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Wiser; and Combining Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience for Peak States, along with many other lectures and workshops. Chinese medicine luminaries who were at the fi rst Symposium in 1989—Ted Kaptchuk, Kiiko Mat- Dear Colleagues, sumoto, Subhuti Dharmananda, Whitfi eld Reaves, and s part of our 30th anniversary celebration of Misha Cohen—will be there. They’ll be joined by our Pacifi c Symposium, we want to take Chinese newest generation of brilliant presenters: Drew Pier- A medicine continuing education one step further. son, Sarica Cernohous, David Bomzon, Chad Conner, In addition to speakers who will address the treatment Guohui Liu, and Andrew and JulieAnn Nugent-Head. of commonly and uncommonly seen disorders, we have Rounding out this stellar faculty will be ten other pe- asked many of our presenters to tackle the challenge rennial favorites. Our keynote presenter is Paul Chek, of “peak performance,” i.e., how Chinese medicine can founder of the C.H.E.K Institute and an embodiment help healthy patients achieve lofty goals, athletic perfor- of our peak performance theme. Chek is the author mance, and ensure optimal health and extended “health of an amazing array of 60 DVDs and 17 advanced- span.” After all, the best medicine prevents illness and level home study courses designed for the fi tness and helps patients (should we call them patients if they’re clinical professional. He will also present an in-depth not sick?) get the most from their precious lifetime. We two-day, pre-symposium workshop. Whether you join hope you enjoy such topics as The Golden Elixir of Lon- us for a day or the whole week, we look forward to gevity and Immortality; Herbs and Nutrients for Athletic celebrating our 30th anniversary with you. OM Performance; Wu Wei Zi: Fruit for Peak Performance; Creating Exceptional Treatment Experiences; Yangsheng Jack Miller, Teachings on Living Longer, Healthier, Happier, and President of Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine

Grains: Friend or Foe? INSIDE THIS ISSUE.... PAID PRSRT STD PRSRT U.S. POSTAGE Bolingbrook, IL PERMIT NO.932 3 Ask the Herbalist: How By SARICA CERNOHOUS, LAc Do You Treat Sinus and Respiratory Allergies?

3 The Rosen Method hile speaking at the harm that comes from too much— 4 Postpartum Care: The Bridge National Association of too much food, too much refi nement that Sustains and Supports W Nutrition Professionals’ of ingredients, eating too frequently, Us as Our Families Grow annual conference recently, between consuming too much of the same sessions I enjoyed a quick visit with kinds of foods. 5 When The Root is Sound, another participant, a nutrition pro- One of the biggest players in The Branch Will Prosper: fessional born and raised in Taiwan this modern-day issue deeply af- Balance Your Microbiome and of Chinese ancestry, who relo- fecting human vitality is the “cheap for a Sound Root cated to California a few years ago. and easy” grain-based food culture, 6 Pain Free – A Revolutionary I asked her who her nutrition clients comprised of foods that are the base Method for Stopping Chronic had been in Taiwan. With a wry grin, of most Westerner’s diets—and it is Pain by Pete Egoscue her reply was “only ex-pats”, not- not only an issue in the West any- ing that many of the native Taiwan- more. As our lifestyle and culture has 10 The Transformative Power of Deep, Slow Breathing ese were incredulous that someone spread around the globe, this mod- could even have a career in nutrition; ern-day issue is touching down ev- 11 A Personal Story about in fact, a question she was asked by erywhere and, as happens when we Yamamoto New locals was, “What do you mean peo- pinpoint a supposed culprit, grain Scalp Acupuncture ple need help with their food? Do consumption has been slandered 12 What’s In a Name? they need help with actually eating, among the health-conscious as a key getting the food to their mouths?” player for many ills from leaky gut to 13 The Chinese Wellness Yang I think this short conversation cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer’s, Sheng-Based Health Care points to a very unique concern, one and even cancer. System: An Inspiring Solution that could be deemed an issue of liv- How is it that something as to Health and Economic ing a privileged existence. In many seemingly innocuous as eating grains Crisis in America modern, Westernized societies, we has become such a polarizing topic? 16 TCMCeuticals® Clinical- are so very fortunate to have such an From the low-carb revolution to the Based TCM Formulas: abundance of foods available to us, Paleo wave, from the Atkin’s Diet to An Interview with something unheard of even a century the gluten-free frenzy, and now the Dr. Jipu “Dan” Wen, ago in the West; food that is avail- keto craze, grains have been pillo- Founder of TCMzone able inexpensively, regularly. In turn we have created a culture around the continued on page 9 17 Pacifi c Symposium 2018 7445 Mission Valley Rd., Suite 105 Rd., Valley 7445 Mission 92108 CA San Diego, cCollege.edu www.Pacifi 800-729-0941

Ask the Herbalist: How Do You Treat Sinus and Respiratory Allergies?

By ANDREW GAEDDERT, RH

ell us about some of the al- What typical allergy symptoms do lergy clients who have been you have success treating? T helped with Chinese herbs. Many symptoms of allergic rhinitis When I was going over my files include itching of the nose, roof of in preparation for my class on al- the mouth, and eyes; sneezing; exces- lergies and Chinese herbs, three sive mucus; and frontal headache. We cases really stood out. There was a have had success reversing sinusitis gentleman who didn’t want to take and helping clients with have allergic any allopathic medicines. He was asthma who sought to reduce their suffering constantly, so most days, use of pharmaceutical medicines, es- just about every hour, he was having pecially steroids and inhalers. significant allergy symptoms. He fol- Cause of allergy according to TCM lowed the allergy protocol and the Allergic symptoms are related to Digestive Clearing Diet1 I developed, wind in Chinese medicine. In order and within two weeks his condi- for wind to invade, defensive energy, tion totally turned around. The next wei qi, must be weak. case was a gentleman who was on a It is our experience that almost combination of Flonase®, two anti- all clients with allergic rhinitis have histamines, NasalCrom®, and steroid spleen qi deficiency. Spleen deficien- eye drops, and he was still having cy can cause phlegm, including deep symptoms, which is why he came to lying phlegm. In American patients, me. He simply followed the protocol experienced sweating, dizziness, and parent labeling. An overdose of spleen qi deficiency can be caused and a no-alcohol diet and within a racing heartbeat. As a precaution, ephedrine can lead to unpleasant by poor diet, excessive work, over- days his symptoms were eliminated. the patient drove to an urgent care symptoms such as anxiety, restless- worry, or Western medicine side ef- The final case involves a practitioner clinic, where he was stabilized. The ness, tremor, insomnia, dizziness, fects. In this context, poor diet means who used to exclusively use Asian herbs were analyzed and found to difficulties in breathing, excessive too much sugar, sweets, alcohol, and patent medicines, typically what is have ephedra, which is currently sweating, delirium, convulsions, and allergens (particularly dairy prod- seen on the shelves of apothecar- banned in the USA. The practitio- others. A couple of the most danger- ucts). It is said in TCM that the lungs ies in Chinatown. He recommended ner decided to use Chinese herbal ous overdose symptoms are height- are a “delicate viscus”. This means an allergy relief formula to a patient formulas made in the USA due to ened blood pressure and irregular who, after taking his first dosage, improved quality controls and trans- heartbeat. continued on page 5

The Rosen Method

By KIERA NAGLE, MA, LMT

he client lies prone, on a soft have unconsciously molded into a warm table, in a comfortably character armor over the years. The T lit room. The practitioner asks invitation to bring awareness to it is permission to begin, and places her often the first step to allowing oneself hands in passive touch on the client’s to release it, and to notice what it back, ever so gently and thoughtfully. feels like to experience that release in There is the breath, one, and then the body. Clients may feel that to have another. With each exhale, the client attention drawn to their body’s work, softens into the practitioner’s hands, their breath, their struggle and their which remain stable on the back, strength, can be extremely cathartic. vibrant with her own breath and ener- Perhaps they have not experienced gy, receptive to the minute changes in this since they were held in their the client’s response. The practitioner mother’s arms. Perhaps they have may acknowledge verbally, “I feel the never experienced this. Either way, it work your body is doing here. The is needed. The client may not know it great work of holding yourself up.” is needed until it is experienced. The response from the client may be The Rosen Method, as this prac- varied, but often, deeper breathing, a tice is called, evolved through the sigh, a gasp at being acknowledged work of Marion Rosen, (1914-2012), in this way. Perhaps tears. Perhaps a German-American physiotherapist. words: “I work so hard. I carry so or fixer, but from their commitment The dynamic is set for being held and Marion grew up in Germany in the much. I’m tired…” In this practice, the to just being, being-with the client, supported, and often, the client is able tumultuous 1920s. She was a dancer tone is caring, but not overwhelming- not only “holding space” to repeat an to let go and melt into that opportuni- and loved movement. After an acci- ly so. The practitioner exhibits a genu- overused phrase, but “holding” the cli- ty. They find themselves able to take dent, her mother was treated by Lucy ine care, one that’s not coming from ent. The energy is warm, comforting. deeper breaths. They may be able to The talk is quiet, slow, low in tone. release muscular tension which they their ego in their role as care-taker continued on page 8

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 3 Postpartum Care: The Bridge that Sustains and Supports Us as Our Families Grow

By AMY E. MAGER, DACM, LAc

ostpartum, that most magical and get more rest. There are some food. If you eat something warm, and sometimes overwhelming women who do bounce back FOR EVERY DAY you are putting money in the bank. P time right after giving birth, quickly, but that is not a realistic * This is why soup is always served can be as pregnant with excitement goal for everyone; we come to birth A WOMAN DOESN’T first in Chinese restaurants; when as birth itself. Postpartum is with our own histories and our own you eat something warm first, you celebrated, cherished, and protected needs, and out of it with our own TAKE CARE OF HER- aid your digestion. For the same around the world. In China, India, unique experiences. This is a sacred SELF IN THE FIRST TWO reason, Chinese salads are marinated; and the Philippines, new mothers are time to be gentle with yourself and marinating any food in vinegar warms cooked for, cared for, and nourished listen to your needs as well as those WEEKS POSTPARTUM, its nature. Warm or room-temperature by mothers, mothers-in-law, and of your precious one. she adds a month to her foods aid in postpartum recovery. other family members.1 When women bleed and give Know how foods affect you and make In our “advanced” industrial birth, they lose heat and essence, also postpartum recovery choices that are healing for you. society, this often does not happen. known as jing or life energy. Dur- Seemingly small things become Extended family is frequently not ing the postpartum period, we need very important postpartum. Make around, so the new mother is left to focus on getting and maintaining colicky if you eat broccoli, cauliflower, sure you are drinking enough to fend for herself and her baby. In warmth. In most parts of the world, spinach, kale, beans, or uncooked water. Every time you nurse, drink my practice, women often express “mother roasting” fulfills this need onions. Some babies don't like soy an eight-ounce glass of water. Ask feeling the societal expectation to by deeply warming the mother after and some don't tolerate dairy, but your partner (or an older child who be “super mom”. In this impossible birth. In the Philippines and India, this is only temporary; as your baby wants to help) to keep a full glass situation, the new mom will that might mean filling a pit with grows, he or she will tolerate many or pitcher always within reach when somehow manage to nurse while rocks, building a fire in the pit, then different kinds of foods. Ask the you are breastfeeding. keeping her house immaculate and layering moss and other material over friends who bring meals to plan only Remember, a new mother has do craft projects with older kids, the fire, over which the mother then a short visit because you may need to just completed her own personal while also keeping to the theoretical lays. In China and the U.S., acupunc- rest. Some find it helpful to have a list physical, emotional, and psychologi- family schedule developed before ture and moxibustion treatments (a of tasks on the fridge that would be cal marathon, and will have her hands the new addition. Some have worked Chinese medical technique to gener- helpful to any visitors. full recovering from birth, learning to until the birth and don't realize ate a deep, healing heat) are ideal, If you notice an increase in lo- breastfeed, and meeting a tiny new how changes like recovering from hot water bottles sufficing if moxa is chia (afterbirth flow) after resuming person’s many needs. Take good care the birth and sleepless nights can unavailable. Immediately or as soon more activity, remember to slow of yourself: it’s an investment in your drastically affect one's activities. as possible postpartum, moxibus- down! If you heed this first sign of future, your family’s future, the hap- These prevailing attitudes leave tion treatments (and acupuncture and doing too much, your body won’t piness of your family, and in model- postpartum women feeling the herbal medicine, if appropriate) speed have to give you another one—your ing self-care for your children. When pressure to continuously do more. the involution (return to normal size) bleeding will slow down again. Pro- Mom is happy and healthy, everything This is a time, however, when of the uterus, promoting and building gressive signs can include fatigue, flows more easily. The well-known the utmost priority is integrating your energy so that you are available insomnia, and mastitis. “Mastitis is a corollary is that “when mama ain’t 2 the gift of new life into one's to yourself and your loved ones. breast infection, and you get it from happy, ain’t nobody happy”. growing family, not maintaining the Use local resources to line doing too much,” said Dr. Raven Chinese herbal medicine, acu- previous status quo of individual up support in advance for doula Lang in many patient rooms. Your puncture, and chiropractic care are in- family needs without sacrifice. It services, breastfeeding assistance, breasts are your barometer. Mastitis valuable for postpartum recovery and can be overwhelming to take care postpartum help, and a meal train. is uncomfortable, debilitating, and helping you regain the vital energy of yourself, the new baby, and Take a breastfeeding class before requires a timely recovery. Some you expend nursing, nurturing, and sometimes even other children—not your baby is born. Consider attend- women describe it as feeling like a caring for your loved ones. Investing to mention household labor! So how ing a La Leche League meeting. Seek war is going on inside their bodies. in and caring for your new family will do we, as women and mothers, make out a nursing pillow that supports This is avoidable! allow you to engage in the all-impor- a smooth transition from life before the baby and brings a newborn to Make choices that support you tant task of baby-gazing. OM the baby to the hectic, vulnerable the perfect height for nursing. We al- to stay warm and healthy. Let help- state of postpartum? ways want to bring our babies to the ers help. “Thank you” is a crucial REFERENECES “For every day a woman doesn't breast rather than the breast to the phrase postpartum, especially for take care of herself in the first two baby. Nursing stools align your body women who do too much. Whether 1 Lim, R. (1992) After the Baby’s Birth…A Woman’s Way to Wellness: A Complete weeks postpartum, she adds a month and raise your knees, making it easi- it’s shopping, doing dishes, laundry, Guide for Postpartum Women. Emeryville, to her postpartum recovery.” Dr. er to be in the best position to nurse. or reading a story to an older sibling, CA: Ten Speed Press. Raven Lang, my teacher, midwife for Remember: good habits and good get the support you need after birth. 2 Lang, R.(1972) Birth Book. Santa Cruz, CA: twenty years, and an acupuncturist, positioning in the beginning will help The now famous author and televi- Self Published. shared this sage wisdom with both you and your baby establish a sion personality Dr. Penelope Leach patients and with me. Just yesterday, successful breastfeeding relationship. learned this the hard way. After her AMY E. MAGER is a licensed acupunctur- I was working with a new mom who Find a group or store to try on differ- first birth, her mother-in-law came ist and practitioner of Chinese herbal medi- felt relatively well. Wanting to do ent options for wearing your baby to to care of her, but what happened cine who has been working with women, everything she had done before the see if a sling, wrap, or structured car- instead was her mother-in-law tak- mothers, and families for over 27 years. She baby was born, however, she chose rier works best for you. ing care of her baby while Dr. Leach was a breastfeeding peer counselor for the Hampshire County WIC for eleven years, not to rest while her two-week- For friends who want to help, let scrubbed the floor. She was left ex- and through this program became a certi- old baby was sleeping. We spoke them cook meals for you either to hausted, ill, and unable to do what fied lactation counselor. She serves as sec- of the importance of doing less be eaten right away or frozen until she really wanted: to take care of and retary of the Acupuncture Society of Massa- and being more. When we worked you need them. Please ask those bond with her new baby. chusetts and as vice chair of the American together, she checked in with her who make meals to bring them in Food choices are integral to Society of Acupuncturists. Amy lives in the body and realized that she had been recyclable containers and not their maintaining warmth. If your body is Pioneer Valley with her husband and main editor, Dan Garfield, DC, and their six chil- undergoing unnoticed changes—a favorite ceramic piece that Aunt an ATM, eating anything cold is an dren. You can also hear her on WHMP with message from her body that she Sally gave them for their wedding. automatic withdrawal of energy. Your Bob Flaherty on “Healing Outside the Box, needed to give herself more attention Remember that some babies do get body has to use energy to digest the Inside the Heart”.

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that lungs are particularly vulnerable allergic rhinitis, which is why these ners have concluded that sinusitis is cal drugs used in the treatment of to allergens and pathogens. When protocols are so important. There often preceded by rhinitis and rare- autoimmune diseases can increase the lung organ system is weak, it fails is also perennial allergic rhinitis. ly occurs without recurrent rhinitis. hypersensitivity. to direct energy downward. If the For my patients who suffer allergy The symptoms of nasal obstruction The side effects of antihistamine lungs fail to descend fluids, they may symptoms 24/7, they can have sensi- and discharge and loss of smell drugs, which many of our clients have accumulate, transforming into damp- tivity to pet hair, mold, houseplants, occur in both disorders. CT scans tried, include dry mouth, drowsiness, ness and phlegm. carpeting, and upholstery, and it validate these findings. Therefore, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, rest- Sneezing, nasal discharge and seems that air pollution such as auto it is important that we treat on the lessness or moodiness, trouble urinat- congestion are examples of counter- exhaust can also aggravate allergic basis of traditional Chinese medi- ing, blurred vision, and confusion. flow lung qi. Thus, the treatment for rhinitis. It is surprising to me how cine; again, because for many years most clients in USA with allergic rhi- many people live with cats when the Western concept was to look What is the allergic load? nitis is to tonify the lungs and spleen, they are allergic to them. One of at these conditions separately, and Allergic load means there is dry dampness, circulate blood, and my herb teachers taught class in his now we know they’re very linked, a pileup of allergens, just like a eliminate wind. Other diagnoses we house where he lived with his wife which is entirely consistent with pileup on the freeway, that typi- occasionally see in Western allergic and three cats. Both the herb teach- the principles of traditional Chinese cally causes the major symptoms, rhinitis clients are kidney yang defi- er and I were allergic to the cats, medicine. and so we need to remove some ciency and liver stagnation. so I always had to take anti-allergy of the burden placed on the im- herbs before going there. The herb Can drugs contribute to allergy mune system by reducing the aller- Could you describe allergy in teacher had built up his immune symptoms? gic burden. How can we eliminate greater detail? system with herbal formulas, so he Drugs can cause allergic rhinitis; the allergic burden? One aspect is In biomedicine, allergic rhinitis didn’t have to take seasonal herbs the overuse of decongestant sprays industrial chemicals; for instance, occurs when the body’s immune routinely as long as the cats did not can worsen the problem, as well there was a man we weren’t able to system over-responds to specific sleep in the bedroom. as oral contraceptives, hormone help. It turned out that his rhinitis non-infectious particles like plant replacement therapy, anti-anxiety and sinusitis were actually caused pollens, molds, dust mites, animal What is the link between sinusitis drugs, some antidepressants, and by a gas leak, so we always want to hair, industrial chemicals, foods, and rhinitis? drugs used to treat erectile dysfunc- make sure we are ruling out chemi- medicine, and insect venom. Sea- The new term for sinusitis is tion. Some blood pressure medica- cal exposure and pollutants. Pollens, sonal allergic rhinitis, sometimes rhino-sinusitis, because in the West- tions such as beta blockers and molds, dust mites, animal hair, and called hay fever, typically occurs in ern clinic, it has been observed that vasodilators can also cause rhinitis. tobacco smoke, including second- late summer or spring and is basi- most patients start out with rhinitis Of course, cocaine can damage hand smoke, also increase the aller- cally a sensitivity to ragweed not and it may develop into sinusitis. the nasal passages, and estrogen in gic load. hay. About 75 percent of all Ameri- There is definitely a link between women can cause allergic rhinitis. cans have some level of seasonal sinusitis and rhinitis. ENT practitio- Chemotherapy agents and biologi- continued on page 34 When The Root is Sound, The Branch Will Prosper: Balance Your Microbi-

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Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 5 Pain Free – A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by Pete Egoscue

By PETE EGOSCUE

he Egoscue Method is about within a given routine is critical. our bodies—yours and mine. Each therapy session has a given T We are different in height, objective. That objective can only weight, and possibly gender, but our be reached through a properly common possession is the body’s in- designed menu. The exercises ner power to heal itself and be pain must be sequenced such that one free. Being pain-free takes personal exercise prepares the body for effort and commitment, however. It the next and that a successive doesn’t come from a pill bottle, a sur- exercise does not negate a prior geon’s knife, a brace, or specially de- exercise. signed mattresses, chairs, and tools. 3. The exercises are performed for The thousands of men and women The “blueprint” we speak of to the musculoskeletal system. As an average of seven days. At this who visit one of our clinics or affili- is one that is familiar to all health the foundation of the body is shifted point we re-evaluate the client ated therapists in the course of a typ- professionals: the standing normal from its most efficiently-functioning and redesign the routine accord- ical year know it, or they soon find anatomical position. In the sagittal position, the nervous, circulatory, ingly. Often the exercises are of out, and we watch them transform plane, the axis of the hip, knee and respiratory, and digestive systems low demand and as the neuro- their lives as they rediscover the joy ankle joints are directly aligned. The can all be affected. The internal or- muscular efficiency improves, the and health that had seemed lost for- head sits evenly between the shoul- gans can become misarranged or exercises become less effective. ever. While each client is dedicated ders and the hips are level. In the compressed, neural pathways are Therefore, the body must be put to stopping chronic pain in one form coronal plane, the mastoid process disrupted or impinged, and venous under an increased or varied or another, they are all taking the should sit directly over the shoul- and arterial blood flow can be com- demand to adjust to the changes easy way out—the easiest, really. der joint; the shoulder, hip, knee promised. Any one or a combination that have occurred as a result of It does not involve high-tech and ankle joints should be vertically of these scenarios can contribute to a the prior routine, providing the medicine or elaborate physical ther- aligned. In the transverse plane, multitude of medical problems. means to continued progress. apy routines. You won’t need to buy there should be no rotation of the When the Egoscue Method is pre- special equipment or consult cad- torso on a fixed pelvis. There should sented with a symptomatic client, our The Egoscue Method has had res of experts. You will, however, be no rotation of the humerus, fe- initial assessment is markedly different enormous success in helping people discover how the human body is murs, or shank outside what is con- from that of conventional medicine. overcome their physical ailments. It is designed to maintain its own health sidered appropriate in literature. As mentioned previously, the symp- a technique that is attractive to many throughout a long lifetime. Episodes We believe that an individual tom never dictates our approach to people because it is a commonsense of pain are aberrations that can be whose body deviates from this de- therapy, but is instead regarded as a approach to the human body. The easily treated if the body is permit- sign must do so for a reason, which, temporary limitation. The body is a individual can see and feel the physi- ted to do its work. Unfortunately, in cases not involving past trauma, highly integrated structure; in focusing cal changes that take place as a result many of us don’t understand even is a muscular imbalance in strength on one area of pain or abnormality, of their efforts, associated with an in- the most basic features of this mag- and/or flexibility. Standing posture, we ignore the rest of the factors in a creased feeling of confidence that ac- nificent “machine”. for the sake of argument, is a static very large equation. Compensation companies the improved health that he It is important to note that, unless position. It provides essential infor- that results from the individual’s dys- or she is responsible for. Reduced cost treatment addresses underlying mus- mation to the therapist in predicting function can appear as a symptom in and prevention are major concerns of culoskeletal dysfunctions, pain relief what the body will do dynamically. another area of the body. healthcare. This therapy requires no can only be temporary. Nobody wants These predictions can be confirmed The body also has a tremendous special equipment or dependency on to hurt, and nobody should have to, and often reinforced by observing capacity for self-healing. To effectively anyone other than you and, because facilitate that healing, we must first but eliminating the pain symptom is the client’s gait pattern. we do not treat the symptom, but in- Postural changes impact each remove the noxious stimulus that has only the first step. Without taking the stead look to restore optimum function individual in different ways and at disrupted normal function. This is a next one, the muscles will continue to the body, the implications for pre- to tell the bones to move in ways different rates. A person’s age, activ- major premise of the Egoscue Method. vention are obvious. OM that violate the body’s design, and ity level, occupation, and weight are An Egoscue therapist does not the chronic pain will return. The only just some of the factors that help de- administer “hands-on” therapy. PETE EGOSCUE created the Egoscue Meth- The client is instructed in a series product worth investing in is a fully termine where and to what extent a od to provide others with safe, effective, and functional musculoskeletal system. person will be affected anatomically. of personalized exercises and then permanent relief from chronic pain without It’s not a luxury, but a basic necessity The process begins with an altera- expected to continue them on their prescription painkillers or invasive surgery. within everyone’s reach. tion of normal joint mechanics. This own at home. Modifications are read- An anatomical physiologist since 1978, his Our approach to therapeutic alteration, or compensation, leads to ily made whenever necessary. The exercise therapy program is based on the exercise is based on fundamental a decrease in performance, which home program prevents the client belief that most pain is the result of postural imbalances, and that the human body can anatomical, physiological, and bio- can be expressed differently depend- from developing a dependency on heal itself if postural alignment is restored. mechanical principles. By using the ing on the limitations on the client. someone else while pursuing their blueprint of the human body as a These mechanical changes often go own well-being. Instead, they assume As the Father of Postural Therapy, guide, the goal of the Method is to unnoticed as the body unconsciously responsibility for their own health. Pete is acclaimed worldwide for treat- bring about a state of muscular bal- avoids the pain stimulus or the extra The exercises alone are not the ing chronic musculoskeletal pain at- ance and internal homeostasis. It is muscular demand, but eventually sole determining factor in improving tributed to overuse, injury, accidents, aging, and other conditions. He has not a form of treatment that seeks manifest as a variety of pathologies structural/mechanical function. There worked with some of the biggest names short-term, symptomatic relief. A cli- and disorders if allowed to continue. are three primary components: in sports and business and is in demand ent’s symptoms dictate not an instant These can include, but are not lim- 1. The application of specific exer- as a thought-leader and public speaker. formula for treatment, but a begin- ited to, inflammatory responses to cises to a given individual’s dys- ning frame of reference based on overstressed tendons and bursa, non- function. We have a catalog of He is the author of several books, includ- each individual’s unique limitations. congruency of joints surfaces, unequal over 400 different exercises. Only ing Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain, The Egoscue Meth- Our primary objective applies to ev- loading of the intervertebral discs, lax- those exercises that apply to that od of Health Through Motion, Pain Free eryone we treat: to remove the per- ity of ligaments, and muscle pain. individual will be of benefit. Living, Pain Free for Women, and Pain Free son’s structural dysfunction. These problems are not limited 2. The sequencing of the exercises at Your PC.

