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London - Nineteen Lines on Pathology
2019-04-13 - 2019-04-14 | ICEAM London, 15 Spa Road, Bermondsey, London, SE16 3SA, United Kingdom
Chapter seventy-four of the Great Treatise on the Essence of the Utmost Truth zhizhen yaodalun of the Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor huangdi neijing records the most encompassing and original rules in Chinese medicine pathology. The nineteen patterns, most commonly known as the Nineteen Lines on Pathology, are considered to be the most authoritative instructions on classical etio-pathology and the only discourse where a differentiation method based on the five phase energetics is presented.
There is great difficulty in understanding these instructions, because they cannot be researched from merely a more modern Qing dynasty organ differentiation standpoint that we are most accustomed to. As such, the only path to full understanding of the lines is an evaluation from all possible angles in classical Chinese medicine thinking. This evaluation will be engaged in by cross-referencing other classics like the Classic of Difficulties nan jing, as well as later commentaries by masters like Zhang Jingyue, etc.
The lines are structured along a twofold grid: the first outline along the five solid organs; while the second outline is arranged along the six Qi or six climatic influences. During the course, all Solid Organ patterns will be studied and explained along with the most representative lines on the Six Qi. As such, this course will provide the participant with a definitive understanding on classical Chinese medicine pathology and an excellent tool for the evaluation of difficult cases in clinic.

2019 European Advanced Seminar
2019-04-06 - 2019-04-10 | ICEAM Bamberg, Bamberg, 96047, Germany
Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine®
Application of the Shanghan Lun Formulas
Along the Five Movements and Six Qi System of the Neijing
April 6 – 10, 2019
Welcome Kongress Hotel, Mußstr. 7,
96047 Bamberg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 951-7000-0
Presented by:
Tyler Rowe, MS, DCCM, LAc
Dr. Arnaud Versluys PhD, MD (China), LAc

‘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 of all time-based, also referred to as chrono-biological, methods in Chinese medicine. It applies the sixty year lunisolar calendar to calculate and create a forecast model of the prevailing meteorological conditions of each year, from which medical insights can be gained.
The Chinese calendar is based on millennia of astronomical observations and whilst it is often applied to attempt Fate Calculation, the Yun Qi is not an astrological or divinatory technique. It is a time-based medical theory that provides the clinician with verifiable data that translates into practical clinical insight and solutions. For more than a thousand years, since its peak of popularity in the Song Dynasty, the system has influenced prognosis, diagnosis, pathology, pathophysiology, epidemiology and herbal treatment in Chinese Medicine.
The ‘Five Movements’ correlate to the Five Elements, or Five Phases, and form the overall underlying weather pattern of a given year. They are determined by the ten Heavenly Stems tiangan 天干. The ‘Six Qi’ are often referred to as the Six Pernicious Influences and correspond with the system of Six Conformations liujing 六經. The calculation of their appearance during different times of the year is done using the Twelve Earthly Branches dizhi 地支. This makes it possible to forecast unseasonable and potentially extreme weather visiting the regular seasons. As such, these ever-changing qi are commonly referred to as the ‘Guest’ weather, in relation to the more stable and regular ‘Host’ weather of every season. When this information is correctly analysed, the Neijing provides a therapeutic action plan for the prescription of herbal formulas with a set palate of flavors for each scenario.
This seminar will not only teach us the already calculated weather patterns and their possible pathologies for the next sixty years, it will also correlate the flavor palates to Zhang Zhongjing’s formulas.

The first part of this seminar will introduce the system in historical context and lay the foundation for calculations through understanding of the following basic doctrines:

Yellow River Chart
Luo River Writing
8 Trigrams
10 Stems
12 Branches
Sexagenary Calendar Cycle

Further, it instructs on the key aspects of the Lunisolar Calendar:

