New Mexico classics workshop

[Guest guest]

TRANSMUTATIONS , TIMING ,

 

AND STATES OF CHANGE : THE DYNAMIC MODEL

 

OF CHINESE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

 

 

 

A five-day intensive workshop with Z’ev (william) Rosenberg, L.Ac.,

 

professor at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego.

 

Taught in the mountains surrounding Taos, New Mexico,

 

and in the Reference Library of Redwing Book Company

 

Sunday, August 20, through Thursday, August 24, 2006.

 

Morning herbal excursions into mountains and deserts,

 

afternoon lectures.

 

 

 

Z’ev continues his annual tradition of combining classical Chinese

medical studies with

 

herbal excursions on mountain and valley trails, wildcrafting local

medicinal species that are similar

 

to those recorded in Chinese medical texts. This year, Z’ev will

offer a fresh pespective on the

 

Shang Han Lun and Nan Jing, focusing on six-channel and five-phase

theory. Emphasis will be

 

placed on gaining an in-depth understanding of the transformation of

disease phases, and applying

 

these dynamic models in diagnosis and treatment.

 

Mornings the class will head up the canyons into the mountains to

harvest herbs. In the

 

afternoons following lunch there will be classroom study at Redwing’s

passive solar location in

 

Taos. New Mexico’s northern high desert and mountain ranges are an

unspoiled treasure house of

 

potent herbs nurtured by the high altitude, strong sunlight, and

sharp temperature changes of the

 

region. The contrasts of altitude, rainfall, and sunlight have

created several distinct zones with a

 

variety of medicinal plants found in few other locales. The

staggering beauty of the area calms

 

the mind and increases receptivity to studying the traditions of

Chinese medicine.

 

Taos, New Mexico, is one of the premier western wild- crafting sites.

Z’ev lived for seven

 

years in New Mexico and ten years in Colorado before moving to San

Diego to chair the

 

Department of Herbal Medicine at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

in 1990. During his

 

years in the Southwest, while studying and practicing Chinese

medicine, he also learned to identify,

 

wild-craft, and use local Rocky Mountain medicinals. He returns every

summer to these mountains

 

to continue his herbal “vision quest.” This year, you are once again

invited to join in.

 

For the most current information, email :

zrosenbe, or

 

search for “rosenberg” under author on the Redwing website,

www.redwingbooks.com

 

 

 

Cost of the course is $850 per person. enrollment is limited.

 

fully refundable up to 30 days prior to workshop; 50% ONE WEEK prior.

 

A $100 deposit will reserve your place.

 

23.5 Hours CEU qualification.

 

Call 1-800-873-3946 to reserve.

 

 

 

Day 1, Sunday, August 20

 

Arrival

 

7PM: Orientation session,

 

introductory lectures at

 

Redwing Book Company

 

 

 

Day 2, Monday, August 21

 

9AM-12PM: Viewing illness as

 

a process, through phases of

 

transmutation

 

12PM-5PM: Lunch and trip to

 

Ojo Caliente hot springs

 

 

 

Day 3, Tuesday, August 22

 

9AM-12:30PM: Field trip to

 

Talpa Canyon

 

12:30PM-2PM: Lunch break

 

2PM-5PM: The essence of six

 

channel theory in the Shang

 

Han Lun, diagnostic and

 

clinical applications

 

7:30PM-9:00PM: evening

 

lecture with Sabine Wilms,

 

PhD (topic TBA).

 

 

 

Day 4, Wednesday, August 23

 

9AM-12:30PM: Field trip to

 

Italiano Canyon in Taos Ski

 

Valley

 

12:30PM-2PM: Lunch break

 

2PM-5PM: Nan Jing approaches

 

to disease progression,

 

diagnostics and prognosis

 

7:30PM-9:00PM: Evening

 

lecture with Simcha Gottlieb

 

(topic TBA).

 

 

 

Day 5, Thursday, August 24

 

9AM-12PM: herb preparation

 

and identification in Zhong

 

Yao Da Ci Dian (Great

 

Dictionary of Chinese

 

Medicinals)

 

12PM-2PM: Lunch break

 

2PM-4PM: Afternoon panel and

 

forum: the role of classical

 

Chinese medical literature in

 

the modern study and practice

 

of Chinese medicine

 

4PM: Tour of Redwing Books

 

and book selection (special

 

discounts on all titles)

 

 

 

For more information, email zrosenbe

 

 

 

or contact Redwing Books at 1-800-873-3946