Five Movements and Six Qi Basic Online Course

Launching on April 12, 2025

Every Saturday at 8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)
One lecture per week, lasting four weeks

 Fees:

• Non-members: $650
• Members: $550
• Membership Fee: $60 per year

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Course Syllabus

Lecture 1: Overview of Five Movements and Six Qi & Learning Methods

• How the classical thinking of Huangdi Neijing meets the AI era
• Deep Seek: Breaking the rigid framework of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and returning to the natural harmony of TCM

Lecture 2: The Concepts and Functions of Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, and Their Cycles

• Quick conversion between the lunar and Gregorian calendars
• Yin-Yang distribution of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
• Heavenly Stems: Annual stem (Heaven), Daily stem (Earth, Humanity)
• Earthly Branches: Five elements based on geographical orientation
• Earthly Branches & Six Qi: Three Yin, Three Yang, and Six Qi

Lecture 3: The Application of Hetu and Luoshu in Five Movements and Six Qi

Lecture 4: The Concept of Five Movements

• Five Major Movements: Initial Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Final Water
• Zang-Organs & Disease Reactions
• Annual Movements:
  
  • Heavenly Stems regulate Five Movements’ Yin-Yang changes
  • Excessive and insufficient movements, balanced energy, and annual movement transition times
  • Organ susceptibility, disease tendencies, and the controlling triangle of Five Elements
• Key reading: The Great Treatise on the Five Constant Policies

Lecture 5: Basic Concepts of Host Qi and Guest Qi

• Host Qi: The six-step sequence of Wind, Heat, Fire, Dampness, Dryness, and Cold
• Guest Qi: Three Yin and Three Yang – their roles in seasonal and climatic changes
• The Concept of Interactions: How Heavenly Stems determine Qi flow

Lecture 6: Interaction Between Host and Guest Qi & The Six Annual Supervisors

• Evaluating the degree of elemental interaction and its influence on climate, ecology, and public health
• Key reading: The Great Treatise on the Six Qi Principles, focusing on infectious diseases

Lecture 7: Harmonization of Movements and Qi

• Same-phase interactions: Suihui Year, Tianfu Year, Taiyi Tianfu Year, etc.
• Opposing-phase interactions:
  
  • Strong movement, weak Qi → mild imbalance
  • Strong Qi, weak movement → severe imbalance
  • Balanced year → stable harmonization

Lecture 8: Five-Step Deduction Model in the Study of Five Movements and Six Qi Constitution

1. Determine organ strength and weakness based on Five Movements
2. Analyze the controlling triangle in Five Elements for the given year
3. Define Six Qi and Three Yin-Three Yang pattern
4. Apply TCM pattern differentiation to identify disease tendencies
5. Establish principles for diet and herbal medicine

Lecture 9: Standardized Constitution Assessment

• Qi-Movement pattern expression: Strength and weakness of Five Movements & Six Qi
• Personal constitution assessment: Birth year, organ weakness, and disease tendencies
• Qi transformation models: Celestial influences, Five Element strengths, disease forecasting, and herbal application principles

Lecture 10: “Who Gets Sick and When” – A Predictive Model for Disease Diagnosis Based on Five Movements and Six Qi

Lecture 11: Practical Application of the Five-Step Deduction Model

• Students will:
  
  • Analyze their own birth-year movement and Qi pattern
  • Identify their constitutional type
  • Locate weak organs and Three Yin-Three Yang imbalances
  • Apply diet and acupuncture principles for correction

Lecture 12: Clinical Applications and Future Prospects

• Predictive models and big data health screening
• Four Seasons Central Balance as the core of objective TCM diagnostics
• Monitoring Qi and Blood dynamics in healthy individuals and tracking clinical treatment outcomes
• Integrating infrared thermography, TCM diagnostic instruments, and AI for physician training
• Supporting telemedicine, chronic disease management, and epidemic monitoring
• Transforming preventive medicine from concept to reality, implementing lifelong health management