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Heyer, a massage therapist, who was Rosen Institute was formed. Marion demonstrated the hands-on compo- approaches, as there is a signifi cant married to Dr. Heyer, a psychologist trained practitioners in her method nents of Rosen Method, interacting energetic component to the Rosen and colleague of Carl Jung. In their and created a process for them to be- with the recipient through touch and Method work. For example, the healing community, they became come trainers of others, so the Rosen talk, but also relaying what she was practitioner could incorporate some aware that patients in psychoanalysis Method could be learned and shared sensing in reaction from the client to unstructured movement into their were able to access their subcon- around the world. the others in the room. Even in this getting-prepared moments before scious more readily when they re- In May 2018, Pacifi c College of context, with all eyes on her, the re- working with clients, or suggest the ceived “breath massage” from Lucy Oriental Medicine’s NY Campus host- cipient felt a transformational shift of same for client’s self-care. Practitio- and Marion, and their analytic pro- ed a gathering of fi ve experienced her posture and accessed the emo- ners can all benefi t from, when pos- cesses progressed more quickly. practitioners of Rosen Method Body- tions she was holding in her upper sible, slowing down the process of Of Jewish heritage, Marion had work and Movement for an introduc- body as Ivy worked with her upright the interaction with clients, especially to fl ee Germany at the start of World tory workshop. Those in attendance in a chair. Afterwards, the partici- in New York City, where we are op- War II. She came to California and included Heather Brown, LMT; Eliza- pants asked many questions about erating at warp-speed much of the worked as a physical therapist in beth Smith, RN; Louise Murray, LMT aspects of the Rosen Method, the time. We can all benefi t from better medical settings and in private prac- CPC; Ivy Green, LMT; and Adrienne experiences with clients, the train- awareness and listening. We may be- tice. As she worked with clients, she Stone, PT. Each shared a different ing requirements, and other queries. gin, end, or bookend a session with developed a movement practice for aspect of the practice with students, Words of wisdom were shared by the passive touch, holding without her clients to engage in to extend faculty, and staff. Louise Murray the seasoned practitioners who have movement, so our clients can tune the benefi ts of the physical therapy introduced the group and defi ned each worked with the Rosen Method in to their own holding patterns and work. In the 1950s, Marion began to the Rosen Method. Heather Brown for signifi cant periods of time in vari- rhythms. If emotional release hap- teach the movement classes to mem- spoke about Marion’s personal path ous settings. pens, we can be present for it, and bers of the community, as well as her and development of the method Acupuncturists, nurses, and mas- we can always be ready to refer our patients and other practitioners. through her work in Europe and sage therapists are eligible to train clients to other practitioners when In her years of practice, Marion California. Elizabeth Smith expanded in the Rosen Method as they all what comes up falls outside of our developed an awareness that pa- on how the Rosen Method can be have “license to touch” within their scope of treatment. It is not outside tients who spoke about their emo- used in various practice settings, in- scopes of practice. However, even if of our scope to acknowledge the tions seemed to progress through cluding from her own experience in one does not decide to pursue the hard work of living that our clients physical healing more quickly and hospice care and medical settings, as entirety of this training, we can all are doing, and call their attention came back less often, with fewer well as private massage and PT prac- glean some important elements of to the effects of that work on their complaints. By the 1970s, Marion had tice environments. Adrienne Stone this practice to take into our work in body. We can also acknowledge the developed a curriculum for teaching led the group in a Rosen Method various ways. There are many places joy that comes from relief. We can all her method of working with breath, movement exercise. Ivy Green asked where the Rosen Method overlaps bodywork, and movement, and the for a participant from the group and with Eastern theoretical and practical continued on page 38

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8 SUMMER 2018 Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu GRAINS: FRIEND OR FOE? continued from page 1

ried as food item non grata. How is maintained. The storability of grains it that this staff of life has become so allows them to be socked away, sus- slandered and avoided by many, and taining lives when all other rations with such fervor? have been exhausted. By design, While each of these dietary pre- they are hard and durable. How is it scriptions and practices have their that grains have been instrumental in reasons for grain avoidance, they human nutrition over the millennia can be mostly summed up by one or when there seems to be this conun- more of the following: drum of how we can extract the nu- • Concerns with too rich a source trition from them? will fl ourish under the conditions of SARICA CERNOHOUS is a practitioner of of carbohydrates, straining an When we think of the human de- moderate temperature, carbohydrate acupuncture and Chinese medicine, using already challenged pancreas sign, with well-developed brains sit- availability, and time, eventually giv- Japanese-style methods, LED light therapy, and herbal medicine in her private prac- ting atop rather rudimentary digestive ing way to fermentation. and leading to further cellular tice. She is the author of a book on the inflammation tracts, it isn’t too much to wonder However, using a small amount importance and practical application of • Nutrition which is not in align- how we might properly digest and of a culture “starter”, such as sour- traditional food preparation techniques, ment with our ancestors’ diets, humanize such durable foods, put- dough, will allow for guided fermen- The Funky Kitchen, and its accompanying something that adherents to the ting them to use in our bodies. We tation of the grain. When this method online course, “Fresh, Fun and Flavorful in paleo-style and ketogenic dietary are not equipped with the multiple is undertaken, another benefi t arises: The Funky Kitchen”. Cernohous is also a coach for Metabolic Balance of Germany, principles believe we are not de- stomachs of the cow, with various the benefi cial bacteria and yeasts use from which she has crafted a personalized signed to handle very well, again pH gradients and varieties of bac- and transform much the carbohydrate weight-optimization and lifestyle program, leading to strain on the pancreas teria, nor do we have large, rotund and protein content in the grain, The LAPIS Method. Since 2011 she has and leading to cellular inflamma- bellies like the gorilla, teeming with further enhancing the predigestion, been sharing recipes and health articles tion and all its associated presen- digestive enzymes and plenty of op- transforming the carbohydrate load on her website, NaturallyLivingToday. com. She resides with her family in north- portunity for fermentation of con- of the grain, turning complex carbo- tations (overweight and obesity, ern Arizona. numerous degenerative diseases, sumed cellulose. As research of the hydrates into simpler sugars, carbon from type II diabetes to cardio- human genome and the human bi- dioxide, and acids, and proteins into REFERENCES vascular weaknesses and autoim- ome has revealed, we do have many, amino acids and peptides. In the Antinutrient, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ mune patterns) many inherent bacteria (it is esti- wake of the transformation, benefi - Antinutrient • Concerns with specific compo- mated that the bacteria in our bodies cial bacteria are further propagated, Carmen C., Gyongyi H., Carmen B., Mercedes nents in the grains themselves, actually outnumber our body’s cells creating a probiotic- and enzyme-rich M., Gema A., Mercedes M., Arpad P. & Eva G. (2002). 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Preven- tion of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet to rest the digestive function—in our ditional preparations of grains al- tion of foods, it really is best to make and Lifestyle Changes. In: Jamison DT, snacking society, this is another tre- low a degree of fermentation. With your own. Good soaking, possibly Breman JG, Measham AR, et al., editors. mendous impact, but it will have to organically-grown, non-irradiated with some fermentation over a 12- to- Disease Control Priorities in Developing be a topic for another day.) grains, there is a natural composition 36-hour period, is a simple fi rst step Countries. 2nd edition. Washington (DC): The International Bank for Reconstruc- Grains are foods upon which of benefi cial bacteria on their surface, to enjoying whole, organic grains in tion and Development / The World Bank; entire societies have been built and as well as wild yeasts on the air, that the context of a balanced diet. OM 2006. Chapter 44.

Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 9 The Transformative Power of Deep, Slow Breathing

By PETER DEADMAN

low, deep, lower abdominal “As for the vitality of all WAIJIA AND NEIJIA mood-altering effects due to its rapid breathing, a mainstay of Asian human beings The martial arts, more or less effect on moving qi and blood. Dis- S internal cultivation practices for It inevitably occurs because of synonymous with exercise itself advantages include the risk of acute millennia, is a powerful tool for heal- balanced and aligned breathing. through most of Chinese history, are or chronic injury and other physical ing and transformation. A wide range The reason for its loss often divided into two broad catego- damage due to over-training, the often of emotional and physical problems Is inevitably pleasure and anger, ries: external (waijia) and internal short-term nature of the mood-altering can be helped by slow breathing and worry and anxiety.” (neijia). This distinction dates from and qi and blood moving effects, and it can be easily taught to patients, Original Tao, 4th century BCE1 the 17th century, and although not the fact that it may become increas- both while lying on the couch and hard and fast, can serve as a useful ingly harder to practise as we age. as home practice. For practitioners it This article stems from my grow- guide to understanding body-mind- Internal exercise is more yin. is a pathway to calm, centered, and ing curiosity about why practices breath practices. In the Chinese tradition, it includes intuitive states that can enhance our such as qigong, taiji, and yoga are External exercise is more yang. practices such as qigong, neigong, interactions with patients. For all of so good for us. After all, they are It prioritises aerobic fi tness, muscular taijiquan, baguazhang, yiquan and us, the growing understanding of the barely aerobic, don’t follow con- strength, speed, and agility. Train- xingyiquan. More broadly, it can be physiology behind deep breathing ventional strength training methods, ing may be hard, often to the point said to embrace yoga (sometimes offers a wonderful insight into the and in their original and authentic of profuse sweating and exhaustion. called ‘Brahmin qigong’), Pilates, interplay of yin and yang in every forms at least, may do little for body Its martial application may involve Feldenkreis method and more. The aspect of our lives. This article exam- sculpting or weight loss–all seeming- large and dramatic movements; for advantages of internal exercise in- ines the traditional Chinese medical ly major preoccupations of modern example, the fl ying kicks and punches clude healing, development of core and self-cultivation perspective on exercise. Yet those of us who have a typical of Shaolin styles. Waijia is strength and soft power, fl uid and breathing, describes a simple breath- regular practice know the rich physi- clearly similar to much modern exer- integrated movement, improved bal- ing practice suitable for teaching cal, mental and emotional rewards cise: running, weight training, gym, ance and alignment, minimal risk of to patients, delves into some of the they offer. As is so often the case, high intensity interval training, boxer- injury, mental and emotional devel- burgeoning science behind breath traditional Chinese yin-yang classifi - cise, boot camp workouts, and even opment, and prolonged mood-alter- regulation, and gives an overview cation—in this case of exercise—of- some modern forms of yoga practice. ing effects. It can also be practiced of research on the use of breathing fers useful insight into some of these The advantages of external exercise at any age. Its disadvantages include practice for the treatment of mental questions. include high levels of fi tness and mus- and physical disorders. cular development, as well as reliable continued on page 15

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10 SUMMER 2018 Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu A Personal Story about Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture

By DAVID BOMZON

bout five years ago, I trav- Although the ankle was still a bit eled to Japan to participate blue and bruised, I felt pain in my A in a five-day seminar that left ankle only when it was at certain was to be given Dr. Toshikatsu Ya- angles. I also remember the other mamoto, the developer of Yamamoto participants looking at my ankle and New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA). At being amazed by the outcome of the the time, I was also training to run a treatment and the rapid response of marathon. When training for a mara- my foot and ankle. thon, all workouts are important and During the day, I mentioned to missing one workout might affect my the other participants that I might go participation. for a run the next day. They recom- On the morning of the first day mended that I should not, in order of the seminar, I decided to go for a to rest my ankle. Since my thought 15- kilometer run along the shores was on the marathon, and every and beachfront of Aoshima, the town day that I don’t run would affect the where Dr. Yamamoto has his clinic training, I went for a run the next and seminar. The area is breathtak- day. When I started the run, I felt a ingly beautiful, and I found myself very slight pain which completely concentrating on the landscape: the disappeared when I continued to beautiful views of the water, the run. When I finished the run, I felt waves smashing on the rocks, the no pain at all and I was walking and green palm trees . After about ten running normally, and without pain. kilometers, I was so concentrated on The pain did not return. the views that I did not concentrate I have related my personal ex- on the road’s surface and did not see perience on how YNSA affected me the pothole in the road. I stumbled because I was so amazed with the into the pothole and severely twisted result. This personal experience left my left ankle. It was so severely me with an impression that I can twisted that I fell down, and when I treat any disorder and get fast results tried to get up, I could not stand on using this wonderful method. This my left foot. After about three min- experience also inspired me to dig utes, I tried to stand again but was the past 7 years, is located on the dling this point, I could rotate my deeper into YNSA, to improve my still unable to do so. A minute or so scalp over the temporal muscle, and ankle with no pain and walk with a technique, and to understand how later, I started to walk slowly, limping is a reflection of the whole body. By slight limp. In days to come, I real- YNSA works and what other disor- on one foot, when a thought crossed needling different areas on this so- ized that the cervical region of the I ders it can treat. YNSA was origi- my mind: if I continue to run, the matotope, you affect that area of the somatotope overlaps a point that is nally develop for pain management, pain will go away and the swelling body (see figure). reflected on the gastrocnemius mus- but as the years go by, I see it can will subside. I started to walk slowly, After he needled these points on cle (see figure). I frequently needle be used to treat not only pain but the walk turned into a slow run, and the scalp, he kept on asking me to this point to treat heel spurs, ankle also internal disorders such as those after about ten minutes, the pain slowly move my ankle. I felt that it sprains, and plantar fasciitis. affecting the cardiovascular system, was gone. Thinking back, that was a was moving more easily and it was About two hours after the treat- gastrointestinal system, endocrine dumb thing to do: I should have just less painful. He then needled the H ment, with the needles still in my system, allergies, skin, and others. caught a taxi back to the hotel. basic point and asked me to try to scalp and wrist, the pain in my ankle Over time, I have come to under- When I returned to the hotel and walk on my foot. Although it was became more severe and the inten- stand that the simplicity of the method finished my stretches and showered, painful when I walked, the pain was sity shot up from a VAS scale of 2 to is its greatness. YNSA is a very simple I rested on the bed, waiting to be a bit less and there was some slight about 10. I started to feel that blood method to use and anyone can get picked up for the seminar. When improvement in the angles that I was pumping in my ankle and I had fast results in the clinic with their pa- can turn my ankle. Next, he decided the time came to get up, I looked a throbbing feel in my ankle. The tients. I believe that if more practitio- to try to treat the ankle by working pain was so severe that I decided over my ankle. It was very swollen, ners will use this method then more on my wrist, but this time he used to pull out all the needles because blue, and painful: I could not put patients will benefit from it. any weight on my foot. I hopped on ASP needles and needled the area of I could not take the pain anymore. As for the marathon? I did not one foot down to the taxi, and from my wrist that reflects the area of my As I took out the needles, I felt the run it in the end because life is full of there we were taken to the seminar ankle (very similar to working with pain slowly subside. About three surprises… and there is always next for the first day of training. When the balance method of Dr. Tan). Af- hours later, I suddenly realized that time. OM Dr. Yamamoto saw me, he asked me ter needling this point, my ability to I did not feel any pain in the ankle what happened and I told him the walk improved. and it seemed that the swelling was story. He offered to treat my ankle. I After Dr. Yamamoto needled my reduced. I was amazed by the results DAVID BOMZON is one of the leading was very happy, excited that I would wrist and my scalp (the D and H and overwhelmed by how quickly authorities in Israel on rehabilitative and have the opportunity to be treated by points, and the region of my ankle the swelling went down. integrative acupuncture, specializing in classical Chinese medicine and Yamamoto Yamamoto. According to Dr. Yama- on the I somatotope), he decided to At the end of the day, when we New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA). He is the moto’s diagnosis, he needled the D needle two more points on my scalp: were leaving for dinner, I suddenly founder of the Pnima Center in Haifa, Is- basic point on the left side to affect the first was the I somatotope in the noticed that I was walking with a rael, which has become the leading center the lower part of the body from the area that reflects the cervical spine slight limp. When I looked at my for Chinese medicine in Haifa since its es- diaphragm down to the lower limbs. (this area is located between the ankle, it seemed that there was less tablishment in 2007. Bomzon teaches reha- Then, he needled the I somatotope tragus of the ear and the temporal swelling. I was astonished that this bilitative Chinese medicine and is a senior lecturer in complementary and integrative on the left side in the area that re- mandibular joint). The second point had happened. medicine at Reidman College in Israel. He flects the ankle; the I somatotope he needled was the foot point, which The next day, when I woke up, is involved in clinical research into the ben- was developed from the I point over is located on the zygoma. After nee- I could walk normally with no limp. efits of YNSA in neurological rehabilitation.

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 11 What’s In a Name? The Sweet Dew of Gan Lu Yin

By SUBHUTI DHARMANANDA, PhD, Director of the Institute for Traditional Medicine (ITM), Portland, Oregon

THE FORMULA AND ITS NAME virtue of acting according to the syndromes: yin chen hao and huang of the stomach meridian with fetid an lu yin is a prescription in rule is lost. If the three virtues qin. The Buddhist origin of the term mouth odor and sore throat, mouth the Song Dynasty compila- are not blended in harmony with gan lu has been associated with the and tongue sores, gum atrophy and G tion Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji the six flavors, the three virtues Hindu term amrita, indicating the swollen gums. For any individual Ju Fang, one of the main sources of are lost. The plain flavor is the “drink of the gods,” which is an im- patient, the disorder may reveal itself formulas used in modern practice of essence of all flavors. The salty mortality elixir; in Buddhism it refers through only one or several of these traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). flavor is by nature moist, and it to a special drink consumed before indicators of stomach yin deficiency That text includes many formulas can moisten the muscle and skin. certain rituals. Thus, the name of the with damp-heat. with herb-combining characteristics Thus, when blending flavors one formula, gan lu yin, is a reference to parallel to those found in the Shang should begin with salt. The spicy its remarkable healing qualities, es- THE FORMULA Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue, which flavor is by nature hot, and can pecially as expressed by its balanced Ten herbs are measured in equal are also primary sources of ancient warm the coolness of the internal and careful formulation approach proportions and then ground to TCM prescriptions utilized today. organs. Thus the flavor of pep- along the lines Master Zibo has so powder. Each dose is 6 grams of the The name pers is called spicy. The sour eloquently explained for the manner powder, quickly boiled to make a tea refers to “sweet flavor is by nature cooling, and of preparing food. which is somewhat thick, and drunk dew” (gan = can release the ill effects of the when cooled. The dose may be re- sweet; lu = dew). other flavors. Thus the flavor of SEEMING CONTRADICTION peated two or three times in a day. The herbs are to be made in the form vinegar is called sour. The sweet IN DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC Gan Lu Yin of a quickly-prepared cooling drink flavor is by nature gentle and it CATEGORIES mai men dong + tian men dong (yin), rather than taken as a long- can be gentle on the spleen and Gan lu yin has the functions of shu di + sheng di boiled hot decoction (tang). Gan lu stomach. Thus the flavor of sugar nourishing yin of the organs and shi hu is a term found in Chinese Buddhist is called sweet. The bitter flavor is clearing damp-heat of the affected yin chen hao literature, designating those things by nature cold and it is capable of secondary parts. Since dampness is zhi shi which are exceedingly wonderful, releasing the heat of the internal a type of excess yin, there would huang qin sometimes referring to food and to organs. Thus acridity [a sharp bit- seem to be a contradiction, but this is pi pa ye healing. For example, Master Zibo terness] is called bitter… When simply a case of underlying internal gan cao Zhenke (1543-1603), a monastic Bud- the three virtues are not lacking deficiency giving rise to a manifesta- dhist knowledgeable about traditional and the six flavors are not ab- tion of external excess. The primary YIN NOURISHING PART OF concepts of taste and effect of foods, sent, if such food and drink were strategy is to resolve yin deficiency GAN LU YIN wrote an essay mentioning gan lu smelled by the Buddha or entered of the stomach; but for its intended The formula has five herbs for titled “On the Kitchen,” quoted here the mouth of a monastic, it would action, the herbs also are chosen to nourishing yin and four herbs for at some length as this may have be like smelling sandalwood and replenish the lungs. By nourishing clearing heat. The latter are used es- value beyond the topic under discus- tasting sweet dew. The five inter- the yin of these upper organs, the pecially when heat is associated with sion (1): nal organs will be balanced and formula is directed to alleviating heat dampness; additionally, gan cao is The Buddha said, “the place in the skin smooth and pleasant, the that manifests above the stomach used as a soothing agent that also the temple for preparing offerings body comfortable and the mind and lungs. The patient for which the helps unite the two divergent thera- and food and drink for the Bud- at peace; [the one who consumes formula is well suited presents signs peutic principles. dha, the Dharma, and the Sangha such food and drink will be] ex- of stomach deficiency-fire. That fire [the ‘three jewels’: the Buddha, ternally endowed with physical has combined with the dampness of the teaching of the Buddha, and strength while internally endowed mucous membranes (e.g., throat and the community who follow the with mental vigor. Endowed with mouth) to yield a local damp-heat teaching] is known as the ‘kitchen physical strength, the body is syndrome. of accumulated fragrance’”. But healthy. When the mind is en- The underlying pathogenic fac- if those who prepare food and dowed with vigor, the spirit will tors of yin deficiency and fire may drink do not understand the three be undisturbed. When the body is cause symptoms in the stomach, such virtues or distinguish among the healthy, one can advance toward as recurrent hunger yet difficulty six flavors, and if their three kar- the Way; when the spirit is un- digesting food, but the dominant mas of body, speech, and mind disturbed the wisdom of contem- presentation is experienced as dis- are impure, then the kitchen plation is easy to achieve. When orders of the throat and oral cavity. Mai men dong ought instead to be called the food does not accord with the A common modern indication is “kitchen of accumulated filth”. rule, then the body sickens and stomatitis, an inflammatory process What are the three virtues? They the mind is filled with anxieties. affecting the mucous membranes of are purity, gentleness, and acting When body and mind are racked the mouth and lips; additionally, the in accordance with the rule [of with illness and worry, it is impos- tongue, gums, and throat can be af- ethical compassionate behavior]. sible to progress toward enlight- fected. In the book Chinese-English What are the six flavors? They are enment. This being the case, the Manual of Common Used Prescrip- plain, salty, spicy, sour, sweet, lives and fates of those practicing tions in Traditional Chinese Medicine and bitter. If the food offered to the Way are inextricably linked to (2), the primary indications for the the Buddha and the Sangha is those in the kitchen… formula are: aphthae (mouth and/or impure and consists of meat and tongue ulcerations), foul breath, gin- Tian men dong fish [not vegetarian], then the As can be seen from this ex- givitis and bleeding from the gums, virtue of purity is lost; if it is not planation, gan lu does not refer to dry mouth, and sore throat. As fits The five yin nourishing herbs are fine and pleasing and somewhat sweetness of taste. Indeed, another yin deficiency and damp heat, the an expansion of a well-known and astringent [as opposed to oily and similarly named formula, gan lu xiao tongue appearance is said to be red widely-used pair referred to as “er rich], then the virtue of gentleness du dan (antitoxin pills [valued as] tongue body with yellow and dry fur, dong” (the two “dong” herbs): mai is lost; if it is not made on time, sweet dew), is not at all sweet, but and the pulse is said to be small and men dong plus tian men dong. These not properly made, not prepared rather bitter, sharing in common with rapid. According to the Taiwan Herb- are cooling, yin-nourishing herbs that carefully, and not tasted before it gan lu yin two bitter herbs that pro- al Pharmacopoeia, second edition is offered to the public, then the vide a dramatic effect on damp-heat (3), gan lu yin treats dampness heat continued on page 14

12 SUMMER 2018 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu The Chinese Wellness Yang Sheng-Based Health Care System: An Inspiring Solution to Health and Economic Crisis in America

By ROGER JAHNKE, OMD

YANG SHENG are not typically a part of medical “ he most profound medicine inquiry, but they point to aspects of is produced naturally—in the personal awareness that can lead to T human body—for free!” This healing insights offered by neither phrase, from The Healer Within, is surgery nor pharmaceutical products. the innovative foundation of a very low-cost healthcare system. THE HEALER WITHIN There are many ways to activate, Those trained in Chinese medi- create, and maximize this profound cine know, either overtly or co- internal medicine. By enhancing vertly, that the medicine is in not the wellbeing and function, disease acupuncture needle but the patient. is neutralized or, even better, pre- The job of the provider, whether vented. These methods were fully doctor or practitioner, is not to cure described in the ancient yet practical the disease, but to maximize the tradition of Chinese medicine. The natural healing capacity of the hu- Yellow Emperor and his master phy- man system. sicians compiled an entire book on In a time when we have ample mobilizing the “healer within”: The evidence that nearly every form of Classic of Inner Medicine or Huang disease is preventable, it is fair to say Ti Nei Jing (1). that the key solution to all problems Some of these methods, such as in healthcare and medicine is to fo- acupuncture and massage, require cus on the prevention of preventable treatment from a licensed medical disease. The underlying wellness provider, for which there is a cost. basis which is inherent to Chinese Some of them require the ingestion medicine is rapidly becoming a of nourishing and functional activat- prominent new feature of healthcare ing substances (i.e. herbal medicine), and medicine in many innovative ini- which also have a cost. tiatives, policies, and programs. One set of methods—self-cul- Certainly, the Western conven- tivation practices such as qigong, tional medicine breakthroughs in taiji, and meditation—can be used surgery, pharmacy, and diagnostics at home or in public venues such as tion, which had a false start in the any nation can solve any health crisis are relevant. It is however the “dis- parks, churches, schools, and hospi- 1970s, is now wide awake again. Re- that is due to chronic degenerative covery”, probably better referred to tals for free. cently, the current U.S. president put disease through the application of as the recovery, of behavioral pre- By virtue of this inner healing ca- the words “prevention” and “personal personal practice of qigong and taiji, vention and the healer within that pacity, Asian medicine—both clinical responsibility” into the same phrase as well as yoga and meditation. will leave a prominent mark in the treatment and proactive health protec- and set eight principles of healthcare It is possible for people to curtail medical history of the early years of tion—is a form of wellness-based med- that included “invest in prevention the waste of billions of dollars annu- the 21st century. Awareness of the icine, mobilizing inherent capacity. and wellness” (4). When our society ally. It is a potential bailout. inner medicine, the inherent func- This profound approach to looks for what to actually do about tional elixir, is rapidly infusing into healthcare has a multitude of posi- this, one of the cheapest “programs” MY OWN REVELATION popular culture. tives for personal wellbeing. Why (due to group based implementation) The words of Lao Zi (or Lao Tze) don’t professionals in Asian medical is Asian self-care: qigong and taiji. launched me into Asian medicine FUNCTIONAL MAXIMIZATION: fields like acupuncture, massage, and Buried in the controversial Af- in 1967, in Cincinnati, Ohio. From FOSTER THE RIGHTEOUS herbal medicine make a big deal of fordable Care Act, which was de- Dao De Jing, #10: “Can you cultivate The profound holistic power of low-cost wellness practices such as clared constitutional by a conser- your essential energy and sustain Asian medicine stems from its roots qigong and taiji? The foundational vative Supreme Court Justice, are the suppleness of a newborn with in two wellness principles that con- premise of healing and prevention numerous clauses that incentivize no cares?” To me this is the ultimate ventional Western medicine has ne- in Asian medicine is to activate inner health promotion and disease pre- health/medical insight. Is it possible glected until very recently. The first healing resources through acupunc- vention with financial benefits, and that doctors—of both conventional is the “holistic ideal” of body-mind- ture, herbs, manual therapy and, least even penalties for the neglect of medicine and traditional medicine— spirit. These Three Treasures are al- expensively, qigong, and taiji. Based health promotion. This suggests that should have more questions for ways linked in Chinese medicine, but on the knowledge, wisdom, and ap- the application of qigong and taiji their clients and fewer answers? In in the emerging new conventions of plication of Chinese wellness-based and all of the Asian wellness-oriented my career, this question, and others Western healthcare, they are only just practices, individuals, families, agen- yang sheng practices will have the posed by Lao Zi, form the theoretical becoming linked. cies, institutions, communities, states, support of policy in coming years. and economic basis for the Chinese The second is the “two medicines and even nations can easily prevent wellness-based system of healthcare in one” principle of Chinese medicine. diseases that are widely known to be A BOLD CLAIM and medicine. Later in 1967, I took Shared with Western medicine is the preventable and eliminate unneces- The same mechanism that mobi- my first taiji class, and by 1977, I “attack the disease” model. This is to sary medical costs—now. lizes healing resources through Chi- was opening my clinical practice in kill or modify the pathogen or patho- nese clinical therapeutics can be acti- Columbus, Ohio, a state that only re- genic factors. Both Western and Chi- THE BASIS: QIGONG AND TAIJI vated by average citizens at home for cently embraced licensure. nese medicine have excellent tools for It is widely known that the most no cost, healing themselves for free Another question that comes “attacking the disease” strategies. horrific diseases are preventable as they collaborate with their integra- from the Dao De Jing, #52: “Do you (2,3). The American wellness revolu- tive medical team. The citizens of practice eternity?” Questions like this continued on page 30

