Utrecht - The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas
2023-05-27 - 2023-05-28 | ICEAM Utrecht, Onderdoor 5, 3995 DW, Houten, Netherlands
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Brisbane (Webinar) - Nineteen Lines on Pathology
2023-06-02 - 2023-06-04 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
Webinar details
This will be a live and interactive Webinar
Dates: June 2nd – June 4th 2023
Times: 4pm – 8:30pm Brisbane Australia time
Lecturer: Laurie Ayres
Early bird pricing: AUD$770 (ends 26th May 2023)
Full price: AUD$880
Webinar description
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.

Online (US) - The Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue Part One
2023-06-24 - 2023-06-25 | Hybrid Training Series (US), 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 these two weekends, 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.

Online (Europe) - Nineteen Lines on Pathology
2023-07-01 - 2023-07-02 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Online (US) – Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue, Part Two
2023-07-29 - 2023-07-30 | Hybrid Training Series (US), United States

Shang Han Lun Series - The Energetics of the Five Flavors and Canonical Formulas (Webinar)
2023-08-11 - 2023-08-13 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
Webinar details:
Dates: August 11-13th 2023 (Friday to Sunday)
Tinmes: 4pm – 8.30pm
Venue: Live and interactive webinar via Zoom Platform
Cost: AUD$770 (includes GST) for early bird discount ends August 4th 2023. Full price AUD$880
Lecturer: Laurie Ayres
Description:
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. From the architecture of the classical herbal formulas documented in the latter, we can observe how it is consistent with its theoretical predecessors.
The contemporary application of Chinese medicinals though, nowadays relies almost exclusively on the allopathic action an herb possesses. These actions may be superficially explained by the herb’s flavor and nature, but in many scenarios, even the best contemporary herbalist cannot explain ‘why’ many an herb does what it does or why a certain herb is applied in the stead of another. Only when one takes the understanding of the subject back to the original energetics, can one gain insight into the infinite knowledge of materia medica and increase clinical effectiveness.
This course is intended to explore the profound mechanisms behind the workings of the most commonly used herbs. First there will be an in-depth explanation of the physiology of the flavors, followed by an explanation of their many pathological aspects. In the second part of the lecture, an detailed description will be given of the most common herbs’ mechanism of action through an elaborate five phase model.
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.

Online (Europe) - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Inner Circle
2023-08-26 - 2023-08-27 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Online (US) – Diseases of the Jingui Yaolue, Part Three
2023-09-09 - 2023-09-10 | Hybrid Training Series (US), 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.

Online (Europe) - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part One
2023-10-07 - 2023-10-08 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands

Brisbane (Webinar) - The Physiology & Pathology of the Water Element, & the Treatment of Urinary Diseases
2023-10-13 - 2023-10-15 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
Webinar details
This will be a live and interactive Webinar
Dates: October 13th – 15th, 2023
Times: 4pm – 8:30pm Brisbane Australia time. 2 hours of lectures with a 30 minute break followed by another 2 hours of lectures.
Lecturer: Laurie Ayres
Early bird pricing: AUD$770 (includes GST) (ends October 6th, 2023)
Full price: AUD$880
Venue format: Live and interactive webinar held over three days. If you miss one of the three days you can receive that one as a recording which has a time limit on it.
Webinar description
This lecture will outline the physiology, pathology & treatment of the water element & urinary pathology.
We will establish the key herb methods & formula structures for the restoration of water & urinary physiology, define clear diagnostic differentiation of specific formulas & modifications, & outline a clear methodical approach to the treatment of numerous diseases of the water element & urinary system including both acute & chronic recurrent UTI’s/cystitis, acute & chronic kidney failure & under-functioning pathologies, & oedema.

