15 days Online Chinese Herbal Medicine-Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Unit Three
February 18, March 10, April 14, May 12 & June 9, 2024Dan Tan
Huijun Shen
Tiejun Tang
These online seminars aim to provide an opportunity to those who have qualified as acupuncturists & Tuina practitioners to learn the basic knowledge of the most commonly used single herbs and the classic herbal formulas used in the clinic.
The total learning is 15 days, which is divided into three units. Each unit includes 5 study days.
Indicative teaching contents:
Day 1
- Differentiation and treatment of respiratory disorders: cough, common cold
- Differentiation and treatment of digestive disorders: stomach-ache, diarrhoea, constipation (they refer to diseases in modern medicine: acute and chronic gastroenteritis, peptic and duodenal ulcer, Crohn’s disease, colitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, irritable, bowel syndrome, habitual constipation)
- Clinical case discussion
Day 2
- Differentiation and treatment of urinary disorders: Lin zheng and Long Bi (they refer to the diseases in modern medicine as acute and chronic urinary tract infection, cystitis, pyelonephritis, chronic glomerulonephritis, urinary incontinence, prostatitis, hypertrophy of prostate, male infertility)
- Differentiation and treatment of Bi syndrome (they refer to the diseases in modern medicine as Arthritis, lumbago, sciatica)
- Clinical case discussion
Day 3
- Differentiations and treatment of women disorders – Menstruation disorders (irregular menstrual cycle; amenorrhea; dysmenorrhea- Menopause syndrome- Infertility
- Clinical case discussion
Day 4
- Differentiations and treatment of mental disorders
- The understanding of the body and mind in TCM- Insomnia- Anxiety- Depression
- Clinical case discussion
Day 5
- Differentiation and treatment of skin disorders
- Etiology and pathology- Differentiations of skin lesions in TCM- Commonly used internal treatment methods- Commonly used topical preparations(they refer to diseases in modern medicine Eczema, neurodermatitis, acne, herpes zoster, urticaria, psoriasis)
- Clinical case discussion
Dan TanDan Tan is Academic Dean of Shenzhou Open University of TCM and a passionate and conscientious academic professional with much teaching & clinical practice experience, mainly in the UK and China, within the Higher Education Sectors. Dan has spent over 10 years at Middlesex University.
Huijun ShenGraduated from Shanghai University of TCM in 1982. From 1982 until 1985, he worked as a physician at the Xinjiang Hospital of Chinese Medicine. He obtained his master’s degree at the College of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Beijing University of TCM in 1988.
Tiejun TangTiejun Tang graduated from Heilongjiang University of TCM with a BSc degree in 1984. After graduation, he worked in the TCM Department of Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University. After graduation with a MSc degree from the TCM Department of the First Military Medical University in 1992, he worked as lecturer and senior doctor at the university.
Price
Student discount
Shenzhou student: 15%
External TCM student 5%
(Limited places available for students)
Please see the payment and registration conditions for seminars in the registration form.
Accreditation
- NVA ATK, Zhong (Cat.1), NWP, LVNT, VBAG, TCMned
Dates & Time
10 am – 17 pm (1 hour break)
Location
Language
Levels of experience
- Acupuncturist
- Acupucunturist, Herbalist or Tuina therapist
- Shiatsu therapist
Number of participants
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