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 13 WHAT’S IN A NAME? continued from page 12

are complemented in many formu- designation for it was “sweet combina- lations by a mixture of shu di and tion”, whereby it loses the important sheng di so as to further nourish meaning of sweet dew and the name yin and clear heat. The two “dong” may even deter people who suffer Head Start! are of the lily family, Ophiopogon from the ill effects of eating too much japonicus and Asparagus lucidus sweet foods and beverages. In Chinese (or closely related species of each). Herbal Medicine Formulas and Strate- They have overlapping properties gies (4,5), which is often used as a and when properly prepared they textbook for TCM formula education also have similar appearance, with in the U.S., the formula was not men- a translucent yellowish color (see tioned at all in the fi rst edition, and is page 12). Er dong is mainly used given only a single paragraph of ex- for moistening dryness and clear- planation in the revised edition. When ing heat. Frequently, these herbs are searching online documents, gan lu combined with phlegm-resolving yin is usually mentioned only in pass- and antitussive herbs for condi- ing, such as a formula that might be tions such as dry cough, dry throat, selected for treatment of diabetes, but and dry mouth secondary to lung monographs depicting its nature and yin defi ciency. The key herb direct- use are lacking. ing the action of gan lu yin to the stomach is shi hu, which is derived from numerous Dendrobium species. THE FIVE YIN Since Dendrobium is in the orchid * family, and since orchids are highly NOURISHING HERBS restricted in international trade (due to the endangered status of wild or- are an expansion of a chids), this herb is diffi cult to obtain well-known and wide- outside of China. One of the spe- cies used for shi hu was designated ly-used pair referred to Ephemerantha fi mbriata, which as “er dong” (the two has since been reclassifi ed into the Dendrobium genus (e.g., as D. fi m- “dong” herbs): mai briatum or D. plicatile), but because Full Kit with 387 it has been overlooked among the men dong plus tian restricted items, this species is some- men dong. real herb samples ( 12 binders ) times accessible today. Shu di huang (cooked rehmannia) is one of the herbs considered most broadly use- I propose that one barrier to ele- -or- ful for nourishing yin and blood. vating the status of gan lu yin in mod- ern TCM texts is the unusual therapeu- Just DAMP-HEAT RESOLVING PART tic combination of treating both yin The key herb of this part of the defi ciency and damp heat in roughly the cards formula is yin chen hao, which clears equal measure, a method that is dif- heat and dries damp; it is used to al- fi cult to classify in the modern ap- leviate damp-heat affecting the stom- proach of presenting formulas within a ach/spleen and the liver/gallbladder certain set of established groupings for (one of its better-known applications herbal actions. Further, the therapeu- is treating jaundice). Together with tic method is one not frequently de- zhi shi, yin chen hao clears heat and scribed in the modern TCM literature, stagnation of the stomach/spleen. even for conditions like stomatitis. The two herbs direct the fl ow of qi The English-Chinese Encyclopedia of downward while encouraging clear Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine fl uid (rather than turbid fl uid) to rise volume on otorhinolaryngology (6) up and nourish the chest, neck, and has a section on stomatitis and related head; these herbs settle the fi ery disorders; while there is mention of stomach heat that causes symptoms methods of nourishing yin and purg- in the oral cavity. They are combined ing fi re, the yin-nourishing portion with two ingredients that are espe- of the formulas is always rather small cially valued for clearing heat that is compared to that of gan lu yin. damaging the lungs, huang qin and pi pa ye (eriobotrya, also known as NEW APPLICATIONS OF THE FORMULA loquat); the latter is often used in Herbal prescribers and research- syrups for dry cough and dry throat, ers in Taiwan have found additional considered useful for both stomach value from this formula, especially heat and lung heat. Sheng di huang, for aiding cancer patients and those Mayway’s Herb ID Kit is the perfect study tool for learning dried rehmannia, is used to clear with certain autoimmune disorders. heat, and is especially effective for For example, gan lu yin is employed herbs. Buy ten or more sets and save $20 per kit! heat affecting the upper body. in treatment of liver cancer and one of its mechanisms is proposed to be OBSERVATIONS anti-angiogenesis, that is, having a po- Gan lu yin may get less attention tential benefi t by preventing new vas- than it deserves, especially outside of cularization needed for tumor growth China; currently its broadest use is in (7,8). It is also used as an adjuvant in Taiwan, from which it has come to treating oral cancer, shown to have the West in the form of dried decoc- Real Chinese Medicine Since 1969 tions (granules). The original Western continued on page 38

SUMMER 2018 14 Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF DEEP, SLOW BREATHING continued from page 10

the fact that some styles are very indeed it has been argued that mindful These varied physical and emo- sides and breathe in the same way slow—and therefore frustrating—for movement may reduce uncontrolled tional manifestations of uprising of as described above. Note that lower younger practitioners whose bod- mental wandering more easily than yang can be counteracted by sinking abdominal breathing is often taught ies and minds need more dynamic still meditation5 6 7. The fully present and grounding the lower body and by asking people to rest one hand challenges. Indeed, without combin- mind can explore internally and dwell by breathing slowly and deeply into on their chest and the other on the ing aspects of external exercise, yin in the breath, the whole body, or its the lower abdominal core, keeping lower abdomen. The idea is that the neijia can be an incomplete form particular parts. Alternatively, it can the chest (heart and lungs) empty lower hand, but not the upper hand, of cultivation and may sometimes move out to connect with sky, earth, and quiet. Since inhalation descends should rise during inhalation. This encourage excessive introversion in sun and moon, trees, birds, flowing qi, this can be a tool to counter re- method may be useful when learning those prone to it, which means it water and so on, especially when we bellious lung qi, subdue uprising of lower abdominal breathing, but ex- may need to be practised with cau- practise outdoors. Some qigong styles liver yang, and help lower uncon- panding the lower belly outwards is tion in cases of depression. also incorporate visualisations, repeti- trolled heart fire into the cooling unnecessary and not desirable in the As always, we need to flexibly tion of sounds, healing words and embrace of kidney water, restoring long term. balance yin and yang according to phrases, and so on. yin-yang harmony. Once slow, deep breathing is our age, physical condition, and well established, it can be adapted to health needs. If all our practice is BREATHING THE PRACTICE OF BREATHING different clinical situations. For exam- internal, quiet, and slow, it may be “A day and a night of regulated Lower abdominal breathing can ple, those who suffer from uprising just as imbalanced as if it was all breathing can [reverse] twenty be practiced standing, sitting, or ly- of qi can be encouraged to ‘breathe’ fast, hard, and external. In the taijitu years of chronic illness.” ing down. The standing position is in and out of the soles of the feet. (yin-yang symbol), of course, yin and Yuan Hao, 15th century CE8 described first, but this can be easily Patients can also be encouraged to yang each include a portion of their adapted for sitting and, in the clinic, breathe into the site of disease or complementary opposites. Breathing is unique among auto- lying on the couch whilst needles are discomfort, and to relax and dissolve nomic functions such as the cardiac, retained. the area as they breathe out. Alterna- digestive, and hormonal systems, in tively, they can be asked to breathe that it is both automatic (most of us Standing into the region of the point or points breathe without conscious aware- Standing breathing can be taught being needled, or visualise breath ness or intervention) and at the same to patients for home practice. flowing along specific channels. time can be consciously controlled. In traditional Asian self-cultivation There is a basic qigong stand- THE SCIENCE OF SLOW BREATHING traditions, this ability to consciously ing position: feet shoulder-width A growing and relatively recent What is the essence of neijia? control the breath is used as a pow- apart and parallel, knees relaxed so body of research into the physiology There are three core components erful tool for emotional, mental and the whole pelvic region relaxes and of slow breathing is confirming its of internal exercise, body, breath and physical health, and wellbeing. drops (heavy like a hanging basket). extraordinary physical and emotional mind, corresponding to the ‘three At the same time the chin is slightly health benefits. This section discusses treasures’ (jing-qi-shen)2. While there The Chinese perspective on tucked in and the neck gently length- three aspects, in order of increas- are countless internal practices in breathing ened towards the sky. The shoulder ing importance: (a) nitric oxide and the Asian traditions, they all cultivate “The perfected breathe all the blades separate, rounding and open- nasal breathing; (b) carbon dioxide; these three to varying degrees. In my way to their heels, unlike ordinary ing the upper back, and the arms and (c) the relationship between au- opinion, however, the highest forms folk who breathe only as far as hang loose, either to the sides or in tonomic yin-yang balance, heart rate —at least as far as health, wellbeing, their throats.” front of the body, with ample space variability, vagal tone, and breathing. and the development of wisdom are Zhuangzi, 3rd century BCE in the armpits. The chest hangs ‘emp- Some of the science, especially in (c), concerned—cultivate all three equal- ty like a bell’ so that the heart and may seem a bit daunting, but I be- ly. When body, breath, and mind are Qigong and the internal arts teach lungs are quiet. lieve it is well worth the effort. wrapped up into a seamless whole, long, slow, and deep breathing down Once this posture is established, we enter an optimum physiological into the lower abdomen, a method we can fold one hand over the other (a) Nasal breathing and nitric state and can truly flourish. that is widely taught nowadays to on the navel. Then, inhaling through oxide help manage anxiety, depression, and the nose but imagining we are inhal- “Heaven feeds man with the five BODY AND MIND post-traumatic stress disorder. ing directly into the navel, we slowly qi … The five qi enter through “Once set in motion, the I remember one of my teachers allow the breath to radiate to the the nose and are stored in the whole body is unified and must in China laughingly saying that the lower back (from Mingmen DU-4 heart and in the lung.” be light and filled with spirit” human body has a design fault: it is outwards to Zhishi BL-52), the lower Yellow Emperor’s Internal Clas- Tai Chi Ch’uan Classic, both vertical and alive. Its lively yang sides, and down into the pelvic cav- sic, between 2nd century BCE and 12th-14th centuries BCE3 therefore suffers from a tendency to ity. We aim to breathe around five 2nd century CE9 rise excessively, especially as we age, times a minute: six seconds for inha- Before considering breath in when yin weakens and can no lon- lation and six seconds for exhalation Nitric oxide (not be confused more detail, it is worth briefly reflect- ger hold and counter the predilection (see discussion later in this article). with nitrous oxide) is a colourless gas ing on what cultivation of the body of yang to soar upwards. Physically It is normal to be a little bit air-hun- that acts as a cellular signalling mol- and mind may involve. this can give rise to disorders such as gry, but the breath should never be ecule. Nitric oxide (chemical formula In internal training, body move- dizziness, high blood pressure, head- forced and relaxation is key. NO) is synthesised inside the body in ments and postures are practised slow- ache, migraine and stroke, accompa- If people find this pace challeng- humans and other mammals and also ly and mindfully. They are designed nied by dissociation from the lower ing, it can be speeded up until they elevated by eating NO-rich foods, to develop integrated movement and body, poor balance, weak legs, and get used to it. If they find it difficult especially leafy green vegetables. full body awareness, optimum align- increased risk of falling. On a mental to take the breath down low and Medically, it can be taken in the form ment (top/bottom, left/right, forward/ and emotional level, it can give rise to deep, and feel blocked and con- of nitroglycerin (for angina pectoris backward), balance and rootedness, an unrooted, unstable shen. The result stricted in the chest, the answer is and heart failure10), sildenafil (Viagra) fluid and relaxed lengthening and re- is a tendency to nervousness, anxiety, to relax, to be patient, and above all and similar erectile dysfunction medi- leasing, soft power and core strength. worry, fear, insomnia, a restless mind to practice, for it will become easier cines, and also in the form of NO- Practising faithfully under the guidance and general ungroundedness. with time. enhancing supplements, sometimes of a good teacher will slowly restore In the upper body, emotional taken by athletes and body-builders. fascial/channel elasticity and natural factors or faulty practice can lead to Lying down The principal link between these movement, and promote healthy joints chest breathing, where the upper If you normally leave your pa- varied uses is that NO relaxes smooth and pleasure in the body. chest is lifted and thrust out in the tients lying with needles in, they can muscles fibers, especially in the As far as the mind is concerned, military posture on inhalation. Chest significantly enhance the effects of blood vessels, therefore acting as a the aim is absorption in the pres- breathing increases feelings of stress, treatment with breathing practice. vasodilator—for example, increasing ent moment. This offers many of the raises the centre of gravity, and fur- The patient can lie with their hands 4 plastic brain benefits of meditation ; ther lifts qi to the upper body. folded over the navel or by their continued on page 28

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 15 TCMCeuticals® Clinical-Based TCM Formulas: An Interview with Dr. Jipu “Dan” Wen, Founder of TCMzone

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ennifer Knapp: Hi, Dr. Wen. leading supplier of herbal products Thank you for taking the time for licensed healthcare practitioners. WE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THIS IDEA OF J to talk with me about our new- After almost 20 years as an herbal * est brand of professional herbal products supplier in the U.S., our USING HER VAST CLINICAL EXPERIENCE TREAT- formulas, TCMCeuticals. I’m so ex- products are in top U.S. healthcare cited about this new offering from hospitals and educational institu- ING FERTILITY PATIENTS IN THE U.S., combined TCMzone and would like to share tions serving different types of with her extensive knowledge of Chinese herbs, to some of your insights on this novel practitioners. approach to Traditional Chinese Med- bring herbal usage to a broader audience, allow- icine. Let’s get started. JK: How did this concept of TC- MCeuticals come about and why did ing other practitioners to gain from her ideas and JK: Can you give our readers a you think a new line of condition-spe- using her custom formulations built on years of little background on yourself before cifi c clinical formulas was necessary getting started? for TCMzone? experience to help more patients in the U.S. Dan Wen: I have a bit of an in- DW: TCM plays a very important teresting background. Over the last role in China, Japan, and other Asian several decades, I studied integrative countries, as a mainstream integra- are still considered to be a more mi- who do administer herbs in their medicine in the areas of liver dis- tive medicine in the healthcare sys- nor portion of integrative medicine clinics, we hear such positive feed- ease and G.I. in China, then came to tems. In the U.S. we see acupunc- in the U.S. Many insurance plans back regarding effi cacy, simplicity the U.S. and, moving from medical ture practiced widely and becoming cover acupuncture but none cover of delivery systems, and overall research and integrative medicine, more and more accepted by the Chinese herbal medicine. When we headed TCMzone, LLC to become a public, but traditional Chinese herbs talk with our practitioner customers continued on page 29

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Using key principles of alchemy as expressed via 2:00pm-5:00pm Traditional Nutrition Considerations Personalizing Cannabis Medicine Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture Cultivating the Mind and Emotions physiological regulatory systems and Jungian principles of depth psychology, the for the Modern Patient from a TCM Perspective for Neurological Diseases, Chronic for Health and Wellbeing four functions of consciousness, and assessment of an individual’s life story, CLPA Sarica Cernohous Chad Conner and Acute Pain. Peter Deadman provides an e’ cient means of identifying the etiology behind patient symptoms. David Bomzon and Avi Amir Students of CLPA will learn a structured system of patient assessment progression, awareness training, behavioral change that is highly complementary to acupuncture Creating Exceptional Fatty Liver: An Integrated Getting Back in the Game: A Clinical Perspective theory and practice. You will learn to use CLPA in combination with acupuncture to Treatment Experiences Chinese Medicine Approach Strategies for Recovery from Injury, on Human Performance resolve root causes of psychophysical challenges and facilitate the patient’s ability East Haradin to a Growing Global Epidemic Surgery, and Other Damage Whitfield Reaves to accomplish their stated dream, goal, or objective for healing and life. Misha Cohen Subhuti Dharmananda

Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis Herbs and Nutrients Psyche, Breath, and Sex: The Ladder of the Soul According to Qi Transformation for Athletic Performance Exercises to Optimize in Chinese Medicine Post-Symposium Workshops Theory in the Shang Han Lun and Recovery, Part 2 Treatment Outcomes Ted Kaptchuk Guohui Liu Andrew Gaeddert Felice Dunas Diode Rings: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments for Vascular Introduction to Diode Rings: Disorders by Kiiko Matsumoto Accessible Medical Qigong Treating Hips, Shoulders, Things My Teachers Said: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments for for Patients and Clinicians and the SI Joint Successfully Passing the Torch Musculoskeletal and Vascular Disorders 7 Monday, October 29, 9:00 am-5:00 pm Roger Jahnke Mark Kastner Andy Ellis Kiiko Matsumoto CEU/PDA Vascular system disorders are common, painful, and deadly. As an acupuncturist, it Combining Ancient Wisdom and Wellness vs. Disease: Shonishin, and Other Easy can be di’ cult to deal with these circulatory issues, and often it seems that there Modern Neuroscience for the Clinical Application of the Ways to Treat Children from is little that we can o er besides the usual promise of reducing infl ammation and Implementation and Assessment Shen Nong Ben Cao (SNBC) Birth to Seven Years boosting oxygen circulation in the blood. While that is, in fact, a benefi t itself, the of Peak States JulieAnn Nugent-Head Holly Guzman external manifestations of vascular issues, such as neuropathies and varicose veins, Drew Pierson are often what patients want "fi xed". In addition to the usual root- and condition- specifi c treatments, non-insertive diode rings o er a solution. By painlessly 5:00pm-7:00pm PCOM Doctoral PCOM Alumni and Faculty Reunion delivering microstimulation through the skin (without the use of electricity), they Information Session 6:00pm-7:00pm can reduce infl ammation and increase circulation without needling these delicate Evening Sessions: Returning to the Source: KEYNOTE ADDRESS areas, which are prone to infection. 7:30pm-9:00pm1.5 CEUs 7:30pm-9:00pm A Discussion on the Past, Present & Future of Chinese Medicine Peak Health and Performance: SYMPOSIUM PARTY Z’ev Rosenberg the 4-Doctor Approach Paul Chek Acupuncture Treatment of Joint Dysfunction Made Easy CIRCLE DESIRED GROUP OF DAYS: 2018 PACKAGE PRICES by Whitfi eld Reaves Prices listed here are for registration on DON'T MISS THESE SPECIAL EXHIBITOR PRESENTATIONS PacificSymposium.org. An additional 10% EARLY BY AUG 10 REGULAR AUG 11  OCT 1 LATE + ONSITE AFTER OCT 1 14 Monday and Tuesday, October 29-30, 9:00 am-5:00 pm fee for mail or phone registration. NO CEU CREDITS CEU/PDA Full + 2-Day Pre + 2-Day Post $1050 $1105 $1175 Learn how to integrate Chinese acupuncture practices with an understanding of (Tues-Tues) 57.5 CEUs Friday 10:00 am – 10:45 am 'OUTCH' OINTMENT anatomy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. Each attendee will improve their skills Full + 2-Day Pre + 1-Day Post 11:15 am – 12:00 pm MAYWAY $920 $965 $1030 and gain confi dence in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of many common (Tues-Mon) 50.5 CEUs joint injuries seen in the acupuncture clinic. Treatment of joint pain, injury, and Full + 1-Day Post (Thu-Mon) Saturday 9:00 am – 9:50 am LHASA dysfunction is a daily need in the acupuncture clinic, but e ective treatment includes $670 $705 $750 36.5 CEUs 10:00 am – 10:45 am MIRIDIA TECH more than is typically described in the classic and modern acupuncture texts. A clear Full + 2-Day Pre OR Post (Tues-Sun) OR understanding of anatomy and the movement pattern of the joint results in a better $810 $850 $905 (Thurs-Tue) 43.5 CEUs Sunday 10:00 am – 10:45 am INSTITUTE of CLASSICAL treatment plan and choice of points. Reaves will teach attendees how to e ectively Full (Thurs-Sun), 29.5 CEUs $590 $620 $660 5 ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE use acupuncture, electrical stimulation, and other techniques for common injury 3-Day General Pass $500 $525 $560 sites. The role of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia on the joint will be included, and will lead the practitioner to e ective meridian and point selection. 2-Day General Pass $360 $380 $405 1-Day General Pass $200 $180 $190 Register Early! 1-Day Post, 7 CEUs $220 $195 $205 EXTEND YOUR STAY FOR SPECIAL 2-Day Pre OR Post, 14 CEUs $360 $380 $405 Our Pre and Post-Symposium workshops sell out quickly. INDEPTH STUDY SESSIONS PacificSymposium.org PRESYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM 2018 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 59 CEU s /PDAs ( PENDING APPROVAL ) 2018 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE 59 CEU s/PDAs  PENDING APPROVAL Nine Essential Needling Techniques to Increase NCCAOM PDA Provider #1282 CAB Provider #1205 Clinical E’ cacy by Andrew Nugent-Head

Tuesday/Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday/Tuesday 14 CEU/PDA Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23-24, 9:00 am-5:00 pm 10/23-10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28 10/29-10/30 A needle is not meant to be inserted into a point, but to manipulate the qi of a Early Morning Qigong › (1 CEU per session - NCCAOM limits Qigong PDAs to 4 CEUs) patient. The point is only a location, and its actions only happen reliably with correct manipulation of the needle. Understanding how to change the motion and intensity 7:00am-7:50am The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong of our needling and supporting hands as well as our body weight is critical to moving Bill Helm Bill Helm Bill Helm Bill Helm beyond insertion and hoped-for results. To reliably create warming, cooling, channel traveling, gathering, spreading, fi lling, or emptying sensations in our patients Two-Day Two-Day General Sessions › (1 CEU per speaker/3 per morning) requires knowing how to tangibly manipulate the needle. In this seminar, Andrew Sessions: 14 CEUs Session: 14 CEUs walks through the physical mechanics of each technique as well as demonstrates 9:00am-5:00pm 9:00am-5:00pm 9:00am-9:50am The Golden Elixir of Longevity Herbs and Nutrients Wu Wei Zi: Fruit for Peak Placebo E© ect and Penetrating them on volunteers from the audience to the keep the presentation practical. The and Immortality: The Qigong for Athletic Performance Performance—Modern Discoveries Divine Illumination Nine Essential Needling Techniques covered are Burning Mountain 燒山山火火法, and Taiji Wellness System and Recovery, Part 1 Subhuti Dharmananda Ted Kaptchuk Acupuncture Treatment Nine Essential Roger Jahnke Andrew Gaeddert Cooling Sky 透天涼法, Channel Traveling 行行行經通絡法, Softening/Spreading Needling Techniques Sleep: Ancient Teachings of Joint Dysfunction 散法, Gathering/Consolidating 聚 法, Sparrow Pecking 雀 啄 法, Pulling Out 提 Made Easy to Increase 9:55am-10:45am Creating Exceptional Maintaining Metabolic Balance and Modern Research Traditional Chinese Medicine 氣 法, Pinning In 扣 氣 法, and Awakening the Yuan 醒元法. Clinical EŸ cacy Treatment Experiences with Integrated Chinese Medicine Felice Dunas and Human Performance Whitfield Reaves East Haradin Misha Cohen Whitfield Reaves Andrew Nugent-Head The Fantastic Three: Combining CHEK Life Alchemy 4 Health and Performance: Getting to the 11:15am-12:05pm Classification and Clinical Introduction to Cannabis Medicine Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture, Yangsheng Teachings on Living Longer, Root Cause of Your Patients' Problems by Paul Chek Application for Tai Yin Disease from a TCM Perspective Physical Therapy, and Guided Healthier, Happier, and Wiser Imagery in Stroke Patients One-Day CHEK Life Alchemy in Shang Han Lun Chad Conner Peter Deadman 14 Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23-24, 9:00 am-5:00 pm David Bomzon & Avi Amir Session: 7 CEUs CEU/PDA 4 Health and Performance: Guohui Liu 9:00am-5:00pm Getting to the Root Cause Afternoon Qigong › (1 CEU per session - NCCAOM limits Qigong PDAs to 4 CEUs) Chinese medicine, like alchemy, emerged from observations of the principles and of Your Patients' Problems Diode Rings: Non-Insertive functions of nature. Chek Life Process Alchemy (CLPA) is the product of 32 years Paul Chek 12:15pm-1:05pm The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong The Crane Frolic Qigong Adjunct Treatments of clinical experience and research into body-emotion-mind-soul interrelationships. Robert Nations Robert Nations Robert Nations Robert Nations for Musculoskeletal CLPA will aid acupuncturists and healthcare professionals in understanding and Vascular Disorders key physiological regulatory systems, and how the psyche and body of a patient Afternoon Workshops › (3 CEUs per workshop) Kiiko Matsumoto respond to and mirror each other. Using key principles of alchemy as expressed via 2:00pm-5:00pm Traditional Nutrition Considerations Personalizing Cannabis Medicine Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture Cultivating the Mind and Emotions physiological regulatory systems and Jungian principles of depth psychology, the for the Modern Patient from a TCM Perspective for Neurological Diseases, Chronic for Health and Wellbeing four functions of consciousness, and assessment of an individual’s life story, CLPA Sarica Cernohous Chad Conner and Acute Pain. Peter Deadman provides an e’ cient means of identifying the etiology behind patient symptoms. David Bomzon and Avi Amir Students of CLPA will learn a structured system of patient assessment progression, awareness training, behavioral change that is highly complementary to acupuncture Creating Exceptional Fatty Liver: An Integrated Getting Back in the Game: A Clinical Perspective theory and practice. You will learn to use CLPA in combination with acupuncture to Treatment Experiences Chinese Medicine Approach Strategies for Recovery from Injury, on Human Performance resolve root causes of psychophysical challenges and facilitate the patient’s ability East Haradin to a Growing Global Epidemic Surgery, and Other Damage Whitfield Reaves to accomplish their stated dream, goal, or objective for healing and life. Misha Cohen Subhuti Dharmananda

Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis Herbs and Nutrients Psyche, Breath, and Sex: The Ladder of the Soul According to Qi Transformation for Athletic Performance Exercises to Optimize in Chinese Medicine Post-Symposium Workshops Theory in the Shang Han Lun and Recovery, Part 2 Treatment Outcomes Ted Kaptchuk Guohui Liu Andrew Gaeddert Felice Dunas Diode Rings: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments for Vascular Introduction to Diode Rings: Disorders by Kiiko Matsumoto Accessible Medical Qigong Treating Hips, Shoulders, Things My Teachers Said: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments for for Patients and Clinicians and the SI Joint Successfully Passing the Torch Musculoskeletal and Vascular Disorders 7 Monday, October 29, 9:00 am-5:00 pm Roger Jahnke Mark Kastner Andy Ellis Kiiko Matsumoto CEU/PDA Vascular system disorders are common, painful, and deadly. As an acupuncturist, it Combining Ancient Wisdom and Wellness vs. Disease: Shonishin, and Other Easy can be di’ cult to deal with these circulatory issues, and often it seems that there Modern Neuroscience for the Clinical Application of the Ways to Treat Children from is little that we can o er besides the usual promise of reducing infl ammation and Implementation and Assessment Shen Nong Ben Cao (SNBC) Birth to Seven Years boosting oxygen circulation in the blood. While that is, in fact, a benefi t itself, the of Peak States JulieAnn Nugent-Head Holly Guzman external manifestations of vascular issues, such as neuropathies and varicose veins, Drew Pierson are often what patients want "fi xed". In addition to the usual root- and condition- specifi c treatments, non-insertive diode rings o er a solution. By painlessly 5:00pm-7:00pm PCOM Doctoral PCOM Alumni and Faculty Reunion delivering microstimulation through the skin (without the use of electricity), they Information Session 6:00pm-7:00pm can reduce infl ammation and increase circulation without needling these delicate Evening Sessions: Returning to the Source: KEYNOTE ADDRESS areas, which are prone to infection. 7:30pm-9:00pm1.5 CEUs 7:30pm-9:00pm A Discussion on the Past, Present & Future of Chinese Medicine Peak Health and Performance: SYMPOSIUM PARTY Z’ev Rosenberg the 4-Doctor Approach Paul Chek Acupuncture Treatment of Joint Dysfunction Made Easy CIRCLE DESIRED GROUP OF DAYS: 2018 PACKAGE PRICES by Whitfi eld Reaves Prices listed here are for registration on DON'T MISS THESE SPECIAL EXHIBITOR PRESENTATIONS PacificSymposium.org. An additional 10% EARLY BY AUG 10 REGULAR AUG 11  OCT 1 LATE + ONSITE AFTER OCT 1 14 Monday and Tuesday, October 29-30, 9:00 am-5:00 pm fee for mail or phone registration. NO CEU CREDITS CEU/PDA Full + 2-Day Pre + 2-Day Post $1050 $1105 $1175 Learn how to integrate Chinese acupuncture practices with an understanding of (Tues-Tues) 57.5 CEUs Friday 10:00 am – 10:45 am 'OUTCH' OINTMENT anatomy, orthopedics, and sports medicine. Each attendee will improve their skills Full + 2-Day Pre + 1-Day Post 11:15 am – 12:00 pm MAYWAY $920 $965 $1030 and gain confi dence in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of many common (Tues-Mon) 50.5 CEUs joint injuries seen in the acupuncture clinic. Treatment of joint pain, injury, and Full + 1-Day Post (Thu-Mon) Saturday 9:00 am – 9:50 am LHASA dysfunction is a daily need in the acupuncture clinic, but e ective treatment includes $670 $705 $750 36.5 CEUs 10:00 am – 10:45 am MIRIDIA TECH more than is typically described in the classic and modern acupuncture texts. A clear Full + 2-Day Pre OR Post (Tues-Sun) OR understanding of anatomy and the movement pattern of the joint results in a better $810 $850 $905 (Thurs-Tue) 43.5 CEUs Sunday 10:00 am – 10:45 am INSTITUTE of CLASSICAL treatment plan and choice of points. Reaves will teach attendees how to e ectively Full (Thurs-Sun), 29.5 CEUs $590 $620 $660 5 ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE use acupuncture, electrical stimulation, and other techniques for common injury 3-Day General Pass $500 $525 $560 sites. The role of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia on the joint will be included, and will lead the practitioner to e ective meridian and point selection. 2-Day General Pass $360 $380 $405 1-Day General Pass $200 $180 $190 Register Early! 1-Day Post, 7 CEUs $220 $195 $205 EXTEND YOUR STAY FOR SPECIAL 2-Day Pre OR Post, 14 CEUs $360 $380 $405 Our Pre and Post-Symposium workshops sell out quickly. INDEPTH STUDY SESSIONS PacificSymposium.org DAILY EXERCISE, THURSDAY SUNDAY Creating Exceptional Treatment Experiences by East Haradin Maintaining Metabolic Balance with Integrated Chinese Medicine Treating Hips, Shoulders, and the SI Joint Successfully by Misha Cohen by Mark Kastner 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 The Crane Frolic Qigong by Bill Helm and Robert Nations CEU/PDA 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 Friday, October 26, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 1 CAB Category: 2 Join Dr. East Haradin for this fun and interactive workshop which will explore CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Daily, 7:00-7:50 am and 12:15-1:05 pm specifi c ways you can take your treatments to the next level by providing exceptional The number of people in our society who su“ er with type 2 diabetes, essential This workshop is focused on teaching simple clinical techniques to better understand Hua To was a famous Chinese medical practitioner who created a system of treatment experiences rather than just plain treatments. By doing so you will hypertension, elevated cholesterol, high BMI, abdominal fat, and fat in the liver how to evaluate and treat most shoulder, hip, and SI joint pain. This will include qigong health exercises based upon the movements and spirits of fi ve animals: not only improve patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes, you will have the is increasing exponentially. This is often characterized in Western medicine as specifi c needling and myofascial massage protocols that are easily learned and tiger, crane, deer, bear, and monkey. In the workshop, we will learn the Crane potential to increase the value, and price, of your treatments. Dr. East will share "metabolic syndrome". Chinese medicine, along with other natural approaches, can be immediately implemented into your clinical practice. There will also be a Frolic which emulates the movement patterns of the crane. These movements with you the key components of an exceptional treatment experience, including: (1) can o“ er support for prevention of development of metabolic syndrome as well as demonstration and discussion how to use electro-stimulation in treating these are graceful and fl owing, integrating the breath with stepping and standing A prepared practitioner: ways you can practice mindfulness, prevent burn out and reverse the e“ ects of metabolic syndrome once it has become entrenched. In this disorders. postures. work from your highest potential. (2) Tools, techniques, and adjunctive modalities lecture, metabolic syndrome and Chinese medicine pattern di“ erentiation will be Personalizing Cannabis Medicine from a TCM Perspective you can include in your treatments to make them extraordinary. (3) The use of identifi ed. Practices will be recommended that can help prevent the development of objective measurements. (4) A collective and mindful approach to patient care. the various components of metabolic syndrome as well as treat aspects of metabolic by Chad Conner THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018 Woven into the workshop will be hands-on-practice and experience of many of the syndrome once it has developed. 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 tools, techniques, and modalities explored. CEU/PDA The Golden Elixir of Longevity and Immortality: Introduction to Cannabis Medicine from a TCM Perspective The Qigong and Taiji Wellness System by Roger Jahnke Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis According to Qi Transformation Currently there are no systems that personalize cannabis medicine from either a by Chad Conner Western or Eastern perspective. In this course, you will learn about the endocannabioid Theory in Shang Han Lun by Guohui Liu system and its relation to yin and yang theory and the 8 principles of diagnosis to 1 Thursday, October 25, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 1 Friday, October 26, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 arrive at a di“ erential diagnosis. This will allow the practitioner to personalize the 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Ancient Chinese sages and medical innovators understood what conventional CEU/PDA patients’ CBD:THC ratio, terpenes/strains, dosage, herb combinations, and modes science is realizing now – thousands of years later. Taiji and qigong activate basic The cannabis industry is the fastest-growing industry in the Unites States. Our of administration to treat a variety of conditions. Also, this course will discuss the Interstitial cystitis is a common yet di¥ cult disease for middle-aged women. It is grandfathers of Chinese medicine used cannabis as one of their supreme herbs over major therapeutic directions of cannabis with case studies based on the 8 principles. physiological mechanisms that are associated with the reduction of pathology easily confused with urinary tract infection and treated as damp-heat alone in clinic. – through naturally occurring self-regulatory mechanisms that neutralize the 3000 years ago. Throughout the centuries, knowledge of its powerful properties After studying the Shang Han Lun for more than four decades, Guohui Liu has has been lost. It is time to bring back this herb that is part of our heritage and time Herbs and Nutrients for Athletic Performance and Recovery, negative e“ ects of oxidative and infl ammatory process. In the ancient world, these found that the qi transformation theory related to the tai yang, tai yin, and jue yin were associated with longevity: the capacity to extend the duration of wellbeing and to help lead this movement with the power of TCM. In this course, you will learn the Part 2 by Andrew Gaeddert diseases are quite useful in dealing with this disease. Based on analysis of a couple history and properties of cannabis in Chinese medicine and why it was forgotten. immortality. The process of sustaining a relationship with the quantum aspect of of his own case studies, the speaker will lay out the strategies and formulas to treat being wherein one is intimately connected with the aspect of oneself that is eternal. You will learn about the endocannabioid system, CBD:THC Ratios, dosing, and 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 this disease. CEU/PDA The foundations of these concepts are expressed in the Three Treasures: San Bao Terpenes from both a modern science and TCM perspective. Science. Dr. Jahnke will explore ancient wisdom, contemporary research, and Traditional Nutrition Considerations for the Modern Patient by Whether your clients are weekend warriors, amateurs, or professionals, we will Wellness vs. Disease: Clinical Application of the Shen Nong Ben discuss nutritional needs, eating plans, and mind-body approaches for athletes based accessible practice to inspire practitioners to consider the power of qigong and taiji. Sarica Cernohous Cao (SNBC) by JulieAnn Nugent-Head on the latest research. Alternatives to performance-enhancing drugs and pain pills, 3 as well as protocols for anxiety, altitude sickness, anemia, blood sugar balance, injury CEU/PDA Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm Creating Exceptional Treatment Experiences by East Haradin CAB Category: 1 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 prevention, muscle soreness, digestive health, sleep disorders, and overtraining will CEU/PDA be presented. Learn how constitutional TCM herbs and formulas can maximize 1 Is nutritional guidance part of your care for your patients? Hopefully it is, as it is Qing dynasty practitioner Chen Xiuyuan said that the study of Chinese medicine recovery and performance. We will look at methods for obtaining the best results CEU/PDA Thursday, October 25, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 a powerful way to help your patients help themselves, and support the good you was actually quite easy, yet today, herbal medicine is seen as either incredibly from ginseng, schizandra, astragalus, cordyceps, curcumin, and pomegranate. Best do for them in the treatment room. However, have you found that the standard academic or encourages the use of set formulas without modifi cation. In this short practices for herbal dispensing and communications strategies will be discussed. Instead of providing everyday, ordinary treatments you can create exceptional suggestions to eat whole, organic foods, to read labels, or maybe to avoid gluten, or program, JulieAnn Nugent-Head outlines how the Shen Nong Ben Cao provides treatment experiences for your patients. By doing so, you have an opportunity to work within paleo principles...maybe that isn't enough? And how is it that legumes, clear guidance to application of herbs for longevity, mild symptoms and disease. By enjoy your work more fully and make your treatments more e“ ective and valuable. grains, and dairy have been a common component of the human diet, but are now its tripartite organization, the SNBC clarifi es herb dosage and appropriate length SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 Join Dr. East for this introductory discussion on the di“ erence between an ordinary "o“ -limits" for many? If you are ready to deepen your support for your patients of treatment. Discussing specifi c herbs from each category as well as clinical case treatment and an extraordinary treatment experience. She will share with you a few around nutrition (and benefi t yourself in the process), this class is for you. Learn examples, participants will come away from this lecture with a clear and applicable Wu Wei Zi: Fruit for Peak Performance—Modern Discoveries simple, and highly e“ ective, tools, techniques and modalities you can incorporate about the important methods of predigestion through traditional food preparation grasp on how to apply herbs for wellness and disease. by Subhuti Dharmananda into your practice right away to begin to create exceptional treatment experiences techniques and how they are a missing link in the modern picture of health! for your patients. In addition, she will explain that by doing so has been clinically Fatty Liver: An Integrated Chinese Medicine Approach to a 1 Saturday, October 27, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 proven to increase patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience for the Implementation and CEU/PDA Assessment of Peak States by Drew Pierson Growing Global Epidemic by Misha Cohen Classifi cation and Clinical Application for Tai Yin Disease in Shang The original applications of Wu Wei Zi, as recorded in ancient texts, mostly point to 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 its inclusion as a minor ingredient in formulas for lung diseases and for astringent Han Lun by Guohui Liu 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA e“ ects. This early work led to Wu Wei Zi as a frequently used herb, but one which Chances are good that you are treating people with chronic liver disease, including 1 Thursday, October 25, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 This course will focus on the neuroscience of peak states and inherent trait changes, did not generate much interest in further development. Perhaps the most important CEU/PDA fatty liver, but may not know it. Chronic liver disease a“ ects more 50 million including what happens on a neurophysiological level while in peak states. We will ancient use came with the formula Sheng Mai San, the pulse-generating powder people worldwide, yet the vast majority of people with liver disease have not been Tai yin disease in the Shang Han Lun is related to digestive disorders, which is a quite also cover EEG assisted meditation, attention and state awareness, where “state” that has become an important base for modern prescriptions. During the post- diagnosed and often feel well until the last stages of disease. The fastest growing challenge for practitioners in clinic. As early as the 3rd century, Zhang Ji recorded refers to the cognitive, sensory integration and self referential aspects that can revolutionary period in China, research into Wu Wei Zi's e“ ects on the brain and chronic liver disease is fatty liver disease and, very soon, will become the primary many diagnostic skills and formulas to treat tai yin disease in his work based on his arise during a peak experience, and Taoist wandering and the free mind: the loss of the immune system became a new area of interest, stimulated by research done reason for liver transplant in the developed world. People with liver disease need clinical practice. Nowadays, clinical practice has proven these skills and formulas are self-consciousness and and how it is essential for states of fl ow. Learn about tools outside of China. Most practitioners of Chinese medicine tend to use Wu Wei Zi to be identifi ed, receive a Western diagnostic workup, and can benefi t from using quite useful for us to deal with digestive disorders in our daily practice. This speech for assessment, training, and state attainment such as neurofeedback, heart rate according to its more limited ancient applications, so this presentation will broaden Chinese medicine, nutritional support and other non-pharmaceutical treatments. will classify all information about tai yin disease in the Shang Han Lun into two variability, TCM, and a number of new neurostimulation technologies such as pulsed the understanding of its clinical use and notably for enhancing performance. This course will explore the theory and practice of integrated Chinese medicine categories: disorders completely belonging to tai yin disease and disorders partially electromagnetic fi elds, transcranial direct current, and cryotherapy. belonging to tai yin disease. We will also discuss how to identify them according for chronic liver disease, especially fatty liver disease in conjunction with metabolic to the speaker's experience and analyze the formulas related in details. Some case syndrome. Supportive and safe Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture will be studies will be used to demonstrate how to manage these diagnostic skills and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017 explored. Case studies and open discussion will round out the seminar. treatment approaches in clinical practice. Herbs and Nutrients for Athletic Performance and Recovery, Part 1 Accessible Medical Qigong for Patients and Clinicians by Andrew Gaeddert by Roger Jahnke KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1 Friday, October 26, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Peak Health and Performance: The 4-Doctor Approach by Paul Chek Long before acupuncture, and as a part of the methods for discovering herbal Whether your clients are weekend warriors, amateurs, or professionals, we will discuss nutritional needs, eating plans, and mind-body approaches for athletes based on 1.5 Friday, October 26, 7:30-9:00 pm CAB Category: 1 medicine and acupuncture, there was self-observation and self-cultivation: qigong. CEU/PDA The insight and awareness cultivated by ancient sages created Chinese medicine. the latest research. Learn about alternatives to performance-enhancing drugs and pain pills. Protocols for anxiety, altitude sickness, anemia, blood sugar balance, injury Clinical practitioners of Chinese medicine can cultivate the wisdom and insight Learn the 4-Doctor approach to create balance and structure in your yin/yang balance. Next, we establish goal-affirmative 4-Doctor core values prevention, muscle soreness, digestive health, sleep disorders, and overtraining will of the ancients through the practice of qigong in modern times. Dr. Jahnke, with clients’ programs and experience high levels of body-mind performance with to guide effective choices, so patients feel healthier, become stronger, be presented. Discover how constitutional TCM herbs and formulas can maximize the experience accumulated through ten trips to China and 35 years of clinical Paul Chek. As foundation principles, Dr. Happiness, Dr. Movement, Dr. recover from an injury, and enjoy improved mental-emotional capacity and recovery and performance. We will look at methods for obtaining the best results practice, will support participants in learning and practicing an accessible form of Quiet, and Dr. Diet, are essential to long-term success for all people, and athletic performance. Paul’s 1-2-3-4-step system is efficient and provides a from ginseng, schizandra, astragalus, cordyceps, curcumin, and pomegranate. Best medical qigong: Bu Zheng Qigong. The foundations for this class are the classical are the bedrock of any living philosophy. Start by clearly defining a dream, structured approach to balancing and enhancing performance, is harmonious practices for herbal dispensing and communications strategies will also be discussed. Chinese Three Treasures body-jing, heartmind-qi, spirit-shen, and the four baskets goal or objective to direct your client’s intention, awareness and energy. with acupuncture principles and practices, and is used by healthcare of practice: body practice, breath practice, mind practice, and self-applied massage. Then explore your client’s current 4-Doctor habits from the perspective of professionals, coaches, and elite athletes worldwide. A key seminar theme is the idea that teaching people to help heal themselves is in accord with the Huang Di Nei Jing and actually increases fi nancial success. READY TO REGISTER? GO TO PACIFICSYMPOSIUM.ORG

TBD DAILY EXERCISE, THURSDAY SUNDAY Creating Exceptional Treatment Experiences by East Haradin Maintaining Metabolic Balance with Integrated Chinese Medicine Treating Hips, Shoulders, and the SI Joint Successfully by Misha Cohen by Mark Kastner 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 The Crane Frolic Qigong by Bill Helm and Robert Nations CEU/PDA 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 Friday, October 26, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 1 CAB Category: 2 Join Dr. East Haradin for this fun and interactive workshop which will explore CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Daily, 7:00-7:50 am and 12:15-1:05 pm specifi c ways you can take your treatments to the next level by providing exceptional The number of people in our society who su“ er with type 2 diabetes, essential This workshop is focused on teaching simple clinical techniques to better understand Hua To was a famous Chinese medical practitioner who created a system of treatment experiences rather than just plain treatments. By doing so you will hypertension, elevated cholesterol, high BMI, abdominal fat, and fat in the liver how to evaluate and treat most shoulder, hip, and SI joint pain. This will include qigong health exercises based upon the movements and spirits of fi ve animals: not only improve patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes, you will have the is increasing exponentially. This is often characterized in Western medicine as specifi c needling and myofascial massage protocols that are easily learned and tiger, crane, deer, bear, and monkey. In the workshop, we will learn the Crane potential to increase the value, and price, of your treatments. Dr. East will share "metabolic syndrome". Chinese medicine, along with other natural approaches, can be immediately implemented into your clinical practice. There will also be a Frolic which emulates the movement patterns of the crane. These movements with you the key components of an exceptional treatment experience, including: (1) can o“ er support for prevention of development of metabolic syndrome as well as demonstration and discussion how to use electro-stimulation in treating these are graceful and fl owing, integrating the breath with stepping and standing A prepared practitioner: ways you can practice mindfulness, prevent burn out and reverse the e“ ects of metabolic syndrome once it has become entrenched. In this disorders. postures. work from your highest potential. (2) Tools, techniques, and adjunctive modalities lecture, metabolic syndrome and Chinese medicine pattern di“ erentiation will be Personalizing Cannabis Medicine from a TCM Perspective you can include in your treatments to make them extraordinary. (3) The use of identifi ed. Practices will be recommended that can help prevent the development of objective measurements. (4) A collective and mindful approach to patient care. the various components of metabolic syndrome as well as treat aspects of metabolic by Chad Conner THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018 Woven into the workshop will be hands-on-practice and experience of many of the syndrome once it has developed. 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 tools, techniques, and modalities explored. CEU/PDA The Golden Elixir of Longevity and Immortality: Introduction to Cannabis Medicine from a TCM Perspective The Qigong and Taiji Wellness System by Roger Jahnke Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis According to Qi Transformation Currently there are no systems that personalize cannabis medicine from either a by Chad Conner Western or Eastern perspective. In this course, you will learn about the endocannabioid Theory in Shang Han Lun by Guohui Liu system and its relation to yin and yang theory and the 8 principles of diagnosis to 1 Thursday, October 25, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 1 Friday, October 26, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 arrive at a di“ erential diagnosis. This will allow the practitioner to personalize the 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Ancient Chinese sages and medical innovators understood what conventional CEU/PDA patients’ CBD:THC ratio, terpenes/strains, dosage, herb combinations, and modes science is realizing now – thousands of years later. Taiji and qigong activate basic The cannabis industry is the fastest-growing industry in the Unites States. Our of administration to treat a variety of conditions. Also, this course will discuss the Interstitial cystitis is a common yet di¥ cult disease for middle-aged women. It is grandfathers of Chinese medicine used cannabis as one of their supreme herbs over major therapeutic directions of cannabis with case studies based on the 8 principles. physiological mechanisms that are associated with the reduction of pathology easily confused with urinary tract infection and treated as damp-heat alone in clinic. – through naturally occurring self-regulatory mechanisms that neutralize the 3000 years ago. Throughout the centuries, knowledge of its powerful properties After studying the Shang Han Lun for more than four decades, Guohui Liu has has been lost. It is time to bring back this herb that is part of our heritage and time Herbs and Nutrients for Athletic Performance and Recovery, negative e“ ects of oxidative and infl ammatory process. In the ancient world, these found that the qi transformation theory related to the tai yang, tai yin, and jue yin were associated with longevity: the capacity to extend the duration of wellbeing and to help lead this movement with the power of TCM. In this course, you will learn the Part 2 by Andrew Gaeddert diseases are quite useful in dealing with this disease. Based on analysis of a couple history and properties of cannabis in Chinese medicine and why it was forgotten. immortality. The process of sustaining a relationship with the quantum aspect of of his own case studies, the speaker will lay out the strategies and formulas to treat being wherein one is intimately connected with the aspect of oneself that is eternal. You will learn about the endocannabioid system, CBD:THC Ratios, dosing, and 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 this disease. CEU/PDA The foundations of these concepts are expressed in the Three Treasures: San Bao Terpenes from both a modern science and TCM perspective. Science. Dr. Jahnke will explore ancient wisdom, contemporary research, and Traditional Nutrition Considerations for the Modern Patient by Whether your clients are weekend warriors, amateurs, or professionals, we will Wellness vs. Disease: Clinical Application of the Shen Nong Ben discuss nutritional needs, eating plans, and mind-body approaches for athletes based accessible practice to inspire practitioners to consider the power of qigong and taiji. Sarica Cernohous Cao (SNBC) by JulieAnn Nugent-Head on the latest research. Alternatives to performance-enhancing drugs and pain pills, 3 as well as protocols for anxiety, altitude sickness, anemia, blood sugar balance, injury CEU/PDA Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm Creating Exceptional Treatment Experiences by East Haradin CAB Category: 1 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 prevention, muscle soreness, digestive health, sleep disorders, and overtraining will CEU/PDA be presented. Learn how constitutional TCM herbs and formulas can maximize 1 Is nutritional guidance part of your care for your patients? Hopefully it is, as it is Qing dynasty practitioner Chen Xiuyuan said that the study of Chinese medicine recovery and performance. We will look at methods for obtaining the best results CEU/PDA Thursday, October 25, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 a powerful way to help your patients help themselves, and support the good you was actually quite easy, yet today, herbal medicine is seen as either incredibly from ginseng, schizandra, astragalus, cordyceps, curcumin, and pomegranate. Best do for them in the treatment room. However, have you found that the standard academic or encourages the use of set formulas without modifi cation. In this short practices for herbal dispensing and communications strategies will be discussed. Instead of providing everyday, ordinary treatments you can create exceptional suggestions to eat whole, organic foods, to read labels, or maybe to avoid gluten, or program, JulieAnn Nugent-Head outlines how the Shen Nong Ben Cao provides treatment experiences for your patients. By doing so, you have an opportunity to work within paleo principles...maybe that isn't enough? And how is it that legumes, clear guidance to application of herbs for longevity, mild symptoms and disease. By enjoy your work more fully and make your treatments more e“ ective and valuable. grains, and dairy have been a common component of the human diet, but are now its tripartite organization, the SNBC clarifi es herb dosage and appropriate length SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 Join Dr. East for this introductory discussion on the di“ erence between an ordinary "o“ -limits" for many? If you are ready to deepen your support for your patients of treatment. Discussing specifi c herbs from each category as well as clinical case treatment and an extraordinary treatment experience. She will share with you a few around nutrition (and benefi t yourself in the process), this class is for you. Learn examples, participants will come away from this lecture with a clear and applicable Wu Wei Zi: Fruit for Peak Performance—Modern Discoveries simple, and highly e“ ective, tools, techniques and modalities you can incorporate about the important methods of predigestion through traditional food preparation grasp on how to apply herbs for wellness and disease. by Subhuti Dharmananda into your practice right away to begin to create exceptional treatment experiences techniques and how they are a missing link in the modern picture of health! for your patients. In addition, she will explain that by doing so has been clinically Fatty Liver: An Integrated Chinese Medicine Approach to a 1 Saturday, October 27, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 proven to increase patient satisfaction and treatment outcomes. Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience for the Implementation and CEU/PDA Assessment of Peak States by Drew Pierson Growing Global Epidemic by Misha Cohen Classifi cation and Clinical Application for Tai Yin Disease in Shang The original applications of Wu Wei Zi, as recorded in ancient texts, mostly point to 3 Friday, October 26, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 its inclusion as a minor ingredient in formulas for lung diseases and for astringent Han Lun by Guohui Liu 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA e“ ects. This early work led to Wu Wei Zi as a frequently used herb, but one which Chances are good that you are treating people with chronic liver disease, including 1 Thursday, October 25, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 This course will focus on the neuroscience of peak states and inherent trait changes, did not generate much interest in further development. Perhaps the most important CEU/PDA fatty liver, but may not know it. Chronic liver disease a“ ects more 50 million including what happens on a neurophysiological level while in peak states. We will ancient use came with the formula Sheng Mai San, the pulse-generating powder people worldwide, yet the vast majority of people with liver disease have not been Tai yin disease in the Shang Han Lun is related to digestive disorders, which is a quite also cover EEG assisted meditation, attention and state awareness, where “state” that has become an important base for modern prescriptions. During the post- diagnosed and often feel well until the last stages of disease. The fastest growing challenge for practitioners in clinic. As early as the 3rd century, Zhang Ji recorded refers to the cognitive, sensory integration and self referential aspects that can revolutionary period in China, research into Wu Wei Zi's e“ ects on the brain and chronic liver disease is fatty liver disease and, very soon, will become the primary many diagnostic skills and formulas to treat tai yin disease in his work based on his arise during a peak experience, and Taoist wandering and the free mind: the loss of the immune system became a new area of interest, stimulated by research done reason for liver transplant in the developed world. People with liver disease need clinical practice. Nowadays, clinical practice has proven these skills and formulas are self-consciousness and and how it is essential for states of fl ow. Learn about tools outside of China. Most practitioners of Chinese medicine tend to use Wu Wei Zi to be identifi ed, receive a Western diagnostic workup, and can benefi t from using quite useful for us to deal with digestive disorders in our daily practice. This speech for assessment, training, and state attainment such as neurofeedback, heart rate according to its more limited ancient applications, so this presentation will broaden Chinese medicine, nutritional support and other non-pharmaceutical treatments. will classify all information about tai yin disease in the Shang Han Lun into two variability, TCM, and a number of new neurostimulation technologies such as pulsed the understanding of its clinical use and notably for enhancing performance. This course will explore the theory and practice of integrated Chinese medicine categories: disorders completely belonging to tai yin disease and disorders partially electromagnetic fi elds, transcranial direct current, and cryotherapy. belonging to tai yin disease. We will also discuss how to identify them according for chronic liver disease, especially fatty liver disease in conjunction with metabolic to the speaker's experience and analyze the formulas related in details. Some case syndrome. Supportive and safe Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture will be studies will be used to demonstrate how to manage these diagnostic skills and FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017 explored. Case studies and open discussion will round out the seminar. treatment approaches in clinical practice. Herbs and Nutrients for Athletic Performance and Recovery, Part 1 Accessible Medical Qigong for Patients and Clinicians by Andrew Gaeddert by Roger Jahnke KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1 Friday, October 26, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 3 Thursday, October 25, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Peak Health and Performance: The 4-Doctor Approach by Paul Chek Long before acupuncture, and as a part of the methods for discovering herbal Whether your clients are weekend warriors, amateurs, or professionals, we will discuss nutritional needs, eating plans, and mind-body approaches for athletes based on 1.5 Friday, October 26, 7:30-9:00 pm CAB Category: 1 medicine and acupuncture, there was self-observation and self-cultivation: qigong. CEU/PDA The insight and awareness cultivated by ancient sages created Chinese medicine. the latest research. Learn about alternatives to performance-enhancing drugs and pain pills. Protocols for anxiety, altitude sickness, anemia, blood sugar balance, injury Clinical practitioners of Chinese medicine can cultivate the wisdom and insight Learn the 4-Doctor approach to create balance and structure in your yin/yang balance. Next, we establish goal-affirmative 4-Doctor core values prevention, muscle soreness, digestive health, sleep disorders, and overtraining will of the ancients through the practice of qigong in modern times. Dr. Jahnke, with clients’ programs and experience high levels of body-mind performance with to guide effective choices, so patients feel healthier, become stronger, be presented. Discover how constitutional TCM herbs and formulas can maximize the experience accumulated through ten trips to China and 35 years of clinical Paul Chek. As foundation principles, Dr. Happiness, Dr. Movement, Dr. recover from an injury, and enjoy improved mental-emotional capacity and recovery and performance. We will look at methods for obtaining the best results practice, will support participants in learning and practicing an accessible form of Quiet, and Dr. Diet, are essential to long-term success for all people, and athletic performance. Paul’s 1-2-3-4-step system is efficient and provides a from ginseng, schizandra, astragalus, cordyceps, curcumin, and pomegranate. Best medical qigong: Bu Zheng Qigong. The foundations for this class are the classical are the bedrock of any living philosophy. Start by clearly defining a dream, structured approach to balancing and enhancing performance, is harmonious practices for herbal dispensing and communications strategies will also be discussed. Chinese Three Treasures body-jing, heartmind-qi, spirit-shen, and the four baskets goal or objective to direct your client’s intention, awareness and energy. with acupuncture principles and practices, and is used by healthcare of practice: body practice, breath practice, mind practice, and self-applied massage. Then explore your client’s current 4-Doctor habits from the perspective of professionals, coaches, and elite athletes worldwide. A key seminar theme is the idea that teaching people to help heal themselves is in accord with the Huang Di Nei Jing and actually increases fi nancial success. READY TO REGISTER? GO TO PACIFICSYMPOSIUM.ORG

