CUHK - Everyday Chinese Medicine 2
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Everyday Chinese Medicine 2 at Coursera Overview
Duration | 4 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Everyday Chinese Medicine 2 at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 4 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish, Romanian
Everyday Chinese Medicine 2 at Coursera Course details
- This course, Everyday Chinese Medicine II offered by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, aims to show to the public, as well as the healthcare professionals about the basic principles of Chinese medicine. Our primary goal is to empower healthcare choices by promoting awareness and practical application on Chinese medicine diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and to facilitate interprofessional education between Chinese and conventional clinicians.
- Learners will develop skills in applying theories of Chinese medicine for understanding health and illnesses. We will discuss the treatment principles of Chinese Medicine and the corresponding herbs for application. This will then be followed by the application of diets and exercise. Finally, we would expand the horizons of how integrative medicine are practiced in Chinese populations such as China, Taiwan and Hong Kong for specific diseases. This showcases how different disciplines joints-hands to fulfill the unmet needs from the public. The perspective of research, education and medical coverage will be explored.
Everyday Chinese Medicine 2 at Coursera Curriculum
Course Promotional Video
Promotional Video
Session 6 Basics of Chinese Medicine Diagnostics (II)
6.1.1 The Relationship between Tongue with Zang-fu Organs
6.1.2 Room Setting for Tongue Examination
6.1.3 Normal vs Abnormal Tongue
6.1.3.1 Abnormal Tongue Colours and Indications
x 6.1.3.2 Abnormal Tongue Coating and Indications
6.1.3.3 Abnormal Tongue Bodies and Indications
6.1.3.4 Abnormal Tongue Motilities and Indications
6.2 Intro
6.2.1 Case
6.3 Intro
6.3.1Eight-principle Syndrome Differentiation
6.3.1.1 Exterior Syndrome & Interior Syndrome
6.3.1.2 Cold Syndrome & Heat Syndrome
6.3.1.3 Deficiency Syndrome & Excess Syndrome
6.3.1.4 Yin Syndrome & Yang Syndrome
Session 6 Quiz
Session 7 Treatment Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine
7.1 Intro
7.1.1 Treating the Underlying syndrome
7.1.1.1 Approach 1: Treating heat syndrome with cooling method
7.1.1.2 Approach 2: Treating cold syndrome with warming method
7.1.1.3 Approach 3: Treating Deficiency syndrome with Tonifying Method
7.1.1.4 Approach 4: Treating Excess syndrome with Purging Method
7.1.2 Treating the Root and the Branch
7.1.2.1 Approach 1: Treating the Branch in acute conditions?????
7.1.2.2 Approach 2: Treating the Root in chronic conditions?????
7.1.2.3 Approach 3: Treating both the Root and the Branch ????
7.1.3 Reinforcing the Vital-qi and eliminating the Evil-qi
7.1.3.1 Approach 1: Reinforcing the Vital-qi??
7.1.3.2 Approach 2: Eliminating the Evil-qi ??
7.1.3.3 Approach 3: Reinforcing the Vital-qi and eliminating the Evil-qi?????
7.2 Intro
7.2.1 Diaphoresis Therapy ??
7.2.2 Emesis Therapy ??
7.2.3 Purgative therapy ??
7.2.4 Harmonizing Therapy ??
7.2.5 Warming Therapy ??
7.2.6 Clearing Therapy ??
7.2.7 Tonifying Therapy ??
7.2.8 Resolving Therapy ??
Session 7 Quiz
Session 8 Introduction of Chinese Materia Medica
8.1 Chinese Materia Medica
8.2 Properties of Chinese Medicines
8.3 Four Natures
8.4 Intro
8.4.1 Pungent Chinese Medicines
8.4.2 Sweet Chinese Medicines
8.4.3 Sour Chinese Medicines
8.4.4 Bitter Chinese Medicines
8.4.5 Salty Chinese Medicines
8.5 Toxicity
Session 8 Quiz
Session 9 The Basic Concept of Health Preservation in Chinese Medicine
9.1 Intro
9.1.1 Concept 1: Unity of Human and the Universe
9.1.1.1 According to seasons
9.1.1.2 According to Geography Locations
9.1.1.3 According to Different Individuals
9.1.2 Concept 2: Unity of physique and spirit
9.1.3 Concept 3: Holism
9.2.1 Introduction
9.2.2 Selecting food according to Four Natures and Five Flavors
9.2.3 Functions of some common foods
9.2.4 Dietary Therapy for some Common Diseases
9.2.4.1 Common Cold
9.2.4.2 Chronic Stomachache and Diarrhea
9.3 Intro
9.3.1 Section 1
9.3.2 Section 2
9.3.3 Section 3
9.3.4 Section 4
9.3.5 Section 5
9.3.6 Section 6
9.3.7 Section 7
9.3.8 Section 8
9.4 Summary
Session 9 Quiz
Session 10 Integrative Medicine, the Way Forward
Integrative Medicine from Hong Kong perspectives of Hospital management and unmet needs in multiple sclerosis
Integrative Medicine from Hong Kong and China perspectives in the management of atopic dermatitis
National health coverage in facilitating Integrative Medicine
Innovation of integrative medicine education
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