| Item | Details | Available | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saam Acupuncture: Draining Strategies and Bilateral Combinations | immediately after purchase | for 2 years |
Goals and Outlines
This course provides information on draining and bilateral pair combinations in the Saam Korean monastic acupuncture tradition. These are presented from a theoretical and practical perspective. Special attention is given to the successful implementation of these concepts into a TEAM clinical practice.| Item | Details | Available | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Introduction to the Practice of Saam Acupuncture | immediately after purchase | for 2 years |
This course provides the student with a foundation in the Saam acupuncture tradition. This foundation will allow the student to begin using the Saam tradition immediately after the completion of the course. The course begins with an examination of the clinical roots of the tradition, drawing from the Yi Jing, Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu, and Nan Jing classical texts.
Toby received his undergraduate degree in Food Science from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He began studying Chinese medicine in 1997 with Sunim Doam, a Korean monk trained in the Saam tradition. He earned his master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2002 upon completion of training at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco and Chengdu University in China. During his four years of training in San Francisco, he interned with the prominent acupuncturist Dr.