Course Overview

The effects of the Mind over the Body have been clearly emphasized in Classical Chinese Medicine for at least 10 centuries. Mind-sets and mental attitudes influence the human responses to the outer world, manifesting as emotions and classified as the inner causes of disease. Understanding the structure of the conscious and subconscious parts of the psyche and unravelling the psychological mechanisms of “Belief systems” and helping to change these in a regular TCM setting is to treat the “Hidden Roots of Disease”.

Course Objectives

• Understand the concept of physical and psychological health. The relation between the mind and the body.
• Learn the structure of the Psyche in Chinese medicine and its parallels with Western psychology.
• Learn the workings of the mind and the functions and disturbances of Shen, Hun, Yi, Po & Zhi and Acupuncture treatment strategies.
• Understand the subconscious and the concept of Gui≈ghost in Chinese medicine.
• Learn how to apply acupuncture protocols for the treatment of the psyche, with clinical examples.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 1.5 hrsMind-body relations; Life, psychology, health; 3 causes of disease & the 3 treasures. Pain the bodie's language. Mind and psyche. Inherited energies. Five sections of the psyche: conscious & the subconscious. The five “Spirits” and the five “Wills”.

1.5 hrs - 3 hrsShen: significance and functions. Mental activity; Heart and Mind; sensory perception; Awareness. Shen disturbances; acupuncture treatment. “Shen” points and their indications. Hun: significance, functions and disturbances; acupuncture treatment.

3 hrs - 4.5 hrsPo: significance, functions and disturbances; acupuncture treatment. Yi: significance, function and disturbances; acupuncture treatment. Zhi: significance, functions and disturbances; acupuncture treatment.

4.5 hrs - 4.75 hrsGui ≈ Ghost: significance and consequences.