Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis Correspondence Course

 Reading the Terrain:
Understanding the Inner Landscape

“A fundamental Ayurvedic philosophy is that food is medicine and medicine is food.”
An Ayurvedic proverb is
“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when the diet is correct, medicine is no need.”

Benefits:

• Easy to Learn Technique for Health Practitioners & the Layman
• Fast Client Assessment Method
• No Equipment Needed
• 80% Accuracy
• See Healthy Changes Quickly
• Treatment Protocols Using Ayurvedic Principles in Whole Foods & Herbs
• Tongue diagnosis is a vital diagnostic Ayurvedic tool for assessing the current health of a patient and providing a basis for prognosis
• It also informs about the underlying challenges of the patient’s constitution.
• The tongue gives accurate information about the state of Prana and blood, disease progression and regression, degree of heat and cold, and the depth or penetration of a pathogenic imbalance.
• Eighty percent accuracy before any blood tests, hair analyses, or urinalysis results come back from labs.

Embracing the Sacred Fire

Welcome to studying the great and ancient science of Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis Medicine. You are indeed embarking on one of the great adventures of the human mind throughout the ages. May this healing and learning journey take you to the source of all nourishment and the origins of life within your own heart. May you have the inspiration to follow it wholeheartedly in a way that is beneficial and creative for you, guide you through your life, and help you be of healing service to all life.

This comprehensive study course is intended for both the professional healthcare practitioner and the student of holistic medicine. It is designed to lay a foundation for the professional use of Constitutional Medicine within a holistic practice and may be used in several different yet compatible ways:

• As a foundation of practice as a Constitution Tongue Diagnosis Practitioner.
• As an adjunct to a therapist’s practice in another natural healing modality.
• As training in self-healing for nonprofessionals.

“We can’t talk about our health without understanding our place in our environment because to fulfill our potential, we must live in the context of our surroundings.”

“We have to know our place in the ecosystem of which we are a part, and this means living ‘consciously’: being aware of nature and how it affects us and how we, in turn, affect nature.”
~Sebastian Pole

Part I (The Beginning)

Lesson 1 – Introduction

• An Overview: Tongue Diagnosis
• What is Ayurveda?
• The Fundamental Principles
• Signs of Health
• The Benefits Of Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis
• Ayurvedic & Chinese Systems in Comparison

Part II (The Seed)

Lesson 2 – The Constitution: Your Inherited Genetic Blueprint

• The Constitution: The Seed
• History of Constitutional Medicine
• What is Ayurvedic Constitutional Medicine
• Advantages of Ayurvedic Medicine
• Constitutional Nature
• Inner Ecology & Outer Ecology
• Understanding Your Constitution & Your Current Condition
• The Twenty Attributes

Lesson 3 – The Three Doshas

• Attributes of the Three Doshas
• Doshas & Their Location in the Body
• Understanding the Doshas
• Functions of Vata, Pitta, Kapha
• Effects of Vata, Pitta, Kapha
• Characteristics of Vata, Pitta and Kapha Types
• Signs of Vata, Pitta and Kapha Imbalance
• The Ten Constitutional Types
• Sites of the Doshas
• The Fivefold Division
• Causes of Constitutional Imbalance
• Prana, Tejas & Ojas
• The Sattvic Diet

Part III (The Terrain)

Lesson 4 – The Elements

• The Five Elements
• The Terrain: An Introduction
• The Elements in Life
• The Five Elements & the Gunas
• Elemental Questionnaire
• The Elements & the Six Tastes

Lesson 5 – The Seven Dhatus

• Malas: Waste Products
• The Energy Channels: Srotas

Part IV (The Fire)

Lesson 6 – Digestion: The Cornerstone of Health

• The Fire
• Agni: The Digestive Fire
• The Four Varieties of Agni
• Agni Sources
• Enzymes & Agni
• Rekindling Your Digestive Fire
• Stoking Your Fire: An Agni Program