TBD Sleep: Ancient Teachings and Modern Research Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) for Neurological WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE OVER 65 EXHIBITORS by Felice Dunas Diseases by David Bomzon and Avi Amir 3 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER SHOWCASING THEIR PRODUCTS THIS YEAR! 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 Saturday, October 27, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Exhibit Hall Hours Sleep serves many purposes according to TCM, yet modern science is still discovering Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) is named after the Japanese physician, — Open to All — ONLINE new facts that practitioners should know, some of which confi rm what TCM has been Dr. Toshikatsu Yamamoto, who developed this acupuncture system in 1973. YNSA Friday: 10:30 am-2:15 pm and 4:45-7:00 pm PacificSymposium.org espousing for generations. Learn how to merge TCM’s philosophical and physiological is used to treat neurological conditions, and is e† ective in stroke patients with 1 understanding of sleep with the newest research, with emphasis on practical strategies pain and/or restricted mobility. YNSA is comprised of basic acupuncture points Saturday: 10:30 am-2:15 pm and 4:45-7:00 pm for enhancing patient care. Dr. Dunas will address the role of sleep, how much is (somatopes), mainly on the scalp. In addition to providing symptomatic relief, YNSA Sunday: 8:30 am-1:00 pm needed, and how it a† ects peak performance and recovery. is sometimes curative. Attendees will learn background of YNSA, and how to use MAIL it to treat patients with acute or chronic pain and neurological diseases, including Cultivating the Mind and Emotions for Health and Wellbeing PS2018 - Registration The Fantastic Three: Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture, Physical the needling points of YNSA, its diagnostic area, and how to use them to select the 2 correct needling point; how YNSA is applied to a patient with neurological disease by Peter Deadman 7445 Mission Valley Road, Ste. 105 Therapy, and Guided Imagery in Stroke Patients and pain, how to apply it to treat any energy imbalance in the body, and how to San Diego, CA 92108 by David Bomzon and Avi Amir combine YNSA with any TCM treatment. 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CALL In many cases, mental and emotional states play a greater role in health and wellbeing 1 Saturday, October 27, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017 than any other factor, because without a level of emotional integration, it is impossible 1-800-729-0941 or 619-574-6909 ext. 121 3*10% SERVICE FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR PHONE REGISTRATIONS. to truly care for ourselves. This workshop will delve into the harm caused by unregulated The current therapy for stroke patients is repeated stimulation to damaged neurons, Placebo E† ect and Penetrating Divine Illumination and the extent of recovery is linked to the frequency of these stimulations. Over emotions and explain, using both yangsheng (nourishment of life) teachings and modern the years, knowledge of brain structure, development, and function has dramatically by Ted Kaptchuk research, how practitioners and patients can transform them into positive mental states. CONFERENCE DETAILS increased. This new knowledge has led to proposals that new neuronal connections can It will then o† er simple, practical ways to cultivate cooler, calmer, more centered, more 1 CAB Category: 1 connected, and more compassionate states. be forged within brain tissue damaged by cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) or trauma. CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 9:00-9:55 am This session will describe the combined use of three rehabilitative therapies for stroke REFUND POLICY PARKING patients: Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), physical therapy, and guided What is the fundamental di† erence between "causality" as defi ned in biomedicine All cancellations must be in writing via Please note the following rates if you are and East Asian medicine? What is "evidence" in the two systems? The di† erence will imagery. Bomzon and Amir will also cover the outcome of this combined therapy in The Ladder of the Soul in Chinese Medicine by Ted Kaptchuk email to symposium@pacifi ccollege.edu. planning to park at the Catamaran Hotel. patients who have experienced a CVA or who su† er from chronic pain. be examined by contrasting the biomedical idea of placebo e† ects and the concept An administrative fee of $50 is assessed Hotel Guest: $17.00, $22.00 Valet of the "penetrating divine illumination". Professor Kaptchuk will present a history of on ALL cancellations email dated before Non-Catamaran Hotel Guest: $8.00 for the "penetrating divine illumination" from the Nei Jing to early 19th century and why 3 Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October 4, 2018. Starting Friday, the fi rst hour, $1.50 each additional hour, Psyche, Breath, and Sex: Exercises to Optimize Treatment it disappears from Asian medical texts. Clinical implications will be discussed, which This presentation will describe the nature of the "soul" (ling-hun) in Chinese medicine. October 5, 2018, a 50% cancellation fee Day Maximum $25.00. Hotel Parking Outcomes by Felice Dunas will form the foundation for the afternoon talk on how the soul and physical body are Far from being marginal, it is central to the Nei Jing and many other early Chinese will apply. NO refunds will be granted after validation stickers (all day parking for inextricably linked. Saturday, October 20, 2018, including non-Catamaran guests) are available at 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 medical texts. The talk will review the fi ve components of the soul—hun, po, yi, zhi and CEU/PDA shen—on existential, moral, and spiritual levels, and their intrinsic relationship to the no-shows. Refunds will be processed within the Symposium Registration desk after 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Human Performance physical body. After describing these fi ve components, the unifying foundational Chinese 3 weeks of your request. Your refund will am – rate $17 per day. This workshop will include discussion of the behavioral symptoms of illness, psychology medicine concept of "the ladder of the soul" will be examined. Examples of relevance to either be credited back to your credit card as expressions of energetic syndromes, and the TCM view of sexual energy and breath by Whitfi eld Reaves herbal and acupuncture practice will be presented. or mailed by check. *Street parking is available. If you choose healing techniques, or qigong. Dunas will also cover exercises for in-oœ ce treatments 1 Sunday, October 28, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 street parking, please note the street or take-home protocols for patients. Familiarity with this material broadens treatment CEU/PDA sweeping signs posted in the Pacifi c room conversations to include emotion and behavior as viewed from a TCM perspective, The skillful use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and nutrition provides benefi ts to MEETING SPACE + SEATING Beach area. which helps patients understand how the condition of their qi is responsible for their Introduction to Diode Rings: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments behavior, interpersonal interaction patterns, and love relationships, as well as physical athletes at a time when they are searching for any and all means of performance All seating is "fi rst come, fi rst served". health. enhancement. What has been learned from this specialized application of Chinese for Musculoskeletal Disorders by Kiiko Matsumoto All meeting spaces are locked while not medicine can be applied to anyone seeking optimal performance to achieve their in session and no items can be left in CEU/PDA HOURS PENDING personal goals. This lecture will focus on enhancing human performance beyond the 3 Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 rooms to reserve a seat. For the afternoon Pacifi c Symposium provides up to 59 Getting Back in the Game: Strategies for Recovery from Injury, sporting world. Reaves will discuss the integration of acupuncture and the principles of CEU/PDA workshops, the doors will open and seats Continuing Education hours total. Schedule Surgery, and Other Damage Chinese medicine used in sports medicine, both for the athlete and the active person. For those that practice a more distal approach to their acupuncture treatments, become available 15 minutes prior to the is subject to change without notice. At the by Subhuti Dharmananda immediate relief of pain can be elusive. While inserting needles at local sites has the start of the workshop start time. Plan time of this publication, all CEUs/PDAs Yangsheng Teachings on Living Longer, Healthier, Happier, and Wiser potential to harm infl amed tissues, it does o† er a simple and often e† ective solution accordingly and arrive early to lectures and are pending as we apply for approval from 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 in the short term. A fantastic compromise is the use of diode rings, which are a workshops to secure a seat. Once a room is NCCAOM and CAB. Any changes made CEU/PDA by Peter Deadman non-insertive alternative to needles that can easily be applied along channels directly full and there are no seats remaining, please to the CEU/PDA totals will be updated on at the site of pain. Diode rings are similar to magnets, but more e† ective, and can plan to go to another workshop location. the website. You must pay the professional Treatment of injury is one of the foundations of acupuncture practice, but the herbal 1 CAB Category: 1 o† er profound long-term results. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to safely No refunds will be granted based on no rate to receive CEU credit. Pacifi c component of therapy is often given little attention, relying primarily on a single CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 11:15 am-12:05 pm use diode rings as an adjunct to more traditional treatments for musculoskeletal and seats available to preferred courses. College of Oriental Medicine Alumni therapeutic principle—vitalizing blood—and use of some well known topical oils, vascular disorders. receive 10% o† the professional rate. liniments, and plasters. However, TCM has a richly developed fi eld of traumatology Gain inspiration from a broad overview of the 2500-year-old yangsheng (nourishment that includes consideration of injury in stages—initial, intermediate, and chronic—with of life) teachings on how to live longer and be healthier, happier, and wiser in doing so. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS di† erent herbal therapeutics based on not only stage but location of injury, depth, and Attendees will learn how best to care for their own wellbeing and serve as models and RECORDING assessment of progress. The experience with traumatic injuries can be applied as well teachers for their patients. CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE The Catamaran Hotel (Symposium site) to the e† ects of surgery, radiation therapy, localized infection and infl ammation, and PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM THIS YEAR? 3999 Mission Blvd., San Diego, CA 92109 By registering for the Symposium, you childbirth. 1-800-422-8386 understand that lectures and presentations A Clinical Perspective on Human Performance by Whitfi eld Reaves WE HAVE A SOLUTION! https://www.catamaranresort.com/groups/ held within the Symposium venues may be PCOM2018 video and/or audio recorded for internal, Things My Teachers Said: Passing the Torch by Andy Ellis 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm $189 Single/Double, $199 Triple, and broadcast, non-broadcast and promotional Earn Your CEUs/PDAs From Your Home! $209 Quad purposes. As an audience member, 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 The skillful use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and nutrition provides benefi ts to athletes CEU/PDA SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE: some of these recordings may contain at a time when they are searching for any and all means of performance enhancement. your likeness and/or your voice. By your Andy Ellis has had the great fortune in the last 40 years to study with excellent What has been learned from this specialized application of Chinese medicine can Ted Kaptchuk · Whitfield Reaves QUESTIONS REGARDING registration, you grant Pacifi c Symposium practitioners of Chinese medicine. His goal for this workshop is to pass on some of be applied to anyone seeking optimal performance to achieve their personal goals. HOTELS AND AIRLINES and its aœ liates the irrevocable right to the techniques, formulas, and life advice he has received from his teachers. He will This lecture will focus on enhancing human performance beyond the sporting world. record and use any recordings containing Peter Deadman · Subhuti Dharmananda Contact Barbara Weber, (619) 334-3180 select noteworthy lessons, particularly e† ective treatments, and sage advice to pass Whitfi eld Reaves will discuss his favorite techniques, formulas, and acupuncture points, your likeness and/or your voice for or [email protected], for information on to upcoming generations. Attendees will learn clinically applicable treatments for used in the athletic community since before the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where Misha Cohen · Felice Dunas internal, broadcast, non-broadcast, and regarding room sharing options. various disorders, including unique uses and external applications of herbs and self- Reaves supported American athletes. Included will be the importance of proper zang-fu promotional purposes. massage techniques. diagnosis, mental preparation, and postural stability. Attendees will gain new skills and Roger Jahnke · Andrew Gaeddert Airport shuttle service to and from the hotel. The Catamaran Resort Hotel uses confi dence in the care of the athlete and the active patient. No personal audio or video recording Andrew Nugent-Head · Paul Chek Cloud 9 Shuttle. Shonishin, and Other Easy Ways to Treat Children from Birth to will be permitted. Dismissal from the Seven Years by Holly Guzman East Haradin · Drew Pierson conference will be enforced. High quality CD recordings will be made of most David Bomzon and Avi Amir · Guohui Liu sessions and available for purchase during 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm SYMPOSIUM PARTY and after the Symposium. Sarica Cernohous · Chad Conner When the people you know have children, it is great to be able to help from babyhood Be sure to join our 30th Anniversary Symposium Party in the Aviary on. Shonishin, fi rst popularized in southern Japan, is used to enhance childrens’ Ballroom on Saturday, October 27th from 7:30–10 pm. Enjoy live music, immunity, diagnose their constitutions, and get them through many common ailments. light dinner, and a cash bar. Make sure you bring your business card to enter FOR DETAILS ABOUT LIVE STREAMED COURSES, The main methods do not insert needles, but use gentle, brief tapping and rubbing of the ra e sponsored by our generous Symposium exhibitors. We give away GO TO: PacificSymposium.org acupuncture channels. A lovely way of interaction, it can stand alone as treatment or amazing prizes! be combined with herbs and other therapies. The workshop includes a demonstration of a once-a-month method for wellness, as well as techniques for acute and chronic issues. Whether you are experienced in treating children or want to begin now, this class will show quick, e† ective ways to positively infl uence childrens’ health. READY TO REGISTER? GO TO PACIFICSYMPOSIUM.ORG Sleep: Ancient Teachings and Modern Research Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) for Neurological WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE OVER 65 EXHIBITORS by Felice Dunas Diseases by David Bomzon and Avi Amir 3 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER SHOWCASING THEIR PRODUCTS THIS YEAR! 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 Saturday, October 27, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Exhibit Hall Hours Sleep serves many purposes according to TCM, yet modern science is still discovering Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) is named after the Japanese physician, — Open to All — ONLINE new facts that practitioners should know, some of which confi rm what TCM has been Dr. Toshikatsu Yamamoto, who developed this acupuncture system in 1973. YNSA Friday: 10:30 am-2:15 pm and 4:45-7:00 pm PacificSymposium.org espousing for generations. Learn how to merge TCM’s philosophical and physiological is used to treat neurological conditions, and is e† ective in stroke patients with 1 understanding of sleep with the newest research, with emphasis on practical strategies pain and/or restricted mobility. YNSA is comprised of basic acupuncture points Saturday: 10:30 am-2:15 pm and 4:45-7:00 pm for enhancing patient care. Dr. Dunas will address the role of sleep, how much is (somatopes), mainly on the scalp. In addition to providing symptomatic relief, YNSA Sunday: 8:30 am-1:00 pm needed, and how it a† ects peak performance and recovery. is sometimes curative. Attendees will learn background of YNSA, and how to use MAIL it to treat patients with acute or chronic pain and neurological diseases, including Cultivating the Mind and Emotions for Health and Wellbeing PS2018 - Registration The Fantastic Three: Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture, Physical the needling points of YNSA, its diagnostic area, and how to use them to select the 2 correct needling point; how YNSA is applied to a patient with neurological disease by Peter Deadman 7445 Mission Valley Road, Ste. 105 Therapy, and Guided Imagery in Stroke Patients and pain, how to apply it to treat any energy imbalance in the body, and how to San Diego, CA 92108 by David Bomzon and Avi Amir combine YNSA with any TCM treatment. 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CALL In many cases, mental and emotional states play a greater role in health and wellbeing 1 Saturday, October 27, 11:15 am-12:05 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017 than any other factor, because without a level of emotional integration, it is impossible 1-800-729-0941 or 619-574-6909 ext. 121 3*10% SERVICE FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR PHONE REGISTRATIONS. to truly care for ourselves. This workshop will delve into the harm caused by unregulated The current therapy for stroke patients is repeated stimulation to damaged neurons, Placebo E† ect and Penetrating Divine Illumination and the extent of recovery is linked to the frequency of these stimulations. Over emotions and explain, using both yangsheng (nourishment of life) teachings and modern the years, knowledge of brain structure, development, and function has dramatically by Ted Kaptchuk research, how practitioners and patients can transform them into positive mental states. CONFERENCE DETAILS increased. This new knowledge has led to proposals that new neuronal connections can It will then o† er simple, practical ways to cultivate cooler, calmer, more centered, more 1 CAB Category: 1 connected, and more compassionate states. be forged within brain tissue damaged by cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) or trauma. CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 9:00-9:55 am This session will describe the combined use of three rehabilitative therapies for stroke REFUND POLICY PARKING patients: Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), physical therapy, and guided What is the fundamental di† erence between "causality" as defi ned in biomedicine All cancellations must be in writing via Please note the following rates if you are and East Asian medicine? What is "evidence" in the two systems? The di† erence will imagery. Bomzon and Amir will also cover the outcome of this combined therapy in The Ladder of the Soul in Chinese Medicine by Ted Kaptchuk email to symposium@pacifi ccollege.edu. planning to park at the Catamaran Hotel. patients who have experienced a CVA or who su† er from chronic pain. be examined by contrasting the biomedical idea of placebo e† ects and the concept An administrative fee of $50 is assessed Hotel Guest: $17.00, $22.00 Valet of the "penetrating divine illumination". Professor Kaptchuk will present a history of on ALL cancellations email dated before Non-Catamaran Hotel Guest: $8.00 for the "penetrating divine illumination" from the Nei Jing to early 19th century and why 3 Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October 4, 2018. Starting Friday, the fi rst hour, $1.50 each additional hour, Psyche, Breath, and Sex: Exercises to Optimize Treatment it disappears from Asian medical texts. Clinical implications will be discussed, which This presentation will describe the nature of the "soul" (ling-hun) in Chinese medicine. October 5, 2018, a 50% cancellation fee Day Maximum $25.00. Hotel Parking Outcomes by Felice Dunas will form the foundation for the afternoon talk on how the soul and physical body are Far from being marginal, it is central to the Nei Jing and many other early Chinese will apply. NO refunds will be granted after validation stickers (all day parking for inextricably linked. Saturday, October 20, 2018, including non-Catamaran guests) are available at 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 medical texts. The talk will review the fi ve components of the soul—hun, po, yi, zhi and CEU/PDA shen—on existential, moral, and spiritual levels, and their intrinsic relationship to the no-shows. Refunds will be processed within the Symposium Registration desk after 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Human Performance physical body. After describing these fi ve components, the unifying foundational Chinese 3 weeks of your request. Your refund will am – rate $17 per day. This workshop will include discussion of the behavioral symptoms of illness, psychology medicine concept of "the ladder of the soul" will be examined. Examples of relevance to either be credited back to your credit card as expressions of energetic syndromes, and the TCM view of sexual energy and breath by Whitfi eld Reaves herbal and acupuncture practice will be presented. or mailed by check. *Street parking is available. If you choose healing techniques, or qigong. Dunas will also cover exercises for in-oœ ce treatments 1 Sunday, October 28, 9:55-10:45 am CAB Category: 1 street parking, please note the street or take-home protocols for patients. Familiarity with this material broadens treatment CEU/PDA sweeping signs posted in the Pacifi c room conversations to include emotion and behavior as viewed from a TCM perspective, The skillful use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and nutrition provides benefi ts to MEETING SPACE + SEATING Beach area. which helps patients understand how the condition of their qi is responsible for their Introduction to Diode Rings: Non-Insertive Adjunct Treatments behavior, interpersonal interaction patterns, and love relationships, as well as physical athletes at a time when they are searching for any and all means of performance All seating is "fi rst come, fi rst served". health. enhancement. What has been learned from this specialized application of Chinese for Musculoskeletal Disorders by Kiiko Matsumoto All meeting spaces are locked while not medicine can be applied to anyone seeking optimal performance to achieve their in session and no items can be left in CEU/PDA HOURS PENDING personal goals. This lecture will focus on enhancing human performance beyond the 3 Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 rooms to reserve a seat. For the afternoon Pacifi c Symposium provides up to 59 Getting Back in the Game: Strategies for Recovery from Injury, sporting world. Reaves will discuss the integration of acupuncture and the principles of CEU/PDA workshops, the doors will open and seats Continuing Education hours total. Schedule Surgery, and Other Damage Chinese medicine used in sports medicine, both for the athlete and the active person. For those that practice a more distal approach to their acupuncture treatments, become available 15 minutes prior to the is subject to change without notice. At the by Subhuti Dharmananda immediate relief of pain can be elusive. While inserting needles at local sites has the start of the workshop start time. Plan time of this publication, all CEUs/PDAs Yangsheng Teachings on Living Longer, Healthier, Happier, and Wiser potential to harm infl amed tissues, it does o† er a simple and often e† ective solution accordingly and arrive early to lectures and are pending as we apply for approval from 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 in the short term. A fantastic compromise is the use of diode rings, which are a workshops to secure a seat. Once a room is NCCAOM and CAB. Any changes made CEU/PDA by Peter Deadman non-insertive alternative to needles that can easily be applied along channels directly full and there are no seats remaining, please to the CEU/PDA totals will be updated on at the site of pain. Diode rings are similar to magnets, but more e† ective, and can plan to go to another workshop location. the website. You must pay the professional Treatment of injury is one of the foundations of acupuncture practice, but the herbal 1 CAB Category: 1 o† er profound long-term results. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to safely No refunds will be granted based on no rate to receive CEU credit. Pacifi c component of therapy is often given little attention, relying primarily on a single CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 11:15 am-12:05 pm use diode rings as an adjunct to more traditional treatments for musculoskeletal and seats available to preferred courses. College of Oriental Medicine Alumni therapeutic principle—vitalizing blood—and use of some well known topical oils, vascular disorders. receive 10% o† the professional rate. liniments, and plasters. However, TCM has a richly developed fi eld of traumatology Gain inspiration from a broad overview of the 2500-year-old yangsheng (nourishment that includes consideration of injury in stages—initial, intermediate, and chronic—with of life) teachings on how to live longer and be healthier, happier, and wiser in doing so. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS di† erent herbal therapeutics based on not only stage but location of injury, depth, and Attendees will learn how best to care for their own wellbeing and serve as models and RECORDING assessment of progress. The experience with traumatic injuries can be applied as well teachers for their patients. CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE The Catamaran Hotel (Symposium site) to the e† ects of surgery, radiation therapy, localized infection and infl ammation, and PACIFIC SYMPOSIUM THIS YEAR? 3999 Mission Blvd., San Diego, CA 92109 By registering for the Symposium, you childbirth. 1-800-422-8386 understand that lectures and presentations A Clinical Perspective on Human Performance by Whitfi eld Reaves WE HAVE A SOLUTION! https://www.catamaranresort.com/groups/ held within the Symposium venues may be PCOM2018 video and/or audio recorded for internal, Things My Teachers Said: Passing the Torch by Andy Ellis 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Sunday, October 28, 2:00-5:00 pm $189 Single/Double, $199 Triple, and broadcast, non-broadcast and promotional Earn Your CEUs/PDAs From Your Home! $209 Quad purposes. As an audience member, 3 Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 The skillful use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and nutrition provides benefi ts to athletes CEU/PDA SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE: some of these recordings may contain at a time when they are searching for any and all means of performance enhancement. your likeness and/or your voice. By your Andy Ellis has had the great fortune in the last 40 years to study with excellent What has been learned from this specialized application of Chinese medicine can Ted Kaptchuk · Whitfield Reaves QUESTIONS REGARDING registration, you grant Pacifi c Symposium practitioners of Chinese medicine. His goal for this workshop is to pass on some of be applied to anyone seeking optimal performance to achieve their personal goals. HOTELS AND AIRLINES and its aœ liates the irrevocable right to the techniques, formulas, and life advice he has received from his teachers. He will This lecture will focus on enhancing human performance beyond the sporting world. record and use any recordings containing Peter Deadman · Subhuti Dharmananda Contact Barbara Weber, (619) 334-3180 select noteworthy lessons, particularly e† ective treatments, and sage advice to pass Whitfi eld Reaves will discuss his favorite techniques, formulas, and acupuncture points, your likeness and/or your voice for or [email protected], for information on to upcoming generations. Attendees will learn clinically applicable treatments for used in the athletic community since before the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where Misha Cohen · Felice Dunas internal, broadcast, non-broadcast, and regarding room sharing options. various disorders, including unique uses and external applications of herbs and self- Reaves supported American athletes. Included will be the importance of proper zang-fu promotional purposes. massage techniques. diagnosis, mental preparation, and postural stability. Attendees will gain new skills and Roger Jahnke · Andrew Gaeddert Airport shuttle service to and from the hotel. The Catamaran Resort Hotel uses confi dence in the care of the athlete and the active patient. No personal audio or video recording Andrew Nugent-Head · Paul Chek Cloud 9 Shuttle. Shonishin, and Other Easy Ways to Treat Children from Birth to will be permitted. Dismissal from the Seven Years by Holly Guzman East Haradin · Drew Pierson conference will be enforced. High quality CD recordings will be made of most David Bomzon and Avi Amir · Guohui Liu sessions and available for purchase during 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, October 27, 2:00-5:00 pm SYMPOSIUM PARTY and after the Symposium. Sarica Cernohous · Chad Conner When the people you know have children, it is great to be able to help from babyhood Be sure to join our 30th Anniversary Symposium Party in the Aviary on. Shonishin, fi rst popularized in southern Japan, is used to enhance childrens’ Ballroom on Saturday, October 27th from 7:30–10 pm. Enjoy live music, immunity, diagnose their constitutions, and get them through many common ailments. light dinner, and a cash bar. Make sure you bring your business card to enter FOR DETAILS ABOUT LIVE STREAMED COURSES, The main methods do not insert needles, but use gentle, brief tapping and rubbing of the ra e sponsored by our generous Symposium exhibitors. We give away GO TO: PacificSymposium.org acupuncture channels. A lovely way of interaction, it can stand alone as treatment or amazing prizes! be combined with herbs and other therapies. The workshop includes a demonstration of a once-a-month method for wellness, as well as techniques for acute and chronic issues. Whether you are experienced in treating children or want to begin now, this class will show quick, e† ective ways to positively infl uence childrens’ health. READY TO REGISTER? GO TO PACIFICSYMPOSIUM.ORG THIS YEAR’S SPEAKERS Brighton, England, and subsequently co-founded the Brighton Natural Health California, where residential and day-treatment patients receive acupuncture in Robert Nations Centre. Deadman qualifi ed as an acupuncture practitioner in 1978 and as an group and private settings, and has worked for several years with patients at the Robert Nations graduated from Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine in San herbalist some years later. He has taught Chinese medicine, health maintenance, San Diego Fertility Center, o§ ering pre/post Assisted Reproductive Therapy Diego, California and has been a member of the faculty since 1997. Nations also Avi Amir and qigong internationally, and is the founder and publisher of the Journal of treatments. In 2010, Dr. Haradin founded Gem Elixirz™, a company o§ ering trained and taught at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego for 14 years; his studies Avi Amir specializes in Chinese medicine and medical massage therapy, Chinese Medicine, co-author of A Manual of Acupuncture, and author of Live unique aromatherapy products that combine the power of aromatherapy and of healing included time in both China and Senegal. He and his wife maintain particularly the treatment of orthopedic problems and pain. He also practices Well Live Long: Teachings from the Chinese Nourishment of Life Tradition. gemstones for the purpose of transformative healing and well-being. She joined their private practice, Nations Integrative Acupuncture, in San Diego. He is the Mind Body Medical Group at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California, as Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), which he studied under the Subhuti Dharmananda also a sta§ acupuncturist with Sharp Hospital in Coronado and contracts with guidance of Dr. Toshikatsu Yamamoto himself, and with whom he maintains a specialist o§ ering acupuncture in 2013. Dr. Haradin also holds workshops on the University of California, San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine as an Subhuti Dharmananda, PhD, helped initiate People's Herbs Incorporated, regular contact. Amir is one of the co-founders of the International School of subjects such as aromatherapy, longevity, and facial rejuvenation. educator and acupuncturist. In 2010, Nations was certifi ed as the master trainer All-The-Tea Company, and Dharma Consulting International, and has been a Scalp Acupuncture and an active managing partner of the community clinic at for the California Department of Public Health, teaching the Tai Chi Moving consultant to several major herb companies including Fmali Herbs (maker of Bill Helm the Pnima Center in Haifa, Israel, where he treats over 150 patients a week. for Better Balance Program. His teaching experience also includes the San Good Earth Teas), Health Concerns (maker of Chinese Traditionals), and Sen Bill Helm is the director and lead instructor at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego Amir recently established a unique support center at Pnima, the fi rst of its kind Diego Community College Continuing Education Emeritus Program where he (maker of Sen traditional herbal formulae and other products). He has been an and the former department chair of the massage and bodywork program at in Israel, to provide professional enrichment and guidance to new graduates in conducts taiji and qigong classes. the fi eld of complementary medicine. editor, reviewer, and contributor for several journals involved with traditional Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine. He has been studying Chinese martial and medicine, including the International Journal of Oriental Medicine, the Protocol healing arts since 1965, specializing in taijiquan, tui na Chinese bodywork, qigong, Andrew Nugent-Head David Bomzon Journal of Botanical Medicine, and Herbalgram. and herbal medicine. Helm is a 20th generation Indoor Disciple of Grandmaster Founder and president of the Association for Traditional Studies, Andrew David Bomzon is one of the leading authorities in Israel on rehabilitative and Felice Dunas Chen Xiaowang and holds a 6th Duan Wei from the Chinese Wushu Association. Nugent-Head lived in China for 28 years, studying Chinese medicine, internal integrative acupuncture, specializing in classical Chinese medicine and Yamamoto He has also studied with taijiquan Masters Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Zhiquang, Ren cultivation practices, and martial arts before returning to the US in 2014. He Felice Dunas, PhD, is an international professional speaker, consultant, and New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA). He is the founder of the Pnima Center in Guangyi, and Chen Bing. Helm studied traditional Chinese Medicine at the was privileged to learn in traditional mentor-disciple relationships with the last executive coach who has used her understanding of behavior, the human body, Haifa, Israel, which has become the leading center for Chinese medicine in Haifa Shanghai College of Medicine and the Beijing Olympic Training Center in China generation of practitioners born and educated prior to the arrival of communism and ancient principles to enhance the lives of individuals, couples, families, and since its establishment in 2007. Bomzon teaches rehabilitative Chinese medicine and in the U.S. with Taoist Master Share K. Lew and Dr. Yu Da Fang. in 1949, one of the only contemporary practitioners to have learned classical corporate and healthcare industry CEOs for nearly forty years. Dr. Dunas brings and is a senior lecturer in complementary and integrative medicine at Reidman medicine directly from the practitioners who were trained before it was her global patients, clients, and audiences better health, happiness, and quality Roger Jahnke College in Israel. He is involved in clinical research into the benefi ts of YNSA in modernized into what is known today as traditional Chinese medicine. of life through erotic and intimacy education, alternative medicine, and marriage With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD, is director of neurological rehabilitation. Dedicated to saving the skills and perspectives of these practitioners, his work coaching. She also serves as a consultant to corporations and hospitals seeking the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) and serves as a consultant generated thousands of hours of footage and hundreds of seminars. He runs a Sarica Cernohous to lower health care costs with acupuncture and alternative medicine. She is the to hospitals, social service agencies, and corporations in complementary and teaching clinic highlighting the e« cacy of classical Chinese medicine with his While working in the natural foods industry, Sarica Cernohous, MSTOM, author of the best-seller Passion Play: Ancient Secrets for a Lifetime of Health integrative medicine, wellness, and medical cost reduction. He co-convened the wife and fellow practitioner, Julie Ann. DACM, became a patient of acupuncture and TCM, and was deeply impressed and Happiness Through Sensational Sex, and her work has appeared in periodicals national expert meeting on qigong and taiji in collaboration with the University by the results. As a result, she began her formal study at the San Diego campus including Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Glamour, Prevention, Marie Claire, the of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as the National Blueprint for Active JulieAnn Nugent-Head of Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine, graduating with her master’s in 2001 Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. She is also a veteran media guest Aging. Jahnke is the author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise After completing her master’s in Oriental medicine, Dr. Julie Ann Nugent- and doctorate in 2018. Dr. Cernohous couples traditional methods such as and has appeared on numerous local, national, and international television and of Qi. He also edited and translated the clinical chapters for Chinese Medical Head opened a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She spent the summers pulse diagnosis, tongue observation, and palpation of the abdomen with modern radio programs. Qigong, the fi rst English translation of the only o« cial textbook of medical of 2004 and 2005 in internships at Kuan Jie hospital in Beijing, then moved to therapies such as cold laser and LED light therapy. She also has a life-long qigong, used in Chinese colleges and universities. In 2010, Dr. Jahnke published China full-time in 2006 to learn Chinese and study under two of Beijing’s most passion for nutrition, culminating in her book The Funky Kitchen, on traditional Andy Ellis a comprehensive review of the evidence base of the health benefi ts of taiji and famous practitioners, Drs. Li Hongxiang and Chen Tongyun. While working food preparation techniques for maximum bioavailability of nutrients, and its Andrew Ellis fi rst studied Chinese medicine with Dr. James Tin Yau So at the qigong in the prestigious American Journal of Health Promotion in collaboration with them over the next 8 years, she provided medical care to the migrant accompanying online course, "Fresh, Fun and Flavorful in The Funky Kitchen". New England School of Acupuncture. He left New England in 1983 to study the with Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. workers and expat population of Beijing. After the birth of her third child, Dr. Dr. Cernohous has also created a cellular-healing, lab-based, personalized Chinese language in Taiwan and apprenticed with Chinese herbalist Xu Fu-Su Mark Kastner Nugent-Head and her husband Andrew relocated to the rural tea mountains nutrition and lifestyle-support program, the LAPIS Lifestyle Method, the there for several years. Later, he studied internal medicine and gynecology at the of Hangzhou, where she completed her doctorate in Chinese medicine, at the cornerstone of which is her work as a coach for Metabolic Balance of Germany. Xiamen Hospital of Chinese medicine, where he also specialized in the study of Mark Kastner, LAc and herbalist, has been in private practice since 1987. He Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine. Dr. Nugent-Head has been published acupuncture with Dr. Shi Neng-Yun and dermatology with Dr. Zhang Guang- studied traditional Chinese medicine in Beijing and completed his degree at in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, teaches an online herbal program, lectures Paul Chek Cai. Ellis is the founding owner of Spring Wind Herbs in Berkeley, California and California Acupuncture College in San Diego, California. Kastner is the author internationally, and treats patients locally in Asheville, NC. Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fi elds of corrective and has authored, translated, or co-translated several books on Chinese medicine of Alternative Healing, a complete A-Z guide to more than 150 complimentary high-performance exercise kinesiology. For over twenty-fi ve years, Chek’s including Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies (2nd Ed.), Grasping therapies, and Closing the Circle, a novel that delves into healing interpersonal Drew Pierson unique, holistic approach to treatment and education has changed the lives the Wind, The Clinical Experience of Dr. Shi Neng-Yun, Notes from South relationships. As a pioneer and specialist in the fi eld of holistic health, Kastner has Drew Pierson, DAOM, LAc, specializes in integrative medicine, mental/ of countless people worldwide. By treating the body as a whole system and Mountain, and Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine. been actively involved in the local promotion of integrative medicine. He started a neuropsychological issues in both adult and pediatric populations, fi nding the root cause of a problem, Chek has been successful where traditional radio talk show, has made numerous guest appearances on the news, and has been neuroleadership, and peak performance, which is concerned with creating a Andrew Gaeddert approaches have consistently failed. He is also the founder of the C.H.E.K featured in articles in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Over the years Kastner has complete lifestyle for excellence, peak mental health, sleep, stress, exercise, (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA, Andrew Gaeddert, president and founder of Health Concerns, originally became worked with numerous major sports teams including the Los Angeles Lakers, San dietary intake, and environment. He is a board-certifi ed neurotherapist and and the PPS Success Mastery Coaching Program. Chek is a licensed holistic involved in herbal medicine after conventional medicine failed to help his Diego Padres, and San Diego Chargers. He currently lectures, leads workshops has been certifi ed in EEG biofeedback since 1996. Dr. Pierson worked in a health practitioner in California, certifi ed neuromuscular therapist, and clinical symptoms of Crohn's disease, a life-threatening digestive disorder. Through years on national level teaching orthopedic acupuncture, and teaches orthopedics and large neuropsychological practice where he specialized in attention disorders, exercise specialist (ACE). He is also the author of six books, one of which, of research, experimentation, and self-treatment with herbal medicine, Gaeddert sports medicine in Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine’s graduate program. depression, anxiety, autism, seizure disorders, and many other medication- The Golf Biomechanic’s Manual, has been adopted for use by professional golf was able to successfully treat his condition and regain his good health. Since Ted Kaptchuk resistant conditions. He is also a decorated veteran, having served 6 years in the schools and was featured on the Golf Channel. then, he has helped thousands of people heal with herbal medicine through his U.S. Navy as an electronic engineer on a nuclear submarine. private practice. He has authored numerous articles and books, including Healing The multidisciplinary career of Ted Kaptchuk began with his training as an Misha Cohen Immune Disorders, Healing Digestive Disorders, and Chinese Herbs in the acupuncturist and herbalist in Macao, China. He then went on to write a classic Whitfi eld Reaves Misha Cohen, DOM, is the clinical director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, Western Clinic. Dedicated to the concept of lifelong education,has studied with textbook on Chinese medicine, The Web That Has No Weaver, and wrote a Whitfi eld Reaves, OMD, LAc, has been in clinical practice since 1981. His executive director of the MRCE Foundation, and integrative medicine research master herbalists from the U.S. and China and lectured at Columbia University BBC documentary series on global healing traditions. Kaptchuk was recruited thesis, titled "Acupuncture and the Treatment of Common Running Injuries", specialist at the University of California Institute for Health and Aging, all in San and many other colleges nationwide. He has worked with other herbalists to to investigate Asian medicine at Harvard and subsequently trained in rigorous was one of the fi rst-ever English language works integrating traditional Chinese Francisco. She is also an elected fellow of the National Academy of Acupuncture develop clinically tested formulas to help people with AIDS, cancer, and other scientifi c methodology. He has gone on to lead groundbreaking studies across acupuncture with Western orthopedic and sports medicine. Reaves’ 30 years and Oriental Medicine. Dr. Cohen has been practicing traditional Asian medicine chronic diseases, and served on the protocol teams of several scientifi c studies on a variety of disciplines—including clinical science, neurobiology, psychology, of clinical experience includes medical care for athletes at the 1984 Olympic for nearly forty years. herbal medicine. Currently Gaeddert is involved in endometriosis research. anthropology, history, bioethics, and philosophy—all focused on placebo e§ ects Games in Los Angeles as well as skiing, track and fi eld, cycling, and triathlon and the healing encounter. He is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical events. In addition, he is the author of The Acupuncture Handbook of Sports Chad Conner Holly Guzman School, where he directs the Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter Injuries and Pain, one of the only texts on sports acupuncture available in Chad Conner, MSOM, has nearly twenty years of experience developing and At 13, Guzman studied acupuncture with help from the Chinese Embassy in program, hosted at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. the West. Reaves is also the director and founder of the Acupuncture Sports overseeing successful integrative medicine centers in both the United States Afghanistan, where she lived in 1972. There, she was given a booklet on curing Guohui Liu Medicine Apprenticeship Program. and abroad. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and massage therapist, deaf mutes. A few years later, Guzman traveled to the Guang Zhou School for Conner has provided Chinese medical services to the University of San Diego the Deaf Mute in China to see the successful acupuncture protocol in action. Guohui Liu, MMed (China), LAc, received his MMed in internal medicine from Z'ev Rosenberg medical school free clinic and San Diego Hospice while running a successful Guzman attended NESA in 1979, and a year later assisted Ted Kaptchuk in Chengdu University of TCM in 1985. His areas of expertise include digestive Z'ev Rosenberg, LAc, of the fi rst generation of American-born practitioners of private practice. While abroad, Conner co-founded Ananda Health Centers in opening the fi rst acupuncture program at a state hospital. In 1983, she joined disorders, pain syndromes, male disorders, and infectious disease. He is the Chinese/East Asian Medicine, has been in clinical practice since 1981. With a Casablanca, Morocco, the fi rst multi-disciplinary wellness centers in the country, the fi rst graduating class of ACTCM, assisted Miriam Lee, and studied with Yat author of the highly regarded text Warm Pathogen Diseases: background in macrobiotics, shiatsu, and Western herbal medicine, Z’ev taught and the Institute of Wu Wei, the fi rst acupuncture school in the country. Over Ki Lai. She is a contributing author in Acupuncture in Practice, The Natural A Clinical Guide. at Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine for twenty-three years, and continues the last fi ve years, Conner has studied and incorporated cannabis medicine into Health First Aid Guide, and Breast Cancer/Breast Health. Holly has practiced Kiiko Matsumoto to teach, write, and research. His fi rst book, Returning to the Source: Han his practice. He co-founded Pure Ratios, a vertically integrated medical cannabis in Santa Cruz, CA since 1983, specializing in women’s health, pediatrics, Dynasty Medical Classics in Modern Clinical Practice, has just been released by and CBD hemp company specializing in combinations of Eastern natural Kiiko Matsumoto is a world-renowned acupuncturist and teacher of the unique immune issues, cancer, and epilepsy. She currently teaches for the master’s, Singing Dragon press. medicine and Western scientifi c research, has been featured in several podcasts Master Nagano-style of clinical-based strategies. She is the author of several doctorate, and extension programs at Five Branches and o§ ers students clinical books on acupuncture, including Kiiko Matsumoto’s Clinical Strategies, a on cannabis and Chinese medicine, and is writing a book on cannabis medicine training externships. for natural health practitioners. cornerstone of palpation-based acupuncture. She continues to travel all over East Haradin the world to teach her style of acupuncture and sees an average of 60 patients Peter Deadman each week at her private clinic in Newton, MA. Matsumoto is well-known for Register Early! Dr. East Haradin, DAOM, LAc, has practiced integrative medicine since 1999. Peter Deadman has worked in the fi eld of health education and complementary her ability to integrate the work of some of the most famous Japanese masters She shares her passion for this medicine as a professor and clinical supervisor at Our Pre and Post-Symposium workshops sell out quickly. medicine for over 45 years as a practitioner, teacher, author, and entrepreneur. into her practice. Her style of acupuncture focuses on treating the root cause the Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, California. In 2008, she PacificSymposium.org In 1971, he co-founded Infi nity Foods, a natural and organic food shop in with emphasis on the entire body rather than a single symptom. As a result, created a special outreach program at the Family Recovery Center in Oceanside, patients fi nd her treatments to be e§ ective and long lasting. THIS YEAR’S SPEAKERS Brighton, England, and subsequently co-founded the Brighton Natural Health California, where residential and day-treatment patients receive acupuncture in Robert Nations Centre. Deadman qualifi ed as an acupuncture practitioner in 1978 and as an group and private settings, and has worked for several years with patients at the Robert Nations graduated from Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine in San herbalist some years later. He has taught Chinese medicine, health maintenance, San Diego Fertility Center, o§ ering pre/post Assisted Reproductive Therapy Diego, California and has been a member of the faculty since 1997. Nations also Avi Amir and qigong internationally, and is the founder and publisher of the Journal of treatments. In 2010, Dr. Haradin founded Gem Elixirz™, a company o§ ering trained and taught at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego for 14 years; his studies Avi Amir specializes in Chinese medicine and medical massage therapy, Chinese Medicine, co-author of A Manual of Acupuncture, and author of Live unique aromatherapy products that combine the power of aromatherapy and of healing included time in both China and Senegal. He and his wife maintain particularly the treatment of orthopedic problems and pain. He also practices Well Live Long: Teachings from the Chinese Nourishment of Life Tradition. gemstones for the purpose of transformative healing and well-being. She joined their private practice, Nations Integrative Acupuncture, in San Diego. He is the Mind Body Medical Group at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California, as Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), which he studied under the Subhuti Dharmananda also a sta§ acupuncturist with Sharp Hospital in Coronado and contracts with guidance of Dr. Toshikatsu Yamamoto himself, and with whom he maintains a specialist o§ ering acupuncture in 2013. Dr. Haradin also holds workshops on the University of California, San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine as an Subhuti Dharmananda, PhD, helped initiate People's Herbs Incorporated, regular contact. Amir is one of the co-founders of the International School of subjects such as aromatherapy, longevity, and facial rejuvenation. educator and acupuncturist. In 2010, Nations was certifi ed as the master trainer All-The-Tea Company, and Dharma Consulting International, and has been a Scalp Acupuncture and an active managing partner of the community clinic at for the California Department of Public Health, teaching the Tai Chi Moving consultant to several major herb companies including Fmali Herbs (maker of Bill Helm the Pnima Center in Haifa, Israel, where he treats over 150 patients a week. for Better Balance Program. His teaching experience also includes the San Good Earth Teas), Health Concerns (maker of Chinese Traditionals), and Sen Bill Helm is the director and lead instructor at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego Amir recently established a unique support center at Pnima, the fi rst of its kind Diego Community College Continuing Education Emeritus Program where he (maker of Sen traditional herbal formulae and other products). He has been an and the former department chair of the massage and bodywork program at in Israel, to provide professional enrichment and guidance to new graduates in conducts taiji and qigong classes. the fi eld of complementary medicine. editor, reviewer, and contributor for several journals involved with traditional Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine. He has been studying Chinese martial and medicine, including the International Journal of Oriental Medicine, the Protocol healing arts since 1965, specializing in taijiquan, tui na Chinese bodywork, qigong, Andrew Nugent-Head David Bomzon Journal of Botanical Medicine, and Herbalgram. and herbal medicine. Helm is a 20th generation Indoor Disciple of Grandmaster Founder and president of the Association for Traditional Studies, Andrew David Bomzon is one of the leading authorities in Israel on rehabilitative and Felice Dunas Chen Xiaowang and holds a 6th Duan Wei from the Chinese Wushu Association. Nugent-Head lived in China for 28 years, studying Chinese medicine, internal integrative acupuncture, specializing in classical Chinese medicine and Yamamoto He has also studied with taijiquan Masters Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Zhiquang, Ren cultivation practices, and martial arts before returning to the US in 2014. He Felice Dunas, PhD, is an international professional speaker, consultant, and New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA). He is the founder of the Pnima Center in Guangyi, and Chen Bing. Helm studied traditional Chinese Medicine at the was privileged to learn in traditional mentor-disciple relationships with the last executive coach who has used her understanding of behavior, the human body, Haifa, Israel, which has become the leading center for Chinese medicine in Haifa Shanghai College of Medicine and the Beijing Olympic Training Center in China generation of practitioners born and educated prior to the arrival of communism and ancient principles to enhance the lives of individuals, couples, families, and since its establishment in 2007. Bomzon teaches rehabilitative Chinese medicine and in the U.S. with Taoist Master Share K. Lew and Dr. Yu Da Fang. in 1949, one of the only contemporary practitioners to have learned classical corporate and healthcare industry CEOs for nearly forty years. Dr. Dunas brings and is a senior lecturer in complementary and integrative medicine at Reidman medicine directly from the practitioners who were trained before it was her global patients, clients, and audiences better health, happiness, and quality Roger Jahnke College in Israel. He is involved in clinical research into the benefi ts of YNSA in modernized into what is known today as traditional Chinese medicine. of life through erotic and intimacy education, alternative medicine, and marriage With over 40 years of clinical experience, Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD, is director of neurological rehabilitation. Dedicated to saving the skills and perspectives of these practitioners, his work coaching. She also serves as a consultant to corporations and hospitals seeking the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) and serves as a consultant generated thousands of hours of footage and hundreds of seminars. He runs a Sarica Cernohous to lower health care costs with acupuncture and alternative medicine. She is the to hospitals, social service agencies, and corporations in complementary and teaching clinic highlighting the e« cacy of classical Chinese medicine with his While working in the natural foods industry, Sarica Cernohous, MSTOM, author of the best-seller Passion Play: Ancient Secrets for a Lifetime of Health integrative medicine, wellness, and medical cost reduction. He co-convened the wife and fellow practitioner, Julie Ann. DACM, became a patient of acupuncture and TCM, and was deeply impressed and Happiness Through Sensational Sex, and her work has appeared in periodicals national expert meeting on qigong and taiji in collaboration with the University by the results. As a result, she began her formal study at the San Diego campus including Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Glamour, Prevention, Marie Claire, the of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as the National Blueprint for Active JulieAnn Nugent-Head of Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine, graduating with her master’s in 2001 Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. She is also a veteran media guest Aging. Jahnke is the author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise After completing her master’s in Oriental medicine, Dr. Julie Ann Nugent- and doctorate in 2018. Dr. Cernohous couples traditional methods such as and has appeared on numerous local, national, and international television and of Qi. He also edited and translated the clinical chapters for Chinese Medical Head opened a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She spent the summers pulse diagnosis, tongue observation, and palpation of the abdomen with modern radio programs. Qigong, the fi rst English translation of the only o« cial textbook of medical of 2004 and 2005 in internships at Kuan Jie hospital in Beijing, then moved to therapies such as cold laser and LED light therapy. She also has a life-long qigong, used in Chinese colleges and universities. In 2010, Dr. Jahnke published China full-time in 2006 to learn Chinese and study under two of Beijing’s most passion for nutrition, culminating in her book The Funky Kitchen, on traditional Andy Ellis a comprehensive review of the evidence base of the health benefi ts of taiji and famous practitioners, Drs. Li Hongxiang and Chen Tongyun. While working food preparation techniques for maximum bioavailability of nutrients, and its Andrew Ellis fi rst studied Chinese medicine with Dr. James Tin Yau So at the qigong in the prestigious American Journal of Health Promotion in collaboration with them over the next 8 years, she provided medical care to the migrant accompanying online course, "Fresh, Fun and Flavorful in The Funky Kitchen". New England School of Acupuncture. He left New England in 1983 to study the with Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. workers and expat population of Beijing. After the birth of her third child, Dr. Dr. Cernohous has also created a cellular-healing, lab-based, personalized Chinese language in Taiwan and apprenticed with Chinese herbalist Xu Fu-Su Mark Kastner Nugent-Head and her husband Andrew relocated to the rural tea mountains nutrition and lifestyle-support program, the LAPIS Lifestyle Method, the there for several years. Later, he studied internal medicine and gynecology at the of Hangzhou, where she completed her doctorate in Chinese medicine, at the cornerstone of which is her work as a coach for Metabolic Balance of Germany. Xiamen Hospital of Chinese medicine, where he also specialized in the study of Mark Kastner, LAc and herbalist, has been in private practice since 1987. He Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine. Dr. Nugent-Head has been published acupuncture with Dr. Shi Neng-Yun and dermatology with Dr. Zhang Guang- studied traditional Chinese medicine in Beijing and completed his degree at in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, teaches an online herbal program, lectures Paul Chek Cai. Ellis is the founding owner of Spring Wind Herbs in Berkeley, California and California Acupuncture College in San Diego, California. Kastner is the author internationally, and treats patients locally in Asheville, NC. Paul Chek is an internationally-renowned expert in the fi elds of corrective and has authored, translated, or co-translated several books on Chinese medicine of Alternative Healing, a complete A-Z guide to more than 150 complimentary high-performance exercise kinesiology. For over twenty-fi ve years, Chek’s including Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies (2nd Ed.), Grasping therapies, and Closing the Circle, a novel that delves into healing interpersonal Drew Pierson unique, holistic approach to treatment and education has changed the lives the Wind, The Clinical Experience of Dr. Shi Neng-Yun, Notes from South relationships. As a pioneer and specialist in the fi eld of holistic health, Kastner has Drew Pierson, DAOM, LAc, specializes in integrative medicine, mental/ of countless people worldwide. By treating the body as a whole system and Mountain, and Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine. been actively involved in the local promotion of integrative medicine. He started a neuropsychological issues in both adult and pediatric populations, fi nding the root cause of a problem, Chek has been successful where traditional radio talk show, has made numerous guest appearances on the news, and has been neuroleadership, and peak performance, which is concerned with creating a Andrew Gaeddert approaches have consistently failed. He is also the founder of the C.H.E.K featured in articles in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Over the years Kastner has complete lifestyle for excellence, peak mental health, sleep, stress, exercise, (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA, Andrew Gaeddert, president and founder of Health Concerns, originally became worked with numerous major sports teams including the Los Angeles Lakers, San dietary intake, and environment. He is a board-certifi ed neurotherapist and and the PPS Success Mastery Coaching Program. Chek is a licensed holistic involved in herbal medicine after conventional medicine failed to help his Diego Padres, and San Diego Chargers. He currently lectures, leads workshops has been certifi ed in EEG biofeedback since 1996. Dr. Pierson worked in a health practitioner in California, certifi ed neuromuscular therapist, and clinical symptoms of Crohn's disease, a life-threatening digestive disorder. Through years on national level teaching orthopedic acupuncture, and teaches orthopedics and large neuropsychological practice where he specialized in attention disorders, exercise specialist (ACE). He is also the author of six books, one of which, of research, experimentation, and self-treatment with herbal medicine, Gaeddert sports medicine in Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine’s graduate program. depression, anxiety, autism, seizure disorders, and many other medication- The Golf Biomechanic’s Manual, has been adopted for use by professional golf was able to successfully treat his condition and regain his good health. Since Ted Kaptchuk resistant conditions. He is also a decorated veteran, having served 6 years in the schools and was featured on the Golf Channel. then, he has helped thousands of people heal with herbal medicine through his U.S. Navy as an electronic engineer on a nuclear submarine. private practice. He has authored numerous articles and books, including Healing The multidisciplinary career of Ted Kaptchuk began with his training as an Misha Cohen Immune Disorders, Healing Digestive Disorders, and Chinese Herbs in the acupuncturist and herbalist in Macao, China. He then went on to write a classic Whitfi eld Reaves Misha Cohen, DOM, is the clinical director of Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, Western Clinic. Dedicated to the concept of lifelong education,has studied with textbook on Chinese medicine, The Web That Has No Weaver, and wrote a Whitfi eld Reaves, OMD, LAc, has been in clinical practice since 1981. His executive director of the MRCE Foundation, and integrative medicine research master herbalists from the U.S. and China and lectured at Columbia University BBC documentary series on global healing traditions. Kaptchuk was recruited thesis, titled "Acupuncture and the Treatment of Common Running Injuries", specialist at the University of California Institute for Health and Aging, all in San and many other colleges nationwide. He has worked with other herbalists to to investigate Asian medicine at Harvard and subsequently trained in rigorous was one of the fi rst-ever English language works integrating traditional Chinese Francisco. She is also an elected fellow of the National Academy of Acupuncture develop clinically tested formulas to help people with AIDS, cancer, and other scientifi c methodology. He has gone on to lead groundbreaking studies across acupuncture with Western orthopedic and sports medicine. Reaves’ 30 years and Oriental Medicine. Dr. Cohen has been practicing traditional Asian medicine chronic diseases, and served on the protocol teams of several scientifi c studies on a variety of disciplines—including clinical science, neurobiology, psychology, of clinical experience includes medical care for athletes at the 1984 Olympic for nearly forty years. herbal medicine. Currently Gaeddert is involved in endometriosis research. anthropology, history, bioethics, and philosophy—all focused on placebo e§ ects Games in Los Angeles as well as skiing, track and fi eld, cycling, and triathlon and the healing encounter. He is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical events. In addition, he is the author of The Acupuncture Handbook of Sports Chad Conner Holly Guzman School, where he directs the Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter Injuries and Pain, one of the only texts on sports acupuncture available in Chad Conner, MSOM, has nearly twenty years of experience developing and At 13, Guzman studied acupuncture with help from the Chinese Embassy in program, hosted at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. the West. Reaves is also the director and founder of the Acupuncture Sports overseeing successful integrative medicine centers in both the United States Afghanistan, where she lived in 1972. There, she was given a booklet on curing Guohui Liu Medicine Apprenticeship Program. and abroad. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and massage therapist, deaf mutes. A few years later, Guzman traveled to the Guang Zhou School for Conner has provided Chinese medical services to the University of San Diego the Deaf Mute in China to see the successful acupuncture protocol in action. Guohui Liu, MMed (China), LAc, received his MMed in internal medicine from Z'ev Rosenberg medical school free clinic and San Diego Hospice while running a successful Guzman attended NESA in 1979, and a year later assisted Ted Kaptchuk in Chengdu University of TCM in 1985. His areas of expertise include digestive Z'ev Rosenberg, LAc, of the fi rst generation of American-born practitioners of private practice. While abroad, Conner co-founded Ananda Health Centers in opening the fi rst acupuncture program at a state hospital. In 1983, she joined disorders, pain syndromes, male disorders, and infectious disease. He is the Chinese/East Asian Medicine, has been in clinical practice since 1981. With a Casablanca, Morocco, the fi rst multi-disciplinary wellness centers in the country, the fi rst graduating class of ACTCM, assisted Miriam Lee, and studied with Yat author of the highly regarded text Warm Pathogen Diseases: background in macrobiotics, shiatsu, and Western herbal medicine, Z’ev taught and the Institute of Wu Wei, the fi rst acupuncture school in the country. Over Ki Lai. She is a contributing author in Acupuncture in Practice, The Natural A Clinical Guide. at Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine for twenty-three years, and continues the last fi ve years, Conner has studied and incorporated cannabis medicine into Health First Aid Guide, and Breast Cancer/Breast Health. Holly has practiced Kiiko Matsumoto to teach, write, and research. His fi rst book, Returning to the Source: Han his practice. 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blood flow to the heart, genitals, and oxygen therefore flow to the heart diovascular disease, dementia, etc.) This means that when we ourselves muscles. It helps lower blood pres- and brain, blood pressure reduces, as well as premature aging and early are in a PSNS dominant state, we are sure, reduces blood clotting, func- and the nervous system is calmed. death. signalling to others (friends, family, tions as a neurotransmitter, increases This CO2-induced vasodilation may strangers and patients) via our facial blood and oxygen flow to the brain, also explain the experience of in- The yin parasympathetic branch expressions, tone and pattern of strengthens immune function, reduc- creased warmth in the hands or the “The cool eye discerns men’s voice, and willingness to listen, that es inflammation, and more. whole body during qigong medita- character. The cool ear hears the in- we are safe and can be trusted19. In Chinese medicine, the nose is tion, even when simply standing still. tent in their speech. Cool emotions These messages cannot easily considered to be part of the lung sys- plumb others’ feelings. The cool be faked, but when genuine and tem, and by implication plays a role (c) Breathing—the autonomic mind penetrates everything.” springing from a deeply residing in absorbing the qi of air. For this nervous system, heart rate variability, Vegetable Root Discourse, calm, centered and compassionate reason, all neijia breathing practices and vagal tone 16th century CE17 state, can help shift others from a emphasize nasal inhalation. This part of the article discusses SNS-dominant condition of stress, The value of this practice was the importance of achieving a health The parasympathetic nervous tightness, and fear, to a PSNS-relaxed confirmed in 1995 when it was dis- yin-yang balance in the autonomic system (PSNS) has traditionally been and trusting one. For those unable to covered that NO is produced in the nervous system (ANS). It then ex- called the ‘rest and digest’ branch access this state without help, it can paranasal sinuses and inhaled with plains how heart rate variability of the ANS. In this state, blood ves- come as a blessed relief and is the every breath through the nose (but (HRV) serves as a window into the sels relax and dilate, heart rate and starting point of healing—even be- not mouth). The effect of local para- state of the ANS—one which has al- blood pressure reduce, and the fore needles or herbs are applied. nasal NO production is to enhance lowed researchers to observe which immune system is enhanced. Cell defense against exterior pathogens, practices and behaviours enhance energy reserves are restored and anti- Yin-yang balance due to its antimicrobial action, and its healthy functioning. Finally, it ex- inflammatory pathways are activated “The yang energy in people is when NO is inhaled into the lungs, it plains how slow, deep (“coherent”) to counter the inflammatory effects of firm; firmness without restraint vasodilates pulmonary blood vessels breathing can be used to promote SNS predominance. turns into aggressiveness, like fire and thus increases oxygen uptake11. what is known as vagal tone to re- Beyond this, there is ever-growing rising. Yin energy is flexible; flex- Unsurprisingly, nasal NO production store ANS balance, counter stress and interest in the psychological and ibility without support becomes is reduced by up to 50% in people negative physical and mental states, emotional implications of having a too weak, like water descending.” with sinus disorders12, but surprising- and help repair the body and mind. nervous system that defaults to PSNS Liu I-ming, 18th century20 ly, NO production was reduced by activity. Along with calming and relax- up to 83% after five minutes of vigor- THE YIN AND YANG OF THE ing of the body comes a host of re- We no more want to be in a per- ous exercise, attributed to reduction AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM sponses such as increased feelings of manent state of blissed-out relaxation in blood flow to the nasal mucosa13. trust, safety, closeness, and affection. than we do in a high energy state of Slow breathing, by contrast, increases The yang sympathetic branch pressure and stress. What we do want NO absorption. Commonly known as the ‘fight or The polyvagal theory is a flexible and appropriate auto- Finally, studies show that hum- flight’ branch of the ANS, the sympa- “The complete mind cannot stay nomic response. We want to be able ming (as in yogic OM chanting, for thetic nervous system (SNS) is rapidly hidden in the body. Rather, it takes to go into a yang SNS-predominant example) can increase NO produc- activated in the face of threat and shape and appears on the outside. It state if there is genuine threat or by tion in the paranasal sinuses fifteen- danger. It is also raised in response can be known from the complexion choice, and to return to a default fold14, as well as help cure chronic to various other challenges, such as of the face. When people meet some- PSNS-predominant state at will, or just sinus disorders15. As we shall see be- time pressure, stress, anger, most ex- one whose appearance and mind are automatically, like an elastic band the low, exhaling against resistance, as in ternal exercise, voluntary exposure to full of positive energy, they will feel moment it stops being stretched. chanting, singing, etc., also activates thrill and excitement (“excessive joy”) happier than if they had met their At the same time, when we the relaxing and soothing parasym- and so on. A cascade of physiologi- own brother.” enter SNS-dominant states to deal pathetic state. cal responses accompanies raised Guanzi, 4th century BCE18 with threat, conflict, challenge, work SNS activity, including constriction of stress, business decisions, or compe- (b) Breathing and carbon dioxide blood vessels, raised blood pressure, Stephen Porges, distinguished tition, we want to be able to hold a If people are asked to breathe raised heart rate, faster breathing, psychiatry professor at the Univer- calm PSNS centre (yin within yang) deeply, it is likely their response will and pupil dilation (which makes us sity of North Carolina, developed his that helps us act smartly and skilfully be to inhale strongly and rapidly into better able to see danger). ‘polyvagal theory’ in 1994. One aspect in the most appropriate way. the upper chest, assuming that this While the SNS response is clearly of this is a discussion of evolutionary Equally, in our relaxed and calm will increase oxygen uptake. In fact, a vital evolutionary defence adapta- defence systems associated with the PSNS state, we want to retain a kind the opposite is the case. Hyperventi- tion, and in other circumstances a ANS. The most primitive is the reptil- of latent SNS readiness, so we can lation, whether deliberate (as above) state of exciting stimulation16, many ian freeze (and play dead) response. swiftly and smoothly transition into or as a response to stress, does not problems arise when it becomes This can still immobilise us in the effective action (yang within yin). increase oxygenation, but does re- chronically activated. Some of our face of threat and danger, as well as This kind of flexible and appro- duce healthy levels of carbon dioxide patients, family, friends and commu- physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. priately responding nervous system (CO2) in the blood. This lack of CO2 nity, even we ourselves, may suffer a Long-term consequences include dis- builds what is known as ‘stress resil- leads to a whole raft of symptoms kind of locked-in SNS activation. The sociative states, inability to feel and ience’: the ability to respond to, and including anxiety, chest tightness, result is varying levels of ongoing inhabit the body, and digestive disor- recover from, challenging events. worsening feelings of stress, vaso- stress, anxiety, insomnia, fear, worry, ders such as IBS. When his patients constriction, reduced oxygenation, feelings of sustained threat, chroni- report feelings of shame that, in the Heat rate variability: a window raised blood pressure, and reduction cally raised heart rate and blood face of abuse, they neither fled nor into the autonomic nervous system of blood flow to the brain (affecting pressure, defensiveness, depression, fought back, Porges reassures them One of the problems in assessing attention, concentration and effective inflexibility, poor judgement, poor that in the circumstances they were the ANS is that there are few reliable, functioning). The well-known rem- reasoning, inability to concentrate, responding with the best, or only, de- non-invasive markers as to how it is edy for anxiety induced by hyperven- PTSD, and so on. Sometimes com- fense available to them at the time. functioning, which makes observa- tilation is to inhale and exhale into a pared to the gas pedal in a car, SNS More evolutionarily advanced tion of heart rate variability particu- paper bag, restoring CO2 levels. activation burns energy in cells. If the is the standard SNS ‘fight or flight’ larly valuable. OM When we breathe slowly and SNS is chronically activated, it can response. Beyond that—the most deeply, we increase beneficial levels lead to inflammation (with conse- recent and sophisticated defence sys- of CO2 (we can feel this as a sensa- quent cell damage from free radicals) tem, and one unique to mammals—is EDITOR’S NOTE: The complete tion of air hunger, which should not and inability of the PSNS to restore the PSNS response, a ‘circuit for so- references can be found online be allowed to become extreme). As energy to cells and repair them. Pro- cial interaction’ as Porges calls it. He at https://www.pacificcollege. edu/news/blog/2018/07/12/ CO2 is a vasodilator, pulmonary blood longed inflammation is increasingly proposes that fibers from the vagus transformative-power-deep- vessels expand, increasing their ability understood to underlie most chronic nerve link to muscles of facial ex- slow-breathing to take up oxygen. More blood and non-infectious diseases (cancer, car- pression, vocalisation, and listening.

