1. Conceptional difference between Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine and the relevant political and social events in European and Chinese history. Goal: to understand why and how we think today about health the way we do
2. Philosophical derivation of the Daoist foundations of Classical Chinese Medicine/ conceptional problems of TCM. Goal: to understand how daoist philosophy scientifically legitimizes CCM as a distinct medical system
3. Derivation of the CCM Wu Xing concept from the foundations of CCM and explanation of every phase according to its Yin/Yang functions. Goal: to acquire a functional and usable system from the philosophical superstructure
4. Using the CCM Wu Xing concept on the digestive functions, as an example to understand the principally application of Wu Xing to clinical questions. Goal: to understand and practice the clinical utilization of the conditional concept
5. The 3 levels of transformation and the conditional framework
6. CCM on the relation of health and disease/ Development of disease/ Liu Xie, Liu Yu
7. Human functions and processes in CCM part 1
8. Human functions and processes in CCM part 2
9. Human functions and processes in CCM part 3
10. CCM diagnosis part 1/ facial diagnosis
11. CCM diagnosis part 2/ tongue diagnosis
12. CCM diagnosis part 3/ asking questions 1
13. CCM diagnosis part 4/ asking questions 2
14. CCM diagnosis part 5/ pulse diagnosis, smell and sound
15. Pattern identification part 1
16. Pattern identification part 2
17. Pattern identification part 3
18. Pattern structure/ prioritise symptoms/ ben&biao
19. Treatment principles
20. Treatment methods in CCM part 1
21. Treatment methods in CCM part 2
22. Development of efficient treatment strategies
23. Case studies 1
24. Case studies 2