Im Workshop zusammen mit Velia Wortman MD werden das Erkennen
von konstitutionellen Merkmalen nach Kriterien von Dan Bensky und
Huang Huang sowie die Befundermittlung innerhalb der Abdominaldiagnose
vertieft, um ausgesuchte Rezepturen aus den klassischen Werken
erfolgreich einzusetzen. Dieser Workshop ist sowohl für Einsteiger in diese
Spezialdisziplin der Chinesischen Medizin als auch für die Teilnehmer der
Vorkurse ausgerichtet.

The future of traditional Chinese medicine both in the western
world and in China depends, for socio-cultural and political rea-
sons, increasingly on a scientific evaluation of the techniques used
to treat patients. Despite a plethora of studies, many practitioners
and potential researchers remained puzzled and confused by the
unclear results that the studies have sometimes generated.
Because of the ever-increasing interest and demand over the
past years, for the first time in the congress’ history, the tcm
and Science Session will take place over an entire day. Subtitled
“ Authentic practice and the developing evidence mosaic” the day
will be an ongoing dialogue among the invited speakers and with
active audience participation and input.
Designed and moderated by the British researcher and teacher
Hugh MacPherson and the Mexican physician Velia Wortman, this
day will be a unique opportunity not only to hear about the latest
developments in tcm research from an anthropological, historical,
clinical and basic research points of view, but also to engage in
conversation with leading exponents from Germany and across
Europe.

By treating the weakest link in the Elemental chain, the practitioner achieves a deeper and more lasting change. Treating this constitutional imbalance also forms an important part of any treatment designed to improve symptoms and/or a patient’s overall well being.
The constitutional imbalance is diagnosed by colour on the face, sound in the voice, the patient’s body odour and the most-out-of-balance-emotion. The emotional imbalance is the most revealing of all of these. Each Element produces a wide range of related emotions. For example, anger is the emotion associated with Wood, but an imbalanced Wood can produce depression, mild frustration, anger and ballistic rage – with many variations.
Simple observation, whilst sometimes successful, is rarely sufficient to determine the emotional imbalance. J.R. Worsley developed the process he called ‘emotion testing’ which produces what simple observation alone cannot achieve.
John will show you:
• Through demonstration and lecture, how to develop an ‘emotion-testing’ strategy,
• By using videos of patients, how to see the difference between a normal and an abnormal response, and
• Through exercises and practise, how to develop the required skills.