Brisbane (Webinar) - Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Inner Circle
2023-10-20 - 2023-10-22 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
Webinar details
This will be a live and interactive Webinar
Dates: October 20th – 22nd, 2023
Times: 4pm – 8:30pm Brisbane Australia time
Lecturer: Tyler Rowe
Early bird pricing: AUD$770 (includes GST) (ends October 13th, 2023)
Full price: AUD$880
Webinar description
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.
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. The books written in Han dynasty (approx. 200 CE) by Zhang Zhongjing are the foundation of Chinese herbal medicine and the first clinical handbooks in the history of human medicine.
Canonical herbal medicine is practiced according the rules of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic huangdi neijing, the Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica Classic shennong bencao jing and the Yiyin Decoction Classic yiyin tangye jing. They still function to this day as the foundation of all herbal formulas. It is widely considered that every herbal prescription to date can be traced back to its roots in one of these classics. As such, the importance of these single herb ingredients and the formulaic science of these prescriptions are to this day unrivalled.
Zhang Zhongjing did not use large amounts of different ingredients but rather employed a core selection of very simple and plain herbs, combined with the greatest scientific perfection to design the most efficacious and safe herbal prescriptions existing. The herbs used were all based on profound insights into the nature of our cosmos and showed explicit and implicit correlations with both nature and the universe. Both single herbs and formulas were seen as stars and constellations in an imaginary firmament and were often even named as such, thus producing the famous names of prescriptions such as the Black Warrior Decoction, or the Blue-green Dragon Decoction, to name but a few.
This is the authoritative introduction to the inner circle of Zhang Zhongjing’s herbal world and introduces the participant to the core cabinet of the archetypical twenty-five single herbs and their representative prescriptions. The herbs and prescriptions will be introduced in a format of canonical monographs presenting much more than the conventional pieces of information of actions and indications. A monograph will instruct on the symbolism and star constellations related to the herb, the signature of the plant, its qi and flavors and their respective density, movement directionality and organ and channel affinity, herb actions and dosages, possible acupuncture point equivalents, disease indications and lastly representative formulas with their common modifications.
Sources referenced include the commanding Han dynasty Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica shennong bencao jing, the Jin dynasty Records by Famous Physicians mingyi bielu, and Japanese Shanghan Lun and Kampo master Yoshimasu Todo’s Herb Types yakucho, to name but a few.
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.

Chicago – Tian-Lineage Jingui Yaolue Pulse Diagnosis
2023-10-21 - 2023-10-22 | 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.

2023 Shanghan Lun Lines Transmission Retreat in Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2023-11-17 - 2023-11-26 | ICEAM Byron Bay, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, New South Wales, 2481, Australia
Due to continued covid-related travel restrictions on travelers entering Australia we have been forced to postpone the SHL Lines Retreat one more time. The new dates will now be November 17 – 26, 2023. We will stay at the same venue, and all other arrangements such as catering (lunch and coffee breaks) will remain the same. If you are ok with these new dates, there is nothing you need to do. If you wish to cancel your attendance, and process your refund, please contact Arnaud at aversluys@iceam.org. In case you wish to, or have already applied some of your Lines Retreat tuition towards the Yunqi Seminar with Tyler and Arnaud in October, you will receive a final invoice for the remainder of the Retreat tuition via Paypal. We sincerely hope you can make it!

Tuition details:
Early-Bird Price: US $2,755 Tuition + US $498.83 Catering= US $3,273.83 (pay before July 31, 2023)
Full Price: US $3,300 + US $498.83 catering= US $3,798.83

Event Details:
The Shanghan Lun Lines Retreat concludes your many years study of the Shanghan Lun based on the Tian Family tradition. We will study each line of the text with a detailed commentary and discussion by your instructor Arnaud Versluys, PhD. The instruction is based on Dr. Versluys’ almost two decades of research of the Shanghan Lun–he will quote extensively from late lineage holder Zheng Guanglu’s personal notes on the Shanghan Lun.
This is a rare opportunity that should not be missed, especially considering that this event only visits each continent every 6 years. Furthermore, considering Dr. Versluys’ recent announcement to pause lecturing and focus on writing, this will be your last chance for a long time. The seminar is only open to Diplomates.

Schedule:
The seminar consists of 6 hours of seminars, for ten days straight, totaling 60 hours of professional development. The seminar schedule is as following;

9am-12pm: lecture
12pm- 3pm: long lunch break
3pm- 6pm: lecture

Venue:
This year’s retreat will be held in beautiful Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. The venue will be:
Byron Theatre and Community Centre
69 Jonson Street,
Byron Bay, New South Wales 2481
Australia
We have chosen to not organize group lodging to allow students to book their own accommodations in Byron Bay or environs, based on personal preference. Your tuition includes tea and coffee breaks, as well as buffet lunch every day at the center. You are responsible for your own breakfast and dinner.
Cancel before 7/31/2023: full refund, minus US $250 administrative fee
Cancel before 9/22/2022: 50% refund
Cancel after 10/22/2022: no refund
If cancelled by ICEAM: full refund

Online (Europe) - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part Two
2023-11-25 - 2023-11-26 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands

Atlanta - Jingui Yaolue Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2023-12-09 - 2023-12-10 | ICEAM Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 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.
Venue still to be determined!

