Pacific Symposium

Professional Development in Paradise ~ San Diego, California

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

7:00 am - 7:55 am	Bill Helm - Hua To’s Frolic of Five Animals: Deer and Bear Forms
1 CEU/PDA General Credit	Hua To’s Frolic of the Five Animals is an ancient Chinese health exercise that mimics the movements of the tiger, bear, crane, deer, and monkey. This short course will explore the movements of the deer and bear forms. These methods emphasize heightened awareness, kidney qi tonification, and increase spine flexibility and strength.
9:00 am - 12 noon	Kiiko Matsumoto - Old Scars: Repercussions and Resolutions
3 CEUs/PDAs	Scars can impact energetic flows and create health imbalances. Some scars are not problematic, but others that may seem insignificant can be very disruptive to a person’s inner balance. Learn to evaluate scars and how to correct the flow of qi that was negatively impacted by them in order to resolve seemingly unrelated issues.
9:00 am - 9:50 am	Richard Gold - Dr. So’s Effective Points and Therapeutic Point Combinations
1 CEU/PDA	In 1976, the New England School of Acupuncture became the first state-approved school of Chinese Medicine in America, largely due to the prestige, authority, and reputation of Dr. Tin Yao So. Dr. So taught a family tradition of acupuncture and in this tradition, we discover differing locations of certain points and unique therapeutic combinations of points. This lecture will introduce, locate and discuss important effective points and combinations as taught by Dr. So, such as needling style and patient positioning.
9:55 am - 10:45 am	Heiner Fruehauf - The Second Heart: Treating Food Allergies, Leaky Gut Syndrome, IBS and Cognitive Dysfunction with Chinese Herbs
1 CEU/PDA	In recent years, several researchers have written pioneering books about the concept of a “second brain”—the vital connection between gut chemistry and cognitive function. Dr. Fruehauf will examine the details of this relationship as outlined in ancient Chinese texts, and provide concrete solutions for treating cognitive issues (from brain fog to autism) linked to gastrointestinal dysregulation. A key point of this presentation is the interconnection of the Stomach, the Small Intestine, the Pericardium and the Liver organ networks in the processes of digestion, cognitive function, and the potential development of autoimmune disease.
11:10 am - 12 noon	Sabine Wilms - Ten Times More Difficult to Treat: Why the Seventh Century Hermit Sun Simiao Cared About Female Bodies and What He Has to Teach Us Today.
1 CEU/PDA	The “prescriptions for women” constitute the first and largest section in one of the most important encyclopedias of Chinese medicine, the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang from 652 CE., written by the illustrious medieval hermit Sun Simiao, China’s “King of Medicinals.” This lecture will examine the significance of gynecology in classical Chinese medicine by exploring its connection to the tradition of "nurturing life." Approaching the female body from this perspective opens up a whole new angle for understanding the etiologies, treatment methods, formulas, and theoretical concepts of classical gynecology.
12:15 pm - 1:05 pm	Robert Nations -Hua To Frolic of the Five Animals
1 CEU/PDA General Credit	Hua To’s Frolic of the Five Animals is an ancient Chinese health exercise that mimics the movements of the tiger, bear, crane, deer, and monkey. This short course will explore the movements of the deer and bear forms. These methods emphasize heightened awareness, kidney qi tonification, and increase spine flexibility and strength.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Heiner Fruehauf - Chronic Inflammatory Syndrome: Practical Treatment Strategies for Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
3 CEUs/PDAs	In recent years, patients with severe and inexplicable diseases that often involve autoimmune complications have become the norm in Chinese medicine clinics. Dr. Fruehauf has successfully utilized the lessons of ancient Chinese parasitology for the treatment of difficult and recalcitrant diseases with Chinese herbs and acupuncture. In this seminar, he will share the essence of his clinical approach in great detail, including treatment strategies for the modern epidemic of Lyme disease and other chronic infections of the nervous system, as well as discuss the integration of “Gu syndrome” into Chinese medicine vocabulary/discourse.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Sabine Wilms -The Roots of Chinese Gynecology: Diagnosis and Treatment in Early and Medieval China
3 CEUs/PDAs Herbs/General Ethics	The classical Chinese medical vision of a healthy, abundant, balanced, fertile female body in harmony with itself and the universe can offer a powerful contribution to improving the health of female patients. Dr. Wilms will expose students to the foundations of classical Chinese gynecology, studying the view of the female body as expressed in great detail in three volumes on “Women’s Formulas” in the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (Essential Formulas For Every Emergency Worth a Thousand in Gold).
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Kiiko Matsumoto - Old Scars Extended: Repercussions and Resolutions
3 CEUs/PDAs	Matsumoto extends the day’s earlier discussion on the ways in which scars can impact energetic flows and create health imbalances. The evaluation of scars is studied more in depth, while a closer look is given to how one can correct imbalanced qi.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Matt Callison - Posture and Pain: Lower Crossed Syndrome
3 CEUs/PDAs	Lower crossed syndrome (LCS) is a postural deviation that is comprised of shortened and lengthened opposing muscle groups of the low back, hip and abdomen. Often a work-related posture, this distortion can create and contribute to many athletic injuries, work-related pain syndromes, and premature and increased lumbar degenerative joint/disc disease. This 3–hour workshop will discuss the postural assessment and treatment of LCS based on functional anatomy and TCM channel correspondences.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Richard Gold - Traditional Thai Massage: Deep Abdominal Therapy
3 CEUs/PDAs Herbs Credit	The balanced functioning of the abdominal organs of digestion, assimilation, and elimination are crucial for the maintenance of health and vitality and the recovery from disease. In addition, practitioners can utilize the abdominal region diagnostically with palpation to learn more about the condition of their clients. Utilizing techniques from Traditional Thai Medical Massage, the participants will learn a specific protocol for treatment of the abdomen. In addition to specific techniques directed to the abdomen, additional Thai Medical Massage stretching and compression techniques will be taught; participants will learn to work with their feet, and as well as their hands.
8 Total CEUs/PDAs possible.