Part 1. Introduction to the Principles of Chinese Nutrition (Foundations) Recording

One of the most important things you can do for your patients is to educate them about self-care and preventative medicine. We are representatives of a greater wisdom about how to live in a way that enhances life, which is so much more than just maintaining and surviving. It is important to empower your patients to take back some responsibility for their health and one of the best ways is to teach them how to eat.

Knowing what to do with food is a huge pillar of our medicine and will ultimately significantly help with the improvement and maintenance of clinical outcomes in the long term.

This incredible foundational course is a 3.5 hour lecture in our Food as Medicine Series, recorded on the 15th of May 2022, where renowned Chinese Medicine Practitioner and qualified chef Deirdre Courtney as well as author of “Nourishing Life the Yang Sheng Way: Nutrition and Lifestyle Advice from Chinese Medicine“ will take us through Part 1 (Foundations) of our Food As Medicine Series with Chinese Medicine Education, with a view to have a live lecture/workshop and cooking class next year, centering around women’s health, pregnancy and postpartum theories and traditional recipes.

Webinar Outline

1. Outline of the basics of Chinese nutrition including the:
   – The five elements of food; what foods? history.
   – Colour- what does it mean and why?
   – Taste- overview of tastes, types of foods and why
   – Temperature- Thermodynamics and Thermogenics
   – How foods effect the different organs- what and why?
2. How different types of cooking methods affect foods in which way- a overview and review
3. The importance of the growing methods of foods and how and why this aspect can significantly affect our foods- the agriculture of foods and how this changes, improves or is detrimental to health
4. Application of theory: we will look at how to apply these principles in modern life
5. Q&A Discussion and review of the the best ways to help support our patients and not overwhelm them within clinical practice (tips, tricks and hacks from an expert).
6. Summary and Conclusion

Part 2. Applying Chinese Dietetic Therapy In Practice (Advanced) Recording

One of the most important things you can do for your patients is to educate them about self-care and preventative medicine particularly with a notion on how to manage their TCM patterns for more positive and sustainable clinical outcomes. Food is one area where many patients may struggle with, where they do not understand how to eat for their condition or underlying pattern and it may not always be tonification, oftentimes TCM Practitioners should be looking at prescribing foods as medicine in a reduction, clearing and harmonizing capacity in the same way that we would prescribe herbs.

In addition, diet is one of the hardest things to change within someone’s lifestyle. How do we look to enact long term and sustainable change within our patients for maximum effectiveness?

In Part 2 (Advanced) we will go deeper into how we can apply these principles in modern life, and the best ways to help support out patients and not overwhelm them. 

This course will dive deeper into how to construct recipes, in similar ways to constructing prescriptions along with more advanced patient management principles for diet. As TCM Practitioners we are and should be allowed to prescribe foods with an understanding of the underlying pattern, we have the foundations to do so as long as we understand the basic principles and theories of what we are prescribing and not just prescribing “shot gun” style. You will also be able to better and more confidently practice within your clinical scope of TCM dietary recommendation after taking both courses

Webinar Outline

1. Introduction and Theory on Application of TCM Nutrition and Dietetics
   – Assessment of a Patient’s Diagnosis and Dietary Requirements in accordance with TCM Principles:
   – We will look at ways to work with your patients diets that best suits them- Patient management aspect
2. Theory:
   – Understanding Certain Foods as Medicine and What Medicines are actually Foods as well
   – How and why we apply food prescriptions in Clinical Practice
3. Clinical Application:
   – How to build TCM-based Recipes: Selecting individual herbs/foods that can be added to stocks, congees and soups to support health and recovery from certain illnesses.
4. TCM Dietetic Modification Principles:
   – Adding different types of foods to help blood, Qi, Kidney Jing, Clear Heat, Drain Damp and Warm Cold etc.
5. Clinical Application:
   Providing Rationale and Recipes for:
   – Morning Sickness
   – Canker Sores
   – High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
   – Constipation
   – Parasites
   – Boosting Immunity
6. Discussion and review – Summary with tie up from prior knowledge (Foundations and Advanced Content)

Renowned Chinese Medicine Practitioner and qualified chef Deirdre Courtney as well as author of “Nourishing Life the Yang Sheng Way: Nutrition and Lifestyle Advice from Chinese Medicine“ will take us through the fascinating Part 2 (Advanced) of our Food As Medicine Series with Chinese Medicine Education, with a view to have a live lecture/workshop and cooking class next year, centering around women’s health, pregnancy and postpartum theories and traditional recipes.

It is highly recommended that those who are interested in attending her (potential) live workshop next year, complete her two foundation and advanced webinars first.

About Deirdre Courtney

Deirdre Courtney is an internationally known lecturer and teacher specialising in Yang Sheng; Chinese Nutrition; Herbs; Facial Diagnosis; Face Reading; Working with Spirit Points and the Emotions. She has been an Acupuncturist, Herbalist, Nutritional Counsellor and Chef, specialising in health foods for over 30 years. She is the author of the book, Nourishing Life the Yang Sheng Way: Nutrition and Lifestyle Advice from Chinese
Medicine, published by Singing Dragon in 2019. In addition, she is the Education Director for the Lotus Institute and the Master Face Reading Certification Program. She received her Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from YoSan University in Los Angeles and maintains a private practice in Blackrock, Co Dublin, Ireland.

What You Get After You Complete The Course

• Notes to keep
• 7 CPD Points
• CPD Certificate 
• 5 year access
• Unlimited revisions during access period