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WEBINAR OVERVIEW
Transform Your Practice with Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Clinic
Join us for this recorded webinar and gain insight into one of Chinese medicine’s lost ancient diagnostic methods. Specifically designed for TCM practitioners who have never studied BaZi before, this will give you a crash course in how to start using this powerful method to enhance your clinical poutcomes.
This isn’t about fortune-telling or mystical predictions. Instead, you’ll discover how BaZi functions as a sophisticated diagnostic framework that reveals constitutional patterns, inherited vulnerabilities, and the deeper “story” behind illness. Led by ordained Daoist priestess and registered TCM practitioner Bree Xiong, this webinar bridges ancient Daoist wisdom with contemporary scientific understanding.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Foundations & Clinical Relevance: You’ll explore why physician-astrologers were integral to classical Chinese medicine and how BaZi reveals constitutional patterns that align with modern research in epigenetics, trauma transmission, and systems medicine. Discover how historical masters like Sun Simiao used these techniques in their clinical practice.
Technical Framework Made Accessible: Learn to decode the fundamental elements of a BaZi chart – from Heavenly Stems linking to organ systems to understanding how the “Day Master” reveals physiological tendencies. No prior knowledge needed; everything will be explained step-by-step with clear connections to familiar TCM concepts.
Real Clinical Applications: Witness BaZi in action through detailed case studies. See how these insights integrate seamlessly with pulse, tongue, and inquiry diagnosis.
Integration & Q&A: Discover practical workflows for incorporating BaZi into patient intake sessions, learn ethical communication strategies, and get your specific clinical questions answered. The session concludes with a Daoist reflection on aligning healing practice with deeper purpose.
You’ll Leave With
- A foundational understanding of BaZi as a diagnostic tool (not divination)
- Recognition of constitutional patterns and inherited vulnerabilities in your patients
- Practical integration strategies for your current clinical workflow
- Confidence to explore intergenerational healing approaches
- Access to a supportive community of like-minded practitioners
Who This Is For
This webinar is perfect for registered TCM practitioners, acupuncturists, and Chinese medicine students who are curious about expanding their diagnostic toolkit. No prior BaZi knowledge required – just an open mind and commitment to deepening your clinical practice.
WEBINAR OUTLINE
This course is designed as an accessible introduction for TCM practitioners who have never studied BaZi before. The aim is not to turn participants into BaZi masters, but to give them a five-hour ātasterā of what BaZi is, why it has always been connected to Chinese medicine, and how it can enrich clinical diagnosis. Participants will learn how BaZi reveals constitution, cause and effect, and intergenerational influences. By the end of the session, participants will see how BaZi can reveal constitution, inherited patterns, and the deeper āstoryā behind illness in ways that align with both Daoist lineage and contemporary science.
Foundations, Why BaZi Matters in Clinical Diagnosis
* Reframing BaZi: Moving beyond fortune-telling, BaZi becomes a diagnostic framework that highlights constitution, resilience, and life trajectory.
* Daoist Roots in Medicine: Exploring the role of the physician-astrologer in classical China and how cosmology informed both diagnosis and treatment.
* Cause and Effect: How BaZi illustrates the ripple effects of lifestyle, environment, and choices , a concept mirrored today in systems medicine and psychoneuroimmunology.
* Intergenerational Trauma: How unresolved grief, fear, or ancestral imbalances are carried forward in the chart, resonating with modern research on epigenetic inheritance and trauma transmission.
* Lineage and Transmission: Why BaZi is preserved through Daoist masters and temples, and how lineage ensures accuracy and integrity in practice.
* Historical Examples of well known Chinese Medicine Doctors who used Bazi: Sun Simiao (å«ęé), Chunyu Yi (ę·³äŗę ) Ge Hong (čę“Ŗ) etc , plus Daoist priests of Longhu Shan, and others who worked at the intersection of medicine, astrology, and spiritual guidance.
* The Day Master as Constitution: How the stem of the day pillar reveals physiological tendencies, temperament, and potential vulnerabilities.
Technical Framework, From Pillars to Pathophysiology
* Heavenly Stems and Organ Systems: Linking the Five Phases with Zang-Fu organ networks, echoing modern understandings of systems biology.
* Earthly Branches and Hidden Stems: Revealing latent or inherited pathology, including intergenerational imprints that parallel genetic predispositions.
* The 10 Gods (Shi Shen): Interpreting Function Codes as expressions of personality, stress responses, and coping styles – comparable to behavioral epigenetics and personality neuroscience.
* Strong vs. Weak Charts: Understanding resilience and deficiency patterns as long-term cause-and-effect cycles, similar to allostatic load and stress physiology.
* Seasonal Qi and Element Balance: Why birth season matters for constitutional strength, resonating with circadian biology and seasonal health patterns.
Clinical Application, From Chart to Treatment Strategy
* Case Study 1: A Lung-deficient patient prone to infections – linking BaZi weakness with ancestral grief in the metal element and correlating with research on traumaās impact on immune regulation.
* Case Study 2: A Fire-dominant chart with anxiety and palpitations – illustrating how lifestyle amplifies inherent patterns, aligning with neuroendocrine stress pathways.
* Case Study 3: An Earth-heavy patient with digestive issues – showing how worry and overthinking become embodied, resonating with gutābrain axis research. Neurodivergent Patient.
* Integrating BaZi with Standard Diagnosis: Using pulse, tongue, inquiry, and chart reading together for deeper diagnostic clarity.
Practitioner Integration and Q&A
* How Daoist Priests Use BaZi: Understanding how priests read charts for karmic debts, ancestral burdens, and destiny lines, integrating them with ritual healing and spiritual practice.
* Clinical Workflow: Practical steps for bringing BaZi into intake sessions in a grounded way that connects to patient narratives without sounding esoteric.
* Ethical Practice: Using BaZi as a tool of empowerment, supporting patients to break cycles of illness and trauma, resonating with trauma-informed care and narrative medicine.
* Building Trust with Patients: Communicating intergenerational and constitutional insights in clear, supportive language that resonates with modern understandings of mindābody medicine.
* Q&A and Clinical Troubleshooting: Applying BaZi to diverse cases such as fertility, mental health, and chronic disease, while bridging TCM and integrative frameworks.
* Closing Daoist Reflection: A guided practice on aligning medicine with destiny and healing ancestral lines, framing the practitioner as both clinician and guide.
ABOUT BREE XIONG
Bree Xiong is a registered Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, acupuncturist, and ordained Daoist priestess. She runs both a thriving clinic in Sydney, Australia and a Daoist temple, where she integrates classical TCM diagnostics with lineage-based Daoist practices, rituals, blessings and guiding patients and students through both physical and spiritual cultivation.
Raised in a family steeped in Chinese medicine and Daoist philosophy, Bree carries forward the wisdom of her grandmother, who practiced in times when these teachings were suppressed. Her work is deeply influenced by Daoist ritual, BaZi, and cosmology, alongside evidence-based clinical care.
Through her teaching, Bree brings BaZi alive for modern practitioners,Ā not as superstition, but as a living diagnostic framework that connects constitution, cause and effect, and intergenerational trauma. Her mission is to empower clinicians to reclaim the full scope of Chinese medicine, where destiny and diagnosis meet.
WHAT YOU GET WITH THE COURSE
- Notes to keep
- 5 CPD Points
- CPD CertificateĀ
- 5 year access
- Unlimited revisions during access period
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