Elisabeth Rochat: Classical Chinese Medicine 11/17 & 11/18 2018
THIS CLASS IS FULLY ENROLLED AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. TO join the waiting list please email : Lonny@nourishingdestiny.com
THIS CLASS IS FULLY ENROLLED AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. TO join the waiting list please email : Lonny@nourishingdestiny.com
I am thrilled to once again sponsor Elisabeth Rochat for a weekend Deep Dive into Classical Chinese medicine. Elisabeth will teach on the Extraordinary Fu and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. It ill be an Extraordinary weekend and I hope you will attend.
Class space is limited to 30 participants.
Location: Stockbridge Health Center, 44 Main St., Stockbridge, MA
9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Contact: Lonny Jarrett
Phone: 413 298 4221
Email: Lonny@NourishingDestiny.com
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Send Checks to: Lonny Jarrett, PO 1093, Stockbridge, MA 01262.
Tuition: Early bird Registration 10.15.18
Cancellation Policy: 50% of your payment will be refunded if
your withdrawal is received in writing 1 month prior to the course. No refunds after that date.
Cancellation Policy: 50% of your payment will be refunded if
your withdrawal is received in writing 1 month prior to the course. No refunds after that date.
Practitioners: $400 Earlybird: $350
Students: $350 Earlybird: $300
The student rate is for people currently enrolled in a Chinese medicine school working to attain their credentials to practice.
The student rate is for people currently enrolled in a Chinese medicine school working to attain their credentials to practice.
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Saturday: The 8 Extraordinary Meridians
Extraordinary Meridians.
This lecture will address the issues of the origins of the Eight
Extraordinary Meridians, their interactions and how their workings are
understood. We will consider presentations of the Eight Extraordinary
Meridians as they are found in miscellaneous texts of the Huangdi Neijing
(Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor). And we will also look at them as
they emerge as a group in the Nanjing which organizes them in a more systematic
way. Working from the source texts will allow us to understand and to use
these meridians in a better and deeper way.
The key texts will be sent
to each participant.
In
a human, the first manifestation of Heavenly Yang (Dumai or Governor Vessel)
and Earthly Yin (Renmai or Conception Vessel), allows a powerful fusion,
creating the surge of life (Chongmai); this efferverscence is controlled, as if
girdled (Daimai) to enclose a vital space. Two
couples will come to regulate the relationship yin/yang, blood-and-qi ... in an intrasystemic (Qiaomai) and intersystemic (Weimai) perspective. Each
meridian will be studied and the philosophical statement behind the
extraordinary meridian will be explore. Our
knowledge can be deepened and enriched by this detailed presentation of major
classical texts.
A Course Introduction, Overview.
Historical overview and a Survey of the various ways
to understand and use the extra meridians
The first appearance of the 8 extra meridians, as a
group, in the Nanjing. The meaning of the name given to this group (qi jing ba mai 奇經八脈), including the symbolic value of the number eight
and a study of the character « qi
奇 » translated by extraordinary. Overview of the functions of the extra meridians in
Chinese Medicine
1. Study of the Dumai : name, pathways, nature and
function. Relation with the organs and other meridians. Survey of its
pathological patterns and of its points.
2. Study of the Renmai : name, pathways, nature and
function. . Relation with the organs and other meridians.Survey of the
pathological patterns of Renmai and of
its points.
3.Study of the Chongmai : name, pathways, nature
and function. The “making” of the Chongmai or how did it appear in Chinese
medicine. Survey of its pathological patterns. Relation with the organs and
other meridians.
4.Study of the Daimai: name, pathways, nature and
function. Survey of its pathological patterns. Relation with the organs and
other meridians.
5.Study of the yin and yang Qiaomai: name, pathways,
nature and function. Survey of its pathological patterns. Relation with the
organs and other meridians.
6. Study of the yin and yang Weimai: name, pathways,
nature and function. Survey of its pathological patterns. Relation with the
organs and other meridians.
7.Study of a choice of points related to the extra
meridians, either “master point” or points on Dumai or Renmai.
STUDY
OF POINTS ON THE RENMAI ON THE LOWER
ABDOMEN
This
lecture looks at the Chinese names of points, using the Chinese characters to
reach a deeper understanding of the point's function within the energetic
framework of the body. Blending the rich poetic quality of the point names with
their practical application, it will present an in-depth study of points from
research into both the classical and modern literature. It will include for
each point a description in the medical texts (Jiayijing and Neijing in
particular), classical use of the point names, relationship with other points,
therapeutic indications and common combinations given in some Classics.
Sunday: The Extraordinary Fu
Besides the
Five zang and Six fu which form the Twelve viscera in charge of the organism,
there is a series of Six functions, called the Six extraordinary Fu (qi heng zhi fu).They consist of
the brain, bone marrow, bones, the vital circiulations (mai), the gallbladder and uterus. They
resemble the zang organs because they
carefully store the essences in different forms but they are called "fu". Nevertheless their are among
the most important and vital functions in the body. They work with the essences
in a remarkable succession to produce and develop a being, then to maintain its
life and finally to ensure its reproduction.
Each of these
functions will be studied in itself and to reveal its connection to the group
of the Six extraordinary fu.
A special study will be made of the brain, not only as
sea of marrow, but also as the place where the essences of the kidneys and the
spiritual brightness join together to allow the best possible relationship
between the sense organs and the heart. The brain is also crossed by numerous
meridians, ordinary and extraordinary, whose functions are related to those of
the brain and which bring to it the best of the clear yang.
The presentations are
entirely based on classical Chinese texts of medicine, directly translated and
explained. The key characters are
analyzed and their meaning made clear. The relevance with the
clinical application is showed regularly.
Presentation of zang and fu organs, and the differences between them.
Why to have
"extra" fu ?
The meaning of the
Chinese expression qi heng,
translated as "extraordinary". Relation with the extraordinary (qi) meridians.
The 6 extra fu as a
group. General characteristics. Their
relation with the development, maintenance and reproduction of life.
The brain as related
to the yin, the flluids, the essences (jing)
and the kidneys. Relation with the origin. The brain as related to the yang,
the meridians and other ciculations. Relation with teh clear yang and the sense
organs. The brain as related to the heart/mind, the spirits and consciousness.
Relation with the liver. Some examples of pathologies of the brain.
Bone and marrow as a
yin yang couple linked to the kidneys and expressing the water qi in the
building of the body and maintenance of its strenght.
Bone and marrow as
related to the uprightness of the body and to the mobility, the muscular
movements, the liver blood. Some examples of pathology.
Vital circulation (mai) as the network regulating the
flowing of the blood, and as the pulses, the beating of life. Relation with the
kidneys and origin of life.
Relation of the mai
with the blood and the heart/mind, and with the spirits and the consciousness.
Relation with the nutrition (ying)
and the defence (wei).
The gallbladder as
associated to the liver and the wood qi; to the essences (jing), the water and the kidneys; to the ministerial fire of
Mingmen; to the Shaoyang.
The gallbladder as
associated to the working of the heart/mind and the psychological balance. Some
examples of pathology.
The gallbladader and
uterus as representative of the male and female reproductive organs. General
conclusion.
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