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integration of the herbs with their The first two lines we launched routine clinical protocols. However, are for G.I. and fertility, two focuses I still see a wide gap in mainstream widely seen in the U.S.—not only by usage of TCM in the U.S. versus Asia acupuncturists but also many other and I want to see this narrow. One integrative practitioners (NDs, DCs, concept I’d always thought about MDs) interested in progressing their was working with successful practi- integrative medical approach. TC- tioners of Chinese herbal medicine, MCeuticals provides a unique tool for well-trained in China, with extensive the healthcare profession. clinical experience practicing in the The last 18 years, our approach U.S. Several years ago, I was in New has been to provide high quality York, meeting with one of my medi- classical formulas and compounding cal school mates from China, Dr. single herbs in a variety of dosage Guoping Zheng. She was studying forms, fundamental products for day gynecology and women’s health and to day use by Chinese medicine prac- is now running a successful practice titioners and acupuncturists. These focusing on women’s health and fertil- practitioners can easily use our prod- ity. We began talking about this idea ucts with the support of our team and of using her vast clinical experience their knowledge of TCM. Our new treating fertility patients in the U.S., line of TCMCeuticals represents a new combined with her extensive knowl- concept of traditional herbal medi- edge of Chinese herbs, to bring herbal cine, a line completely formulated by usage to a broader audience, allowing practitioners and based on classical other practitioners to gain from her formulas, but including practitioners’ ideas and using her custom formula- clinical experiences. These are not tions built on years of experience to your classical TCM formulas; these are help more patients in the U.S. She was expert formulas using TCM as a guide interested, and over the years we kept but uniquely formulated for specific this dialogue open until, recently, she conditions seen in modern clinical was ready to prepare 3 formulas for settings. TCMCeuticals granules and TCMzone, which we brought to our capsules can be used alone or easily quality manufacturer for production integrated with our existing TCMzone and quality control tests, and eventual- brands of classical formulas and com- ly to market as our first TCMCeuticals pounding single herbs. formulas: Fertile Wisdom*. To summarize the concept behind JK: What is your vision for TC- TCMCeuticals: it represents a unique MCeuticals down the line? What do product line composed of different you hope to see with this new brand? herbal products, formulated by mas- DW: I am excited to see the ter-level practitioners with decades of launch of the brand new TCMCeu- experience in clinical specialty areas. ticals. This is a milestone for our They understand the common condi- business. I’m also very excited to see tions of U.S patients in their specialty the initial results of this launch. We and come from high level training have received such positive feed- in China. We’re all familiar with the back in only our first month and terms nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, I feel strongly that the concept of and even foodceuticals; now we are TCMCeuticals, Safety, Efficacy, and introducing the first ever TCMCeuti- Quality is a strong foundation to sup- cals. TCM+Ceuticals equals custom, port and grow this line. I’m hoping condition-specific, traditional Chinese this condition-specific line will cre- herbal products representing safety, ate broader usage among integrative efficacy and highest possible quality. medicine practitioners, representing These 3 important concepts are repre- an important movement for our com- sented in our TCMCeuticals logo: the pany in supporting a vast number of three yellow, natural earth pieces that practitioners, creating consistent clini- support this product line. cal results, and ultimately helping the general public achieve better health. JK: You mentioned Dr. Zheng’s Fer- In addition to these first six formu- tile Wisdom line. Can you tell us about las, we have plans for another five, each of these new lines and what launching later this year under the makes them different from classical TCMCeuticals brand. We’re looking TCM formulas? forward to this line covering many DW: TCMCeuticals is a brand of conditions. My goal is for TCMzone herbal formulas that represent condi- to carry a broad selection of herbal tion-specific formulas; this is important. products from classical Chinese for- Chinese herbal medicine is extremely mulas, Japanese Kampo formulas, broad, requiring intensive understand- compounding single herbs and clini- ing of many areas. We designed this cally-driven formulas so practitioners product line based on the experience and consumers have access to many of formulators and their in-depth un- different kinds of quality herbal prod- derstanding of Chinese herbal medi- ucts to reach optimal health. cine. This opens the door for many JK: Thank you Dr. Wen, this was practitioners in the U.S. to use these very educational and we’re looking Chinese herbal formulas based on forward to another great new line at common conditions seen in their clinic. TCMzone! OM

