Course Overview

Class 16: Heart Disorders

This will be session 16 of 22 classes that are arranged by subject. In this session, students will cover 10 herbal formulas for the treatment of Heart Blood Stagnation, Heart Phlegm, and Eye/Vision Disorders. The student will learn about the disease category, its TCM differentiations, and clinical points in choosing and applying the herbal formulas.

This class is 2 hours. A downloadable MP3 audio file, as well as a complete handout, quiz, evaluation (and program worksheet for those requiring NCCAOM PDAs) will be provided.

Course Objectives

• The student will study and differentiate five herbal formulas that treat heart problems of blood or phlegm stagnation.
• The student will study and differentiate five herbal formulas that treat eye and vision disorders.
• The student will learn the source classical text, date, author, and ingredients for formulas relating to Heart disorders, and Eye and Vision disorders, as well as the Chinese characters and pinyin associated with them.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 45 minHeart Blood Stagnation (3) — dan shen yin; tong qiao huo xue tang; xue fu zhu yu tang

45 min - 1.25 hrsHeart Phlegm (2) — shan zha jiang zhi wan; CHOLISMA (EV)

1.25 hrs - 2 hrsEye and Vision Disorders (5) — ming mu di huang tang; ming mu shang qing pian; nei zhang ming yan wan; qi ju di huang tang; shi hu ye guang wan