What is Jing Fang?

Jing fang is a practical clinical approach to modern Chinese herbal medicine practice, that is based in the classics of antiquity. Whether new to the subject or already a practicing herbalist, this approach can improve your clinical efficacy.

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Free Introductory Course!

We have a short introductory course available – a great starting point to understand the basics of Jing Fang and Six Syndrome differentiation. Sign up with the link below:

Free Intro Course

Our courses

We offer two learning streams to enable students to learn Jing Fang Classical Herbalism.

The first is a qualification programme that takes you through the principles of the Jing Fang approach and leads to a Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine. This programme can be followed flexibly, but usually takes 2 years. It is a European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA) accredited course. On completion, graduates will be automatically eligibe to join the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM).

The second offers herbalists the chance to experience aspects of Jing Fang as CPD in a flexible way suitable for you.

Jing Fang Qualification

Our training in Jing Fang Classical Herbalism is in the lineage of Dr Feng Shi-Lun and Dr Hu Xi-Shu. It offers online lectures, clinical supervision, online clinicals in real time, and in-person clinicals. It leads to a Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine, and offers students a solid grounding in Chinese herbal medicine. This course is EHTPA Accredited and graduates are automatically eligible to join the RCHM.

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Jing Fang CPD

Qualified herbalists can add Jing Fang Classical herbalism to their portfolio through accessing our materials in a way suitable to each person. The audio lectures provide a complete Jing Fang learning package, with the option to join our online and in-person clinicals, and to arrange personal supervision as needed

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Testimonials from patients, students and graduates

The Jing Fang introductory lectures are extremely useful. The information is explained in a very clear and structured manner, with case studies that illustrate all the different formula patterns. The audio is a bonus. These lectures provide a very solid base that complement the practical side of the apprenticeship and help consolidate your learning.

Cristina Lopez-Pasqual, Apprentice 2020-22

Jing fang has given me a way of understanding herbal medicine that is both profound and effective. For that I am eternally grateful!

Andrew Nuttall, JFA Graduate 2021

Your depth of knowledge, as well as your warmth and willingness to share it, have made the last two years the most important and enjoyable of my career to date.

Tom Kennedy, JFA Graduate 2021

It has been the most remarkable and fulfilling educational experience I have ever had, because the learning is done through observing real patients and seeing how Frances diagnoses and treats them. Every week I’m there, I learn something new whether it is about herbs or formulas or syndromes. And being at the clinic is always hugely interesting. Doing Frances’s course and learning the Jing Fang pattern diagnosis has changed the way I treat my own patients as an acupuncturist.

Suzanne Mounter, JFA Graduate 2020

Thank you for bringing Jing Fang into my life, it has done miracles for my health…I feel so privileged to have discovered this lineage.

Anna van der Vlies, Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner

I have been very lucky to meet Frances Turner and study the Jing Fang tradition you have shared all over the world. It’s a truly wonderful medicine, which I absolutely love to continue learning and practicing. So many have benefited from these teachings.

Naoko Taoka to Dr Feng Shi-Lun, JFA Graduate 2019

It is such a privilege to be studying the Jing Fang Apprenticeship with Frances Turner, and I cannot wait to incorporate this incredible system into my practice to help patients.

Cristina Lopez-Pasqual, JFA Apprentice 2020-22

It has been the single most helpful thing I’ve done for my health – it’s been life changing.

Simone Irmscher, JFA Patient 2022

Dr Feng, you have turned my world upside-down with this wonderful Jing Fang system… reading your case histories is inspirational.

Gail Newton, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner

Frances does a wonderful job of teaching Jing Fang to us in England, online and in person. It has transformed my herbal practice into being more effective, with quicker results, and being more curative.

Vasanthy Watt, JFA Supervisor 2022