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Until very recently, the wellness less clinical medicine, whether con- basis that complements these strate- ventional, allopathic, or holistic. gies was unique to Chinese medicine The science of estimating the Acupuncture Malpractice Insurance and other holistic forms of medicine magnitude of the savings is pro- (i.e. Ayurvedic, native, shamanic). It gressing. For now, we can say that if is known by numerous titles; in the people prevent disease, then society • AAC is an active participant in your acupuncture literature of Chinese medicine as “fos- (families, companies, school sys- community ter the righteous” and contemporarily tems, the military) can save 70-90% as “maximize function”. It is the very of the $3 trillion annual cost of the essence of wellness-based medicine. medical system. • Our legal professionals are eperts in handling Rather than attacking what is wrong, acupuncture and oriental medicine claims the “foster the righteous” model PROVE IT maximizes what is right through the Chinese wellness practices are tools of Chinese medicine such as most widely referenced as mind-body • AAC helps promote and fund acupuncture acupuncture, herbs, massage, and practices, moving meditation, and research and education programs personal wellbeing cultivation meth- Chinese self-care. Qigong and taiji, in ods like qigong. This strategy refi nes, a multitude of forms, are now being awaken, and activate the “healer implemented in schools, universities, within” or “the inner elixir”. This is faith institutions, social service agen- the most profound medicine, natu- cies, hospitals, clinics, spas, retreat rally produced in the body. centers, community centers, and While clinically-based preven- even the military. Over 70 random- tion methods such as vaccination ized clinical trials (RCT) have recently and colonoscopies have been pres- been reviewed (4), fi nding that the ent in Western healthcare for some mind-body wellness practices of Chi- time, only recently has behaviorally- nese medicine are safe and effective based prevention been of any rel- in treating and preventing disease evance. As Western medicine transi- and reducing risk for numerous dis- tions to the wellness and prevention eases. Inspired by this, the National framework, what are the primary Institutes of Health recently instituted innovations? Physical activity, anti- an annual event called NIH Mind- infl ammatory nutrition and medita- Body Week with several keynotes on tion. What is the key to behavioral qigong and taiji (5). prevention? These have been the In collaboration with the Uni- central points of Chinese wellness, versity of Illinois, the Institute of or yang sheng, for millennia. Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) Conventional medical facilities convened the National Consensus are currently borrowing numerous Meeting on Qigong and Tai Chi (6). best practices of wellness and func- One of many new breakthroughs is tional enhancement from the Asian the research on gene expression and healthcare model. the reduction of cell death (longevity enhancement) with qigong, taiji, and MIND-BODY ENERGETICS: QI- other forms of mind-body practice. GONG, TAIJI, AND MINDFULNESS (7) Tai Chi Easy, a program devel- Among the most eloquent forms oped especially for bringing taiji and of behaviorally-based wellness prac- qigong wellness programs to schools, tices is Chinese mind-body energet- social service agencies, the military, ics. Qigong and taiji are the cousins and veterans, has trained 300 “prac- of Indian yoga, but all are mindful- tice leaders” in collaboration with the ness methods. While the powerful National Wellness Institute at the Uni- wellness-based practices of acupunc- versity of Wisconsin, the Veterans Ad- 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group, Inc. a Risk Retention Group, Insurance Company, 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals ture, body therapy, and herbs have ministration, several faith institutions, a signifi cant cost, qigong and taiji Asian Pacifi c Health in California, the are pretty much free once one has Western Nebraska Regional Health learned them. Authority, and the Southern Arkansas While the questions about qi Council on Aging. (energy, function) and the nature of As a result, taiji and qigong are mind (xin-heartmind) are the most rapidly being embraced by policy interesting aspects of qi cultivation, it makers, program coordinators, re- is the economics of personal wellness searchers, and funders. that is most compelling in our soci- ety right now. Qigong and taiji (and WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS other mind-body practices) are the PARADIGM SHIFT OPPORTUNITY? underlying solution to many of the In America, sadly, the major medi- medical cost and quality challenges cal, social, and economic opportuni- of contemporary time. They are easy ties associated with Chinese wellness to learn (simple forms), easy to get have been neglected by the Chinese people enthusiastic about, easy to medicine profession itself. In personal disseminate, and inexpensive due to consulting experiences, including lec- the group-based learning context. tures to the AMA, the American Hospi- It is really very simple: people tal Association (AHA), and the Ameri- who prevent disease and activate the can College of Healthcare Executives inner medicine through self-initiated health-enhancement practice need continued on NEXT PAGE SUMMER 2018 30 Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu THE CHINESE WELLNESS YANG SHENG-BASED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM continued from page 30

(ACHE), it appears that there is a far REFERENCES more robust interest in the implica- 1. Ni, MS. Huang Ti Nei Jing: The Yellow tions of wellness in conventional med- Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, Shambala, Boston, 1995. ical institutions than in the institutions Acupuncture Malpractice Insurance associated with Chinese medicine. 2. McGinnis JM, Foege WH. Actual causes of death in the United States. JAMA. 1993 At the Institute of Integral Qigong Nov 10;270(18):2207-12. • PCOM has chosen AAC to cover you while in and Tai Chi (IIQTC), we have trained 3. Fries JF, Koop CE, Sokolov J, Beadle CE, many more MDs, nurses, and physical Wright D. Beyond health promotion: re- school, in part, because of AAC’s low rates therapists than we have practitioners ducing need and demand for medical care. of Chinese medicine. The leverag- Health Affairs. 1998 Mar-Apr;17(2):70-84. ing of the natural wellness currency 4. 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However, it is also true org/research/21stbreakthrough.htm that the Chinese medicine profes- sional community is in the process of missing one of the most profound ROGER JAHNKE, OMD received Chinese opportunities in the history of health- medical training from traditional sources care (for both service and PR). While at the earliest Western schools: Tai Xuan Chinese doctors are busy acting more School (Tai Hsuan in Hawaii, now the like Western clinical practitioners, World Medicine Institute for Acupunc- multitudes of MDs are acting more ture and Herbal Medicine) from 1973- 76 and the California Acupuncture Col- like Chinese doctors and vigorously lege from 1980-83 (original root of the recommending wellness through qi- Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine). gong, taiji, meditation, and natural foods. These doctors must unlearn During his years of clinical practice and then learn much to do this, while (1977-present), Roger has had the oppor- tunity to become a consultant for hospitals practitioners of Chinese medicine al- and institutions, investigating innovation ready have deep training in the prin- and medical cost containment. He was ciples of wellbeing and balance. contracted to present both to key con- ventional medicine institutions as well as WHAT TO DO holistic and complementary institutions For the Chinese medicine com- including the American Medical Associa- tion, American Hospital Association, Na- munity, only two actions are neces- tional Wellness Institute, National Council sary to take advantage of the inherent On Aging, American College of Health- benefi ts within their grasp: care Executives, and Institute of Health 1. For practitioners: implement Chi- and Productivity Management, as well as Inc. a Risk Retention Group, Insurance Company, 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals nese wellness in word and deed. all the major TCM and CAM conferences. This is all inherent to the training Dr Jahnke’s fi rst book The Healer Within in “the medicine”. (Harper-Collins, 1997) is used by wellness 2. For the institutions of the profes- programs worldwide. He later published sion: make the policy decision to The Healing Promise of Qi (McGraw-Hill, more overtly promote the well- 2002) which immediately became a clas- ness associated aspects of Chinese sic in the mind-body, holistic, integra- tive, and energy medicine literature. medicine. A major transformation in health- Roger has traveled to China eight times to care is taking place, and mind-body explore the hospitals, institutes, sanitoriums, practice—qigong and taiji—is an libraries, museums, research conferences, essential component. The Chinese temples, and sacred mountains to work with scientists, master teachers and wizards. medical community is a natural ben- He is the medical director of the Institute of efi ciary. It will require, however, Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, a co-founder that the Chinese medicine profes- of the National Qigong Association, and a sional demonstrate the principles consultant on NIH research, with numerous and promises of bona fi de wellness- articles and chapters published in respected based medicine that fl ow naturally journals and volumes. Dr. Jahnke has re- cently been contracted to lecture on qigong from the Asian healthcare tradition— and taiji at NIH Mind-Body Week, and is a in clinical practice, in professional widely respected thought leader in medi- promotion, and in the formation of cine, healthcare, wellness, research, trends, policy. OM and policy. www.acupuncturecouncil.com Oriental Medicine • www.Pacifi cCollege.edu SUMMER 2018 31 Classical Five-Element Acupuncture: Three Powerful Treatment Strategies

By NEIL R. GUMENICK, LAc, MAc (UK)

n prior articles, this author has diagnosis is correct, get an immedi- detailed the importance of di- ate pulse change on all 12 pulses, as I agnosing a patient’s primary well as a change in the intensity of elemental imbalance, also called the patient’s odor, color, sound, and causative factor (CF), via odor, color, emotion. MIEC offers sound, and emotion. Once we have cleared any and all of the energetic THE TECHNIQUES OF NEEDLE TONIFI- blocks to treatment efficacy, in this CATION AND SEDATION precision coverage system of medicine, we turn our at- Determination of the appropriate tention to supporting, balancing, action is made by pulse diagnosis. If and unmatched and harmonizing the CF, as it is the the patient’s pulses are deficient, we source of the symptoms that invari- tonify. If excessive (and this is rela- ably spread throughout the entire tively rare), we sedate. support. system and manifest at the levels of The needle technique for the ac- body, mind, and spirit. So: when we tion of tonification is as follows: in- speak of treating the CF, what do we sert to correct depth: left side first, on mean, and how do we begin? the patient’s exhalation, the needle angled slightly in the direction of MIEC has been providing Medical Professional COMMAND POINTS flow of the meridian; turn the needle Liability Insurance to physicians and other healthcare Command points are the “bread 180 degrees clockwise; withdraw im- professionals for more than 40 years. As a member- and butter” of this system of medi- mediately and press the hole to seal cine. While any appropriate point can it. 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The energy —Ronni Fan, JD, Senior Underwriter suffice. generated with source points comes 能够帮助我们的医生解答误医保险方面的各 Command points also give us the from deep within the organ or func- 种问题是我工作中最大的快乐。 clearest feedback as to whether our tion (also known as the “official”). diagnosis of the elemental CF is accu- They are the safest points on the rate. Every needle we insert will have whole of the body, as one cannot an energetic effect; staying on the over-tonify or over-sedate these CF will not dilute our feedback with points. They have a built-in safety Owned by the policyholders input and effect from other points, factor, which will “switch off” when we protect. and we will have confirmation of our the official has taken or dispersed diagnosis. Thus, by keeping the first the correct amount of energy that is 800.227.4527 treatments simple and staying on the miec.com meridians of the CF, we will, if our continued on page 35

SUMMER 2018 32 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu What is Love? An Exploration of Culture and Truth

By FELICE DUNAS, PhD

hile reading a Harvard pret the necessary treatment. As published in the Handbook of Business Review article Chuang Zi 莊子was an influential Emotions, Shaver, Wu, and Schwartz on authentic leadership Chinese philosopher who lived dur- interviewed young people in the W th (leadership that includes the whole- ing the 4 century BCE during the U.S.A., Italy, and the People’s Repub- ness of self rather than just ambition Warring States Period. When his wife lic of China about their emotional based endeavors), I was intrigued by died, at first he felt sadness. Then experiences. In all cultures, men and research addressing the importance he sat on a rock, meditated on the women identified the same emotions of a strong support network for lead- changes of qi, and realized that death and they agreed completely except ers. By loving and being loved, by is nothing but a transformation (a on one: love. The U.S. and Italian leaning on and being leaned upon dispersal) of qi, the same way that subjects equated love with happiness; in their personal lives, leaders fly birth is a transformation (aggrega- both passionate and compassionate higher, bringing more goodness tion) of qi. At that, he said, his sad- love were assumed to be intensely and transformation into the world. ness dissipated and he felt joy. Some positive experiences. Without people by whom a leader people might find this story philo- Chinese students, however, had can completely feel loved and let sophically uplifting and the source of a darker view of love. In China, pas- down, their wings are clipped and great wisdom. This has been true for sionate love tended to be associated their power to positively influence many of Chuang Zi’s students and his based on ethics, morality, duty, and with “infatuation”, “unrequited love”, the world is limited. This inspired students’ students for over two mil- respect—but not love. We must also “nostalgia”, and “sorrow-love”. In me to think that we are leaders and lennia. We, however, would say he is remember that, to the Confucians, short, love was viewed more as a neg- need to feel loved to optimize our being incredibly callous and insensi- there was nothing worse than losing ative experience: the result of obses- effectiveness. tive, that his failure to acknowledge control, which passionate, romantic sive thinking, jealousy, and the like. This raises a question: what is his grief is problematic, and that he love can lead to. Many Chinese books only talk the energetic dynamic that expresses is increasing his odds of getting sick The Daoist does not “love” the about “love” (ai 爱) as a cause of dis- as human loving in the medicine as a result of his emotional empti- Dao. Ideally, the Daoist witnesses ease without specifying what it actu- we practice? What is happening to ness/stagnation in a decade or two. and, with great dedication, experi- ally is. The term could be referring to qi and blood and organs and shen, Same patient with a different prog- ences the Dao. But there is nothing the dark aspects of personal affection hun, po and all the energetic compo- nosis from the Eastern and Western personal about one’s relationship to reflected in the responses Chinese nents of the “beingness” that we are: acupuncturist. it. No silent communication. No self. students gave in the study above. body, intellect, emotions, and spirit? Love, as we know it, is the result Self-esteem is paramount in Amer- The old pictograph for “love” had My life and career, like yours, has a of a Western concept of self devel- ican culture and you use your work to “belching” at the top, a heart, and high level of commitment to love, oped over 2500 years, from Plato enhance a patient’s self-esteem. This “gracious gait” (as in one’s walking happiness, self-awareness, kindness, down to Aristotle, through the Stoics, would be unheard of in China. Your gait). “Belching” was later replaced authenticity, pleasure, and truth, as St. Paul, and the continuing evolu- view of patients is based upon your by a “hand” and a “covering over well as the use of these wonderful tion of biblical translation, including culture of origin. Is it possible that by the heart” and “gracious gait”. The experiences in creating health. Do St. Augustine, St. Thomas, and St. seeing through this lens you are miss- modern Chinese removed the “heart” you believe that our professional an- Francis. European philosophers such ing something? If a patient is not of a from the character so that now it cestors did the same thing? Did they as Locke, Hume, Descartes, Berke- Western culture, could you be misin- looks very much like the character understand love as we did? Where ley, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Freud, Jung, terpreting their need for care, sending for “friendship”; i.e. are they more their treatments goals in alignment Nietzsche, and Sartre have tremen- them in a direction that is not appro- comfortable with friendship than love with ours? Was happiness something dously influenced our view. Current- priate to them? as we define it? they strived for or saw as a goal for ly, the loud voices of psychologists, I once worked with a middle Yes, of course, Chinese people their patients? neuroscientists, gurus, and “human aged Chinese woman who had fall in love too and have passionate Our patients live in heart-starved potential” movement authors define come to the US as a child. She ex- sexual desires. This happens more cultures. Their behaviors and yearn- consciousness and selfhood for us. plained to me that, in her home, frequently now, due to exposure to ings reflect that there isn’t enough The Chinese philosophies, how- emotions were not expressed, and the Western world, but all three of love expressed in most of their small, ever, do not envisage an individual, that she never felt very high or very the philosophies of China considered arbitrary encounters. Most go through inward-looking, autonomous self low. She lived in a comfortable “desire” the root of psychological and extended periods surrounded by as we have in the West. They do world, but was aware that other existential problems. Love is a form people without sharing warm smiles not perceive themselves as unique, people were different. She was fond of desire. When we are in love we or sincere hugs. They pay to go to emotional people needing time or of her husband, cared deeply for crave that person intensely. In Asian “personal growth” seminars and are room or cultivation of the “self”. him, but felt minimal passion. She cultures, there has always been an told to hug and be hugged more There is no “self” as we know it to described the relationship as ap- awareness of emotional preference, often. They consume bitter, fire- fall in love, need love, or get needs propriate and good. Passion wasn’t affection, inebriation (as in drunken- element tonics, like chocolate and fulfilled! something she understood well. It ness for wanting), and need for sex, coffee, to warm their hearts, and This has to be seen with refer- was helpful to her when I explained as well as jealousy and despair over drink alcohol and take mood-altering ence to the three major philosophies that supporting yin qi in her would not having the person one wishes: medications to create the illusion of China: Daoism, Buddhism, and allow her to become more receptive these are not considered positive ex- of movement in the liver’s ability to Confucianism. I believe Confucianism to her husband. Cultivating this form periences and are not to be cultivated. move qi, ameliorating despair and has been the dominant philosophy of qi could grow the marriage in a Does this mean that the rich, depression. Yet we all want what we since, at the very least, the Song dy- unique and new way and alleviate gooey, chocolaty goodness of snug- define as love, and our organs show nasty. The Confucianist view of love the menopausal problems for which gling with someone your entire being the lack of it. is not vital, as it is to us. she sought treatment. I told her that feels a “connection” with is not inher- We in the West take our concept Their focus would be on duty, we could use the medicine to merge ent to human nature? Can it not be of love for granted, yet the cultures responsibility, care, kindness, and, her culture of origin and Western found in our medical theory? from which our medicine evolved crucially, obedience. The translation culture by helping her feel more Yes, it can. One of the many ar- think quite differently about it. The of the Confucian ren as “compassion” receptivity to everything, including eas of greatness in our medicine is texts you read may use words that is misleading. Ren is a state of family love as it is defined in the West. She its range and flexibility. Absolutely you know, like love, but meanings and social harmony that occurs when was very excited about this,but not everything that any of our patients that you don’t. As a result, it is easy everybody behaves according to their all patients would be, and this is im- to misdiagnose a patient or misinter- duties and takes care of others. It is portant to realize. continued on page 37

