1 CEU/PDA

General Credit

Hua To’s Frolic of the Five Animals is an ancient Chinese health exercise that mimics the movements of the tiger, bear, crane, deer, and monkey. This short course will explore the movements of the deer and bear forms. These methods emphasize heightened awareness, kidney qi tonification, and increase spine flexibility and strength.

Chinese Medicine is frequently used to enhance fertility in women over 35 years of age. Many treatment presentations present deficiency caused by aging as the primary cause for lowered fertility. However, in many cases, the problem may be a latent heat pathogen. In modern biomedicine, this would likely be interpreted as immunologically based infertility. This presentation will focus on two cases of infertility resolved by heat clearing treatment. The presentation will use these two cases as representative examples for presenting the acupuncture points, herbal formula, and lifestyle adjustments to address this type of infertility. The broader implications of latent heat regarding issues such as autoimmune disorders will also be discussed.

DX and TX Panel Discussion - Four Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment Grand Rounds with Giovanni Maciocia, Alex Tiberi, Ze'v Rosenberg and Brian Bender

Four teachers, one patient. Each panel participant will share his insights into the diagnosis and treatment plan of a volunteer patient at the symposium.

Hua To’s Frolic of the Five Animals is an ancient Chinese health exercise that mimics the movements of the tiger, bear, crane, deer, and monkey. This short course will explore the movements of the deer and bear forms. These methods emphasize heightened awareness, kidney qi tonification, and increase spine flexibility and strength.

While rich in philosophy, the Nei Jing is the source of many practical, clinical applications, especially in the field of acupuncture. The Nei Jing is a well of information on many acupuncture treatments, including the secondary channels (Luo, Divergent, Muscle), needling techniques, and the treatment of many disorders. Discussing many clinical applications from the Nei Jing, this lecture will include topics such as febrile diseases, Wei Syndrome, Four Seas points, use of Yuan points, and Bone Marrow points.

This seminar will cover the specific aspects of children’s patho-physiology that make children vulnerable to pathogens, which then become lingering or latent “evils” that create long-term disruptions in health. Specific conditions to be addressed will include recurrent ear infections, sinusitis, rhinitis, and respiratory allergies, asthma, conjunctivitis, skin disorders such as chickenpox and shingles, cold sores, impetigo, fifths disease, parvo, eczema and allergic dermatitis, autoimmune disorders, and digestive disorders such as colitis, diarrhea, and vomiting. The impact of vaccinations and antibiotics will be discussed, including treatments for reducing side effects. The phenomena of pathogens lingering in the body and causing disorders that are not normally thought of as immunologically based will be covered. This will include weak constitution, failure to thrive, and behavioral disorders such as hyperactivity.