Course Overview

This class covers some code words that have been mistranslated into English. Our use of these words makes this medicine even more cryptic than it needs to be. Also, by using mistranslated words, we inhibit our ability to really understand what we are talking about when we use these words as if they made sense. Even worse, if we use these words with our patients, they are left with very wrong ideas about what is going on inside their bodies. If you use the correctly translated terms, not only is this medicine easy to explain, but your patients can be empowered by knowing what is going on in their own bodies. Oppositely, using mistranslated words makes our diagnoses and treatment names misleading, not useful, or even stupid and ludicrous. Also, most of the encoded Pattern names have left out the term “Channel Qi", which was always understood to be the underpinnings of this type of medicine.

This talk will give the correct translation for some of the most common terms, offering a better way to communicate with patients about the underlying causes of their problems.

Course Objectives

• Depth will be added to an English-speaking practitioner's understanding of the vocabulary and phraseology of Chinese Medicine.
• The student will learn about cryptic aphorisms, mistranslations, and various error accumulations that have spanned over centuries.
• The student will have a better understanding of the implications of Channel Theory from an electromagnetic, 21st century perspective.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 minOverview of concept of mistranslated words.

15 min - 30 minDiscussion on Tremor is not wind.

30 min - 45 minDiscussion on Evil Wind, Hot, or Cold and unstable or unexpected Channel Qi behavior.

45 min - 1 hrsPattern name errors examples. Review of main concepts. Common questions.