Online (US) - Tian-Zeng Lineage Jingui Yaolue Case Studies and Clinical Strategies
2024-01-13 - 2024-01-14 | Hybrid Training Series (US), 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.

Online (Brisbane) - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part One
2024-02-02 - 2024-02-04 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
DETAILS
Note: This webinar will be held live on Zoom
Instructor: Laurie Ayres
Start: February 2, 2024
End: February 4, 2024
Times: 5 – 9:30pm Brisbane Australia time zone each day
Pricing: AUD 895
Pricing (early bird): AUD 795 – ends January 12th, 2024!
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.
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. The books written in Han dynasty (approx. 200 CE) by Zhang Zhongjing are the foundation of Chinese herbal medicine and the first clinical handbooks in the history of human medicine.
Canonical herbal medicine is practiced according the rules of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic huangdi neijing, the Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica Classic shennong bencao jing and the Yiyin Decoction Classic yiyin tangye jing. They still function to this day as the foundation of all herbal formulas. It is widely considered that every herbal prescription to date can be traced back to its roots in one of these classics. As such, the importance of these single herb ingredients and the formulaic science of these prescriptions are to this day unrivalled.
Zhang Zhongjing did not use large amounts of different ingredients but rather employed a core selection of very simple and plain herbs, combined with the greatest scientific perfection to design the most efficacious and safe herbal prescriptions existing. The herbs used were all based on profound insights into the nature of our cosmos and showed explicit and implicit correlations with both nature and the universe. Both single herbs and formulas were seen as stars and constellations at an imaginary firmament and were often even named as such, thus producing the famous names of prescriptions such as the Black Warrior Decoction, or the Blue-green Dragon Decoction, to name but a few.
Sources referenced include the commanding Han dynasty Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica shennong bencao jing, the Jin dynasty Records by Famous Physicians mingyi bielu, and Japanese Shanghan Lun and Kampo master Yoshimasu Todo’s Herb Types yakucho, to name but a few.
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 instructs 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.

Utrecht - Tian-Lineage Shanghan Lun Pulse Diagnosis
2024-03-02 - 2024-03-03 | ICEAM Utrecht, Onderdoor 5, 3995 DW, Houten, Netherlands
The Treatise on Cold Damage shanghan lun is the oldest surviving clinical handbook in the history of Chinese medicine. Written by Eastern Han dynasty (circa 200 CE) imperial envoy Zhang Zhongjing, it is an integral part of his collective writings once labeled the Treatise on Cold Damage and Complex Diseases shanghan zabing lun. But the contents of the Shanghan Lun as we know it in current day is far from complete. The present versions studied in Chinese medical schools as well as in the West, do not include the original first three chapters of Rules for Pulse Differentiation bianmai fa, Rules on Pulse Assessment pingmai fa and Cold Damage Outline shanghan li. Regardless whatever motivation was behind the historical deletions of these passages, of the aforementioned chapters, the chapters on pulse instructions are crucial for anyone desiring to fully grasp Zhang Zhongjing’s clinical instructions. Especially since the pulse patterns maizheng form the core diagnostic parameters in the establishment of the formula patterns fangzheng by which the canonical clinician categorizes disease and therapy.
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Online (Brisbane) - The Herb and Formula Archetypes: The Outer Circle, Part Two
2024-03-22 - 2024-03-24 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
DETAILS
Note: This webinar will be held live on Zoom
Instructor: Jean-Paul Staats
Start: March 22, 2024
End: March 24, 2024
Times: 4 – 8:30pm Brisbane Australia time zone each day
Pricing: AUD 895
Pricing (early bird): AUD 795 – ends March 8th, 2024!
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.
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. The books written in Han dynasty (approx. 200 CE) by Zhang Zhongjing are the foundation of Chinese herbal medicine and the first clinical handbooks in the history of human medicine.
Canonical herbal medicine is practiced according the rules of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic huangdi neijing, the Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica Classic shennong bencao jing and the Yiyin Decoction Classic yiyin tangye jing. They still function to this day as the foundation of all herbal formulas. It is widely considered that every herbal prescription to date can be traced back to its roots in one of these classics. As such, the importance of these single herb ingredients and the formulaic science of these prescriptions are to this day unrivalled.
Zhang Zhongjing did not use large amounts of different ingredients but rather employed a core selection of very simple and plain herbs, combined with the greatest scientific perfection to design the most efficacious and safe herbal prescriptions existing. The herbs used were all based on profound insights into the nature of our cosmos and showed explicit and implicit correlations with both nature and the universe. Both single herbs and formulas were seen as stars and constellations at an imaginary firmament and were often even named as such, thus producing the famous names of prescriptions such as the Black Warrior Decoction, or the Blue-green Dragon Decoction, to name but a few.
Sources referenced include the commanding Han dynasty Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica shennong bencao jing, the Jin dynasty Records by Famous Physicians mingyi bielu, and Japanese Shanghan Lun and Kampo master Yoshimasu Todo’s Herb Types yakucho, to name but a few.
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. This course continues instruction of 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.

