OCM 538 - Wen Bing Xue

Credit(s): 2

This course focuses on the study of Wen Bing Xue (“Warm Pathogen Diseases”), a major school of theory and clinical practice that developed in the Ming and Qing dynasties as a response to epidemic febrile diseases afflicting China at that time.

The course covers the historical development of Wen Bing Xue and its major contributors (Wu You Ke, Ye Tian Shi, Xue Sheng Bai, Wu Ju Tong, and Wang Meng Ying), and presents the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of disease within the context of the two main theoretical systems within the Wen Bing Xue school: the Four Levels and San Jiao systems. The major formulas associated with each of these systems are covered, and implications for the applications of Wen Bing theory and herbal formulas to modern diseases are discussed. Prerequisite(s): OCM622