Caring for Pregnant, Birthing and New Mothers with Classical Chinese Medicine with Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac. and Joan Green, LM

31 CEU's
5 class series May 1st to June 10th, 2016

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Description    
  
          This series of five classes is devoted to the study of obstetrics within the supportive frame of classical Chinese medicine. Through the study of the early Chinese canons of medicine, emerges a clinical system which has a lot to offer as an adjunct to the primary care of pregnant women. While it in no way replaces care by a midwife or an obstetrician, Chinese medicine offers some very real, safe and gentle therapeutic solutions in a field of medicine where they are very needed due to the delicate nature of the growing baby. This series is an exploration of our role in obstetrics, as modern practitioners of classical Chinese medicine working together with midwife or doctor to achieve the ultimate outcome: a healthy baby and a healthy mother. 

                 All the Chinese medicine classes will be taught by Genevieve Le Goff out of the great canons of classical Chinese literature: the Shang Han Za Bing Lun, The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, the Tang Ye Jing, the Classic of Childbirth from Mawangdui... artfully weaving a thematic presentation with text analysis. We have the great luck and asset to have Joan Green teach the western obstetrics class; through the lens of the midwifery model of care, Joan will teach fetal development, lab tests, birth and complications. By bringing together ancient Chinese knowledge and modern obstetrical knowledge, this course will leave students feeling confident about safely and effectively assisting and enhancing the primary care of pregnant and birthing mothers.


Schedule:

Class 1: Classical Physiology of Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum 
An in-depth study of the 10 lunar months of gestation, birth and postpartum. We will study physiological principles from the Tai Chan Shu (Classic of Childbirth), Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue, and Nei Jing.
05/01/16 9:30AM-4:30PM, 6 CEU's
Taught by Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac. 

Class 2: Divine Alchemy: Safe and Effective Classical Herbal Formulation for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum
This class is an exposition of the cosmic art of effective formula making. We will apply this to pregnancy, learning how to to use insights from the Tang Ye Jing, Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, Shan Han Za Bing Lun and Tai Chan Shu to make safe and effective formulae for mothers.
05/15/16 9:30AM-4:30PM, 6 CEU's
Taught by Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac. 

Class 3:  Basic Pregnancy and Birth from a Midwifery Perspective
05/22/16, 9:00AM-5:00PM, 7 CEU's
Taught by Joan Green, LM 
This will be an overview of normal pregnancy and birth from conception to 6 weeks postpartum.  This presentation will include normal fetal development, and normal physiological changes in the mother.  Also included will be standard laboratory work and available genetic testing.  Each trimester of the pregnancy will be covered.  Several complications will be discussed. Normal labor and birth will be presented and the first several weeks of life for the newborn is included.  This course is designed for acupuncturist and acupuncture students interested in working with pregnant and newly post partum women.


Class 4: Herbal Treatment of Common Ailments of Pregnancy
This class will cover differential diagnosis and possible classical herbal treatments for the common ailments of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, ranging from beign ones such as morning sickness, fatigue, and constipation, to severe problems such as pre-eclampsia, threatened miscarriage, failure to thrive etc.
06/05/16, 9:30AM-4:30PM, 6 CEU's
Taught by Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac. 

Class 5: 50 Cases Studies
50 case studies from Genevieve's practice, all involving formulae from the Shan Han Za Bing Lun and the Qian Jin Fang. Vivid birth stories included!
06/12/16, 9:30AM-4:30PM, 6 CEU's
Taught by Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac. 
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About Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac.

    Genevieve Le Goff, L.Ac., is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist. She practices an ancient form of Chinese medicine that has its roots in the Classical Era of Chinese history (Han dynasty and prior). She specializes in applying classical Chinese medicine to pregnancy and birthing in partnership with several local midwives.
    After graduating from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Environmental Studies & Ecology, and the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences with a MS in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Genevieve received special training in midwifery and gynecology, as well as extensive post-graduate training in Classical Herbal Formulation from the Institute of Classics in East-Asian Medicine. This formulation system is in the lineage of Tian He Ming, who practiced in the tradition of Zhang Zhong Jing's Shang Han Za Bing Lun. She is constantly engaged in research and study to further her ability to help her patients, and is now pursuing a second post-graduate degree at the Hunyuan Institute. She also directs a State accredited Continuing Education Program for licensed acupuncturists, bringing prominent scholars, sinologists and clinicians to the Bay Area to teach seminars.
    Genevieve Le Goff is the mother of two wonderful girls, both born at home. 

​About Joan Green, LM

          Joan Green has attended over a thousand births as the primary midwife and has been practicing woman-centered midwifery care since 1984.
          She received her training at the Maternity Center in El Paso, Texas. She had a home childbirth practice in El Paso after completing her training. She then went on to teach and attend births for many years at Maternidad La Luz, renowned midwifery school and free standing birth center. She has been living and practicing midwifery in Marin and Sonoma Counties for the last 17 years. She was the co-founding midwife for Circle of Life Midwifery Center in Fairfax and now practices as Heart Wisdom Midwifery. She served for more than 5 years on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Midwives and also completed two terms as Vice President for the Midwives Alliance of North America.

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