24 Seasonal Nodes
28 Asterisms

The second part of the seminar will investigate and chart the base climates and primary pathologies correlating with the Five Movements and Six Qi. During this part, we will also explore interactions and combinations in the charts and the role of local observation (including Northern versus Southern Hemisphere considerations) in modifying the findings, with reference to pulse diagnosis.
Finally, a monograph for each of the sixty years will be presented with a strong emphasis on the conformations affected, flavour dynamics and formula selection, mirroring Zhang Zhongjing and our lineage founder Dr Tian Heming’s applications of the system.
This seminar is the first ever explanation of the full system on how to read and interpret the movement and qi of each year, in order to better understand the weather patterns unfolding annually, allowing you to understand their role in your patients’ pathology and subsequently improve your formula choice, or modification thereof.
The course is co-taught by Arnaud Versluys and Tyler Rowe. Tyler has both a Bachelor of Acupuncture, and a Bachelor of Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Victoria University of Technology. He is a Diplomate in Canonical Chinese Medicine, graduated from the former Melbourne branch of ICEAM in 2013. He has years of experience in researching Chinese cosmological studies and traditional geomancy and has purposely developed this training for ICEAM.
Arnaud will teach the Shanghan Lun parts of the seminar, using instructions from both the regular Shanghan lines, as well as Chapter Three of the Song version of the Shanghan Lun. Tyler Rowe will instruct of the Neijing theory of the system and the actual monographs. This is the first-ever ICEAM Advanced Seminar offered in Europe. The total course confers 30 credits of continuing education. Advanced Seminars are offered once and this unique seminar is surely not to be missed!!

Seminar Language: English, no interpretation

Registration Cost:

Early-bird: USD 1,815.00 (register before 11/30/18)
Regular Price: USD 2,135.00 (register after 12/1/18)

To register for this seminar, you need to do two things:

Register online on the ICEAM site by adding the seminar to your cart and going through the check out process.
Contact the hotel following the procedure as outlined in the reservation guide document attached. No payment is needed for the hotel at this point, as you will make payments at the time of check in. But you need to register with them as early as possible to get a room reserved.

Reservation guide document:
bamberg iceam_iceam advanced seminar 2019_hotel reservation guide

Note: this seminar is for Diplomates only, but registration is also allowed for the current students who will graduate in November in Offenbach. As a Diplomate, you already have an account on the ICEAM website. Please log in before registering. If you do not remember your log in information, please email Dr. Versluys at aversluys@iceam.org
If you encounter any other issues during registration, or have any further questions about this course, please contact Dr. Versluys as well. All other logistical questions can be directed to Maximilian Beer at mbeer@bamberg.iceam.org
Lastly, we will be hosting two clinical training days in Bamberg on Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, 2019. If you are interested in attending, please contact Maximilian Beer for registration details.

Portland - The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas
2019-03-16 - 2019-03-17 | ICEAM Portland, 506 Southwest 6th, Portland, OR, 97204, United States
Canonical Chinese Medicine is the style of Chinese medicine practiced along the tenets codified in the Western and Eastern Han dynasty (approx. 200 BC- 200 CE) medical classics or canons. It is the foundation of both clinical and theoretical Chinese medicine as we know it. Canonical Chinese medicine is comprised of two main schools being the Yellow Emperor huangdi 黄帝school of Medical Canons yijing pai 醫經派and the Divine Farmer shennong 神农school of Canonical Formulas jingfang pai经方派.

Gdansk- Shanghan Lun Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2019-02-21 - 2019-02-24 | ICEAM Gdansk
Japanese abdominal diagnosis or Fukushin is the diagnostic art developed in medieval Japan based on the canonical writings by Zhang Zhongjing. Careful inspection of the Shanghan Zabing Lun reveals countless references to abdominal conditions that could only have been diagnosed by actual palpation of the abdomen. The skill however never fully developed in China but flourished in Japan. Throughout history, two major trends and types of abdominal diagnosis developed, being the Nanjing and Shanghan Lun schools, which respectively diagnose the abdomen in service of either acupuncture or meridian treatment, and herbal treatment. Fukushin refers specifically to Shanghan Lun style of abdominal diagnosis developed by Japanese scholars during Edo period (1603-1867 CE) for the purpose of prescribing the Han dynasty formulas of Zhang Zhongjing.

London - The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas
2019-02-09 - 2019-02-10 | ICEAM London, 15 Spa Road, Bermondsey, London, SE16 3SA, United Kingdom

Gdansk - Shanghan Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns
2019-01-03 - 2019-01-06 | ICEAM Gdansk
The Treatise on Cold Damage or Shanghan Lun is one of the most prominent Eastern Han-dynasty (circa CE 200) classics in Chinese medicine and the first clinical handbook in China’s medical history. It is also the center of the Canonical Chinese Medicine Training.

Chicago - Tian-Zeng Lineage Jingui Yaolue Case Studies and Clinical Strategies
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-09 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
The Shanghan Zabing Lun is the first historical manual to teach the treatment of both acute and chronic complex diseases that have been triggered externally or have arisen from internal damage. Though a classical work, it is of great clinical value for modern day practice.

