Course Category: Advanced

  • Dr. Zeng Rongxiu Case Studies: Part Two

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    • Online - Dr. Zeng Rongxiu Case Studies: Part Two - $110.20 every 6 months and a $440.80 sign-up fee

    This one-day course is the companion-seminar to the original Zeng case study course presented in 2014. In this course, Dr. Versluys presents some of Dr. Zeng Rongxiu’s early case studies from the 1970’s. Most of the Dr. Zeng case studies that we know today are produced during his later years of clinical practice, most notably the late 1990’s to early 2000’s. But the early case studies of the 1970’s are all records of Dr. Zeng’s clinical practice during the time when he was still actively studying with Dr. Tian. As such, these case studies are sometimes indistinguishable from Tian cases, and exude a rare freshness less obvious in Dr. Zeng’s later cases. From studying these cases, we can see not just Dr. Zeng’s style, but also clearly see Dr. Tian’s undeniable style of clinical practice. Dr. Zeng’s book of case studies published in China mostly documents case studies from his later years and does not carry many of the 1970’s case studies. This makes this seminar offering extra unique! Presenter: Arnaud Versluys, PhD, MD (China), Lac   NCCAOM 7 credits (CH)

  • Application of Shanghan Lun Formulas Along the Five Movements and Six Qi of the Neijing

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    • Online - Application of Shanghan Lun Formulas Along the Five Movements and Six Qi of the Neijing - $545.40 / year and a $2,181.60 sign-up fee

    ‘Five Movements and Six Qi’ wuyun liuqi 五運六氣is the common name of a theoretical system that documents patterns in meteorological changes observed during the sixty year Chinese calendar, and how these changes affect human beings subject to these influences. The system also describes basic guidelines for the herbal medicine treatment of the conditions caused by these six influences. The theory was documented in chapters 66-71 and 74 of the Suwen. These seven chapters, which make up approximately one third of the entire text, originally existed as a separate work titled the Yinyang Dalun 陰陽大論 or Great Treatise on Yin and Yang which was referenced in Zhang Zhongjing’s preface to the Shanghan Lun. The chapters were rediscovered after being lost between Han and Tang dynasties and added back into the corpus of the Neijing by Wang Bing in his 762 CE edition. The Shanghan Lun is the first clinical handbook explaining the treatment of this kind of disorders caused by external invasion. The disease manifestations, as well as their transmutation and progression with time, are described in great detail in the Shanghan Lun, as is their treatment with the canonical herbal formulas. The Yun Qi system is unique as the grandfather […]

  • Canonical Salons, Part One

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    • Online - Canonical Salons, Part One - $141.80 every 6 months and a $567.20 sign-up fee

    Canonical Salon, Part One, is comprised of sessions 1 through 6 and work on the following topics: Formula Science History Formula Definition Treatment Methods Ten Formats and Canonical Formulas Herb Combination and Formula Composition The Seven Formula Structures of the Neijing

  • Canonical Formula Equivalencies and Dr. Tian Heming's Practice of the Perfect Conclusion

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    • Online - Canonical Formula Equivalencies and Dr. Tian Heming's Practice of the Perfect Conclusion - $218.00 every 6 months and a $873.00 sign-up fee

    The concept of Formula Equivalency means that two formulas can treat the same clinical presentation but with different ingredients and through a different angle of approach. For this seminar, Dr. Versluys has organized all the equivalent formulas of Zhang Zhongjing along the classifications of Interior-Exterior, Hot-Cold, Excess-Deficient, Functional-Material, and Qi-Water-Blood. The study of such organization will shed new light on previously known formulas and solve clinical problems when a certain formula is not producing the expected results in clinic.

  • The Pathophysiology of the Small Intestine

    10 Lessonsin
    • Online - The Pathophysiology of the Small Intestine - $218.00 every 6 months and a $873.00 sign-up fee

    Both in Western physiology as well as in Chinese medicine, the small intestine is a very important organ fulfilling indispensable physiological functions. As such it becomes undeniably pressing to revisit said organ to discover more about its significance as a member of the court of twelve organ officials of classical times. Actually, the small intestine is the most important organ in the body, second to the Heart. Both organs belong to the Imperial Fire of the South, but the Heart is considered inaccessible and off-limits to direct treatment. As such, the Small Intestine becomes the most important organ to treatment in pathologies pertaining to the governance of blood and the supply of fire in the body.

  • Dr. Zeng Rongxiu Case Studies: Part One

    6 Lessonsin
    • Online - Dr. Zeng Rongxiu Case Studies: Part One - $109.00 every 6 months and a $436.50 sign-up fee

    The late Dr. Zeng Rongxiu was one of the great Shanghan Lun masters of the Sichuan region in China. He was the last surviving disciple of grandmaster Tian Heming who was clinically active in West Chengdu for 70+ years. This seminar will present a handpicked selection of successful case studies from Dr. Zeng’s 40+ years in clinical practice. The cases selected are NOT standard formula applications and represent Dr. Zeng’s uncanny ability to think outside the box and apply a high level of clinical creativity.

  • The Pathologies and Formulas of the Decoction Classic Tangye Jing

    20 Lessonsin
    • Online - The Pathologies and Formulas of the Decoction Classic Tangye Jing - $436.00 every 6 months and a $1,746.00 sign-up fee

    The Decoction Classic or Tangye Jing is the ancestral book upon which the formulas used in Zhang Zhongjing’s Shanghan Zabing Lun were based. Though a lost work, the early 20th century retrieval of a work by Tao Hongjing, titled Secret Key to the Essential Methods for the Application of Herbs for Viscera and Bowels, has allowed us to again study the most important Tangye Jing formulas and directly observe their connection with the Shanghan system. The seminar will give a detailed overview of the historical situation and importance of the Tangye Jing as well as instruct in the pathologies indicated for the use of the formulas recorded. The seminar will elucidate the architecture of the Tangye Jing formulas, and their relationship with Zhang Zhongjing’s formulas and elaborate on the modification system presented in the Tangye Jing as a guide for advanced modifications of Zhang Zhongjing’s formulas.

  • Dr. Tian Heming Modification System

    6 Lessonsin
    • Online - Dr. Tian Heming Modification System - $109.10 every 6 months and a $436.40 sign-up fee

    This seminar presents a biographical introduction to Dr. Tian and the structure of the lineage from the perspective of each lineage holder. And the bulk of the seminar will then be spent on the instruction of Dr. Tian’s modification system for Zhang Zhongjing formulas, as well as his use of a select group of non-Zhang Zhongjing formulas. The Tian modification system is Dr. Tian’s own clinical experience developed over the decades upon decades in practice. This is a purely clinical modification system as per the hierarchy of clinical modification of canonical formulas. As such, this seminar should only be taken after completion and mastery of the basic Canonical Formula Modification seminar.