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If you have ever felt that studying the classical formulas has been reduced to memorizing endless lists of symptoms and indications, you are not alone. In modern TCM education, we are often trained to match formulas to symptoms mechanically- an approach classical scholar-practitioner Yan Zhong (Kevin) Zhu compares to “waiting by the stump for the rabbit.” This upcoming lecture series is designed to dismantle that paradigm, and rebuild your clinical framework from the ground up, restoring the elegant, unified logic of the Huang Di Nei Jing and Shang Han Lun.
At the heart of Kevin’s teachings is the view that the Shang Han Lun embodies a medicine of time. In this series, you will discover that the six channels are not static lines on a chart, but rather dynamic progressions of Qi transformation that synchronize with the temporal cycles of the sun and seasons. You will learn how, as the ancient sages would have viewed it, “prescribe time” to your patients, restoring the natural solar rhythm of the body.
This series will also revolution your understanding of the herbal pharmacopeia. Rather than analyzing herbs through dry chemical profiles, you will learn to read the “philosophy of the plant,” how an herb’s name, botanical form, and natural growth pattern dictates its functional movement inside the body. Discover why Mai Men Dong is structurally designed to guide heart fire down through the middle “gate” into Kidney water, and how the heroic Fu Zi acts as a deep catalyst, unlocking the body’s stored essence to mobilize an elite catalyst for defense against cold.
Course Details and Schedule
Format: Livestream and In-person: 6 monthly sessions held on Sunday afternoons (3 hours per session, 18 total live instruction hours).
Dates & Schedule (Sundays, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST)
Module 1: November 15, 2026
Module 2: December 6, 2026
Module 3: January 10, 2027
Module 4: January 31, 2027
Module 5: February 21, 2027 (3 weeks after Module 4)
Module 6: March 14, 2027 (3 weeks after Module 5)
Continuing Education: Approved for 18 CAB CEUs (Category 1) for California Licensed Acupuncturists. Note: All modules must be attended for CEU credit, no partial credit is available.
Tuition & Pricing Options
Early-Bird Special:$350 for the full 18-CEU series (Save $50, valid through November 1st)
Regular Full Tuition:$400 for the full 18-CEU series
Single-Module Rate (Non-CEU):$50 per session
Student Discount:$150 for the full series | $25 per individual module
CEU Note: Full 18 CAB CEUs (Category 1) are awarded upon completion of the full 6-module series. Per California Acupuncture Board guidelines, partial CEU credit cannot be issued for single-session drop-ins. Single-module attendance is available for clinical learning only.
If you have ever felt that studying the classical formulas has been reduced to memorizing endless lists of symptoms and indications, you are not alone. In modern TCM education, we are often trained to match formulas to symptoms mechanically- an approach classical scholar-practitioner Yan Zhong (Kevin) Zhu compares to “waiting by the stump for the rabbit.” This upcoming lecture series is designed to dismantle that paradigm, and rebuild your clinical framework from the ground up, restoring the elegant, unified logic of the Huang Di Nei Jing and Shang Han Lun.
At the heart of Kevin’s teachings is the view that the Shang Han Lun embodies a medicine of time. In this series, you will discover that the six channels are not static lines on a chart, but rather dynamic progressions of Qi transformation that synchronize with the temporal cycles of the sun and seasons. You will learn how, as the ancient sages would have viewed it, “prescribe time” to your patients, restoring the natural solar rhythm of the body.
This series will also revolution your understanding of the herbal pharmacopeia. Rather than analyzing herbs through dry chemical profiles, you will learn to read the “philosophy of the plant,” how an herb’s name, botanical form, and natural growth pattern dictates its functional movement inside the body. Discover why Mai Men Dong is structurally designed to guide heart fire down through the middle “gate” into Kidney water, and how the heroic Fu Zi acts as a deep catalyst, unlocking the body’s stored essence to mobilize an elite catalyst for defense against cold.
Course Details and Schedule
Format: Livestream and In-person: 6 monthly sessions held on Sunday afternoons (3 hours per session, 18 total live instruction hours).
Dates & Schedule (Sundays, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST)
Module 1: November 15, 2026
Module 2: December 6, 2026
Module 3: January 10, 2027
Module 4: January 31, 2027
Module 5: February 21, 2027 (3 weeks after Module 4)
Module 6: March 14, 2027 (3 weeks after Module 5)
Continuing Education: Approved for 18 CAB CEUs (Category 1) for California Licensed Acupuncturists. Note: All modules must be attended for CEU credit, no partial credit is available.
Tuition & Pricing Options
Early-Bird Special:$350 for the full 18-CEU series (Save $50, valid through November 1st)
Regular Full Tuition:$400 for the full 18-CEU series
Single-Module Rate (Non-CEU):$50 per session
Student Discount:$150 for the full series | $25 per individual module
CEU Note: Full 18 CAB CEUs (Category 1) are awarded upon completion of the full 6-module series. Per California Acupuncture Board guidelines, partial CEU credit cannot be issued for single-session drop-ins. Single-module attendance is available for clinical learning only.