Gdansk - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part Two
2018-11-29 - 2018-12-02 | ICEAM Gdansk
This course is the instruction of specialized Materia Medica and formula studies in the service of canonical Chinese medicine as practiced by Zhang Zhongjing in the Shanghan Lun and the Jingui Yaolue.

Frankfurt- Tian-Zeng Lineage Jingui Yaolue Case Studies and Clinical Strategies
2018-11-22 - 2018-11-25 | ICEAM Frankfurt, Frankfurter Straße 59, Offenbach, 63067, Germany

Chicago - Jingui Yaolue Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2018-11-10 - 2018-11-11 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Japanese abdominal diagnosis or Fukushin is the diagnostic art developed in medieval Japan based on the canonical writings by Zhang Zhongjing. Careful inspection of the Shanghan Zabing Lun reveals countless references to abdominal conditions that could only have been diagnosed by actual palpation of the abdomen. The skill however never fully developed in China but flourished in Japan. Fukushin 腹診 refers specifically to the style of abdominal diagnosis developed by Japanese scholars during the Edo period (1603-1867 CE) for the purpose of prescribing the Han dynasty formulas of Zhang Zhongjing.

Sydney - Clinic Training Day
2018-10-27, 2018-10-26, 2018-10-22, 2018-06-21, 2018-06-20, 2018-06-17 | ICEAM Sydney, 826 George St, Chippendale, New South Wales, 2008, Australia
Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 14 students per day. Maximum 25 patients per day. Patient contacts count towards fulfillment of clinical certification as Fellow of the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine.

Sydney - Tian-Zeng Lineage Jingui Yaolue Case Studies and Clinical Strategies
2018-10-23 - 2018-10-25 | ICEAM Sydney, 826 George St, Chippendale, New South Wales, 2008, Australia

Chicago - Tian-Lineage Jingui Yaolue Pulse Diagnosis
2018-10-13 - 2018-10-14 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Diagnosis in Han-dynasty was primarily done by taking the pulse. Every formula can be identified through one or more pulse patterns presenting in the patient. Though many pulses are mentioned in the Jingui Yaolue, crucial detail is often hidden, and it is as if this knowledge is merely implicitly present, as if it were embedded. Therefore, the Tian Heming Canonical Formula lineage’s main strength and contribution to the field of Chinese medicine to have made this advanced knowledge on pulse diagnosis crystal clear and evident. This knowledge has never been recorded in any book, but was rather transmitted orally from Dr. Tian Heming through Dr. Zeng Rongxiu to Dr. Arnaud Versluys. The latter of which has been teaching this material around the world in more systematized and structured format since a few years.
Note regarding the Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue Pulse Seminars: due to the proprietary and complex nature of these seminars, they cannot be registered for individually and can only be taken as part of the total sequence. The pulse seminars are open for individual registration only to Diplomates of Canonical Chinese Medicine already certified by our institute who wish to retake the seminar.

Gdansk - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part One
2018-09-27 - 2018-09-30 | ICEAM Gdansk

Chicago - Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue, Part Three
2018-09-15 - 2018-09-16 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
This is the authoritative instruction of the etio-pathology and treatment of over 70 complex diseases recorded in the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet or Jingui Yaolue. During this course, virtually all illnesses of the original text are discussed in great detail, allowing the student to gain an ultimate and conclusive insight into the pathomechanisms behind these often chronic, recalcitrant and debilitating illnesses. The formulas used in the Jingui are taught in their respective clinical contexts.

Frankfurt- Tian-Lineage Jingui Yaolue Pulse Diagnosis
2018-07-26 - 2018-07-29 | ICEAM Frankfurt, Frankfurter Straße 59, Offenbach, 63067, Germany

Chicago - Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue, Part Two
2018-07-21 - 2018-07-22 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States

Chicago - Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue, Part One
2018-06-23 - 2018-06-24 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States

Sydney - Jingui Yaolue Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2018-06-22 - 2018-06-23 | ICEAM Sydney, 826 George St, Chippendale, New South Wales, 2008, Australia

Sydney - Tian-Lineage Jingui Yaolue Pulse Diagnosis
2018-06-18 - 2018-06-19 | ICEAM Sydney, 826 George St, Chippendale, New South Wales, 2008, Australia

Gdansk - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Inner Circle
2018-05-17 - 2018-05-20 | ICEAM Gdansk

