Uacupuncture: Year Four

Course categories:

Acupuncture/TCM EENT
Teacher: Shuo Zhang

This course offers an in-depth study of the diagnostic parameters, syndrome differentiations, and acupuncture and herbal treatment for EENT diseases. The emphasis in this course is on syndrome differentiation and treatment planning for certain EENT diseases such as...

Advanced Acupuncture-TCM Internal Therapeutics
Teacher: Paymon Sadrolsadot

In this course students will learn how to treat commonly seen diseases according to western diagnosis. Diseases included in Advanced TCM internal medicine are address commonly seen clinical conditions such as infectious diseases, cancer, obesity, commonly seen autoimmudisorders, cardio-vascular diseases. Differentiation of syndromes for each disease, followed with treatment principle, and acupuncture and herbal prescription discussion.

Chinese Medical Terminology

This is a continue course of Chinese medical terminology, students will continue to learn basic dianogues, reading and writing as grade 3 level in Chinese language as well learn Chinese medical terms such as names of Chinese herbs, Formulas and Acupoints to help students understand TCM. Student will start to read small to intermediate paragraphs of Chinese medicine literatures with assistance of dictionary.

Clinical Practice

Write a concise and interesting paragraph here that explains what this course is about Interns will practice under supervision for the following: interviewing patients, applying the four diagnostic techniques to collect patient information, differentiation, and treatment planning, and giving an acupuncture prescription and finishing the treatment. Proper diet and lifestyle recommendation will also be included. In the fourth year clinical practicum, students will have some focus on applying herbal treatments, starting from prescribing pattern herbs and gradually giving individualized modified herbal prescriptions.

Clinical Strategies(8) TCM Miscellaneous
Teacher: juan wang

This course will teach students how TCM treats stubborn, strange and lingering diseases which are usually very difficult to treat by western medicine. Also students will be given more diverse methods or strategies of TCM which will be beneficial in the clinical practice in the future.

Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber (Jin Gui)
Teacher: Shuo Zhang

This course introduces the second TCM cannon by Dr. Zhang Zhongjing: Jin Gui Yao Lue(Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber), also written during the Han Dynasty (~200AD). The Jin Gui Yao Lue is one of the original four classical TCM canons and highlights the treatment of internal and miscellaneous diseases. The formulas from this book are considered classic formulas; many of them have remained in use in current clinical practice.