May 10, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Online Webinar
$375 - Student and Early Bird discounts available
Professor Kong Guangyi’s Wen Bing Treatment Strategy: Part 2
Professor Kong Guangyi’s approach to managing difficult-to-treat diseases within the framework of Wen Bing Theory highlights a holistic understanding of the body’s responses to disease. His methodology integrates traditional insights and modern advancements to address complex conditions effectively. Professor Kong emphasizes the significant role of the liver in the treatment of many diseases. Key aspects of his strategy include:
1. Liver Regulation and Qi Dynamics
Core Idea: The liver plays a vital role in maintaining the smooth flow of qi. Any constraint in liver function disrupts this dynamic, leading to stagnation and potential heat generation.
Ye Tian Shi’s Insight: “Liver constraint can lead to qi stagnation. Over time, qi stagnation transforms into heat, exhausting jin (body fluids) and impairing the ascending and descending functions of qi.”
This underscores the cascading impact of liver dysfunction, moving from qi-level stagnation to deeper disturbances in the ying and xue levels.
Clinical Implication: Professor Kong recognizes this progression and identifies liver constraint as a root cause of complex diseases, especially those involving qi stagnation transforming into pathogenic heat.
2. Prioritizing Liver Function in Treatment
Professor Kong’s treatment strategies often focus on regulating liver function, with the aim to:
- Relieve qi stagnation.
- Prevent the transformation of stagnation into heat.
- Preserve body fluids and ensure the proper flow of qi and blood.
3. TCM Inter-Relationships and Pathological Transitions
The relationships among the organs are foundational to understanding how liver dysfunction can influence other systems:
- Liver Regulation and Qi Dynamics
Liver Qi Stagnation: The liver is responsible for the smooth flow of qi. When liver qi is constrained, it results in stagnation, which can further transform into heat, depleting jin (fluids) and disrupting the body’s balance. This aligns with Ye Tian Shi’s perspective: “Liver constraint can lead to qi stagnation. Over time, qi stagnation transforms into heat, exhausting jin fluid and impairing the ascending and descending functions of qi.” - Disease Progression: Heat from liver qi stagnation often transitions diseases from the qi aspect to deeper levels, affecting the ying (nutrient) and xue (blood) aspects.
- Liver as the Root Cause of Complex Diseases
Therefore, the liver’s regulatory role impacts not only qi but also the circulation of blood and the management of emotions. Many complex and chronic diseases can trace their origins to liver dysfunction.
Professor Kong’s treatment strategies prioritize the liver, recognizing its pivotal role in both preventing disease progression and addressing deeper pathologies.
4. Inter-relationships in TCM Organ Theory
Liver, Spleen, and Stomach: The liver’s qi-regulating role directly influences the spleen and stomach, which govern digestion and nutrient transformation. Liver qi stagnation can overact on the spleen (wood overacting on earth), leading to digestive issues such as bloating, poor appetite, or diarrhea.
Heart and Kidney: The heart governs blood and houses the shen (spirit), while the kidney stores essence and controls water. The liver bridges these relationships, ensuring harmony in blood circulation and water metabolism.
Triple Burners (San Jiao): The liver interacts with the triple burners to regulate qi movement and the distribution of fluids and heat, ensuring balance across the upper, middle, and lower burners.he liver’s role in qi dynamics influences the triple burners, which serve as pathways for fluid and qi distribution. Stagnation in the liver disrupts this flow, contributing to systemic imbalances.
5. Preventing Disease Progression
By addressing liver constraint early, Professor Kong aims to:
- Maintain the balance of qi and prevent its transformation into pathological heat.
- Protect deeper systems, like the ying and xue aspects, from being affected.
- Integrate a holistic approach that aligns with the TCM principle of addressing both root and branch (root cause and symptomatic relief).
This holistic emphasis on liver regulation reflects Professor Kong’s mastery in harmonizing TCM theory with clinical application, ensuring comprehensive and effective treatments.
In addition, we will also feature a Wen Bing strategy on “Latent Pathogen” theory and its clinical application.
Professor Kong Guangyi’s treatment philosophy within the Wen Bing framework reflects a profound understanding of disease progression. By addressing both symptoms and root causes, his approach aims to restore balance, resolve difficult conditions, and promote holistic health.
We will share with you Professor Kong Guangyi’s treatment approach by prioritizing the significance of the role of Liver being the source of many contemporary and difficult-to-treat diseases. Our Part 1 presentation of Professor Kong’s live webinar is mainly focused on this Treatment Principle and strategy while Part two will cite many case studies to illustrate Professor Kong Treatment Approach and his many case studies on gynaecological disorders, insomnia, vertigo, rib-side -pain, and heart diseases etc
Presenter: Dr. Greta Young Jie De
Date: 10 & 11th May 2025
Time: 6pm – 9 pm (3 hours each day)
Event Sponsor: Acuneeds Pty Australia
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About Dr Greta Young Jie De
Greta Young Jie De is a registered Chinese Medicine practitioner with the Chinese Medicine Registration Board Australia, with a focus on the treatment of emotional disorders using Chinese medicine. She is an expert in the classic literature of Chinese… Read more
About Professor Kong Guang Yi
Professor Kong Guang Yi of the Wen Bing Faculty Department at the Beijing University was my Wen Bing supervisor from 1994 to 1997. With his clinical experience span over for more than forty years Professor Kong continues his quest in seeking the correl… Read more