About the Course

What is Chinese Nutrition?

In Chinese medicine, every food has a type of energy in addition to its physical components: foods are warming or cooling, drying or moistening, and so on. Chinese medicine also differentiates between hot and cold diseases or problems, which are made worse by warming and cooling foods, respectively. Different foods also affect different organs of the body in the Chinese system, so that a patient’s diet may be altered to specifically target, say, the liver or kidney. As such, the Chinese system considers how food affects the body, on an energetic level, when it is eaten.

Chinese Nutrition is, therefore, a holistic system of diagnosis and therapy, where each patient’s individual characteristics are taken into account to provide a unique diagnosis and a personal treatment programme. A ‘wonder’ of Chinese Nutrition is that simple, practical recommendations along the lines of “eat a little more of one thing, but a little less of another” can often lead to the desired result – a subtle shift in the overall balance of the diet that promotes healing.

The strong practical focus of this course will allow you, as a practitioner regardless of discipline, to broaden your therapeutic scope and immediately begin using your new skills.

Module 1

Key Features

• Introduction to Chinese medical theory
• Understanding Qi
• Causes of disease
• Diagnosis by observation
• Qi, blood and body fluids
• tongue and pulse diagnosis
• Environmental factors
• Chinese diagnosis in practice
• The spirit (psychological and emotional conditions)
• Practical diagnosis sessions
• Diagnosing complex cases

Module 2

Key Features

• Basics of Chinese nutrition – understanding food energetic
• Types of food and their effect & food intolerance
• Dietary adjustments & food temperatures
• Diets for health and illness
• Working with food energetics
• Hot and cold conditions
• Treating dryness, dampness and phlegm
• Treating deficiency and stagnation
• Using ‘superfoods’ and Chinese herbs in cooking
• Making a therapeutic meal
• Treatment of specific and complex conditions
• Acute conditions, mental and emotional imbalances
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), fibromyalgia etc

Prerequisites

Open to all qualified practitioners, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners/acupuncturists, herbalists, homeopaths, osteopaths, chiropractors, medical doctors, etc.

Diploma(s)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Chinese Nutrition

Study Programme and Locations

Study Programme

Module I (2 Weekends): Next dates to be confirmed
Module II (4 Weekends): 24 September - 11 December 2011

Qualified TCM practitioners/acupuncturists are exempt from Module 1 and can join Module 2 directly.

Module I

Module II

Location

41 Riding House Street, London W1W 7BE (Tube: Oxford Circus)
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Cost

Please contact our registration advisors for exact course pricing, discounts, and financing options.

How to Apply

• Download and return the Post-Graduate Courses enrolment form >>
• If you have questions, or for more information, please phone +44 (0)1342 410 505, use our contact form, or email postgrad@naturopathy-uk.com.