Description
In this 3-hour presentation, Sharon will share her translation of Fu Qing-Zhu’s as-yet-unpublished chapter on fertility. We will explore his ideas of the relevant patterns of infertility and cull the concepts that Sharon has found most useful in her own practice. As we go along Sharon will give insight into women’s physiology according to Fu Qing-Zhu and how this physiology relates to the architecture of Dr. Fu’s formulas.
Learning Objectives
The practitioner will learn:
- To learn and consider Fu Qing-Zhu’s basic patterns of infertility.
- To understand women’s physiology according to Fu Qing-Zhu and it’s relationship to his fertility patterns.
- To explore the structure and usefulness of Fu Qing-Zhu’s fertility formulas.
Sharon Weizenbaum graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 1983 and has been practicing Chinese medicine for over 30 years. Her first gynecology teacher was Dr. Zhu Shu-rong from Shang Hai. In 1990 she traveled to Hang Zhou where she studied herbal gynecology with Dr. Qiu Xiao-mei as well as Chinese language. She continued her language study at Mt. Holyoke College and translates much of her own teaching materials. In 2007 she traveled back to China to study classic formulas with Dr. Huang Huang, who continues to be one of her teachers. She studied and apprenticed with Kiiko Matsumoto for 12 years and developed Integrative Mandala Acupuncture as a synthesis of her study with both Chinese and Japanese acupuncture teachers. Sharon is the director of White Pine Healing Arts clinic and educational facility. She teaches the Graduate Mentorship Program and Integrative Mandala Acupuncture nationally as well as shorter courses. Her articles have been published in The Lantern and in the North Amercan Journal of Oriental Medicine. She is known for her engaging, clinically relevant and clear teaching style.
- Clarifying Diagnosis and Physiology for Accurate Herbal Prescribing (54 CEU/PDA/CPD)
- Sharon Weizenbaum’s Complete Pregnancy Course using Chinese Herbs (19 CEU/PDA/CPD)
- Classic Formulas for Obstetrics and Gynecology: Accessing the (often miraculous) Power of the Shang Han Lun (13 CEU/PDA/CPD)
- The Treatment of Knotty Diseases: How Effective Use of Classic Formulas can Transform your Clinic and Practice (13 CEU/PDA/CPD)
- Implantation to Birth: Acupuncture and Herbs to Support Better Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes (8 CEU/PDA/CPD)
- Habitual Miscarriage: Diagnosis and Treatment with Case studies (6 CEU/PDA/CPD)