Classical Chinese Medicine

Just wanted to say Thank You to everyone at Pro D Seminars for organizing one of the best seminars I have ever participated in. Although I was a little skeptical about attending an online seminar, Dr. Huang's Ten Key Formula Families is one of the most educational and informative seminars I have ever experienced. The seminar covered a wealth of practical material and the translation was excellent. I look forward to attending one of Dr. Huang's seminars in person and I hope that Pro D will continue to seek out such high caliber physicians for future seminars.

Steven, North Carolina, USA

This was one of the best courses I have ever taken, and also a first for an online course, SO I hope this is not what I will use as a measure of comparison for other courses. This was an excellent course and I only wish I had read the textbook before doing this course as it would have helped to lay a stronger foundation to prepare me for the material presented in this excellent course. This was an excellent course and I also like the way Huang Huang stresses simplicity to achieve elaborate clinical results.
-David Bray - Ontario, Canada

Twice this year I have had the privilege of studying with Dr Huang Huang. Huang is a Shang Han Lun Scholar. His special focus has been the development of the system 10 body types. These body types are archetypal representations of pattern imbalances. Just as we might diagnose a person as having a wood, or fire constitution, this system presents constitutional constellations that are reflected in the patterns treated by an herb and its formulas. Thus, an herb reflects a type of person or way of being in the world and also a predisposition towards developing a certain kind of disease pattern.
Dr. Huang presents with such clarity that he reduces the most complex cases to their simplest components: the components of the qi dynamic of the body. His perspective is refreshing in it’s depth, focus and simplicity. It reminds us that Chinese herbs treat an entire gestalt: how a person comes into the world. How they are predisposed to imbalance.
I strongly recommend this course to beginning and experienced practitioners.
Cara Frank

Great course. Very complete!

I have had the pleasure of reviewing Sharon Weizenbaums " Unblocking the Pivot" course offered by ProD seminars. . Sharon's strength as a practitioner and as a teacher lies in her ability to to deconstruct complex issues, and then explain them step-by-step in a way that simplifies complex topics and allows everyone to understand. Her willingness to ask simple questions, and avoid making assumptions sets a standard for scholarship. Her pursuit of answers coupled with a scholars ability to let complex concepts percolate until she understands them is one of the hallmark of her fine teaching. Using Craig Mitchell's seminal paper on harmonizing the qi dynamic from about 7 years ago, Sharon deconstructs the complex topic of Qi mechanisms in the body. Her deep grasp on the relationship of yin and yang, of shao yang ( and all six stages) and her ability to communicate these concepts clearly are hugely refreshing. There are some points that i found myself in disagreement with: she creates an idea about dampness and obesity and it's relationship to the stomach that felt incomplete and thin to me. But this is not a big deal, nor does it detract from the overall value of her work. I highly recommend this seminar to both beginners and also to experienced practitioners alike, as it is sure to deepen their diagostic skills.

This course provides a helpful investigation of a certain type of blockage involving the Shao Yang that is often missed and mis-treated. Sharon Weitzenbaum, as usual, uses wonderful metaphors to clearly explain sometimes vague tenets of Chinese medicine in a professorial yet humble and down-to-earth way. Some great clarifications: how to practically identify “bitter taste in the mouth” and “costal fullness”, what is the real meaning of “alternating fever and chills” and “half exterior/half interior” (not what most people think), and how to “harmonize”. She also pulls from Dr. Huang Huang and explains the ban xia type versus the chai hu type. Interesting! The analysis of key formulas explains when and how to apply and modify them. She even mentions a few tips on how to understand the Shang Han Lun. This course is really diagnosis and herbs, no acupuncture, and many of the formulas can be applied to menopause, though there are certainly wider applications. Sharon’s anecdotes enrich the material, and the course isn’t that long comparatively, but I do think it could have been presented in less time. There were a couple key diagnostic features that didn’t come across without visuals, though the rest of the key info came across well. In Brandon Horn and Wendy Yu’s work, blockage treatments (if needed) are a first step in their infertility algorithm. By contrast, this course deals exclusively with Pivot blockage, or Shao Yang, as the title implies. This was still much more interesting and useful than I was expecting. Bottom line: I have some new strategies for old tools that I think will really benefit a number of patients. A similar in-depth exploration of other types of blockages would be welcome.