CLASS DESCRIPTION:
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This seminar will present the 6 conformations from the perspective of the Fire Spirit School. The Fire Spirit School (Huo Shen Pai) is famed for its amazing efficacy and supreme mastery of herbal methods, and in particular the subtle use of aconite. They excelled in 6 conformation diagnosis and in the application of Shang Han Za Bing Lun formulae. Fire Spirit School sage Zheng Qinan discussed Zhang Zhong Jing's theories in terms of the circulation of Fire and Water, interacting in various proportions depending on the conformation: Tai Yang, Yang Ming, Shao Yang, Tai Yin, Shao Yin or Jue Jin disease. It can even be said that the entire Shang Han Za Bing Lun is about the relationship of Fire and Water! This perspective is in fact not a novelty of the Fire Spirit School, but rather an expression of their rich understanding of classical physiology, deeply influenced by Yi Jing and Nei Jing theories, and the architecture of classical formulae, as they were used by Zhang Zhong Jing in the Shang Han Za Bing Lun. This class strives to present this clinical framework in a clear and applicable way, in the idea that practitioners will gain proficiency and confidence in prescribing herbs with great precision.

We will explore each conformation in relation to time, physiology, pathology, symptoms, pulse, and for each review or discover the main patterns and formulae. The Fire School perspective truly allows a very clear understanding of the classical pathophysiology,  which translates to right treatment. The objective is that each practitioner leave with a deep and thorough sense of correspondence between symptoms, pulses and diagnosis on the one hand, and the composition of formulae on the other hand. Our seminar will include training on the safe and appropriate use of fu zi, which is one the great legacies of the Fire Spirit School.
Please see detailed class outline below! For more about Genevieve Le Goff, please see here.

LOGISTICS:

14 CEUs (pending, CAB provider #1005) / 14 PDAs (pending, NCCAOM provider #1134)
Location: live Zoom webinar (recording available the next day and for 3 months). If you are not able to come to the live class, you can register and watch the recording.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, December 9-10th, 2023, 9 am - 5 pm PST (Pacific time) each day
Cost:

• Regular $420
• Early bird (sign up before November 16th): $375
• Sign up with a friend: $350

Cancellation policy: Full refund if cancelled within 24 hours of sign up. 50% refund if cancelled within a week of sign up. No refunds will be given afterwards.


DETAILED OUTLINE:

Saturday:
9:00 am - 10:00 am PST
Introduction to the Shang Han Za Bing Lun and the Fire Spirit Schools
The relationship between Fire and Water
The 6 conformations in resolution time and pathological orders, Fire storage
10:00 am - 11:00 am PST
Introduction to passage from one conformation to the next and transmutation of disease
Shaoyin-Taiyang axis
Taiyin - Shaoyang axis
​Yangming -Jueyin axis
11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
Flavors theory
Formula architecture

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PST: lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST: Taiyang
Ying-Wei disharmony, the deeper meaning of wind strike/zhong feng, Warming the Dawn
Cold damage/shang han 
Green Dragon Formulae
Case studies
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST
Predominant yang deficiency patterns - what is cold damage?
Predominant fluid deficiency patterns: the necessity of yin for the circulation of yang
Taiyang bladder patterns
Taiyang-taiyin patterns
Case studies
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST: Yangming
White Tiger patterns
Yangming fu
Yangming-jueyin patterns (pericardium, jueyin transmission)
The importance of Yangming in women's health: special applications for  gynecology and obstetrics 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST
Case studies
Questions and Answers

Sunday:
9:00 am - 10:00 am PST: Shaoyang
Yangming and shaoyang in close relation
Ministerial fire circulation
Chai hu patterns and their modifications
Huang Qin patterns
Bai Shao patterns: the taiyin/shaoyang relationship
10:00 am - 10:30 am PST
Case studies
10:30 am - 11:30 am PST: Taiyin
Nutritive deficiency patterns, the close relationship between taiyin and yangming
Cold patterns
Mixed cold and dry patterns, glomus patterns
11:30 am - 12:00 pm PST
Case Studies

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST: Shaoyin
The submersion of Fire into the Waters of the north
The safe and effective use of aconite, contraindications
Advanced use of aconite with patterns of obstruction of heat symptoms
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST
Shaoyin yang xu patterns
Water overtaking Fire patterns
Dragon rising with water and shaoyin/jueyin relationship
Case studies
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST
Shaoyin desiccated patterns, the Red Bird of the south formulae
Case studies
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST: Jueyin
The multiplicity of jueyin disease and its implications on the whole body
Jueyin blood patterns
Zang dryness
Zang cold
Reversal, veiling, internal wind
Case studies
Questions and answers

​For questions and information, please email us!

Thank you for registering! We are looking forward to seeing you!