Please enjoy the transcript of the interview with Dr. Versluys conducted by Ross Campbell of London's Kai Clinic (http://www.kai-acupuncture.co.uk/)

The interview  is published in EJOM (European Journal of Oriental Medicine), issue no: Vol 6,
No 3. More info on their website: www.ejom.co.uk

Thanks to both the contributor and the Journal staff for providing this opportunity.

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We are pleased to hereby officially advertise the London teaching schedule for 2010. After much deliberation we have decided to start the Jingui Yaolue series which comprises of five weekend seminars, of which the first three will be offered in 2010. The final two weekends will be offered in May and August of 2011.

We have worked out several registration and payment options for your convenience. Early bird registrants will benefit royally from the new policy. Please see the attachment for details.

The whole ICEAM website and in particular the London section is under full reconstruction. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT REGISTRANTS CAN NOW REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE PER PAYPAL OR CREDIT CARD. PLEASE VISIT http://www.iceam.org/products-page TO REGISTER.

The overall site is still undergoing changes but the London registration portion is working properly. Stay tuned and visit http://london.iceam.org/ for details.

See you soon!

Arnaud

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

I would hereby like to announce that the registration for the Portland 2010 Shanghan Lun series as part of the Canonical Chinese Medicine Training offered by the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine is open and going strong.

If you haven't regsitered yet, then you have already missed the early bird special. But the registration is still open until the end of February. 

Attached are a detailed program outline, as well as the registration form. Please email me if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

Arnaud Versluys and the ICEAM team

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Dear friends and colleagues,

The future of traditional disciplines like TCM and Ayurvedic herbal medicine looks particularly ominous. The imminent implementation of some European directives in their present form will make it impossible to further practice our profession and trade in a responsible and cost-effective fashion.

The implications of both THMPD (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive) and NF (Novel Food) regulation will only aggravate the already confused legal situation our sector finds itself in, and will make it more difficult for manufacturers and distributors to make sure they are operating legally.

The European Benefyt Foundation was brought to life to address these issues in their scientific, social and legislative aspects.

EBF was created by a group of people who are professionally active in the field of traditional phytotherapy. They have been monitoring the technical and scientific interpretation of THMPD and NF by the regulatory authorities and have come to the conclusion that, unless drastic amendments are made, our sector in particular, is heading for disaster. So, the time of action has come !

In order to defend our legitimate place in the market and our indispensable role in CAM-healthcare EBF wants to highlight the specific situation of traditional disciplines in the European forum and intends to propose safe and viable alternatives on every level in order to obtain a suitable statute for our sector.

To achieve this, we need your help and support!

Therefore we cordially invite you to our first conference:

 

You receive this invitation letter as a direct stakeholder in the market or as an interested party somehow involved in Traditional Herbal Medicine (Professional Associations, Schools, Institutes, Academies, Research centers and laboratories, Regulatory operators, a.o.).

The principal objective of the conference is to provide relevant scientific and legal information regarding our situation but also to hear your voice and to listen to your proposals.
Please refer to the website www.benefyt.eu for conference details, further comments and position papers.

We sincerely hope to welcome you to our conference and as a member of EBF.

Chris Dhaenens
EBF Belgium/Netherlands

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It is my great pleasure to announce that my clinic is moving to Southeast Portland. It is also my privilege to tell you that the Acupuncture Associates of Oregon LLC has finally found an associate, as my longstanding resident Kumiko Shirai, MSOM, LAC will
be joining me as a colleague. 

Time flies and it has already been two years that I have been practicing at the current Northwest location. There I had the pleasure of continuing to work with my established patients as well as meeting many of you new Chinese medicine enthusiasts. The development of the practice has now led me to this next stage of creating a new health-promoting environment, befitting of both the nature of Chinese medicine and you as its loyal recipients. Starting October 7^th all consultations will be
held at the new office.

The new address is:

3024 SE 59th Ave

Portland, OR, 97206

The phone number has changed too. I will no longer be using my cell phone for clinic purposes. For scheduling or inquiries, please call 503-841 5781 starting October 1^st 2009. I am of course always reachable by email at info@arnaudversluys.com

The clinic is on SE 59^th Avenue and Tibbetts, three blocks north of Powell Blvd. The clinic is in a standalone building behind the main residence at the above address. Please enter the clinic courtyard through the bamboo gate left of the house. And while you are there, don't forget to enjoy the Japanese bamboo garden. There is ample street side parking during any time of the day. Herbs will continue to be
dispensed on-site. And consultation hours will remain largely the same.

Lastly, I would like to invite you to our open house celebration on Saturday October 10^th starting from 4 PM to 8 PM. Light refreshments will be served. Please come visit us.

I am looking forward to welcoming you all and would like to thank you for your continued commitment to your health, your loyalty to Chinese medicine and your trust in me!

Best Regards,

Arnaud Versluys, PhD, LAc

Acupuncture Associates of Oregon, LLC

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This week the Jingui series in Portland and San Francisco are off to a great start. Attendance this year is high and so are spirits. Welcome to all new Canonical family members!

The Seattle course this year was cancelled due to low attendance. Unfortunately, the number if registrations did not justify the organization. We are hoping to attempt a Seattle offering again some time next year. If you are from Seattle or would like to attend a Seattle offering, please email info@arnaudversluys.com to put your name on a preliminary list. As far as we can foresee, there will be no offering of a SHL curriculum in Seattle in 2010 and 2011 would be the earliest. If you are interested in attending sooner, then please join us in Portland. Thanks.

