Online Continuing Education Courses

Identification of Patterns - Heart, Pericardium and Liver: A Comprehensive Study of These Organs and Their Relationships

• Identify the four pathological patterns of Qi disharmony
• Defend the importance of distention as a characteristic of Qi stagnation
• Identify the four Blood pathology patterns
• Distinguish between various types of Blood stasis in the Liver, Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Intestines and Uterus
• Recognize the causes of Blood stasis
• Identify the three types of pathological Body Fluid patterns
• Give examples of Phlegm in Chinese medicine
• Outline the role of the Spleen, Lungs and Kidneys in the production of Phlegm
• Differentiate between the various Heart pathologies
• Discuss how pathologies of the Pericardium differ from those of the Heart
• List the general characteristics of Liver pathology
• Differentiate between the various Liver pathologies