Eight Extraordinary Vessels :Part 2 -Wei, Qiao, Dai
4.75 PDA (NCCAOM)
The Wei, the Qiao And Dai Mai
The Eight Extraordinary Vessels represent the deepest constitutional layer of a human being. Yet these most fundamental channels are often only briefly examined in acupuncture schools and modern textbooks. Furthermore, the Wei, the Qiao and Dai are often barely elucidated in the study. This class will cover the least covered of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, examining in depth the classical teachings, physiology, pathology and clinical applications.
The class is a second part of an exploration of how the Eight Extraordinary Vessels inform the basic transitions and transformations of the human life cycle. The Eight Extraordinary Vessels guide our essence/jing from conception and early childhood to maturity and old age. Many constitutional and congenital conditions can be addressed with the skilled use of these meridians. The course will also explore the use of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels in Daoist internal alchemy/nei dan. Participants will be invited to understand these channels as pathways for their own inner cultivation as well as keys to helping their patients heal.
Your Instructor
Dr. Evan M. Rabinowitz is the founder of Yao Shan Center for Chinese Medicine in Washington, DC. where he has had an active clinical practice for the last 23 years. He is a professor at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts, Asheville, North Carolina. Evan served as Director of Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) until 2018. During his 8 year tenure he was instrumental in the creation of the University's Masters and Doctorate programs in Oriental Medicine. Previously, he was an instructor and Chinese herbal supervisor at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Gainesville, Florida. He is currently a lecturer at Georgetown University School of Medicine within its Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) program and has been a guest lecturer on Asian medicine and philosophy at various colleges and universities around the United States. Evan studied extensively Jeffrey Yuen for two decades. He is a graduate of the George Washington University (B.A.), Traditional Acupuncture Institute (M.Ac.) and Maryland University of Integrative Health (D.Ac.). He has an active private teaching schedule, offering continuing education for practitioners across the country and internationally. (View his current in-person teaching schedule here)