 1 in the great classical texts of medicine and examples of associations with other points to treat specific symptoms and disorders are also covered.
Learning Objectives
- The student will learn the meaning of the expression that forms these characters and its classical use, and application in medical texts.
- The student will be able to describe the profile of the point and its functions.
- The student will study and understand the characters composing the name of the point.
- The student will understand how associations with other points may be used in different clinical patterns.
- The student will learn the possible functions and clinical patterns for the point.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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The desire in your heart will determine how you behave. Heart will guide the bodily movement. The meaning of Yi - intent, is what appears in your mind as preconception, idea, opinion, before thinking or discernment or judgment. Beware as preconception may become prejudice or a judgment. What is in the Heart-Mind carries all my being but also carries what we put in ourselves. We are responsible for what we read or study. We are responsible for all that we intake. We are also responsible for the quality of our Yi -intent. The mind works with what is available, and the discernment on the input is necessary in order to render it. The input may fill my heart and take possession of it, and we may lose discernment at the long term.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will have a stronger understanding of the concepts of Yi & Zhi, and how they can be utilized to benefit treatment outcomes.
- The practitioner will understand the history and sources of the Yi & Zhi in Classical texts and its modern implications.
- The practitioner to develop his/her art.
- Raises his/her vision and conduct.
- Invigorates his/her thought.
Your Teacher
Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
TCM academic and historian, Elisabeth Rochat has specialized in both medical and philosophical Classics in her 40+ years career. She co-authored 'A Survey of Chinese Medicine' and continues to teach about the Classics of TCM internationally.
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