BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5f418ab71eb3b7bfbaf7f8ee3f707d99373 CATEGORIES:FSOMA Events SUMMARY:Treating Lyme with Chinese Medicine: An Introduction with Brendan Kelly, LAc. DESCRIPTION:
A crucial understanding in treating Lyme Disease is that there are multiple stages to the condition. U sing the Chinese Medicine disease progression theory Bian Hua (To Change an d Transform), we will explore how one set of conditions leads to others and how understanding the progression of Lyme is essential to not only treatin g symptoms but also preventing the condition.
In this free 1-hour introductory webinar presentation, Brendan Kelly, LAc will discuss the importance of The School of Heat (Wen Bing) theory in treating the infl ammation introduced by a tick bite. We’ll also discuss how the Wai Ke (Neur ological) Tradition can be used to both treat the symptoms and underlying c ause of late-stage neurological Lyme, including tremors, seizures, and migr aines.
Live Q&A will be held, where participant s will be able to ask their questions directly to Brendan
Brendan is an herbalist of 26 years with training in eastern and west ern healing traditions and has been practicing Chinese medicine full-time f or 17 years. He has been a western herbal business owner and consultant to natural product companies and western medical practitioners. He is on the f aculty at AFEA in Florida and has been an adjunct professor at Johnson Stat e College/ Northern Vermont University in VT and Daoist Tradition in NC. He is also the past president of the Vermont Acupuncture Association (VTAA).< /p>
In addition to working with people with a wide range of physical, men tal, and emotional conditions, Brendan also has extensive experience treati ng all stages of Lyme, from initial tick bite through late state neurologic al symptoms. He has treated several hundred patients with Lyme to date with consistently very good results.
He teaches about various aspects of Chinese medicine and western herbal medicine at schools, universities, educ ational centers, and conferences around the US and Europe. He writes and te aches about the connection between personal, societal, and environmental we ll-being, including the connection between climate change and Chinese medic al thought and diagnosis. North Atlantic Books published his first book The Yin and Yang of Climate Crisis: Healing Personal, Cultural and Ecological Imbalance with Chinese Medicine, which uses the lens of Chinese medicine to look at the underlying causes of our warming planet.
Brendan is a lo ng-time student and practitioner of Tai Chi Ch’uan, having studied with Wol fe Lowenthal weekly for 10 years. He was authorized to teach by Wolfe, who was a senior student of Cheng Man Ch’ing, the creator of the Yang-style sho rt form. He was the founder and primary instructor of an outdoor-based west ern herbal school in Southern Vermont and teaches about harvesting and usin g wild plants for food and medicine, and herbal medicine preparation in a w ide variety of settings. For the past 17 years, he has worked clinically in tegrating the potency of local, western medicinal plants with the depth of the Chinese diagnostic tradition.