Courses

  • The Canonical Salon: lifelong learning together

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    • Ongoing Monthly ICEAM seminar - USD$709.00 every 6 months

    The popular practice of Qingtan 清談 was originated after the Han dynasty and involved a forum for lively discussion on philosophy and metaphysics in group setting. This is not too dissimilar from the Western tradition of the Salon, which is often defined as a ‘gathering of people, presided over by an inspiring host which allowed participants the opportunity to amuse one another while increasing their knowledge through conversation and debate’. These gatherings were popular in Renaissance Europe. And a similar format was popular in late 19th and early 20th century Chengdu. Dr. Tian Heming often attended and participated in such salons organized by his Shanghan peer Lu Zhuzhi盧鑄之. These meetings were attended by many great Shanghan masters of the time. It is thus with great pleasure that we announce the start of ICEAM’s very own Canonical Salon with Dr. Arnaud Versluys. The Salon will be an ongoing series of webinars every five or so weeks. Each session will be three hours and cover an ongoing exploration of fundamental topics too deep and complex to properly investigate during regular seminars. For the initial two years, the topic has been set to Canonical Formula Science. Some of the topics Dr. Versluys will […]

  • Elementary Aspects of Canonical Chinese Medicine

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    • Online - Elementary Aspects of Canonical Chinese Medicine - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    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.

  • The Nineteen Lines on Pathology

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    • Online - The Nineteen Lines on Pathology - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    Chapter 74 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 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. Because they cannot be researched from merely the more modern Qing dynasty organ differentiation standpoint we are most accustomed to, the instructions are difficult to understand. This course presents the only path to full understanding of the lines – an evaluation from all possible angles in classical Chinese medicine thinking, including cross-referencing other classics like the Classic of Difficulties nan jing and later commentaries by masters like Zhang Jingyue.

  • The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas

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    • Online - The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    This course will allow both the beginning as well as the advanced herbalist to gain a deeper understanding of how the herbs work and through what pathway of action they achieve their therapeutic results. This knowledge will then directly contribute to a more detailed prescription behavior, better understanding of formulas and overall enhanced clinical effectiveness.

  • The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Inner Circle

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    • Online - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Inner Circle - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    Both for beginners of herbal medicine as for advanced and seasoned practitioners, this seminar is the gateway into herbal medicine practiced along the tenets of the Han dynasty classics and doorway into canonical Chinese herbal medicine as practiced by Zhang Zhongjing in the Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue. The seminar introduces the participant to Zhang Zhongjing’s inner circle of herbs.

  • The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part One

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    • Online - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part One - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    This course begins instruction in the Outer Circle of Zhang Zhongjing’s Herb and Formula Archetypes, which is a selection of another 75 of the most important secondary herbs of the Zhang Zhongjing universe. Both for beginners of herbal medicine as for advanced and seasoned practitioners, this seminar is a gateway into herbal medicine practiced along the tenets of the Han dynasty classics and doorway into canonical Chinese herbal medicine as practiced by Zhang Zhongjing in the Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue.

  • The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part Two

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    • Online - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part Two - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    This course continues 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.

  • Shanghan Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns

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    • Online - Shanghan Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns - USD$110.00 every 6 months and a USD$441.00 sign-up fee

    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. The differentiation system and consequent text is outlined along a grid of six channels or conformations. This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding into the nature of six conformation pathologies as well as their systematic treatment.

  • Tian-Lineage® Shanghan Lun Pulse Diagnosis

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      The importance of the pulse instructions is best illustrated with the words of the late Beijing Shanghan Lun scholar Liu Duzhou: “…the use of Zhongjing’s rules on pulses rests on the understanding of disease and the decision between life and death. Hence, for mastery of the theory behind the six conformations differentiation, one must imperatively study the pulse differentiation methods for the benefit of one’s six conformation differentiation.”

    • Shanghan Lun Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin

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      • Online - Shanghan Lun Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin - USD$55.00 every 6 months and a USD$220.50 sign-up fee

      Through this course, the participant will learn the theory behind abdominal diagnosis including an in-depth understanding of the pathomechanism of the abdominal patterns, as well as the interpretation of these actionable findings and their direct translation into herbal treatment with classical formulas.