Chicago - Tian-Zeng Lineage Shanghan Lun Case Studies and Clinical Strategies
2018-05-12 - 2018-05-13 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States

Chicago - Shanghan Lun Canonical Formula Modification System
2018-04-28 - 2018-04-29 | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
During this course, a strict system of clinical modification will be taught. The system was developed by Dr. Versluys over the course of the last ten years by analyzing both Zhang Zhongjing’s prescriptions as well as the characteristics of the Tian-Zeng lineage’s clinical practice. It is fully grounded and based in the classical writings of the original designer of the formulas, Zhang Zhongjing. The system is organized along a hierarchical system of formula modifications and provides a failsafe method for modification to adapt to a broader collection of complex clinical manifestations as often encountered in Chinese medicine clinic in the West. A waterproof modification system forms the basis of classical herbal practice and the elimination of random clinical variables which are the greatest cause for failure in clinic.

Frankfurt- Jingui Yaolue Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2018-04-26 - 2018-04-29 | ICEAM Frankfurt, Frankfurter Straße 59, Offenbach, 63067, Germany

2018 New Orleans Advanced Seminar
2018-03-14 - 2018-03-18 | ICEAM New Orleans, Audubon Nature Institute, 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA, 70118, United States
Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine®
Canonical Chinese Medicine™ Training
Presented by Dr. Arnaud Versluys
We are excited to announce the next installment of our bi-annual, Diplomate-only, Advanced Seminar series.
This advanced seminar will be held in the same venue as the previous installment, namely at the New Orleans Audubon Nature Institute at the New Orleans Zoo, from March 14 to March 18, 2018. Classes start daily at 9am and end at 5pm. Continuing education credits are pending and will be conferred for NCCAOM, and California.
The seminar will cover 5 days of teaching. The first two days will be devoted to presentation and commentary on case studies by Dr. Tian Heming. Known by everybody in our Lineage, Dr. Tian, as the patriarch of our movement, was a prolific clinician often seeing upwards of 300 patients per day. Not many records of these case studies have been preserved to this day except for the handwritten records the Zeng family took while studying with Dr. Tian. The case studies to be presented will hail from the handwritten records, translated by Dr. Versluys. This is the first time ever that original Dr. Tian case studies will be presented in seminar form.
On days three and four, Dr. Versluys will present on a selection of chapters from the Jade Envelope in the Golden Cabinet or Jingui Yuhan Jing. This is a classic that displays content from both the Song dynasty Shanghan Lun as well as the Jingui Yaolue, and is compiled by Wang Shuhe in the Jin dynasty, based on the scrolls he retrieved.
Scrolls five and six include important chapters on treatment indication and contra-indication not included in the standard Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue. These chapters will elucidate guidelines on when the treatment methods of sweating, purging, emitting, warming, fire treatment, moxa, needling, and water treatment, are indicated or contra-indicated. And while in the regular Shanghan Lun, some clauses indeed address the same subject matter; the scope and structure of these important chapters exceed anything seen elsewhere.
Lastly, on day five, Dr. Versluys will present 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. The case studies will be transcribed from a notebook Dr. Versluys was given after the death of Dr. Zeng. In other words, Dr. Versluys received these notes only after already already studying for 13 years with Dr. Zeng. This makes this seminar offering extra unique!
Location:
New Orleans Audubon Nature Institute
6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Room: Dominion Multi-Purpose Room
Seminar Capacity: maximum 50 participants
CEU Credits:
35 NCCAOM and California credits pending
Pricing:
Early bird pricing (must register before December 31st, 2017): $1815
Regular Pricing: $2135
Cancellations and Refunds:
Cancellation before January 15, 2018: full refund, minus $150 administrative fee
Cancellation by February 15, 2018: 50% refund
Cancellation after February 15, 2018: no refund, but credit towards future courses
Students may miss one day and receive access to video
In the unlikely event ICEAM has to cancel the seminar, a full refund will be made.
Clinical Training:
There are clinical training opportunities with Dr. Versluys for out-of-town students, both before and after the Advanced Seminar. These opportunities are first being offered for overseas students. If they do not fill up, then the remaining spots will be offered to US-based students. Available clinic days are:
Portland, OR:
Tuesday March 6, Wednesday March 7, and Wednesday March 21, 2018.
New Orleans, LA
Monday March 12, 2018.
If you wish to register, please email Arnaud Versluys directly at aversluys@iceam.org.
Same goes for any all other questions you may have regarding this seminar. Please email Arnaud with your queries.
