California

Goals and Objectives

• To briefly review the current status of acupuncture effectiveness/efficacy research.
• To briefly review the current state of acupuncture mechanism research and explore the ways mechanism research can be used in communicating with other health professionals and patients.
• To understand why placebo-controlled randomised controlled trials consistently underestimate the effectiveness of acupuncture.
• To understand why randomised controlled trials are inappropriate for measuring effectiveness for complex interventions using examples from acupuncture, psychotherapy and surgery research.
• To explore the advantages and disadvantages of comparative trials and Bayesian network meta-analysis to inform clinical practice guideline development.

By the end of the course, participants will have:

• a theoretical understanding of the seven po from the viewpoint of Taoist mythology and philosophy;
• an understanding of the function of the po from the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine and its overall relationship to wushen, the Five Spirits;
• an ability to recognize symptoms related to the po soul;
• and, clinical tools, including points, acupuncture protocols, essential oils, flower essences and qigong practices that can be used in clinical practice to treat po-related symptoms.

Goals & Objectives

1. Learn how to confidently treat neurodegenerative conditions utilizing the patented Neuropuncture Trinity.
2. You will also learn the neurobiology of the top four major neurodegenerative diseases and how that relates to the neurophysiology of acupuncture.
3. Alzheimer’s disease/ dementia
4. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) / Motor Neuron Disease
5. Parkinson’s (PD)
6. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Autoimmune
7. Then we will explain the Neuropuncture clinical approach to Neuropuncture treatment prescriptions with dosages

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Review of the Neuropuncture Trinity: 5 neurophysiological mechanisms, 5 Neuropuncture treatment principles, Electric Neuropuncture treatment principles, and review of Neuropuncture reference charts.
• Neurodegenerative statistics and global impact.
• TCM terminology correlated to neurodegenerative.
• The Neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases. 
• EA- Electrical acupuncture’s role in neuromodulation
• Neuropuncture clinical prescriptions
• Protocols: Top 4 conditions
• Lifestyle modifications
• Questions and Answers, Program Worksheet

Goals & Objectives

• We will discuss ancient Taoist practices of merging with the origin and its relevance to the practice of acupuncture, making correlations with modern scientific studies
• We will discuss the frustrations of fertility practice, the physiologic effects of “trying" and why we sometimes can’t seem to help certain people move beyond their present states of dis-ease.
• How to reach this readily accessible power and help a client achieve this state through specific acupuncture techniques

 
Course Outline

• The ancient Taoist practices of merging with the origin and its relevance to the practice of acupuncture, making correlations with modern scientific studies.
• The frustrations of fertility practice, the physiologic effects of “trying" and why we sometimes can’t seem to help certain people move beyond their present states of dis-ease.

Break: 10:00am-10:30am

• How to reach this readily accessible power and help a client achieve this state through specific acupuncture techniques.

Goals & Objectives

• Understand the most commonly diagnosed autoimmune conditions and their impact on fertility, including Lupus, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Diabetes, and others.  
• Describe and identify the well-recognized autoimmune forms of infertility including antiphospholipid syndrome
• Understand the current literature and draw relevant clinical conclusions for patients who demonstrate signs of autoimmune related infertility
• Correct the underlying drivers of autoimmunity to assist with resolution of optimal fertility, including removal of environmental triggers, improvement of nutrition and microbiota
• Confidently design treatment plans which address the most likely drivers of autoimmune infertility for the patient including nutrition, herbal medicine, functional nutritional supplementation, and medication options.

Course Outline

• Intro to Autoimmunity- prevalence, pathophysiology, & stats
• The Immune system in fertility & pregnancy
• Diagnosable Autoimmune disorders & their known impact on fertility
• Diagnostic criteria & key treatment strategies for each, briefly.

Break: 10:45am-11:15am

• Independent autoimmune etiologies of Infertility
• Autoimmunity and Miscarriage/RPL (20 minutes)
• Autoimmunity: The integrative/functional paradigm (Genetic predisposition, antigen/trigger exposure, intestinal permeability)
• Integrative approaches to evaluation & treatment of autoimmunity

Goals & Objectives

1. Understanding the ANS and its perspective in Oriental Medicine.
2. Understanding the connection between the ANS and the hormonal system in a woman’s reproductive life.
3. Looking at the in-utero life from an oriental and modern psychological perspective
4. Learning some simple yet highly effective Japanese-style shallowneedling and moxibustion techniques to help rebalance the ANS, thus re-providing women a way to sail safely and calmly through the currents of her cycles of menstruation, pregnancy, birth and post-partum
5. My clinical emphasis will be on stress management, morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum, Malpresentation or Malposition of the fetus and pretension and treatment of post labor traumatic stress disorder

 
Course Outline

• The ANS, sympathetic and para-sympathetic system; the roles of estrogen, progesterone, oxytocin and prolactin in menstruation, birth and post-partum
• The in-utero life of the baby
• The Kidney-Water representing the Adrenals and the basis of the endocrine system
• The Shao-yang representing the ANS balancing agent

 
Break: 9:30-10am 
 

• Diagnosis skills for ANS and adrenal disharmonies
• Adrenal exhaustion treatment
• Rebalancing the ANS - sympathetic dominance diagnosis and treatment. Sympathetic nervous system deficiency diagnosis and treatment
• Putting it all in the context of pregnancy and birth
• Summary, Conclusions, Q&A