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1 Association for Traditional Studies Seminar & Intensive Course Offerings Single Seminar Offerings The following list of ATS single seminars offer a great way of getting to know Classical Chinese medicine as practiced and taught by Andrew and JulieAnn Nugent-Head. Based on their many years of living and training in China under the last practitioners born and educated prior to the arrival of Communism in 1949, the material offered provide an incredible and authentic glimpse into the practice of Chinese medicine before it was socialized in the 1950's. Bringing the classics to life through on the spot translations and always focusing on clinical application, these seminars are immediately useful to participants as well as provide an excellent preview of what is covered in ATS' Intensive Training Programs for acupuncture and herbal studies. Acupuncture: Ma Danyang's Heavenly Star Points & Their Needling Techniques Considered the 12 most important clinical points in acupuncture, the Heavenly Star Points poem promises miraculous results when needled correctly. But what exactly are the needling methods to obtain these results? In this seminar, Andrew Nugent-Head translates the original poems line by line, discussing what they mean in a clinical setting and what kind of needling must be done to affect the responses described before demonstrating how they are done on members of the audience. This seminar ends with a partnered practice session in which Andrew guides participants through the techniques to take ensure they are thoroughly understood by all. Acupuncture: Ashi Needling & Their Clinical Application for External/Internal Injuries While the 12 Heavenly Star Points are arguably the most important points, grasping the mechanics behind the development of Ashi points in their body and their successful treatment is key to fast and long lasting results in clinical practice. They are indispensible when treating physical injuries and often the fulcrum point for an internal disharmony protocol. Beginning by citing their references in the Nei Jing and Sun Simiao's books, Andrew Nugent-Head then lays out the different kinds of Ashi points that an illness can create, their needling methods and expected patient sensations to judge if our diagnosis and strategy were correct. This is a very hands on seminar involving theory, demonstration, partnered palpation and needling practice. Please note, as Ashi points usually mean Excess, this is a 'strong sensation' needling techniques seminar. Acupuncture, Moxabustion & Other non Herbal Treatment Methods from the Shanghan Lun The Shanghan Lun is not just for herbalists! Zhang Zhongjing often outlines using other treatment methods, such as acupuncture, moxabustion, aromatherapy, fire needling and other methods to treat patients. Always explained in terms of balancing Yin and Yang, strengthening the Upright Qi and Dispersing the Pernicious Qi, he also lays out when these methods were used incorrectly and worsened the patient's condition, making understanding the Shanghan Lun just as important for acupuncturists as it is for herbalists!

2 Chinese Medical Bodywork: Daoist Zangfu Acupressure Focused on regulating the Qi flow in the organs of the body cavity, Daoist Zangfu Acupressure is a powerful bodywork treatment method to return fundamental health to very sick patients. Originally passed on by a wandering Daoist, it was nearly lost in the Cultural Revolution. Today, there are only a handful of people focused on using this incredible bodywork system in the clinic. It was the first clinical treatment method learned by ATS founder Andrew Nugent-Head, taught to him by the late Professor Wang Jin-Huai. Treatments in Action: Observing Clinical Practice Observing experienced clinicians who practice from the classical perspective is the only way to learn to practice classical medicine clinically. Based on the 'Grand Rounds' style of clinical teaching pioneered by Tri State College of Acupuncture, the practitioner treats patients in front of an audience, talking about the condition, diagnosis and treatment strategy while giving the treatment. Techniques are shown and explained, while also answering questions from the audience during the process. This is perhaps the most important step to take in the path of returning Chinese medical practice to a classical perspective. Acupuncture and/or Herbal Formulas Herbal Formulas Taught by JulieAnn Nugent-Head The Five Flavors in Herbal Formulas Examining the most famous and currently used formulas by the flavor and nature of the herbs they contain elucidates the philosophy of treatment by the famous doctors. It also frees us from seeing a formula as a complete piece designed to treat specific symptoms or using it without modification despite not being optimal for our patient. By returning our focus to the Nei Jing's explanation of the effects of the five flavors upon the body, and by deeply studying its meanings in the formulas that put it's words into action, this seminar hones our skill at understanding and modifying a formula for the patient in front of us, as well as giving us the confidence to know we are not potentially harming our patient with every substitution we make. Taught by JulieAnn Nugent-Head The Four Famous Doctors of the Jin & Yuan: China's First 'Schools of Practice' Examining the historical context of the Jin & Yuan Dynasty and the background of the Four Famous Doctors sets the stage for understanding their perspectives of Chinese Medicine and thus the styles of practice they launched. Looking at each doctor individually, as well as the flavor and nature of the herbs they used, elucidates their treatment philosophy and clarifies the application of their formulas. Without understanding why each doctor created a "School of Thought" and why they used the herbs they did, we cannot understand the application and modification of their formulas for effective use in the clinic today. Taught by JulieAnn Nugent-Head

