An Intermediate Course in Acupuncture

(18 classes, 5 hours each= 90 contact hours)

Prerequisites: Completion of "A Basic Course in Acupuncture" or equivalent.

Course Outline (2 contact Hours)

• Orientation and Introduction: This class will explore the basics that the student will be expected to learn during these 18 classes.

• Course Objective: This course was designed for students who have completed "A Basic Course in Acupuncture" or equivalent and want more advanced training in acupuncture.

Theory II (20 Contact Hours)                        

• Yin and yang Understood in greater depth.

• Five Elements theory Review and more applications.  

• Zangfu organs: The  Five Zang organs, the five yin organs are liver, heart, kidney, lung, spleen). The Six fu Bowels, the Six Yang bowels are gallbladder, small intestine,  bladder, large intestine, stomach, triple burner. Extra Organs, the brain, marrow, uterus, bone and gallbladder.

• Qi

• Blood (xue) 

• Body fluids (Jin/ ye) 

• The Three Treasures Qi, Jing, & Shen.

• Chinese Clock Known in Chinese Medicine as the circadian rhythm of the body or the order in which Qi flows in the organs and bowels or meridians.

• Cause of Disease (imbalances in the body) Through empirical observation the Chinese have developed ideas about the causes of disease and ways to remedy them.

Theory of Channels and Collaterals II

• Functions of Channels and Collaterals

• The Twelve Regular Channels

• Pathways and Conjunctures

• Exterior Interior Relationships

• Order of Qi Flow in the Channels

• Eight Extra Channels

• The Fifteen Collaterals

• The Twelve Divergent Channels

• The Musculotedinous Regions of the Regular Channels

• The Twelve Cutaneous Regions of Regular Channels

Etiology

• Six Exogenous factors

• Pestilential factors

• Seven Emotional factors

• Other Pathogenic factors

Chinese Diagnosis II (12 Contact Hours)

The Four Examinations (revisited in detail)

• Asking

• Looking

• Listening and Smelling

• Feeling

Tongue Diagnosis (Intermediate level)

Advanced Pulse Diagnosis

More Chinese Diagnosis II (12 Contact Hours)

• According to the Eight Principles

• According to the Zang-fu Organs

• According to the Six Channels

• According to the Four Stages: Wei, Qi, Ying, Xue (blood)

• According to the Sanjiao/ triple burner.

• According to the Eight Extra Channels.

Techniques II (26 Contact Hours)

Introduction to Acupuncture

• Precautions..Reinforcement

• Points categories

• Point Location and needling (some done in each class throughout the course)

• Diseases

• Patterns of imbalance

• Treatment principles

Practical II (18 Contact Hours)

• Point selection

• Case histories

• Clean needle technique

Review (2 Contact Hours)

• Chinese medicine in a nut shell

Tuition and Supplies

*****Course content may be subject to change with approval of OBPVS*****