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National College of Natural Medicine: Classical Chinese Program

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

4-5PM in Vollum 110

Chinese medicine has been practiced by more physicians and used to treat the physical diseases and spiritual disharmonies of more patients than any other system of medicine in history. Yet much of the deep wisdom and expertise accumulated by medical sages for thousands of years has been replaced by a more “modern” and mechanical approach in Chinese medical training throughout the world! What has been lost is not outdated esoteric knowledge; it is a profound and timeless understanding of mankind’s role as the “heart of the universe.” It s a cultivated awareness of how human beings can live in harmony with the cycles of nature, and a powerful system of diagnostic and therapeutic methods that make it possible to treat all kinds of patients – even those with chronic and complicated diseases.

National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) invites you to a discussion on the nature of Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) with Dr. Heiner Fruehauf, PhD, LAc, and Founding Professor of the School of Classical Chinese Medicine. Dr. Fruehauf has studied sinology, philosophy, and comparative literature at Tübingen University, Fudan University (Shanghai), Hamburg University, Waseda University (Tokyo), and the University of Chicago, where he earned a doctoral degree from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1990 and a post-doctoral certificate from Chengdu University of TCM. He has published widely in the fields of Chinese and Japanese culture, with a specific focus on the traditional aspects of Chinese medicine. (A selection of his work can be accessed at www.classicalchinesemedicine.org.)

Admissions representatives will also be available so you can learn more about NCNM's program in Classical Chinese Medicine.  This Portland-based school offers a four-year program leading to the Master of Science in Oriental Medicine.  Graduates are eligible to apply for acupuncture licensure in Oregon, and to take herb and acupuncture exams administered by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, which many states use as a basis for licensure.   For more information about their program, visit the NCNM Classical Chinese Medicine website.