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.

This 15 minute talk is the brief introduction to Jeremy’s 3 workshops at the 37th TCM Congress in Rothenburg.

Jeremy shows how to treat different types of stress that are commonly seen in the clinic, for example:
hypertension + headache, menopausal flushes + anxiety, bipolar disorders,
anxiety + depression, nightmares + exhaustion, cardiac weakness + depression
Jeremy discusses the role of the 5 Taste properties in the treatment of stress. Each taste has its special contribution to the treatment of emotional disorders.
For example, the heaviness and solidity of the Sweet taste property can treat emotional insecurity and emotional lability, and help in the treatment of bipolar syndromes

Understanding the 5 tastes, and creating a proper balance of the tastes in
a herb combination can make treatment both safer and more effective.

Each taste has its special contribution to the treatment of emotional disorders.
For example, the astringent aspect the sour property can firm Kidney Qi and Heart Spirit and reduce the scattering effect of fear and anxiety on the mind and emotions. This firming effect can also help to reduce mood swings and bipolar disorders.

Tastes don’t just have one function: they can have a range of potential functions.
For example, The Western concept of bitter is as digestive tonic, and the Chinese concept of bitter is to clear Heat. Jeremy’s new expanded concept of bitter goes much further, and includes eight different bitter functions. These 8 can treat some of the most important diseases of modern times.

Der Kopfschmerz nach TCM differenziert:
Es werden 18 Syndrome, bei denen Kopfschmerzen oder Migräne auftreten, differenziert und entsprechende Behandlungsstrategien entwickelt für Kopfschmerzen, z.B. bei Grippe, allergischer Rhinitis, Hochdruck, Anämie, Hypoglykämie und prämenstruellem Syndrom.

Die TCM-Differenzierung von Hauterkrankungen:
Ätiologie, Differenzierung und Behandlung von Hauterkrankungen aus chinesischer und moderner westlicher Sicht unter Betonung der Modifikation von Punktkombinationen bei der Behandlung von verschiedenen Stadien einzelner Hauterkrankungen.

Dieser Workshop richtet sein Augenmerk auf ein neues System für Verständnis und Anwendung der acht außerordentlichen Gefäße. Er bringt neue Theorien über die außerordentlichen Gefäße mit den neun Energiezentren der Chakren in Verbindung und zeigt, wie dieser integrierte Ansatz zur Behandlung von körperlichen und emotionalen Störungen benutzt werden kann.