Infectious Disease
While infectious disease is an extremely broad topic, seminar participants will learn how to be prepared to treat infectious diseases outbreaks that threaten daily life in a remote village setting. Some TCM theory will be presented (e.g., Shang Han Lun and Wen Bing); However, the emphasis will be on practical knowledge needed for differential diagnosis and treatment of such diseases as acute tuberculosis, acute respiratory diseases, food poisoning and gastrointestinal diseases, dysentery and diarrheal diseases, malaria, Dengue Fever, Typhoid Fever. Contemporary Eastern and Western points of view will be presented.