Programs
Western Herbal Medicine


Western Herbs in Chinese Medicine
This course is offered as a hybrid. You can participate both face-to-face and online.
“Der westliche Kräuterkurs mit Birgit und Ute war einfach wunderbar. Wir haben sehr viel über Kräuterkunde und den Einsatz der Kräuter in der TCM gelernt. Es wurden immer Fallbeispiele besprochen und dazu die entsprechende Kräuterrezeptur entwickelt. Am besten fand ich persönlich, nach der bereits abgeschlossenen TCM Ausbildung, dass durch die zusätzliche westliche Kräuterausbildung noch einmal alles gefestigt werden konnte, wie z.B. Symptome und Krankheitsbilder in die chinesischen Kategorien einzuordnen. Da dies für eine gute Diagnosenstellung einfach die beste Voraussetzung ist.
In der Corona Pandemie lief der Unterricht über vorbereitete Videos und einen Tag live Unterricht über Zoom Online. Der Vorteil war hier, das empfanden wir alle, dass der Unterricht per Video absolut flexibel in der Zeiteinteilung war und mehrmals angeschaut bzw. bei Unaufmerksamkeit zurückgespult werden konnte. Fragen wurden dann über Zoom Live gestellt. Die gute Qualität des Unterrichtes war somit prima gewährleistet. Der Nachteil liegt klar auf der Hand, das persönliche Treffen fiel weg und hat uns allen gefehlt… Wir danken ganz herzlich Birgit und Ute für den tollen Unterricht und wünschen vielen weiteren Teilnehmer*innen auch das Westliche Kräuter Fachwissen als Bereicherung für ihre Praxis“.
Learn how to use Western plants effectively according to Chinese medical criteria.
In this program you’ll learn formulas, signatures, and ingredients. Using patient examples and clustering effects you’ll be able to classify herbs while getting to know their qualities and behaviors.
You should have basic knowledge of Chinese medicine for this program.
“In Europe we have knowledge of medicinal plants that is approximately 2,500 years old. It is recorded in the books on herbs and medicine from Greco-Roman antiquity, in Arabic medicine, and the books and writings of the medieval period and the Renaissance.”
– Eva Mosheim-Heinrich
After an overview of the historical development of herbal medicine in Europe, you’ll become familiar with: the classification of plants and their effects according to Chinese medical criteria and the doctrine of the signatures, the effects of the ingredients and flavors, as well as general observational aids. You’ll see, smell, taste, and touch.
A plant’s signature allows a trained observer to infer a its (or a certain part of its) medical and therapeutic value, effect, or site of action from its shape, color, structure, location, and vegetation period.
In class you’ll be introduced to individual plants in their entirety (contents, energetics, element, and effect from the Chinese medical perspective).
Approximately 150 plants are discussed and systematized according to their basic action: qi tonifying, yin and blood tonifying, yang tonifying, qi and blood regulating, surface opening, moisture reducing, phlegm or heat reducing, and astringents. You’ll gain familiarity with the complex effects of individual plants according to their primary and secondary qualities as well as the differences between different plants with similar effects. You’ll devise these differences by making tea recipes based on case examples. Some teas and tinctures will be sampled.
As Paracelsus said, “You want medicines from lands overseas and there are better things growing in the garden in front of your house.”
This course is offered as a hybrid. You can participate both face-to-face and online.
Duration
7 modules – 186 course hours
Kurszeiten
Course times between 9:00-18:00, varying days
Last day of each module 9:00-15:00
02.06.- 05.06.2023 (friday-monday)
30.06. – 02.07.2023 (friday-sunday)
01.09. – 03.09.2023 (friday-sunday)
30.09. – 03.10.2023 (saturday-tuesday)
03.11. – 05.11.2023 (friday-sunday)
26.01. – 28.01.2024 (friday-sunday)
08.03. – 10.03.2024 (friday-sunday)
Birgit Bader, Registered German naturopath since 2002 in private practice in Bräunlingen, Black Forest. Trained 2008 – 2009 in Western herbs in TCM under Eva Mosheim-Heinrich; continuing studies with Mosheim-Henrich. Teaching and lecturing on Western herbs in TCM since 2012.
Ute Henrich has worked as a Registered German naturopath in Rottweil since 2003. Specializes in TCM among other treatment methods; passionate herb lady for some years. Teaching spans various topics with a focus on Western herbs in TCM since 2012.
To participate basic education in Chinese medicine is required.
2.560 Euro, monthly 256 Euro
AGTCM members: 2.050 Euro, monthly 205 Euro
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2.560 Euro, monatlich 256 Euro
AGTCM Mitglieder:
2.050 Euro, monatlich 205 Euro
Infos zur Mitgliedschaft in der AGTCM finden Sie hier.
Written exam.
AGTCM certificat.
Westliche Kräuter in der chinesischen Medizin
Basisleitfaden
Birgit Bader und Ute Henrich
ISBN 978-3-947566-67-9
https://shop.mgo-fachverlage.de/westliche-krauter-in-der-chinesischen-medizin.html