Lesson 7 – Ama & Disease

• Ama Signs
• The Four Main Causes of Ama
• Ama & the Dhatus
• Evaluating Your Ama Level
• Analysis of Ama Accumulation
• Ayurvedic Dhatus Balancing Recommendations
• Power of the Sun

Part V (The Diagnosis)

Lesson 8 – Tongue & The Taste Buds

• Taste Fundamentals
• Taste Buds
• The Six Tastes
• Tastes & the Elements

Lesson 9 – Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis

• History of Tongue Diagnosis
• The Tongue Maps
• The Relationship of the Tongue to the Body
• Topography of the Tongue
• Tongue Diagnosis: A 4-Step Procedure
• The Healthy Vibrant Tongue
• Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis
• Tongue Diagnosis & the Body Organs
• Other Tongue Signs
• Constitutional Tongue Examination
• The primary factors to observe, they are:
  
  1. Body Color & Tongue Spirit
  2. The body or size, shape and movement of the Tongue
  3. The Tongue Coating
  4. The amount of moisture in the Tongue
• Tongue Diagnosis Signs
• Tongue Diagnosis: An Overview
• Comparative Clinical Significance in Ayurveda, TCM & Western Medicine
• A Tongue Diary
• Salvia pH Testing

Part VI (The Nourishment)

Lesson 10 – Nourishing Wisdom

• The Nourishment
• The Six Stages of Digestion
• The Process of Digestive Phases
• The Psychobiology of Chewing
• Ayurvedic Dietary Suggestions
• Life Force in Food
• Ayurvedic Food Concepts in Food Combining
• Tongue Cleaning
• Acid-Alkaline Balance
• Fasting & Purification Practices
• Rasayana Therapy

Lesson 11 – The Six Healing Tastes

• The Essential Aspects of the Healing Tastes
• The Significance of Tastes & Digestion
• The Effect of Tastes on the Dosha
• The Six Tastes in Nature
• Tastes & Energy & Food
• The Six Tastes & their Values
• Adaptation of Seasonal & Daily Regime
• The Six Tastes & Constitution
• Tastes & Emotions
• The Six Tastes & the Mind
• Tastes, Intoxicants & the Mind
• A Happy Home Recipe

Lesson 12 – The Sattvic Diet

• Food, Prana & Consciousness
• The Optimal Sattvic Diet
• Original Nourishment
• A Sattvic Live-Food Approach
• Nature’s Foods vs Denatured Foods
• The Seven Keys for Determining the Quality of Food
• Peace through a Sattvic Diet
• Relationship of Sattvic, Rajasic & Tamasic Foods
• Food Plan for Vata, Pitta, Kapha
• Vegetarian Facts

Part VII (The Conclusion)

Lesson 13 – Constitutional Case Studies

• A Case of Vata Imbalance
• A Case of Pitta Imbalance
• A Case of Kapha Imbalance
• An Ayurvedic Case Study: Pitta Prakruti Woman with Insomnia & Vata Vikruti

Lesson 14 – Latest Updates & Research

• Constitutional Questionnaires & Diagnostic Worksheets
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

Advanced Written Thesis, Research & One-on-One Sessions

• The Complete Correspondence Course Material
• The Advanced part of the course involves you doing a Research Thesis
• One-on-One Sessions with Shantree Kacera

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The course was compiled and written in response to an excellent opportunity for genuinely preventative medicine. In fourteen lessons, you will explore directly with instructor/author Shantree Kacera the unique synthesis of Western and

Eastern Protocols in Constitutional Medicine. The course content comprises three sections: theory, diagnosis and body systems.

Tongue diagnosis is a vital instrument used in Ayurvedic Medicine for assessing a patient’s current health and providing a basis for prognosis. It also informs the practitioner about the underlying challenges of the patient’s constitution. The tongue gives accurate information about the state of Prana and blood, disease progression and regression, degree of heat and cold, and the depth or penetration of a pathogenic imbalance. This course is taught by Walter ‘Shantree’ Kacera, bringing the practitioner a vital and flexible resource for those wishing to integrate tongue diagnosis into their private practice.