Lastly, many students in Portland are requesting to bump up the offering of the next Shanghan Lun sequence in Portland. We have therefore preliminarily started compiling a list of names of people interested. The proposed dates will be out soon but should start around March or April 2010, immediately after the Portland Jingui series is finished. The Shanghan Lun series will then be followed by the Jingui series again towards the Fall/ Winter of 2010-2011.

Here are the proposed dates for the new Portland offering:

Portland
Shanghan Lun 2010

March 6-7, 2010

SHL Weekend 1:         The
Zhang Zhongjing Herb and Formula Archetypes: Inner
Circle

April 10-11, 2010

SHL Weekend 2:         The
Zhang Zhongjing Herb and Formula Archetypes: Outer Circle

May 1-2. 2010

SHL Weekend 3:         Shanghan
Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns

June 5-6, 2010

SHL Weekend 4:         Shanghan
Lun Pulse Diagnosis

July 24-25, 2010

SHL Weekend 5:         Shanghan
Lun Abdominal Diagnosis

September 11-12,
2010

SHL Weekend 6:         Shanghan
Lun Formula Families

October 2-3, 2010

SHL Weekend 7:         Shanghan
Lun Formula Modification System (Day 1)

Shanghan
Lun Acupuncture (Day 2)

December 11-12,
2010

SHL Weekend 8:         Shanghan
Lun Case Studies

And here are the proposed dates for the San Francisco SHL offering:

San Francisco
Shanghan Lun 2010

February 27-28,
2010:

SHL Weekend 1:         The
Energetics of the Five Flavors and Zhang Zhongjing Formulas

March 20-21, 2010:

SHL Weekend 2:         The
Zhang Zhongjing Herb and Formula Archetypes: Inner
Circle

April 17-18, 2010

SHL Weekend 3:         The
Zhang Zhongjing Herb and Formula Archetypes: Outer Circle

May 22-23, 2010

SHL Weekend 4:         Shanghan
Lun Pathophysiology and Basic Patterns

July 10-11, 2010

SHL Weekend 5:         Shanghan
Lun Pulse Diagnosis

September 18-19,
2010

SHL Weekend 6:         Shanghan
Lun Abdominal Diagnosis

October 16-17,
2010

SHL Weekend 7:         Shanghan
Lun Formula Families

November 13-14,
2010

SHL Weekend 8:         Shanghan
Lun Formula Modification System (Day 1)

Shanghan
Lun Acupuncture (Day 2)

December 18-19,
2010

SHL Weekend 9:         Shanghan
Lun Case Studies

For more info, please email aversluys@iceam.org or kshirai@iceam.org for Portland training and email Ben Lee at blee@sanfrancisco.iceam.org for San Francisco seminars. Or visit www.iceam.org

The Neijing Classical Acupuncture seminar was designed to give the practicing acupuncturist a solid introduction into the basic principles and practices of Neijing style Classical Acupuncture. This course is taught entirely through direct translations of classical source material.
The curriculum is built around the introduction of classical 'seed' concepts, upon which a successful practice of Classical acupuncture may be established. A primary goal of the course is to introduce skills that may be applied directly within a clinical practice. The course is appropriate for licensed acupuncturists, physician acupuncturists and senior-level acupuncture students.
For more information, please visit http://www.neijingacupuncture.com/ or contact Dr. Neal at eneal24@mac.com

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I am proud to announce the final schedules for the Fall courses to be organized in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. Please see the attachment for accurate dates and registration information. Also please use the attached payment and registration form if you wish to register. If you have any further questions, please email me at info@arnaudversluys.com or at aversluys@iceam.org

Also, the website of the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine is up and running though still under construction. Hopefully the site will be finalized in the coming month. Please visit www.iceam.org

The Jingui Yaolue courses consist of 5 weekends. The first two weekends instruct in great detail on thepathology, etiology and treatment of almost all of the Jingui complex diseases. in other words, these two weekends will be the most through instruction on the Jingui Yaolue to date.Weekend three will teachpulse daignosis of the Jingui formula patterns, while weekend 4 teaches abdominal diagnosis of the Jingui formula patterns. The last weekend instructs on actual cases studies treated with Jingui formulas. For more info please email me directly.

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The final dates for the 2009-2010 London are announced. Please contact the organizer for details at mpringle@london.iceam.org or email info@arnaudversluys.com

Please visit the fully updated London page on the ICEAM website: http://london.iceam.org/

December 5-6, 2009: Shanghan Lun Case Studies

December 7, 2009: Shanghan Lun Clinical Observation

Indeed, the December seminars have changed dates.

The organization of the seminars in the UK has been successfully handed over to Michael Pringle, general manager of the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in reading, UK. henceforth, all courses will be hosted there. Please contact Michael Pringle for further details.

We would hereby like to give heartfelt thanks to Rupert Lander for the past two years of seminar hosting and wish him the best in his future endeavors! Thank you so much, Rupert!

 

Dr. Arnaud Versluys returns to Sydney for 3 days to build on his first weekend of the SHL conducted in March 2009 in Sydney. This time he will teach Shanghan Lun Acupuncture and SHL Pulse Diagnosis.
The course will be for  be 3 days: Sep 4-5-6 2009 (9-6pm) at the Sydney Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine SITCM and is organized in cooperation between the Sydney Taiyi Society, the Institute of Classics in East Asian Medicine ICEAM and with support of ChinabooksSydney and Helio Sydney.

Places are limited.. so book early to avoid disappointment. Please see website for more details.
www.taiyisociety.com

 

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