Gdansk Clinical Training Day (4/9)
2024-04-09 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | ICEAM Gdansk
Name: Gdansk Clinical Training Day
Dates: April 9th 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Central European time
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact dszymula@gdansk.iceam.org to register.

Gdansk Clinical Training Day (9/24)
2024-04-09 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | ICEAM Gdansk
Name: Gdansk Clinical Training Day
Dates: September 24rd 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Central European time
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact dszymula@gdansk.iceam.org to register.

Gdansk Clinical Training Day (4/10)
2024-04-10 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | ICEAM Gdansk
Name: Gdansk Clinical Training Day
Dates: April 10th 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Central European time
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact dszymula@gdansk.iceam.org to register.

Utrecht - Shanghan Lun Abdominal Diagnosis Fukushin
2024-04-20 | ICEAM Utrecht, Onderdoor 5, 3995 DW, Houten, Netherlands
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Online (Brisbane) - Shanghan Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns
2024-05-17 - 2024-05-19 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
DETAILS
Note: This webinar will be held live on Zoom
Instructor: Tyler Rowe
Start: May 17, 2024
End: May 19, 2024
Times: 4 – 8:30pm Brisbane Australia time zone each day
Pricing: USD 600
Pricing (early bird): USD 540 – ends April 26th, 2024!
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.
The differentiation system and consequent text is outlined along a grid of six channels or confirmations. This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding into the nature of six confirmation pathologies as well as their systematic treatment. The introduction will present the book and its author in the social and geo-political setting of the Eastern Han dynasty. The concept of Cold Damage shanghan will be explained from the Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor huangdi neijing and the Classic of Difficulties nanjing perspective as a class of externally triggered illnesses of potentially contagious and lethal nature.
The second part of the instruction will focus on providing clear insight in the core physiological functioning of the confirmations. Various models from the Neijing will be used to analyze and explain the physiology and consequent pathology of the six conformations.
Following, the instruction will focus on the understanding of the conformation pathologies at hand. Insight will be acquired into the sequential time-based nature of the confirmation pathologies and their passage patterns including pathological progression and therapeutic regression possibilities.
The remainder focuses on the core conformation pathologies. First we will study the standard or straight-up zheng patterns of all six conformations. The collective of these patterns forms the complete outline of the Shanghan Lun and its system of six conformation differentiation. The yang conformation patterns will be presented categorized as surface patterns biaozheng, conformation or channel patterns jingzheng and bowel or internal hollow organ patterns fuzheng along with their standard treatment scenarios as embodied by the archetypical formulas. The straight-up yin conformation patterns will be categorized according the nature of their presentation. The aforementioned patterns will be taught in the form of formula patterns tangzheng which will correspond to the pulse patterns maizheng as taught in the pulse weekend and the abdominal patterns fuzheng as taught in the abdominal diagnosis weekend. Each pattern will be presented from the perspective of its hallmark symptoms.
Lastly, the combined diseases hebing and co-existing patterns jianzheng, often identified as diseases due to mistreatment huaibing will be presented. Regardless of how the illnesses came about, the combined diseases will be categorized as yang conformation combined patterns, yin conformation combined patterns, and lastly yin-yang conformation combined patterns. In total, the sixty core conformation patterns, both simplex and complex, of the whole Shanghan Lun will be covered.