For the student, it is a precious and essential aid. The work is designed with both the beginner and practitioner in mind and comes with fundamentals supported by slide presentations of sample clinical indicators.

Level I: Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis

• Understanding the Constitution
• The Benefits of Tongue Diagnosis
• History of Tongue Diagnosis
• Fundamental Concepts & Basic Methods of Tongue Diagnosis
• An Ayurvedic Approach to Tongue Diagnosis

Level II: Practical Application of Tongue Diagnosis

• Tongue Signs: A Visual Presentation of the Internal Organs – The principles in Tongue Diagnosis
• Tongue Spirit & Body Color
• Tongue Body Shape
• Tongue Coating
• Tongue Diagnosis in the Clinic

Level III – Advanced Tongue Diagnosis

• Using tongue diagnosis in emotional problems
• Tongue diagnosis & nutritional and herbal therapy (The Healing Tastes)
• Unique Tongue Signs & Considerations regarding tongue diagnosis in children
• Changes in the Tongue – Following Treatment (Case Studies before & after presentations)

*There will be a special section to cover the traditional principles governing the identification of disease patterns and their relationship to tongue characteristics.

Up-to-date research on Saliva Testing for Acid-Alkaline Balance

Study Guidelines

• Read each lesson at least three times before answering the questions at the end.
• Study the charts carefully.

Answering the Homework Lessons

This course is divided into seven sections with a total of 14 chapters. Each section has study questions the student should answer e to ensure they have learned the chapter’s main points. Not all the material in each chapter has equal weight, so what is more significant will be evident from the questions. Not all the answers are found in the course textbook material. Still, they may require additional thinking because the course encourages the development of creative intelligence and not just the looking up of answers in a book. If you cannot find the answer see if you can discover a solution to it through your creative thinking based on the fundamental teachings of this course. After completing the questions in detail to the best of your ability, please return them to us. This course is meant to be thorough and engaging, to teach the foundation and is not intended to be easy.

• Writing out the answers will help you learn the material more thoroughly. You may refer to the text when completing the questions.
• Ask questions. You may send in your questions with your exam questions. We invite your comments, favourite herbal recipes, and suggestions.
• Please write your name and address on page one at the top of your exam questions.
• If possible, please type your answers.
• One of the specialties of these lessons is the personal attention available to your questions and homework.

Goals for the Course

The study course aims at providing the essential background of Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis Medicine valuable knowledge for all individuals in the Natural Healing Arts. The main topics include philosophy, psychology, movement therapy, elemental medicine, diagnosis and treatment methods (including herbalism and nutritional medicine, etc. This course provides the fundamental knowledge necessary for pursuing Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis Medicine. Once the student has completed the system, they are in a better position to understand human nature and the power of healing.

Format for the Course

The Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis Course consists of a series of lessons divided into seven sections. Each lesson is designed to cover a major topic and will require about two or three sittings. Some may be more difficult, but all lessons are not equally easy or difficult. They are divided more by topic than by the time it may take to do them. One can take a lesson a week or as many as one can adequately assimilate.

It is preferred that the student not go on to later lessons until the earlier ones have been fully understood. There is no time limitation to the course. Each individual can go at their own pace at whatever time may allow. It is a good idea to set up a study schedule and attend to it regularly. Completing the reading assignments and answering the lessons may take about 10-20 hours a week. More or less time may be necessary to fully assimilate all the material depending upon the student’s capacity, interest and background. If you desire to receive a Certificate of Completion, all of these lesson questions, projects and assignments must be completed and corrected by us.

Structure of the Course

The course comes in three sections.

