CM 504 - Chinese Medical Theory I

Credit(s): 4

This three-quarter course series provides students with foundation work in the basic theoretical concepts of Chinese medicine. Students explore yin/yang theory; the five phases (wu xing); traditional models for physiologic function, including the zang and fu organs, and the substrates of energy (qi), essence (jing), blood (xue), and fluids (jin/ye); the origins and processes of disease, including the four levels of disease (wen-bing xue) and the six stages of cold-induced disorders (shang-han bing); as well as the fundamentals of diagnostic theory (four methods). The study of selected, relevant portions of Chinese classic texts (e.g., Huang Di Nei Jing, Shang Han Lun, Jin Gui Yao Lue, Wen Bing Xue) is integrated into the study of these theories.