The Fire Inside: A Practical Approach to Understanding and Treating Chronic Inflammation, Part I

This course is an overview of a comprehensive way of understanding the origin, persistence and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. Chronic inflammation is thought to be fundamental to the pathology of a wide range of diseases commonly seen in the Chinese medical clinic, including autoimmune, chronic infectious, endocrine, and oncological. This course will examine in detail the three main causes of persistent heat in the body, the primary pathological triad, disruption to the Heart Kidney axis, and lingering pathogens. Strategies for understanding and resolving this heat, illustrated with numerous case histories from the instructor's practice will be presented.

In Part I of this course, Will focuses on an introduction to chronic inflammation, how it relates to Chinese medicine, the primary pathological triad, and the Heart Kidney axis.

Part II of this course is not required but is highly recommended for an optimal learning experience. Click here to see Part II course description and register.

Upon completion of this course, practitioners will:

• Understand chronic inflammation, its pathology and its ramifications from both a Western medical and Chinese medical point of view
• Understand the three main causes of chronic inflammation, how to recognize them and how to approach treatment
• Understand how the Heart Kidney axis relates to chronic inflammation

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