Part I. Background and Philosophy in Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis (The primary language of reading the tongue)

Part II. Constitutional Analysis, Practical Tongue Diagnosis Techniques (Basic methodology)

Part III. Advanced Tongue Diagnosis, Treatment Protocols in Diet, Herbs, Oils, Fasting & Purification Techniques, etc. (Primary treatment methods)

Textbooks & Charts for the Course

• Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis Book (Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.)
• Tongue Diagnosis Charts (Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.)
• The Healing Tastes Charts (Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.)
• Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (Dr. Vasant Lad)
• Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Healing (Dr. David Frawley)
• Conscious Living Manual: The Sevenfold Path to Peace, Walter ‘Shantree’ Kacera, D.N., Ph.D. & Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera, 2002
• Herbal Energetics Chart (Dr. Frawley, Lotus Press, 1986)

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Time Completion

You may complete these lessons on your schedule. But to utilize them to their fullest, we recommend you set up a scheduled time to do each lesson; one evening a week or an afternoon on the weekends will keep your momentum going. The average time to complete the course is about one year. Some students have completed the material in 6 months, while others may take a few years. We do ask that you complete the course in two years. After two years, if the student fails to complete the course within the allotted period, the time-extension fee is $100 for each additional year.

Certificate

Students who complete the lessons and homework will receive a beautiful Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis Certificate. The Certificate awarded states that you are acknowledged for conducting a thorough, in-depth study and understanding of Constitutional Ayurvedic Medicine. The reputation of this course is outstanding and is recognized as superior among other professional natural health practitioners, wholistic schools, and natural healing centers.

Lessons 1-14 & Beautifully Designed Course Binder

The Constitutional Tongue Diagnosis Correspondence Course comes in a specially designed binder. The binder makes it easy to keep your lessons, homework and other course material together. The binder will be sent out as soon as we receive your tuition.

PART I (The Correspondence Course) Is the home study part of the course. Study the material and do the lessons at your own pace. Send in the lessons through postal mail or email. We’ll check your lessons and make comments and give you feedback on your progress.

PART II  (The Advanced Study & Research) Thesis Project allows you to dive even deeper into the teachings. Choose an area of study that you feel particularly drawn to in the course that sparks your passion, invites your curiosity, and beckons you to explore. Write a 5,000-word thesis and conduct a research project to be submitted within the course study time. Also, you will be required to offer to your community and document a minimum of four workshops or lectures to build understanding, expertise and confidence.

One-on-One Sessions

These sessions are available to support and deepen this course’s learning experience—three sessions, 40 minutes each, which can be done over the phone or through Skype. I am available to guide and advise you on your research thesis project. You must book these sessions in advance once you have sent in your proposed thesis topic.

Your Guide & Adviser: Shantree Kacera

Students not only study the theory of the natural healing arts but they put the principles of purification, regeneration and transformation into work and their personal lives.

Graduates become living examples of the truth of the teachings and authentic guides and teachers for those seeking health and healing – both essential for success.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of studying with you

you long distance and look forward to studying with you one day at your centre in Canada.

Thank you for the amount of work you have put together is truly amazing and original thought. I can’t tell you what it has meant to myself and my patients to finally see Ayurveda married up with Living Nutrition aspects to give such a wholistic approach to health. Thank you for your dedication to your work that gives so much to humanity. Kind regards, ~Nancy

“Attached are my final questions for the Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis course … I just wanted to say Thank you for preparing such an enriching course, I feel refreshed, the course has given me a deeper meaning and understanding of my career choice and the healing ability of food! I throughly enjoyed it, and definitely want to study further in the natural living arts!

With great success, I have started incorporating tongue diagnosis and Ayurvedic principles into my work. I hope one day to be able to come and visit your center. Thank you again for this enriching experience.”
Niki from Africa

“As long as we are not living in harmony with nature and our constitution, we cannot expect ourselves to be healed. Ayurveda gives us the means.”
~Dr. David Frawley

“Ayurveda is not just about nutrition or herbalism; it has a unique tool for diagnosis; diagnosis of understanding the human constitution differs from person to person. Each one has a unique metabolic system.”
~Maya Tiwari

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