Formulas & Strategies

After learned the foundation of Traditional Chinese medicine, TCM Diagnosis and Chinese Herbology, we need to find out how to use herbal prescriptions to treat patients. Recipes of Traditional Chinese medicine are very magical, contain a profound theories of compatibility. Formulas & Strategies, is a course to show people that the composing of the Traditional Chinese Medicine prescriptions, the coordination of herbs, as well as how to use the formulas and achieve the desired therapeutic effects etc.

Fighting with diseases, TCM doctors apply a group of herbs, make formulas as lead troops in a battle. They tend to have a team work of herbs, in which each play their combat role, like monarch (chief), deputy, assistant, and envoy. Playing different roles, the various herbs combine together to accomplish the task of treating disease. Therefore this is a compulsory course. You will be able to use Chinese herbal medicine to help your patients only after studied it.

There are 30 lessons included in this Formulas & Strategies courseware. Total more than 1600 minutes, it contains more than 136 commonly used clinical herbal prescriptions. The formula’s compositions, doses, the role of each single herb, preparation methods, actions, indications, cautions & contraindications, modifications, and so on, are all here to be explained.

Comparing to the single herb treatment, herbal formulation is more complete, powerful and effective form. It embodies a rich Chinese wisdom. You can find deep unparalleled heritage of Chinese medicine by learning this. Also you are going to know the transformations of formulas are very flexible, so they can treat many and many clinical diseases and conditions.

The herbal formulas and strategies in the courseware are required by NCCAOM and California Acupuncture Board. They are mostly common used formulas for the students who are learning in a TCM and acupuncture schools. We believe that you will be able successfully to use them in clinical practice to help more people relieve their diseases.