Description
Cosmetic Acupuncture Advanced Course: A TCM Approach to Cosmetic and Dermatological Problems
The Advanced Course is designed for participants who have completed the Foundations Course. It will take you to a high level of theory and practice, and there will be further discussion on specific topics.
What You Will Learn
Acupuncture Points, special needle techniques and extraordinary therapies used in the treatment of dermatological problems
- General points
- Special points
- Special treatment techniques including bleeding technique
- Extraordinary therapies – local needling, moxibustion, plum blossom tapping
Discussion of skin diseases with differential diagnosis and treatment
- Severe dry skin
- Unexplained itching
- Eczema – Wind-heat type and Damp-heat type
- Acne – Acne vulgaris, prickly heat type acne and acne rosacea
- Psoriasis – Damp-cold type and Damp-heat type
- Warts – plantar warts, warts on the dorsum of hand, on the palm
- Alopecia – areata or spot baldness, general loss of hair
- Excessive sweating – hot sweating, cold sweating, axillary sweating, sweating in hands or feet
- Urticaria
- Pigmentation problems – vitiligo, hyperpigmentation, age spots
- Appearance of spider veins or capillaries
- Foot fungal infection, fungal infection anywhere else in the body
Cosmetic acupuncture topics are:
- Five element facial types – their special problems and how to remedy these
- Triple Warmer face types – again their peculiarities and treatment
- Breast lifting with acupuncture
- Enlarging small breasts
- Breast reduction
- Deep wrinkle treatment
- 13 Point protocol for weight loss
- Varicose veins
- Thread veins
- Improving needling technique for face lifting
- Improving your gua sha technique
- Improving cupping technique
- Improving plum blossom tapping technique
About Radha
Dr Radha Thambirajah graduated from Shanghai Medical College in 1970. She studied medicine and specialised in acupuncture. She established her successful practice upon returning to Sri Lanka, and founded the Academy of Chinese Acupuncture in 1980.
In 1984, Dr Thambirajah moved to England and opened the Academy of Chinese Acupuncture in Berlin, which has trained over 9000 students worldwide.
With a wealth of experience in teaching, Dr Thambirajah has trained doctors and health professionals all over the world. She has been invited as a guest lecturer at a variety of conferences in Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Poland, Barcelona, Italy, and Sao Paulo.
Dr Thambirajah is the author of ”Cosmetic Acupuncture and Dermatological Diseases (2nd ed)” and “Energetics in Acupuncture”.
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