Presenting Deirdre Courtney, TCM Practitioner, Chef, Lecturer and Author of the best seller “Nourishing Life the Yang Sheng Way: Nutrition and Lifestyle Advice from Chinese Medicine” for our first ever Foundations Lecture. Learn how to recommend food appropriately during treatment to help sustain long term change!

Practitioner Testimonial

“I refer to Deirdre’s book frequently in practice and it has been a lifesaver, understanding that food is both a poison and a medicine and I am really looking forward to taking this course with Deirdre. I want to deepen my understanding and be able to explain to patients from a TCM perspective why this matters for their health and give them agency. Such a missing area for TCM education that I am looking forward to exploring”
– JC (Acupuncturist and Herbalist) 

Introduction to the Principles of Chinese Nutrition (Foundations) 

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 four hour lecture of our Food as Medicine Series, 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.

Prerequisites and Recommendations:
It is highly recommended that those who are interested in participating in the advanced course, complete this foundations course first.
– Students of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2nd year knowledge minimum)
– TCM Practitioners who are legally allowed to practice within their jurisdiction with a minimum of 200 hours of clinical practice and foundational theory of the substances and patterns.

Click here for the Advanced Course Outline

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. 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

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.

Details

Date: Sunday, 15th May 2022
Time: 4:30pm – 8:30pm (AEST)
Pricing: $220 for Practitioners, $190 for Students (Undergraduates), $220 for Recording
Combined (Foundations + Advanced (Live or Recording)): $350 – 8 CPD Points
CPD: 4 CPD Points
Notes: Included
VENUE: LIVE ONLINE COURSE- ZOOM LINK WILL BE PROVIDED CLOSER TO THE DATE

This is a live webinar conducted via the ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING Platform. 

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