Seminar with Andrew Nugent-Head
June 12-13 2021 / September 11-12, 2021 Zurich

(This seminar can also be booked as a live-online seminar)

We assume and hope that by June, responsible travel will be possible again, and Andrew will be teaching in person in Zurich in our teaching room for both the June and September seminars.

Treating the digestive system has never been more important or complicated than today. Unlike the past,  modern patients are beset from all sides: processed foods aggravating the gall bladder; chemical additives irritating the intestinal lining; stressful lifestyles inhibiting the parasympathetic ‘Rest Digest’ system; resurgence of parasites from the raw consumption of organic vegetables and/or travel to developing countries; environmental/industrial influences setting off auto-immune responses; destruction of digestive flora due to western drugs… the list goes on.

While Classical Chinese medicine traditionally has much to offer, this onslaught of influences affecting the most important system in our body requires thinking far beyond simple treatment methods of Four Gentlemen Decoction (四君子湯 Si Jun Zi Tang) variations, Regulate the Qi Decoctions (承氣湯 Cheng Qi Tang) variations, or choosing acupuncture points such as  陰陵泉穴Yinlingquan SP09 and 足三里穴Zusanli ST36. We have to understand the modern factors our patients face, the mechanism of the emotions on Qi, how Qi moves in the body in a strong or weak pulse patient, and what happens if their True Yang is either too hot or too cold. In addition, we also have to contend with our patients damaging themselves due to what they read online, diet fads and supplement regimes.

Based on the patients we see every day in our clinic, this seminar explains the classical view of the mechanisms behind modern gut pathologies, outlines the treatment strategies we rely on and highlights our successes and failures. It is designed to take participants far beyond anything learned in school, giving them a clear understanding and clinically proven treatment protocols to treat conditions such as:

• Gall Bladder inflammation
• IBS
• Parasites
• Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis
• Leaky Gut
• Insufficient Beneficial Flora/microbiome dysfunction
• Emergency Conditions: Appendicitis, dysentery, food poisoning, hemorrhoids

Participants will have the mechanisms behind these conditions clearly explained, understand treatment variations based on the patients’ True Yang and Upright Qi, learn the strategies of the formulas we prescribe and herbs we use, see the acupuncture and bodywork protocols we use demonstrated  and then practice these techniques as a group. This is an intensive training seminar focused on learning and practical training, with minimal breaks and high expectations of its students. Participants do not need to practice or use herbs to attend. However, all participants must be practicing acupuncturists and arrive prepared to both needle and be needled during practicum sessions.

General information

Andrew Nugent-Head, MSOM (1967-)
A nationally NCCAOM certified and state licensed practitioner of Oriental Medicine, Andrew Nugent-Head is the founder and director of the Association for Traditional Studies (ATS), a 501c3 organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of China’s traditional knowledge. At the age of 18, Andrew moved to China in 1986 to study Chinese medicine, martial arts, and internal cultivation. Living in China for over 25 years, he obtained the highest quality education possible in traditional, mentor-disciple relationships.

Andrew’s studies and work have been featured on French and German television, the NBC Sunday Today Show, and on ABC News Special. He also worked on and appeared in the Mystery of Qi episode of the Bill Moyers PBS documentary series, Healing and the Mind. He has been featured in newspapers across the United States and written prolifically on Chinese Medicine, culture and the importance of preserving traditional knowledge worldwide.

Working through his not for profit, Andrew has translated six books and produced over 400 educational videos featuring traditional practitioners on Chinese Medicine, Yin Style Bagua martial arts, Daoyin practices, and Calligraphy. He has also translated for and assisted these practitioners at over 140 seminars between 1993 and 2003, as well as taught workshops himself throughout the United States and China during that time. With the passing of his teachers, Andrew dedicated himself to bringing the arts as he learned it to the west, teaching intensive training programs in New York, London and Asheville, as well as introductory seminars around the world. Through his efforts, ATS has launched a Free Video Library program, posting hundreds of hours of video footage free on their site while still paying royalties to the practitioners the videos feature.

In China, Andrew is currently focused on the Dr. Li Hongxiang (1924–) Documentation Project, a 10 year, 3 phase project dedicated to documenting the last doctor still practicing traditionally in Beijing. Mr. Nugent-Head was recognized as Dr. Li’s final student in 2005 and has been working with him in the clinic and at home to document his incredible wealth of knowledge before he is too old to teach. In the United States, he is working with his wife and fellow practitioner, JulieAnn Nugent-Head, to establish a teaching clinic in Asheville, NC.

More information about Andrew
www.traditionalstudies.org
www.youtube.com/user/traditionalstudies

Information about seminar

Date:
June 12-13, 2021
September 11-12, 2021

Time:
Saturday: 12:30 – 19.00
Sunday:     9.30 – 16.00 (new teaching hours!!!)

• Location
  Brunnenhof beim Spital Zollikerberg, Neuweg 12, 8125 Zollikerberg, Switzerland
• Referent
  Andrew Nugent-Head
• Language
  English

Tuition fee:

• Early bird (before March 13): CHF 920.–
• Standard Registration (after March 13): CHF 1000.–