How many hours is the TEAM™ course?
The TEAM™ learning course was developed in collaboration with a learning design expert from RMIT University, Melbourne. His expertise in education, curriculum structure, and the science of how students absorb and apply new information played a key role in shaping the course. With a focus on clarity, retention, and clinical application, he helped ensure the material is accessible to both new and experienced practitioners. Based on his evaluation, the full course delivers over 300 hours of structured learning.
While officially allocated 66 hours to align with European and U.S. continuing education standards (for CPD/CEU recognition), the true depth of the course goes far beyond. In practice, you’ll find yourself returning to these modules constantly - again and again - throughout your clinical career, as they serve as a lasting foundation for confident, evidence-based herbal practice.
Will I get video demonstrations of the practical methods?
We’re actively producing detailed video content for all practical methods taught in the TEAM™ learning modules, with a particular focus on abdominal examination. These videos are directly aligned with the specific sections of each module, so you can easily follow along and apply what you’re learning. The library will continue to grow as new clinical questions emerge, offering clear, hands-on demonstrations or explanations exactly when you need them.
With lifetime access to Version 1 of the TEAM™ learning modules, you can revisit any part of the program at any time - even as new videos and updates are added - ensuring your knowledge stays current and clinically relevant throughout your learning journey.
How does the TEAM™ course combine digital and physical learning?
The TEAM™ Certification Program combines the convenience of structured online learning with the depth of a beautifully crafted physical box set, guiding you step-by-step through a comprehensive study experience. The online portal gives you immediate access to lessons, video demonstrations as they are uploaded, and clinical tools such as the TEAM™ app. While the physical modules provide a tactile, focused way to engage with the material, together, they create a seamless blend of digital and hands-on learning, designed to deepen your understanding, improve retention, and support real-world clinical application at every stage.
Difference Between Classical Chinese Medicine and TEAM™
The key difference between Classical practice and TEAM™ lies in the use of confirmation and the role of theory.
In all Classical or JingFang approaches, practitioners rely on theoretical frameworks - such as the Six Confirmations - and modify formulas based on interpretive reasoning. They align patterns to theory, then adjust the prescription accordingly. This process introduces subjectivity and variation.
In TEAM™, we apply measured testing and validation to precisely match each herb and formula structure to a fixed ancient formula pattern. This means the formula is never modified. Ancient formulas were designed as complete structures to restore natural function - each one corresponding to a formula-disease pattern that can be consistently confirmed against the patient’s signs and symptoms, tongue coating, pulse, and abdominal presentation - because they always align.
My journey through Classical medicine lasted many years. But it was during my time in China, when I met the true lineage holders of the Tian family pulse system, that I heard something unexpected: “There was a Japanese physician greater than any of the Chinese doctors - his name was Todo Yoshimasu.”
That moment changed everything. I realized that what I had been searching for - a truly systematic, replicable, and evidence-based herbal framework - had already existed and had been modified and forgotten. That was the beginning of TEAM™. Todo Yoshimasu’s teachings revealed the missing pieces I had spent over a decade pursuing all over Asia. Since then, we’ve expanded and refined that framework through more than ten years of development, clinical testing, and practical application.
Difference Between Kampo and TEAM™
While Kampo draws from ancient formula structures, its clinical reasoning has diverged significantly from the foundational principles laid out by Todo Yoshimasu. Although Kampo does use abdominal diagnosis to guide formula selection, it often incorporates confirmations, modern TCM formulas, theoretical overlays, and interpretive judgments. As a result, it has strayed from the ancient clinical truth: that a specific obstruction or structure in the body gives rise to a specific, repeatable set of signs and symptoms.
TEAM™, by contrast, remains true to the original insights of Todo Yoshimasu - and has extended them significantly. We have advanced his framework by more than 75%, developing the capacity to identify a much broader range of herbs, formula structures, abdominal presentations and have then aligned tongue coatings and pulse qualities based on that foundation for precise, reproducible evidence.
These methods have been rigorously tested, confirmed across multiple practitioners, and consistently yield the same clinical outcomes. In TEAM™, there is no theoretical drift - only direct alignment between what presents in the body and the fixed formula structures that resolve it to restore natural function.
What is the TEAM app?
The TEAM™ app is designed to elevate your clinical practice by turning theory into precise, actionable treatment. Built as an extension of the TEAM™ learning system, the app equips you with powerful diagnostic tools that simplify and sharpen your ability to match the correct formula structure to a patient’s presentation—consistently and confidently.
Whether you’re still learning or already in practice, the app enhances your clinical outcomes by:
• Streamlining Diagnosis: Tools like Formula Identification and Herb Identification guide you step-by-step through clinical reasoning based on tangible signs—abdominal findings, pulse qualities, and tongue coatings. This reduces reliance on guesswork or theory-based interpretation.
• Ensuring Precision: By aligning directly with the formula-disease patterns taught in the TEAM™ system, the app supports accurate single-formula prescriptions—without modification—based on clear, measurable evidence.
• Supporting Consistent Results: Every feature in the app—from the herb and formula databases to the clinical case archive—is designed to replicate the same treatment outcomes across practitioners, reinforcing clinical consistency and reliability.
• Promoting Ongoing Confidence: With instant access to structured diagnostic logic, clear formula references, and a growing community of practitioners, the app helps you stay focused, informed, and confident in your clinical decisions—even in complex cases.
In short, the TEAM™ app gives you a practical, tested system to apply ancient herbal knowledge in a modern clinical setting - with clarity, speed, and confidence.