3 The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing In this lecture we examine the very first materia medica - The Shen Nong Ben Cao. This is the materia medica that shaped Zhang Zhongjing's Shanghan Lun and every other classic text to the Tang Dynasty. In this seminar, we go into an in-depth discussion on the 365 herbs listed in the book, why it was organized into three scrolls entitled Upper Herbs, Middle Herbs and Lower Herbs; and thus how to use them in formulas to treat the healthy, strengthen the weak, and treat the sick. We also discuss commentaries made by famous doctors through history on this classic book and its influence on every single materia medica to modern times. Taught by JulieAnn Nugent-Head Case Histories: Clinical Experiences From the Past & Present In this lecture and discussion style seminar, Andrew or JulieAnn Nugent-Head share the case histories that have shaped their practice of classical Chinese medicine. Using cases that their teachers shared, famous cases from the ancient books as well as their own clinical practices, they share both the successes and failures, discussing not just what was done but why and why it was either successful or not. The audience will also be encouraged to describe cases they are currently having trouble with to see how Andrew or JulieAnn would approach it, walk through the diagnosis and treatment as they see it, and provide suggestions on how to obtain better success with those patients. Taught by Andrew or JulieAnn Nugent-Head

4 Association for Traditional Studies Seminar & Intensive Course Offerings Intensive Training Programs These programs are designed to take a practitioner beyond the introductory material offered in ATS single seminars and fully into the clinical world of Classical Chinese Medicine as practiced and taught by Andrew and JulieAnn Nugent-Head. These programs in acupuncture and herbalism are designed to teach practitioners everything the old doctors taught Andrew and JulieAnn, both in their clinics and at their homes as the doctors took them through the classics line by line. Intense, demanding and 100% geared to clinically focused practitioners who want to develop the same skills and confidence the old doctors had in China through hands on training and elucidation of the classic texts which shaped our medicine until modern times. The intensive course programs involve online viewing of prerecorded lectures with tests; in-person attendance modules for hands on training and skills assessment; Q&A live webinars between modules; and a self assessment of development paper upon completion of the final module. These programs offer a certification of completion, and graduates of the program will be put on the ATS Practitioner Referral List on our website. Prerequisite Seminar for Attending ATS Acupuncture & Bodywork Courses Putting Tangible Qi into Clinical Practice This is the required foundations seminar for the Acupuncture for Internal Diseases, Acupuncture for External Injuries, and the Yin Style Bagua Bodywork training courses and must be completed prior to beginning any of these programs. Seminar content first focuses on what ATS calls Demystifying Qi, creating a grounding of what Qi really is and isn't as well as a common language for participants to use for all modules to follow. This is followed by what ATS calls Developing Tangible Qi, which is seeing and training in how to tangibly and reliably affect Qi in patients by applying hand techniques to the skin, connective/muscular tissue, and skeletal system. Throughout, participants train in the Eight Storing Qi & Developing Sensitivity Practices, as well as learn how to adapt their own personal cultivation exercises to the clinical application of tangible Qi manipulation for reliable, repeatable treatment results.

