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Acupuncture Point Combinations Matter: Clinical Pearls for the Five Spirits, Emotions and Mental Well-Being with David Hartmann

Please Note: Classes are strictly limited
Learn why and how Acupuncture Point Combinations work in practice and how to boost your treatment results through the rationale of adding synergistic combinations.
Program
Day 1
- Why acupuncture point combinations matter
- How acupuncture point combinations work
- Treating the person, not the disease
- How to combine acupuncture points using the Zàng Fǔ patterns and signs/symptoms
- Local and distal points on the same channel; on any channel
- Yīn Yáng partners – Five Elements (Wǔ Xíng)
- Yīn Yīn partners (Six Divisions)
- Yáng Yáng partners (Six Divisions)
- Question and answer (Q&A).
Part 1 – practical
- Presenter demonstrations – where relevant
- Attendee practical – choose from the theory done previously
- Q&A.
Part 2 – theory
- Top and bottom
- Left and right
- Front and back
- Whole body
- Corresponding/mirroring
- Points with similar Pīn Yīn names/meanings – including Shén and Tiān
- Q&A.
Part 2 – practical
- Presenter demonstrations – where relevant
- Attendee practical – choose from the theory done previously
- Q&A.
Part 3 – theory
- Original (Yuán) Yīn and Yáng
- Crown and Third Eye
- Triangle/Pyramid of Power
- Open the Four Gates
- Three Regions/Powers – Heaven, Earth, Human (Tiān Dì Rén)
- Three Yīn 6’s
- Figure Eight – Wǔ Shén/Five Spirits balancing
- Q&A.
Day 2
Part 3 – practical
- Presenter demonstrations – where relevant
- Attendee practical – choose from the theory done previously
- Q&A.
Part 4 – theory
- Zàng Fǔ/Sān Jiāo balance
- The Great Five
- Chain and Lock
- Kidney Spirit Gate
- Bright Foyer, Watchtower, Court, Fence and Shield
- Back Shù Transporting, Front Mù Collecting, Yuán Source
- Host/Guest – Yuán Source and Luò Connecting
- Q&A
Part 4 – practical
- Presenter demonstrations – where relevant
- Attendee practical – choose from the theory done previously
- Q&A.
- Acupuncture point combination construction based on participant requests. Can probably look at 10 conditions in the time allocated.
- Participants to offer 1-2 disorders, signs/symptoms they would like APC for and I will show how to build the treatment.
- Q&A.
Part 5 – practical
- Presenter demonstrations – where relevant
- Attendee practical – choose from the theory done previously
- Q&A.
Details
Date: 5th and 6th of June 2021
Time: 9:30am – 5:30pm
CPD: 13 CPD points
Venue: SITCM, Level 5, 25-29 Dixon St, Haymarket NSW 2000
Pricing (includes notes, morning and afternoon tea)
- Practitioner – $445
- Student – $350