Instructor(s): David Toone Register for full Diplomate of Canonical Chinese Medicine® program at https://www.canonicalchinesemedicine.org/

Chinese herb actions are by no means arbitrary. The actions are rooted in the tastes and nature of the herbs as described in the materia medica classics and as proofed by centuries of clinical application. When herb classics like the Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica recorded these basic qualities; and theoretical classics like the Yellow Emperor’s Internal Canon instructed on their therapeutic indication and application, they came to clinical maturation in medical manuals like the Treatise on Cold Damage... Learn More

REGISTRATION Early Bird/Diplomate Rate: Register Before April 1st, 2026 (this price ends on 04/01/26 for regular students. But this price stays the same for Diplomates) Module 1 – Canonical Foundations 30-31 May 26 – 5 Flavours - (live in-person, Marseille) 11-12 July 26 – Physiology - (live in-person, Marseille) 12-13 September 26 – 19 Lines - (live webinar, online) 17-18 October 26 – Inner Circle - (live webinar, online) 5-6 December 26 – Outer Circle 1 - (live in-person, Marseille) 16-17 January 27 – Outer Circle 2 (live webinar, online)

When reading the ancient classics of Chinese medicine, it becomes strangely apparent that of all the organs discussed, the small intestine has not received much attention. One can but wonder as to the reasons for this... Learn More

REGISTRATION Early Bird/Diplomate Rate: Register Before April 1st, 2026 (this price ends on 04/01/26 for regular students. But this price stays the same for Diplomates)  

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... Learn More

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... Learn More

The Treatise on Cold Damage shanghan lun and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet jingui yaolue are considered the ancestral books on formulaic science in Chinese medicine... Learn More

The Treatise on Cold Damage shanghan lun and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet jingui yaolue are considered the ancestral books on formulaic science in Chinese medicine... Learn More