5 Tangible Acupuncture for Internal Diseases: A Five Module 85 Hour Training Program This program returns our understanding of health and diagnosing illness from the perspective of Qi instead of Zangfu, channel or other common methodologies. Participants learn the physical needling and hand skills to tangibly and reliably create Qi sensations in their patients, then learn how to integrate these skills with diagnosis and treatment strategies to obtain fast and obvious responses in their patients. The focus of this program is to remove any ambiguity of the efficacy of treatment, allowing patient and practitioner to judge improvement session to session. Requires Previous Attendance of the Putting Tangible Qi into Clinical Practice Seminar Module 01: Tonifying the Upright, Dispersing the Pernicious, Regulating the Channels Participants build the tangible needling and hand skills to Tonify Upright Qi, Disperse Pernicious Qi, and Regulate the amount of Qi in the channels, as well as the theory to know when to do which and in what amount. This module focuses heavily on practical treatment skills which are the foundation of this medicine and the modules to follow, as well as grasping what are the major Qi influences affecting both ourselves and our patients. Module 02: The Eight Functions of Qi Building on Module 01, Module 02 moves into defining how Qi moves and acts/reacts within the body. Drawing from the classics, we learn to see Qi from the perspective of the Nan Jing and Classical Chinese medicine, then learn to reinterpret the language within English texts from within the context of the Eight Functions of Qi to clearly see pathology and needling strategies instead of point function listing. A great deal of emphasis is also placed on refining the practical treatment skills introduced in Module 01. Module 03: Doors & Pathways of Qi With a clear understanding of the influences and functions of Qi, along with concrete hand skills to obviously create and guide Qi sensations in patients, Module 03 focuses on the importance of point selection, channel manipulation, and the key differences of needling a point for its point functions or needling a point for its channel functions. Importance is also stressed on the order of treatment, and how to strategize Tonification and Dispersal at each point as well as in the treatment overall. Participants review previous practical treatment skills and are introduced to variations in order to develop a broader understanding of Tangible Acupuncture techniques.

6 Module 04: Awakening the Source Module 04 introduces the skills to treat the intangible yet most fundamental Qi of sickness and health, which is the Yuan Qi. It focuses on understanding what we must tangibly do to get to and awaken the Yuan Qi when treating the chronically, systemically or terminally ill. Candid discussions on the possibilities of spontaneous healing, giving quality of life through the dying process, the successes and failures of both Chinese and allopathic medicine, and practitioner maturity are balanced by learning and practicing a protocol sequence for awakening the Yuan Qi in the very ill. Module 05: Treatment Protocols for Internal Diseases Guided by a clear understanding of theory and tangible treatment skills, participants focus on applying previous knowledge to the treatment of different internal diseases commonly seen in the clinic. Examining treatment strategies from both the perspective of the patient who has the disease and the personality of the disease itself, we learn different ways of treating the same disease name based on the actuality in front of us and not a fixed protocol listed in a book. A great deal of discussion of theoretical and actual case histories shed light on the importance of being rigid in skill yet flexible in application to achieve the fast and obvious results which were so common to this medicine prior to the 1950's. Module 05 also stresses the removal of any belief in the passive role of the practitioner in the healing process, as we are responsible for and should be accountable to every patient who entrusts their health and recovery to us.

7 Tangible Acupuncture for External Injuries: A Five Module 85 Hour Training Program This program focuses on the fast and successful treatment of physical injuries through acupuncture and bodywork. Whether it be from sports, trauma or the process of aging, shoulder, back, neck and joint problems are usually the most common problems an acupuncturist sees today. Drawing extensively from his years working with Dr. Xie Peiqi to treat trauma in the old and young, Andrew Nugent-Head lays out the theories, needling techniques, bodywork and protocols to create dramatic results in just a few treatments. As with all ATS intensive training programs, the focus of this program is to remove any ambiguity of the efficacy of treatment, allowing patient and practitioner to judge improvement session to session. Requires Previous Attendance of the Putting Tangible Qi into Clinical Practice Seminar Module 01: Introduction to Qi Based Needling & Bodywork This module focuses on understanding, seeing and then practicing the core skills necessary to treat physical injuries successfully with the hand or needle: warmth, channel traveling, Ashi point, and gentle bodywork techniques to create space for the body or limbs to regain good flow and heal quickly. It also stresses the similarities and differences between treating External Injuries and Internal Diseases with acupuncture, clarifying treatment theory and overall strategies which will shape the rest of the course. 18 Contact Hours Module 02: Treating Qi vs. Blood Injuries What is the difference between a Qi injury and a Blood injury? Are we looking at the True Injury or the Perceived Injury? Do we know what kind of technique to use in which situation? Module 02 focuses on answering these questions so that practitioners have a clear understanding of what they are seeing in the clinic and thus the best treatment strategies to use. A great deal of emphasis is also placed on refining the practical treatment skills introduced in Module Contact Hours Module 03: Advanced Qi Based Needling & Bodywork Working through different parts of the body, this module focuses on correct diagnosis and treatment technique for the area and condition being treated. This module is heavily weighted to demonstration and partnered practice to ensure each participant is physically confident in working on injuries and has a variety of skills to address the complexity of real life situations. 18 Contact Hours

