Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Can anyone make any reccomendations for a TCM distance learning school, I know that here are a lot out there . I want one some one give a thumbs up to, Thanks Rabiah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Hi I think that the best way to learn about TCM if you are just starting out is to study Chinese Nutrition. There is a great book by Paul Pritchford called " Healing with whole foods " that costs about $40. It will teach you some TCM theory about yin/yang/basic organ system, as well as common diseases. There are foods for tonifying and sedating each organ and some basic recipes in the back of the book. If you want to study more theory itself, there is a recent re-release of the " Web that has No Weaver. " It' was one of the first non-Chinese books on TCM and is pretty understandable. Shad Reinstein, L. AC, M. AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Thank You! I will get them both, and I really appreciate the help. Rabiah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 I agree, Pitchford's book (no R) is wonderful! Michelle - shadjody ; shadjody michellec Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:00 PM Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] tcm schools Hi I think that the best way to learn about TCM if you are just starting out is to study Chinese Nutrition. There is a great book by Paul Pritchford called " Healing with whole foods " that costs about $40. It will teach you some TCM theory about yin/yang/basic organ system, as well as common diseases. There are foods for tonifying and sedating each organ and some basic recipes in the back of the book. If you want to study more theory itself, there is a recent re-release of the " Web that has No Weaver. " It' was one of the first non-Chinese books on TCM and is pretty understandable. Shad Reinstein, L. AC, M. AC Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I go to the clinic at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, CA. If you go to their web site, it will show you where all of their campuses are located. Personally, I would never leave San Diego (born and raised), but I think there is a campus in New York. http://www.pacificcollege.edu/ Karen in San Diego Michelle Legatt wrote: > > Hello, > I'm about to graduate in May with a chemistry degree > but I'm looking forward to studying TCM in the fall, > unfortunately I haven't decided on a school yet. Any > advice on the best schools throughout the nation would > be great. I have only recently become incredibly > interested in the five element theory but I haven't > been able very much information on the TCM schools > that incorporate this theory. Is studying this theory > something that is usually done after 'traditional' TCM > studies? > Thanks for any advice you can give you on schools; I'm > willing to move anywhere! > ~ELle > > --- victoria_dragon <victoria_dragon wrote: > > > > > > > Chinese Traditional Medicine , " das4145 " > > <asenat45@h...> wrote: > > > I was reading in the Chinese Traditional Medicine archives > > starting with message > > 13, > > > Letter from China, and message 21, Chinese Food > > Cures. These > > threads > > > were extremely interesting but I've come to > > realized that this is a > > > complex subject. Does Henry C. Lu's " Chinese > > Natural Cures " explain > > > the five elements in simplied terms? > > > > I want to tell the TCM students on the list that I > > highly recommend > > learning 5 Element Theory. Learning 5 Element > > Theory can give you > > that extra edge when it comes to treatment - > > especially the treatment > > of " knotty " (complex) cases. Knowing 5 Element > > Theory can give one a > > different (and sometimes more effective) approach. > > (More about that > > in a moment.) > > > > It's also possible using 5 Element Theory to figure > > out some acupoints > > that will be successful in treating something. > > Voice of experience > > here. When I started doing acupressure on myself for > > some very severe > > headaches, one of the points I used was Small > > Intestine 3 based on 5 > > Element Theory. It helped a lot. SI 3 is not one of > > the points > > recommended in general texts on treating headaches > > with TCM. But later > > on when I had access to more in-depth material, I > > saw that SI 3 is > > used to treat certain headaches. By knowing and > > using 5 Element > > Theory, I didn't have to wait until I had access to > > more in-depth > > information and stumbled across it. In between > > headaches. > > > > Dagmar's Letters from China are excellent. I highly > > recommend them. > > Especially the material on the elements. They can > > help readers get > > a " feel " for the elements and how to apply this > > knowledge in healing. > > > > The 5 Elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and > > Water. The order is > > important (as readers will see in a moment). > > > > Each of the Elements has 2 Organs associated with it > > (except for Fire > > which has 4). To keep this simple, I'm only going > > to list the Yin > > Organ associated with each Element and not the Yang > > Organ. The Yin > > Organs are: Wood (Liver), Fire (Heart), Earth > > (Spleen), Metal > > (Lungs), and Water (Kidneys). Again, note the order > > of the sequence - > > Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. > > > > 5 Element Theory recognizes something called the > > " Mother-Son " > > relationship. Wood is the " mother " of Fire, Fire is > > the " mother " of > > Earth, Earth is the " mother " of Metal, Metal is the > > " mother " of Water, > > and Water is the " mother " of Wood. (A one time > > there was a picture of > > this in the Files section. Hopefully it's still > > there.) > > > > Anyway, whatever is done to the Mother will affect > > the Son in the same > > way. If one tonifies Wood, Fire will also be > > tonified. If one sedates > > Metal, Water will also be sedated. Mother-Son. > > > > One of the best examples of the Mother-Son > > relationship and its > > treatment is Liver Yin Deficiency. Water (Kidneys) > > is the mother of > > Wood (Liver). The best way (usually) to treat Liver > > Yin Deficiency is > > to tonify the Kidney Yin. Considering that the > > Kidneys supply Yin > > (and Yang) to the rest of the body (including the > > Liver), treating the > > Mother is especially important in this case. > > > > Supplementing Kidney Yin and strengthening the > > Kidneys in order to > > treat Liver Yin Deficiency is a very simple example > > of 5 Elements. > > However, there are some scenarios in which treating > > the Son directly > > would cause problems in another Element and its > > Organ. In these cases, > > treating the Mother is a way around this problem. > > Let's say the Son > > needs to be tonified, but doing so directly would > > weaken another Organ > > which is already too weak. (The Victor-Vanquished > > relationship.) The > > way around this is to tonify the Mother. Since > > whatever one does to > > the Mother also affects the Son in the same way, the > > Son gets tonified > > but without the problems to the Organ which would be > > suppressed more > > if the Son was tonified directly. (I'm simplifying > > things a lot here.) > > > > For readers who are interested in Feng Shui, you'll > > be seeing 5 > > Element Theory a lot if you go into Feng Shui in > > detail. Feng Shui is > > the Chinese art of placement. Where to situate a > > house or other > > structure, what colors to use in particular rooms, > > etc. in order to > > maximize harmony. > > > > BTW, not all 5 Elements Theory holds up in reality. > > But the insights > > it can give into ways around some treatment problems > > can be invaluable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > > ------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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