Courses

Learn with Sharon Weizenbaum

Classical Wisdom, Clinical Insight, and Mentorship

Sharon Weizenbaum brings decades of experience, deep scholarship, and heartfelt clinical insight to the study and practice of Chinese medicine. Through her renowned programs and mentorship opportunities, students are invited into a rich learning environment rooted in classical texts, case-based learning, and a spirit of reverence for the healing tradition. Whether you are expanding your diagnostic skills, refining your herbal knowledge, or seeking guidance from a seasoned teacher, Sharon’s courses offer a rare opportunity to deepen your clinical efficacy and reconnect with the heart of the medicine.

Explore upcoming classes, online study, and in-depth mentorship with one of the field’s most respected educators.

Healthy Seminars Courses | 2026

All Healthy Seminars Courses start with a free lecture on a Friday at 12:30pm EST and are followed by two 2-hour Saturday classes from 9:30am to 11:30am.

Course 1: The Importance of Blood in Your Obstetric Practice

January 9, 2026

If you have had patients who suffer from habitual miscarriage, or issues in pregnancy such as preeclampsia, hyperemesis, premature labor, intrauterine growth retardation, or abdominal pain, this course is for you. In this five-hour course, Sharon will draw from her 40 years’ experience and her in-depth translations to help practitioners understand the physiology of blood in relation to a healthy pregnancy. From physiology, Sharon will give explicit instructions for diagnosing and treating blood pathology in pregnancy, based on classical texts. Zhāng Zhòngjǐng gives us clear instructions on how to see the early warning signs of problems to come so that they may never arise. As practitioners, being confident in our ability to address such issues is part of what makes practice a joy.

Course 2: Key Intake Skills for Accurate Diagnosis

February 13, 2026

When a patient walks into our clinic, we have the power to shape the encounter so that we can generate a rapport, express our compassion, AND get the information we need to do our work well. Often, efficiency and warmth feel mutually at odds with each other. We think that if I am efficient, I might be cold, but if I take the time to connect with people warmly, it will take way too much time. After 40-plus years of practice, Sharon has honed these skills so that the intake process is streamlined, efficient, and warmly connected. If we consider efficiency and warmth a yīn-yáng pair, then we know that they are mutually dependent on each other.

In this course, Sharon will help resolve the unnecessary separation of yīn-yáng that divides efficiency and warmth.

Additionally, Sharon will help practitioners understand what questions and explorations are essential, how to ask them, and how they guide our final diagnosis.

In particular, she will address the following critical areas:

  1. The foundational role of looking for diagnosis according to Zhāng Zhòngjǐng
  2. The importance of understanding the subtleties of thirst, why it is sometimes difficult to get clear information about thirst, and how to get this information.
  3. The vital importance of digging into urination beyond “how is your urination?” What questions do we need to ask to understand a patient’s fluid metabolism fully? How are thirst and urination intimately intertwined?
  4. Asking about poops, knowing what helps you diagnose, and details you can ignore.
  5. Asking about the experience of eating, what it feels like to people, and how this can guide your diagnosis. Asking about cravings, sensitivities, fullness, and the nature of discomfort.
  6. And much more! (sleep, emotions, etc.)

Course 3: Bridging Nèijīng Theory and Classical Shānghán lùn Therapeutics into Clinical Results

March 13, 2026

Sharon has been studying and applying the relationship between the Huángdì nèijīng and the Shánghān zábìng lùn (Shānghán lùn and Jīnguì yàolüè) for many years. When Zhāng Zhòngjǐng’s Shánghān lùn is seen through the eyes of the yellow emperor, the logic of the text shines out unmistakably, which is very exciting! Zhāng Zhòngjǐng himself mentions the Nèijīng as one of the sources of his inspiration.

In this course, Sharon will show the basic circular dynamic physiology that is expressed in the Nèijīng, giving examples from the text. She will then describe how the structure of the Shānghán lùn evolves from this physiology. These dynamics are the dynamics of nature and are very beautiful. However, beyond that, this view and understanding not only illuminates and clarifies Zhāng Zhòngjǐng’s lists of signs and symptoms, but they also reveal the logic of his ingenious formulas.

Course 4: Learning Through Cases: In-depth study of cases for clinical effectiveness

APRIL 10, 2026

There are many lessons case studies can teach us, and doctors have been recording their cases as well as their thoughts on the cases for hundreds of years. In this course, Sharon will take students through case records she has translated and discuss the clinical lessons she has learned through them. These include lessons on dosages, combining formulas, herb safety, forbidden herbs, diagnosis, and mistaken treatment.

Sharon will share some of her favorite translated texts on case records as well as a book of her case record translations. She hopes that students can see such works as an essential clinical reference.