8 Module 04: Protocols & External Medicines for Injuries I In Module 04, we begin the first of our two part protocol training. Part I focuses on understanding the patient is the defining factor in our treatments regardless of the injury they have, and thus a twenty year old, forty year old or seventy year old must have very different treatment strategies to create immediate results which do not damage their Qi or scare them from further treatment. Being successful in the clinic means treating the patient who has the problem, not treating the problem a patient may have. Module 04 also introduces the correct use of external medicines, salves, and trauma powders to speed healing. 18 Contact Hours Module 05: Protocols & External Medicines for Injuries II Module 05 examines the nature of different injuries, from patients facing joint replacements to treating Ankylosing Spondylitis. While treating the patient is the key to success, practitioners also have to understand the personality of the injuries themselves, knowing what common patterns they create and what treatment methods usually create the most reliable results. This module also continues training in external medicine applications as well as includes observation of treatments on actual external injury patients. 18 Contact Hours

9 Yin Style Bagua Chinese Medical Bodywork: a Five Module 85 Hour Training Program Perhaps the most comprehensive Chinese medical bodywork lineage still in existence, this course features a step by step explanation of the 24 Basic Hand Techniques, their applications on real patients, and treatment protocols for muscular-skeletal problems as well as organ and systems dysfunctions. The 24 techniques range from soothing Qi manipulation to blood stops and the emergency treatment of high fevers or loss of consciousness, providing practitioners with the tools and skills to treat a wide variety of conditions with no other tools than their hands. Please note that as this is a Chinese medical bodywork system, all theory will be presented with the expectation that participants are familiar with basic Chinese medicine concepts and pathologies. Module 01: The Basic Hand Techniques and Their Applications I Module 01 introduces the hallmark feature of Yin Style Bagua Bodywork, which is Qi first, strength second. It also explains the spectrum of the techniques from those which are more Qi focused, to those which are both Qi and Blood focused, to those that are more Blood focused. Techniques are demonstrated and then practiced one by one, then in small protocols to see how their combinations create effects that are greater than the individual techniques can alone. Module 02: The Basic Hand Techniques and Their Applications II Module 02 continues through the Qi and Blood focused Basic Hand Techniques of Yin Style Bagua Bodywork. Treatment theory and implementation strategies are explained to give a clinical context to the information being learned. Techniques are demonstrated and then practiced one by one, then in small protocols to see how their combinations create effects that are greater than the individual techniques can alone. Module 03: The Basic Hand Techniques and Their Applications III Module 03 completes the demonstration and practice of the 24 Basic Hand techniques as individual techniques, reviews previous material and underscores the importance of seeing them as an integrated whole instead of individual skillsets. Techniques are demonstrated and practiced, answering questions and giving application advice for real world situations and patients. Module 03 also includes teaching the Deep Qi Protocol, a meditative minute bodywork protocol designed to quickly drop patients into a deep parasympathetic state of rest and relaxation to enable fundamental healing to take place.

10 Module 04: Protocols for Muscular-Skeletal Issues This protocols module puts the application of Yin Style Bagua Bodywork in the framework of treating muscular-skeletal injuries. Whether it be from trauma or sports, poor lifestyle habits or work environments, Module 04 focuses on bodily injuries and complaints. It provides a clear treatment context to material covered in the previous modules by presenting techniques from a clinical application perspective. Module 05: Protocols for Organ & Systems Dysfunctions Module 05 examines treating internal medicine issues from the outside with bodywork. Looking at a variety of conditions from the Chinese Zangfu paradigm, sympathetic-parasympathetic nervous system and body systems, participants learn how to strategize order and type of technique to shift the body back into health so it can begin repair and recovery. It is the art of direct intervention to stimulate the indirect healing mechanisms of the body through the least understood healing modality of our time: touch.

