The Complete Shanghan Lun Translated & Explained (ONGOING)

A line by line, character by character translation of the entire original text and Cheng Wuji Commentaries with Explanation & Clinical Elucidation

***DISCOUNT COUPON***: Due to how important the Shanghan Lun is right now during this pandemic, we are offering a $300 coupon for this course for practitioners while we are in release phase. Use the coupon code 'covid300' at checkout to get this course for $900 instead of the full price of $1,200.

Never has it been more timely to read and understand the the Shanghan Lun from a clinical perspective. It has always been the most important treatment book to turn to when faced with serious illness, when a patient hangs in the balance, and a correct diagnosis returns a patient to health while a wrong choice hastens their decline. This was a book written at a time when Influenzas ravaged the Han Dynasty for over 10 years and reflects all of the experience Zhang Zhongjing gathered through that period. More than just a book of formulas, the Shanghan Lun contains the symptoms and pulses to look for in order to choose a correct formula, outlines the treatment mistakes to avoid, and teaches how to save a patient when the wrong treatment was given. As we see a return of epidemic and pandemic illnesses such as SARS, H1N1 and COVID19 along with more virulent flu seasons year after year, learning to treat rapid onset illnesses with potentially fatal outcomes has never been more important to the modern practitioner of Chinese medicine.

In this course, Andrew Nugent-Head not only reads the Chinese and then translates the original text line by line, character by character, but also translates the seminal commentaries of Yuan Dynasty Cheng Wuji to help understand the meanings and strategies laid down by Zhang Zhongjing. Andrew, who spent 28 years living in China and studying with the last generation of practitioners born and educated prior to 1949, also elucidates the text from the perspective of years of clinical practice treating serious illnesses with his teachers and on his own. Whether you speak Chinese or not, his entire focus is on making the book completely accessible to the clinically focused practitioner of Chinese medicine and building the knowledge to practice full strength Chinese medicine.

KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY: Given the severity of the pandemic we are all facing, we are opening the course before all videos have been uploaded in order for practitioners to make use of the information right away. There are already 70+ videos posted at the time of this writing, with more going up every day or two. Video footage of 239 lines of the 389 line book have already been edited, Andrew will be filming and releasing the translation of the final group of lines as a top priority in order to help practitioners face covid19 with all the knowledge possible.

CEUs: We will be creating a CEU package for this course over the 60 days, dividing into multiple courses for ease of submission. Keep an eye out on announcements for when sections are submitted to the California and the NCCAOM, as well as when approval is received.



Your Instructor


Andrew Nugent-Head
Andrew Nugent-Head

Andrew Nugent-Head is the founder of the Association for Traditional Studies (ATS), a 501c3 organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of China's traditional knowledge. Andrew moved to China in 1986 at the age of 18 to study Chinese medicine, martial arts, and internal cultivation. He spent 28 years in China dedicated to learning these arts and obtained the highest quality education possible in traditional, mentor-disciple relationships.

Andrew's studies and work have been featured on French and German television, the NBC Sunday Today Show, and on ABC News Special. He also worked on and appeared in the Mystery of Qi episode of the Bill Moyers PBS documentary series, Healing and the Mind. He has been featured in newspapers across the United States and written prolifically on Chinese Medicine, culture and the importance of preserving traditional knowledge worldwide.

Through his not for profit, Andrew has translated six books, produced over 400 educational videos and translated for and assisted practitioners of Chinese Medicine, Yin Style Bagua martial arts, Daoyin practices, and Calligraphy during more than 140 seminars between 1993 and 2003.

With the passing of his teachers, Andrew now dedicates himself to teaching the practice of Chinese medicine as he learned it to fellow practitioners through seminars around the world. He also runs a teaching clinic in Asheville, North Carolina where practitioners can observe him treating patients with herbs, acupuncture, bodywork, exercises and lifestyle advice.


Course Curriculum


  Introduction
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  Taiyang Chapter Section II
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  Taiyang Chapter Section III
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