Online (Europe) - Shanghan Zabing Lun Formula Families
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-02 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands
The Shanghan Zabing Lun or the Treatise on Cold Damage and Complex Diseases is considered the forefather of all formula books. The original work was lost to the tooth of time, but most of its contents are preserved in two extant works called the Treatise on Cold Damage shanghan lun and the Concise Essentials of the Golden Cabinet jingui yaolue. The first work primarily addresses externally triggered disorders while the latter work describes the pathology and treatment of complex diseases generated internally. The herbal prescriptions or formulas recorded in this work form the basis for the practice of Chinese herbal medicine. And only in-depth understanding of the architecture of these formulas will ensure their effective and safe use in clinic. Furthermore, only an encompassing insight in the inter-connectedness of the formulas and their modular nature will allow a practitioner to expand on their clinical application ion modern clinic settings. As such, when studying these formulas, it is imperative to cross-reference the aforementioned two works because only cross-reference will allow the practitioner to see the greater picture and reveal the full application context of a prescription. Since complex diseases are often compounded versions of simplex conformation illnesses, Jingui formulas are often hybrid modifications of the Shanghan formulas and vice-versa. The course will instruct on the architecture of the classical herbal formulas of the Shanghan Lun and the Jingui Yaolue in cross-reference, demonstrating how they relate to each other and illustrating the full breadth of their clinical indications. The Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue formulas are related like family members and their architectural characteristics will be taught in a modular pedigree fashion. As a starting point, the formulas will be categorized in formula families which will show their mutual relationships. The very concept of formula families was introduced by Zhang Zhongjing in the taiyin chapter of the Shanghan Lun, and was greatly expanded upon by two Qing dynasty Shanghan Lun specialists and commentators, Xu Lingtai in China and Todo Yoshimasu of Japan.
Practically the course will provide an in-depth discussion on a core selection of formulas, including both formulas for external invasion, as well as internal damage, all categorized along core formula families. The familial affinity of formulas revolves around shared herb methods. Herb methods represent the full spectrum functions of an herb in different formulaic contexts. The course will instruct on the formula families of some of the most central herbs methods of the Zhang Zhongjing universe. The families are: Guizhi family, Mahuang Family, Fuling family, Shigao Family, Dahuang Family, Huanglian Family, Chaihu Family, Ganjiang Family, Renshen Family, Banxia Family, Fuzi Family, Shengdihuang Family, and the Danggui Family, etc. These are the very herb methods whose diagnostic parameters were taught in the pulse and abdomen seminars. In total around 200+ prescriptions will be discussed, which is approximately 60% of the Zhang Zhongjing formula collective.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

Online (Europe) - Shanghan Lun Canonical Formula Modification System
2024-07-06 - 2024-07-07 | Hybrid Training Series (EU), Netherlands
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.
To sign up, email ldewit@utrecht.iceam.org

San Diego Clinical Training Day (7/7)
2024-07-07 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | ICEAM San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Name: San Diego Clinical Training Day
Dates: July 7th 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Pacific Time
Instructor: Stephen Bonzak
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact bvallarta@sandiego.iceam.org to register.

San Diego Clinical Training Day (7/8)
2024-07-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | ICEAM San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Name: San Diego Clinical Training Day
Dates: July 8th 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Pacific Time
Instructor: Stephen Bonzak
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact bvallarta@sandiego.iceam.org to register.

Brisbane - Tian-Lineage Shanghan Lun Pulse Diagnosis
2024-07-20 - 2024-07-21 | ICEAM Brisbane, 23 Victoria St., Clayfield, Queensland, 4011, Australia
DETAILS
Instructor: Laurie Ayres
Start: July 20, 2024
End: July 21, 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Brisbane Australia time zone each day
Location: 23 Victoria St, Clayfield, Queensland, Australia
Pricing: USD 700
Pricing (early bird): USD 630 – ends June 29th, 2024!
The Treatise on Cold Damage shanghan lun is the oldest surviving clinical handbook in the history of Chinese medicine. Written by Eastern Han dynasty (circa 200 CE) imperial envoy Zhang Zhongjing, it is an integral part of his collective writings once labeled the Treatise on Cold Damage and Complex Diseases shanghan zabing lun. But the contents of the Shanghan Lun as we know it in current day is far from complete. The present versions studied in Chinese medical schools as well as in the West, do not include the original first three chapters of Rules for Pulse Differentiation bianmai fa, Rules on Pulse Assessment pingmai fa and Cold Damage Outline shanghan li. Regardless whatever motivation was behind the historical deletions of these passages, of the aforementioned chapters, the chapters on pulse instructions are crucial for anyone desiring to fully grasp Zhang Zhongjing’s clinical instructions. Especially since the pulse patterns maizheng form the core diagnostic parameters in the establishment of the formula patterns fangzheng by which the canonical clinician categorizes disease and therapy.
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.

Chicago Clinical Training Day (7/28)
2024-07-28 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | ICEAM Chicago, 65 E. Wacker Pl., Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Name: Chicago Clinical Training Day
Dates: July 28th 2024
Times: 9am – 5pm Central Time
Instructor: Stephen Bonzak
Summary: Observe an ICEAM clinical supervisor take pulses and write formulas in clinic. Limited to 15 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.
Please contact sbonzak@chicago.iceam.org to register.