11 The Classical Herbalist: Herbs & Formulas from the Nei Jing Onward a 60 Hour Course Qing Dynasty practitioner Chen Xiuyuan said that the study of Chinese medicine was actually quite easy. Yet today, herbal medicine is either seen as incredibly academic or the use of set formulas with minor modifications for all conditions. In this program, JulieAnn Nugent-Head returns us to the way herbs were studied and understood by our medical ancestors: from the perspective of flavor and nature as laid out in the Nei Jing, then put into application by the great practitioners throughout history. Looking at herbs individually as well as within formulas, and looking at formulas individually as well as by their additions and subtractions, this course removes the mystery of herbs. It is designed to create confident, skilled herbalists capable of using classic formulas and creating their own formulas to obtain tangible results in a safe and effective manner. Please note this program is either a live attendance or webinar attendance program. Live participants will have tasting sessions of single herbs and formulas as well as be able to ask questions during the module itself. Taught by JulieAnn Nugent-Head Module 01: The Foundations & Evolution of Chinese Herbalism Module 01 lays out the foundations of Chinese herbal medicine which come from the Nei Jing. Classical herbalism is defined by understanding that flavor and nature dictate an herb's actions and indications and are the primary consideration for its usage. This module also introduces the importance of the Shen Nong Ben Cao, its methodology of herb classification and explanations of herb usage. Finally, Module 01 finishes with an examination of the evolution of the materia medicas through Chinese history, when and what changes happened, and the significance it has had on the contemporary study of herbs today. 12 Hours live/webinar attendance Module 02: The Herbs & Formulas of Zhang Zhongjing Module 02 provides and in depth look at formulas recorded by the father of clinical herbalism, Zhang Zhongjing. By examining the single herbs and formulas in the Shanghan Lun and the Jin Kui Yao Lue, we grasp the importance of flavor and nature in herbal selection and formula modification to remove the mystery of these most important formulas in clinical practice. 12 Hours live/webinar attendance Module 03: Classical Herbalism in the Tang & Song Dynasties The Tang and Song Dynasties marks both a high point for Chinese medicine as well as the end of the Classical Period. This is the time of the Wai Tai and Sun Simiao, as well as the great gatherings and revisions of older texts and formulas from ancient times into the editions we have today. Looking at the books of this time to treat OBGYN, pediatrics, and other specialties, we can see the application of flavor and nature to these specific conditions as well as the shift in herbal perception itself. 12 Hours live/webinar attendance

12 Module 04: The Four Famous Doctors of the Jin & Yuan Dynasties With the end of the Song Dynasty came the rise of the first schools or styles of Chinese medicine. Founded by four different doctors during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, we see the creation of what is commonly called the Spleen School, the Fire School, the Yin Deficiency School and the Purging School. Module 04 examines their strategies and formulas to see the evolution of herbal use to a style of practice instead of the traditional classic model. 12 Hours live/webinar attendance Module 05: From the Wen Bing to Modern Chinese Medicine The Qing Dynasty saw the establishment of the Wen Bing both as a theory and as a style of practice. It also marked the influence of western medicine in China, which grew with the establishment of the Republic of China and completely changed the way herbs were taught and used within the educational system. Module 05 examines both the formulas and strategies of the Wen Bing School as well as how herbs are taught and used modern, along with a final commentary on the push to return to classical herbalism happening today. 12 Hours live/webinar attendance The Shanghan Lun Line by Line with Clinical Explanations This is an ongoing project expected to take several years which may be joined at any time by participants. Working from Cheng Wuji's commentary of the Shanghan Lun and from his teachers, Andrew Nugent-Head is translating the Shanghan Lun and its commentaries character by character, line by line, clarifying its meanings and clinical applications. Designed to bring the Shanghan Lun to life for the non Chinese reader, ATS hopes to see its return to prominence as the most important clinical work in Chinese medical education. Presented by Andrew Nugent-Head Last Friday of Every Month (February through October 2015) 4 hours per live/webinar attendance, 9 broadcasts, total 36 hours