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What are the most common food Atractylodes root (bai zhu), and portant to monitor compliance. It is allergens and how does this relate to licorice root (gan cao). In clinical MANY SYMPTOMS also important to choose a delivery allergic rhinitis? practice, we can combine Xanthium * system for Chinese herbs that yields The most common food aller- Relieve Surface with formulas that OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS the best compliance. Teas, powders, gens in the United States are dairy, tonify wei qi, clear phlegm, or treat INCLUDE ITCHING OF and pills all have their place. For the eggs, peanuts, wheat, soy, nuts, fish, allergic asthma symptoms. The vast majority of American patients and shellfish. Many people also have vast majority of patients see results THE NOSE, roof of the with allergic rhinitis, high quality for- sensitivity to corn, particularly high within a few days. Some of these mulas in pill form will yield the most fructose corn syrup. For clients with clients have been on symptomatic mouth, and eyes; sneez- satisfactory results. Finally, if compli- allergies, it is also important to great- medication for years. For example, ing; excessive mucus; ance is adequate and your clients ly reduce sugars, sweets, sweeteners, Gary had had seasonal allergy symp- are not achieving symptom relief, be and alcohol. Many of my clients with toms for years when, seeking an and frontal headache. prepared to re-evaluate your diagnosis rhinitis and sinusitis symptoms can antihistamine alternative, he visited and change your treatment strategy, obtain significant relief just by elimi- our clinic. We recommended Xan- and consider focusing more intently nating alcohol and taking herbs. thium Relieve Surface and a formula Some patient’s allergies are exacer- on dietary and lifestyle counseling. to build up wei qi based on yu ping bated by mold. What do you suggest? Because allergic symptoms are so I understand you have developed feng san (YPFS) along with daily For allergies and yeast syndrome common, clinicians should offer effec- an effective allergy protocol. Please nasal irrigation. Within 24 hours, he or mold sensitivity, we use Xanthium tive herbal formulas for themselves, describe it. contacted us to say the two formulas Relieve Surface, an anti-fungal diet family members, and patients. OM I have developed a formula in combination worked better than such as Digestive Clearing Diet, and called Xanthium Relieve Surface™, the antihistamine he had been on either specific anti-fungal herbs or REFERENCES which is an example of a modern for several years. We counseled him Western medicines to lower fungal 1 www.DigestiveClearingDiet.org tableted Chinese herbal formula to stay on the two formulas until al- counts. Many sinusitis cases we see 2 Journal of Chinese Medicine. No. 116, developed in the west. It is com- lergy season was over, and continue involve fungal sinusitis, which is of- p82. Feb 2018 prised of xanthium fruit (cang er YPFS. Gary reported that his allergy ten caused by inappropriate use of zi), magnolia flower (xin yi hua), symptoms were much milder in antibiotics. ANDREW GAEDDERT is an authority on Platycodon root (jie geng), Schizan- spring after taking YPFS all winter. the western applications of Chinese Herbs. dra fruit (wu wei zi), Angelica root YPFS is more beneficial when used Any final clinical tips on herb He has over thirty years of experience. His (bai zhi), wild chrysanthemum for more than three weeks. It is recommendations? latest book, Healing Digestive Disorders, 4th edition, is published by PMPH, one flower (ye ju hua), siler root (fang particularly effective for itchy nose, In our experience, 80 percent of of the largest medical publishers in China. feng), Schizonepeta herb (jing jie), sneezing, blocked nose and runny American clients do not take adequate He can be reached at herbalist@healthcon- Astragalus root (huang qi), white nose.2 dosages of herbs; therefore it is im- cerns.com.

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needed—no more and no less. “holding on” and presenting a façade. Source points are usually the first Feeling that help has finally arrived, points considered to treat a patient’s the official may relax and its pulses causative factor (CF) meridians. may plummet, showing its true state When first treating a patient, we do of deficiency. On the other hand, not know how the patient’s energy the pulses may spring to life with a will respond—how much or how horary treatment, showing that there little treatment is needed, or how was truly a good amount of energy strongly we need to treat to effect a under the debris. change. Stronger or additional points Using horary points is akin to may or may not be needed. Source blowing or shaking the ashes off a points help give us that information. fire. We need to know if there is fire If we get a substantial pulse change alive under the ashes—how much or on all pulses, and/or a significant how little. We need to know whether odor, color, sound, and emotion we must rebuild from scratch, or change from source points alone, we simply add a bit of wood to get the know that we have diagnosed the CF fire blazing. These examples are correctly, that the patient’s energy is analogous to determining how much very responsive, and that gentle treat- is more energy in the mother than sometimes it will be the sensory in- or how little treatment is needed. It ments (i.e. command points) are ap- in the child. There must be, in other dicators; it may well be both. If the gives us information as to what kinds propriate at the time. terms, more milk in the mother’s simple transfer from the mother did of points will be needed, how many, We generally treat the source breasts than in the child’s tummy. not summon sufficient energy (de- and what the treatment interval points of both meridians within the Used as such, tonifying these points termined by pulse diagnosis), this should be. CF element, giving in equal measure affects a simple transfer of energy would be a time to consider rein- Similarly, in the earth element, to each. In the case of fire, which from the mother to the child—just forcement with the source points. we need to know its true state. If has 4 officials within it, we must de- like putting a hungry baby to the the earth is covered over with dead termine which side of the element breast of its mother. Often used early HORARY POINTS leaves and litter, we cannot know is most challenged. It will be either in the treatment process, it is one of Horary points are command its state. Is it dry and sandy, moist the “organ side” (i.e. heart and small the simplest, most elegant treatments points, and are the point on the me- and rich? Is it capable of nourishing intestine) or the “function side” (i.e. we can give. ridian that is the same element as the seeds? In metal, we need to know pericardium and triple heater, or san- Unless the pulses show this state official on which it resides. Thus, the the state of the element beneath jiao). Rarely do we treat both sides of of relative excess in the mother and horary point will always be the fire the layers of accumulated rust and fire, as treating the correct side will deficiency in the child, these points point of a fire meridian (i.e. HT 8, SI tarnish. What kind of metal is it? In balance the other side, just as treating cannot be used as tonification points, 5, PC 8, SJ 6) or the earth point on an what condition is it? The answers to the CF element will tend to balance though they retain other uses, such earth meridian (i.e. ST 36, SP 3), and these questions will be largely de- all elements. as providing their elemental gifts to so on. termined by the pulse change that the meridian, for their locations, and Horary points may be used as horary points provide. Source points are excellent as for the spiritual connotation associ- such only during the peak time of reinforcement of any treatment. They ated with their point names. the official concerned. According to SEASONAL HORARIES are often used to anchor or ground a As all of our treatments aim to the Law of Midday and Midnight, Another use of horary points is treatment in which blocks have been balance and harmonize the CF, we also known as the circadian or “Chi- during the season of the respective opened, spirit points or any non- generally treat the tonification points nese Clock”, each of the 12 officials official’s element. While not as po- command points have been done, of both of the CF officials. In the case has an extra measure of energy to do tent as the use of these points during or after other command points have of the fire element, as mentioned its job during the two hours allotted their peak time of day, the horary been treated and still more reinforce- above, we would treat the side of to it. For example, the lung official is point can be used to great effect at ment (determined by pulse change) fire that we have diagnosed as the at its peak between 3 and 5AM, often any time of the day—during the ele- is needed. We always anchor a treat- primarily imbalanced side. Typically, the time when breathing techniques ment’s season. Therefore, we could ment with command points on the if one child is deficient, its brother or are practiced in ashrams or monas- tonify LU 8 and LI 1 any time during patient’s CF. After going to a point for sister will likely (but not always) be teries. The stomach official is at its the season of autumn on a metal CF. a strong spiritual connotation, for ex- deficient as well. If this is the case, peak between 7 and 9AM, the best Were we to treat the horaries during ample, we need to regain control and we give to both paired officials in time to take in and digest a meal, as the season and at the appropriate command over the energy, lest the equal amounts. As the predominantly evidenced by the ravenous appetites time of day, we would get the stron- patient be left feeling untethered and yin (zang) and yang (fu) Officials fol- of most babies at those hours. If we gest horary treatment possible. As in lost in the “heavenly realms”. Source low each other on the sheng cycle. are doing a horary treatment of a the example, LU 8 would be used points, while not the only points to When tonifying HT, for example, patient with a CF in earth, we would any time between 3 and 3:59AM, fol- consider, are always a safe choice in we use HT 9 to draw energy from bring him or her in at approximately lowed by LI 1 at 4:01AM (and before these instances. wood, specifically LIV. When tonify- 8:30AM. This would allow time to 7:00AM) in the autumn. OM ing SI, we use SI 3 to draw energy gather information, take pulses, per- TONIFICATION POINTS from wood, specifically GB. On the haps do a point or points prior to the The tonification point of a merid- other side of fire, we would use PC 9 horaries, and then tonify ST 36 be- PROFESSOR NEIL R. GUMENICK is Found- ian is the point that corresponds to its to draw from wood, specifically LIV, fore 9:00AM. At 9:01, we could then er and Director of The Institute of Classical “mother”, the preceding element on and SJ 3 to draw from wood, specifi- tonify SP 3, giving a gift of equal Five-Element Acupuncture, which offers training in this profound system of body/ the sheng or “creative” cycle. We ob- cally GB. value to both officials, both at their mind/spirit medicine. He has maintained a serve that, on this cycle, wood is the Using the tonification point, peak times. When we use horary private practice in Santa Monica, CA since mother of fire. It creates, promotes, when appropriate, will do more than points, we treat only the officials of 1981 and is a Professor at YoSan University and fuels fire just as a mother would simply balance mother and child, the CF. In the case of a fire CF, we and Emperor’s College. Neil holds three de- feed her child. Thus, in the element but will be felt by all officials. Like would treat the horaries of the pri- grees and an advanced teaching credential from The College of Traditional Acupunc- fire, the tonification point of any of source points, when we use tonifica- marily imbalanced side. ture (UK) awarded by the late Professor its officials is the wood point (HT 9, tion points properly, there will be a Tonifying the horary point of a J.R. Worsley. Neil was recipient of the 2007 SI 3, PC 9, SJ 3), corresponding to its change in all pulses, as all officials meridian during its peak time har- AAAOM Pioneers and Leaders in Acupunc- mother element. In earth, the tonifica- are connected like members of a nesses that extra energy and power, ture and Oriental Medicine Award, and is tion point is the fire point (ST 41, SP family, and also a change in intensity available only at that time. Addition- one of the world’s foremost practitioners, 2), and so on around the cycle. of the patient’s odor, color, sound, ally, it provides a look into the true teachers, and writers on the subject of Clas- sical Five-Element Acupuncture. He can be These points can only be used and emotion. Sometimes the pulse state of the official concerned. An reached at www.5elements.com or at (310) as tonification points when, by pulse change will be the more dramatic; official may have been desperately 453-2235. diagnosis, it is determined that there

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field. What’s holding us back? Are we review the past days of food intake not having important conversations easily and feel encouraged that the about diet with our patients because small changes will have a big impact we don’t feel skilled enough in this over time. We can starve or nourish area, or because we can’t bill enough our gut bacteria in as little as two for the time? Are we afraid to offer weeks and see measurable changes advice on supplements because we from stool tests. don’t understand pre- and pro-biotics, Some of the most interesting herbs and vitamins? Do we lack the research in the last few years shows time to read the research and study that no diet is right for everyone, the details? I hope this article will shed just like the same probiotic supple- a little more light on the subject and ment cannot possibly be right for encourage you to dive deeper into everybody. We all have individual this information with your patients. sensitivities due to the colonies of Most of us understand by now bugs within. Some bodies are good that bacteria live in and on our skin, at digesting sea foods and algae, oth- eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and of ers lack these bugs and cannot toler- course our gut. Our lower colon is ate a diet rich in seafood. Research the most populated with the largest from just the last three years has shed diversity of these microscopic cells. light on the many diet programs and In fact, they out-number our human detoxing plans in books and online cells 10 to 1, which means we are today. more microbial than human. Dr. Ste- Most of these fad programs have phen Barrie, an expert with 30 years little to no effect on improving gut of research experience in the field health for the masses. What works of the microbiome, recently said in for one person does not work for an interview that “it is our individual We can, however, exert influence 4. Individualized diets are best, NO all. What experts in the field do microbiome that is responsible for on the bacteria within by controlling diet is right for everyone. agree upon is that the best way to ALL disease states today”. His mis- what goes in and on our body. There 5. Eat a diverse diet—seasonal improve your microbiome is not an sion is to make disease an option. is good news: our gut microbiota are foods are best. This rule is king. elimination diet or detox program, In his words, “a healthy body relies malleable. Our bodies are constantly but rather a diet rich in polysaccha- on a healthy and diverse biome”. He trying to find homeostasis, whether These five best practices may ride foods, high-fiber foods (50-100 continued on to say that this state- through balancing blood sugar levels seem common sense to some, but grams daily), and a diverse diet of ment may shock the masses, but the with food intake or hormone levels how many of us are doing these five seasonally harvested food; the more evidence that proves it correct has with outside stressors. Our microbi- things daily? When talking with your diversity of vegetables the better. already been amassed by many ex- ome wants the same type of balance. patients about these five best practic- Meat protein should be more like perts around the world. His ebook It’s not coincidental that TCM has es, let’s not forget our roots. Because a condiment than a main course. Microbiome: All Diseases Begin in taught us the importance of balance everyone’s microbiome is different, Sugar should be completely elimi- the Gut - Short Guide to Fixing Your with our treatments. Our foundation the best way to treat individuals is nated for many reasons, including Gut is a great place to expand your has always emphasized that the prima- the way TCM teaches us to diagnose one you may not have considered: knowledge. His words echo many ry goal is to bring balance to the body and treat: individually. Balance the sugar is digested and absorbed in of the greatest teachers in traditional to achieve a healthy mental, physical, spleen/stomach channels according the small intestines. Most of your Chinese medicine. and emotional state. Although we may to each patient’s individual needs. A good gut bacteria live in the lower Whole schools of thought were not think about “balancing” our micro- tonifying treatment, a sedating treat- colon. A diet high in sugar leaves developed in the 12th century that biome, by balancing everything in the ment, and qi moving treatment. You nothing for your gut bacteria to feed stressed the importance of “preserv- body we help the bacteria within us to know best for your patients; you de- on, so they will eventually starve if ing stomach-qi” as the most impor- achieve balance as well. This microbial cide. The late, great, Giovanni said, all you eat is sugary foods. What’s tant treatment method. Zhang Jie Bin, balancing act is just another name for “the stomach and spleen could be worse, when your gut bacteria have one of the four great masters from the treatments we perform. It’s time tonified at the end of each season, nothing to eat, they feed on the mu- the Ming Dynasty and one of the we explain it to patients in ways that particularly at the end of winter, to cous membrane fence that divides most important doctors in the his- are more relatable. regenerate the energy”. their living space from the space tory of TCM, wrote: “the doctor who Number one in the list of five human colon cells inhabit. You’ve wants to nourish life has to tonify HOW DO WE KEEP THE BUGS best practices is fermented foods. heard the saying “fences make for stomach and spleen”. According to Li BALANCED? In traditional cultures worldwide, good neighbors”. When bacteria eat Dong-Yuan, it is of paramount impor- Worldwide microbiome research fermented foods have played a part away at the fence, it creates inflam- tance to protect the spleen/stomach confirmed what many of us have al- of every culture. This history les- mation. Starving your gut bacteria is if people want to stay healthy and to ways understood. If we nourish our son should not be overlooked. Fer- a bad idea, but unfortunately, much strengthen them once they become spleen and stomach channels, our bi- mented foods play a huge role in of the processed food eaten today is diseased no matter what other organs ome, we simultaneously nourish both feeding our microbiome. Kimchi, doing exactly that. Take care of your are affected; “if the root is sound the our physical and mental well-being, sauerkraut, pickles, kombucha, miso, bugs and they will take care of you. branch will prosper”. so what do your bugs within like kefir, and other fermented foods pro- Nourish the spleen/stomach chan- Emerging science shows that to eat and how can we keep them vide a variety of healthy bacteria. A nels to nourish life. our gut, our lower colon, is acting as in balance? I recently spent a week daily sampling of new live bacteria I highly recommend the book our “second brain”. Many would say listening to a group of experts at the from fermented foods makes your The Good Gut by Drs. Justin & Erica it is the first brain, because our gut Healthy Gut Summit. A few of their gut community more adaptable and Sonnenburg. Much of the information bacteria produce hormones, neuro- best words of advice to keep your diversified. in this article is from the Sonnenburg transmitters, serotonin, amongst microbiome balanced and healthy: Since diversity has been proven a research. I was lucky enough to meet other chemicals that have yet to be key factor in a healthy gut ecosystem, Justin at conference a few years ago identified. Our microbiome affects THE TOP FIVE BEST PRACTICES FOR there is no substitute for eating a va- and he is not only brilliant but hum- our daily thoughts, moods, actions, A BALANCED BIOME: riety of raw and fermented foods. A ble. He often mentions in his talks and even dictates food cravings. The 1. Eat a variety of fermented healthy brain also requires a healthy that his hope is that the research secret to weight control is now at- foods—at least one every day. gut, so make smart decisions every coming from their Stanford lab trick- tributed to the types of bacteria you 2. Eat foods high in polysaccha- day, and if you need some encour- les down to everyone. Their book, foster. If you thought you ran the rides every day. agement, track what you eat in an written for exactly that purpose, is an show, think again. The bugs within 3. Eat at least 50 grams or more of app. This is a great way to give your- are more powerful than we know. fiber every day. self positive feedback, as you can continued on page 38

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easy read, a great overview of some microbiome with herbs, foods, and of the latest science from the mi- acupuncture, and watch their health crobiome researchers, and a perfect blossom all year long. Educating introduction for patients to their gut your patients about the integral role health and the gut brain connection. these organisms play in our bod- The information will help you feel ies can vastly improve their healing more knowledgeable about healing outcomes. By understanding and new patients as this gut health move- building on this knowledge you will ment accelerates. It also has some not only improve the health of your fantastic recipes to create foods both patients; you will also be educating you and your biome will love. patients on some of the greatest dis- According to Dr. J. Sonnenburg, coveries and advances in healthcare foods high in polysaccharides are today. Your patients want and need powerhouses of nourishment for this knowledge. It’s time TCM prac- your microbiome. Sonnenburg says titioners take a larger role in treat- benefi t from fostering a caring pres- KIERA NAGLE, MA, LMT has been practic- that “the safest way to increase your ing patients with compromised gut ence to expand the benefi ts of treat- ing massage therapy and reiki for over a microbial biodiversity is to eat a health—which is to say, pretty much ment for our clients, and renew the decade. She has worked in integrative set- tings such as the University of Nebraska variety of foods high in polysaccha- everybody today. OM joy of connection with other humans, Medical Center, providing massage therapy rides”. We are the lucky recipients of as this is what probably drew Marion, to patients at the Olson Center for Wom- TCM herbal wisdom that understood and us, into our work in the fi rst en’s Health. She teaches massage therapy that Astragalus (huang qi) and Reishi CATHY MARGOLIN is a licensed acupunc- place. OM at CUNY-Queensborough Community Col- mushroom (ling zhi) are two amaz- turist and diplomate of Oriental Medicine. For more information about the lege, and supervises massage interns treat- She lectures on TCM topics, has authored ing herbs with a high content of Rosen Method: ing high risk antepartum patients at North- polysaccharides. two books, and is the founder of Pacifi c well – Katz’ Women’s Hospital. Kiera is also Herbs, a traditional Chinese herbal medi- http://www.rosenmethodopencenter. When you change and bal- full-time faculty and clinical supervisor at cine wellness business based in Bend, OR. org Pacifi c College of Oriental Medicine NY, ance your microbiome, you change Cathy is a graduate of Emperors College http://rosenmethod.com/resources/ where she serves as the Director of the just about everything in your body. and SMU. She has studied in China and Is- articles Asian Holistic Health and Massage Therapy rael and loves to travel, but her fi rst love Whether you build it or destroy it, Rosen Method Bodywork and The Program. She is the creator of MaMassage®, the reins are in your hands. This is is herbal medicine, and she has dedicated a curriculum for Prenatal, Labor and Post- herself to teaching the benefi ts of Chinese Rosen Method of Movement by one key piece of information from partum Massage Therapy Continuing Edu- herbs and traditional Chinese medicine. Marion Rosen cation training. Kiera’s private practice, Me- the last few years of microbiota re- She enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, ski- Relaxation Awareness Resilience: ridian Massage NYC, focuses on Women’s search. Balance, like everything in ing, and lounging with her husband and Rosen Method - Bodywork Sci- Health and trauma-informed care. Kiera is TCM,Oriental is Medicine key. Rebalance Ad_Dec_2017.qxp_Layout your patient’s 1 12/11/17fur babies. 2:50 PM Page 1 ence and Practice by Ivy Green also a DONA-trained Birth Doula.

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an effect on inhibiting TNF-alpha, a 2017; 17(1): 118. The Classical Five-Element pro-infl ammatory signaling protein 8. Pan CH, et.al., Effects of a Chinese herbal that has some tumor necrosis activity health formula, “Gan-Lu-Yin,” on angio- Acupuncture Program genesis, Journal of Agricultural and Food but non-essential while chemotherapy Chemistry 2010; 58(13): 7685-7692. 2018-2019 is utilized (9). Gan lu yin is used for 9. Yang JS, et.al., Suppression of the TNF- post-surgery colon cancer patients, to alpha level is mediated by Gan-Lu-Yin help with reduced food intake (10). (traditional Chinese medicine) in human Presented by For autoimmunity, the formula is oral cancer cells through the NF-kappa B, AKT, and ERK-dependent pathways, Neil R. Gumenick sometimes selected for Sjögren’s syn- Environmental Toxicology 2016; 31(10): M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. drome (11) and for lupus (12). OM 1196-1205. 10. Chao TH, et.al., Prescription patterns of and Staff REFERENCES Chinese herbal products for post-surgery colon cancer patients in Taiwan, Jour- 1. Tidwell S (editor), Many Autumns: A Collec- nal of Ethnopharmacology 2014 155(1): tion of Chinese Buddhist Literature, 2011 702-708. “This Program was, by far, the most valuable training Buddha’s Light Pub., pp 252-254. 11. Chang CM, et.al., The Core Pattern I have had in acupuncture and Oriental Medicine – 2. Ou Ming, Chinese-English Manual of Analysis on Chinese Herbal Medicine for Common-Used Prescriptions in Traditional exceptional beyond what I had ever imagined.” Sjögren’s syndrome: A Nationwide Popula- Chinese Medicine, 1989 Joint Publishing tion-Based Study, Scientifi c Reports 2015; Brian Bender, DACM, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. Co., Hong Kong. 5: 9541. 3. Huang Liu-huang (Chairperson Editorial 12. May YC, et.al., Traditional Chinese medi- Committee), Taiwan Herbal Pharmaco- cine therapy improves the survival of sys- One Year – 9 Monthly Weekend Modules nd poeia, 2 Edition (English), 2016 Ministry temic lupus erythematosus patients, Semi- 1st Session – September 14-17, 2018 of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan. nars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2016; Subsequent Modules Friday-Sunday 4. Bensky D and Barolet R (compilers and 45(5): 596-603. translators), Chinese Herbal Medicine For- 210 CA CEUs and 7.5 PDAs per day pending approval mulas and Strategies, 1990 Eastland Press, Seattle, Washington. SUBHUTI DHARMANANDA, PhD helped initiate People’s Herbs Incorporated, All- Become the Practitioner 5. Scheid V, Bensky D, Ellis A, Barolet R (compilers and translators), Chinese The-Tea Company, and Dharma Consulting You Always Wanted to Be Herbal Medicine Formulas and Strategies International, and has been a consultant to (2nd Edition), 2009 Eastland Press, Seattle, several major herb companies including www.5elements.com • (310) 453-2235 Washington. Fmali Herbs (maker of Good Earth Teas), 6. Xu Xiangcai (chief editor), English-Chinese Health Concerns (maker of Chinese Tradi- Encyclopedia of Practical Traditional Chi- tionals), and Sen (maker of Sen traditional nese Medicine, Otorhinolaryngology (v.18), herbal formulae and other products). He 1990 Higher Education Press, Beijing, has been an editor, reviewer, and con- China. tributor for several journals involved with 7. Ting CT, et.al., Prescription frequency traditional medicine, including the Inter- and patterns of Chinese herbal medicine national Journal of Oriental Medicine, the for liver cancer patients in Taiwan, BMC Protocol Journal of Botanical Medicine, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Herbalgram.

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