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Comprehensive Tung’s Acupuncture Intensive with Henry McCann
17 October, 9:00 am - 20 October, 6:00 pm
$1450 – $1850
COURSE OVERVIEW
Tung’s Acupuncture is an effective method of mostly distant point acupuncture that today is popular around the world. It is also flexible, equally capable of treating pain management cases and internal medicine. Tung’s Acupuncture achieves this by combining an understanding of channel theory, microsystem and holographic thinking, and an attention to point location and needling variations. Combined together studying Tung’s approach also enhances one’s practice of other acupuncture systems.
By now most acupuncturists have heard of Tung’s system and online classes are plentiful, but over time full in-person training in the fundamentals of the system are fewer and fewer. This means we have more and more Tung practitioners who apply rigid point prescriptions without understanding important principles, and without having had in-person training in needling and point location. In this course we will cover all the core basic theory of the system, and systematically go through and cover all the main points with hands-on point location practice. Join us and learn or re-learn Tung’s in-person, as acupuncture should ideally be taught!
Topics Covered Include:
- An overview of channel, microsystem, and body tissue theory in acupuncture
- Tung’s approach to 5 Phase and 5 Zang organ treatment
- All of Tung’s main points, including locations and indications
- Bloodletting in the Tung tradition
- Hands-on point location practice
- Special needling methods and strategies
- The treatment of commonly seen conditions in the clinic
COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1
9am – 10am Introduction to Tung’s acupuncture
10am – 12pm Core theory (zonal concepts; holographic, channel and tissue correspondences; etc… )
LUNCH
1pm – 2:30pm Points in Zone 1 (location, indications)
2:30pm – 3pm Point location practice
3pm – 4:30pm Points in Zone 1 (continued); discussion of Zone 1 microsystem
4:30 – 5pm Point location practice
5pm – 5:30pm Points in Zone 2 (location, indications)
DAY 2
9am – 10am Needle methods and strategies, overview of Dao Ma needling
10am – 11:30am Points in Zone 2 (continued)
11:30 – 12pm Point location practice
LUNCH
1pm – 2:30pm Points in Zone 3 (location, indications)
2:30pm – 3pm Point location practice
3pm – 4:30pm Points in Zone 4 & 5
4:30 – 5pm Point location practice
5pm – 5:30pm Review of Five Phase Theory and application in acupuncture points
DAY 3
9am – 10am Organ Root Treatment in Tung’s Acupuncture
10am – 11:30am Points in Zone 6
11:30 – 12:30pm Point in Zone 7
LUNCH
1:30pm – 2:30pm Points in Zone 7 (continued)
2:30pm – 3pm Point location practice
3pm – 4:00pm Points in Zone 8
4pm – 5pm Points in Zone 9 & 10
5pm – 5:30pm Review, location practice, wrap-up
DAY 4
9am – 10am Introduction to the theory and history of bloodletting
10am – 11am Bloodletting materials and methods
11am – 12pm Safety Concerns and Clean Technique Review
LUNCH
1pm – 2:30pm Bloodletting points in Tung’s acupuncture
2:30pm – 4:30pm Bleeding point zones in Tung’s Acupuncture
4:30 – 5:30pm Hands-on practice
NOTE: Morning and afternoon tea breaks will also be scheduled on each of the days.
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK
Henry has highly recommended attendees for this workshop also have a copy of his textbook “Practical Atlas Of Tung’s Acupuncture“. There is a lot more detail and points in here than he can cover in his slides and handouts alone. Click the image above to order your copy.
ABOUT HENRY MCCANN
Dr. Henry McCann is a licensed practitioner of East Asian Medicine with a clinical practice in Madison, NJ. He is on the faculty of the Pacific College of Health and Science, and teaches at advanced practice doctoral degrees for the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Bastyr University, and several others in the United States. Dr. McCann has taught Tung’s Acupuncture and bloodletting therapy throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He is the author of A Practice Atlas of Tung’s Acupuncture (with Dr. Hans-Georg Ross), Pricking the Vessels: Bloodletting in Chinese Medicine, numerous articles in Chinese medicine journals, and a blog on his website, www.asianmedidcine.org.
DETAILS
Date: Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th October 2024
Time: 9am – 5:30pm daily
Venue: Vibe Hotel, 111 Goulbourn St, Sydney 2000
CPD: 26 CPD Points
Included: Notes, needles for practice, morning & afternoon tea
PRICING
Deposit: $300
EARLY BIRD RATE
Practitioner: $1,650
Student (Full Time – Undergraduate): $1,450
**Ends 18th of September 2024 EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST
REGULAR RATE
Practitioner: $1,850
Student (Full Time – Undergraduate): $1,550
Terms and Conditions
*Early Bird: Full payment is required 4 weeks prior to the start of the Seminar and Workshop
*Registrations cancelled up to two weeks prior to the seminar will be refunded less 20%. We regret that refunds are not otherwise possible.