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License renewal credit varies in individual States. Most States accept distance/cyber programs.

This program pre-approved in the following States:
AZ, CO, GA, IA, KS, KY, ME, NY, ND, OH, OR, RI, SD, VA
Doctors in States not listed, contact office for approval code or further information.
All continuing education credit hours through: New York Chiropractic College Department of Post Graduate and Continuing Education
and/or
The International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture
Continuing education for MD's, DC's, L.Ac's and other professionals

Each program only $20.00 per hour.

Earn 12 hrs, 15 hrs, or as few as one hour or any combination of education you may need or want, of approved Continuing Education credits.

Obtain education credit without traveling away from home, family and office. Eliminate travel and seminar expenses through the distance educational program.

No prior knowledge of acupuncture required to take this program.
This class may be taken by any practitioner.

Participation is simple; just call the Academy to register for one or more of the programs you wish to take. We will send you a CD which contains all of the material for the program. The program may then be reviewed and read directly on your home or office computer or printed to a paper copy to study anywhere. You may just want to sit in your favorite easy chair as you learn.

It doesn't get any better than this!

Study at your own pace when you want to. Spend the time you would be traveling and sitting in a seminar classroom with your family and/or leisure activity. Complete the final exam and send to the Academy, the exam will be graded and he successful student sent a certificate of completion and transcript of credit hours. Selected programs may direct you to various websites for additional educational information.

PROGRAMS OFFERED:
“UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF TCM”

Divided into three different sections, modules 8, 9 and 10
Take all 3 modules for 15 hrs or any one or combination to achieve required CE hrs.

See full syllabus of this program at end of information


3 hours CE...................................Module Eight, Level 3
“Introduction to and the Basics of TCM”

4 hours CE.....................................Module Nine, Level 3
“The Principles of the Tsang (-) Fu (+) organs

8 hours CE......................................Module Ten, Level 3
“The Differentiation of Syndromes in
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)”

You may wish to add some of the following:
“Additional Programs”

15 hours CE......................................................Level 4
“Blood borne pathogen awareness and
sterile needle procedure”

4 hours CE.......................................................Level 4
“The Eight Extraordinary Meridians”

3 hours CE.......................................................Level 4
“Diagnosis methods (classic) in Acupuncture”

2 hours CE......................................................Level 4
“Safety in Acupuncture”
World Health Organization (WHO)

2 hours CE......................................................Level 4
“Etiology of Disease Processes in TCM”
The cause of disease according to TCM

2 hours CE.......................................................Level 4
“Biomechanical response to acupuncture needling in humans”

1 hour CE.........................................................Level 4
“A primer on acupuncture and how it works”

1 hour CE.........................................................Level 4
“Acupuncture and TCM for Fibromyalgia”


“FOUNDATIONS” LEVEL 2
Seven individual modules, each one 15 hrs CE
(105 hours total)
Each module $20.00 per hour or $300. per program

Inquire for syllabus and curriculum for each module.
“Foundations-Level 2” is available for any doctor or student wishing to further their education and/or to establish additional hours to meet the requirements of their State or ACA College of Acupuncture.

This is the identical distance education program required of “Fellows (FIAMA) of the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture in seeking “Diplomate” (Dipl.Ac.) status. Only those who are “Fellows of the IAMA may earn Diplomate status, however any practitioner or student may take this program for knowledge or CE credit.


Syllabus Modules 8, 9, 10..............Level 3

MODULE EIGHT………Level 3
INTRODUCTION TO AND THE BASICS OF TCM
(3 hours Continuing Education)

l. Basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
  1. The Yin/Yang and Five Element Theory
  a.  The Theory of Yin Yang
  2  The Basic Content of Yin/Yang Theory
  a.
The opposition of Yin and Yang
  b.  Yin and Yang interdependence
  c. The mutual consuming-increasing relationship of Yin/Yang
  d. Yin and Yang's mutual transforming relationship
  3. The application of Yin Yang Theory to TCM
  4. The anatomical and histological structure of the human body
  5. The physiological functions of the human body
  6. The pathological changes of the human body
  7. Diagnosis of disease
  8. Applications in clinical treatment
II The Five Element Theory
  1. The Basic content of the five element theory
  2. The categorization of factors
  3. Categorization of Zang, Fu, Flavors and Senses
  4. Categorization of objects, nature and phenomena
  5. The mutual generation, subjugation, extreme and counter subjugation relationships of the five elements
  6. Application of the five elements theory to TCM
  7. The physiological functions of the Five Zang organs
  8. Five elements theory and pathological influences on the zang fu organs
  9. Use of the five elements theory in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
lll. Qi, Blood and Body Fluid
  1. Qi / Chi
    a. Primary Qi (yuan qi)
    b. Aggregative Qi (zong qi)
    c. Nutrient Qi (ying qi)
lV. Blood
V. Body Fluid
  Examination of material in academics of l. through V.


MODULE NINE………Level 3
The Principles of the Tsang (yin) Fu (yang) organs
(4 hours Continuing Education)

l. The Zang (Tsang) Organs:
  1. The Heart: (hand Shao Yin Lesser Yin)
  a. Dominates the blood and vessels
  b. Manifests on the face
  c. Houses the mind
  d. Opens into the tongue
  The Pericardium: (hand Jue Yin Absolute Yin)
    a. Associated with Triple Heater
    b. Protection of the heart
    c. Attached to the heart
  10. The Kidney: (foot Shao Yin Lesser Yin)
    a. Storing essence and dominating reproduction and development
    b. Dominates water metabolism
    c. Receives chi
    d. Dominates bone
    e. Manifests in the scalp hair
    f. Manufactures marrow associated with brain
    g. Opens into the ear
  11 The Uterus
  12 The Liver: (foot Jue Yin Absolute Yin)
    a. Maintains the free flow of Chi
    b. Controls tendons and ligaments
    c. Manifests in the nails
    d. Opens into the eyes
  13. The Lung: (hand Tai Yin Greater Yin)
    a. Dominates the chi
    b. Controls respiration
    c. Dominates skin and body hair
    d. Dominating descending and regulating water passages
    e. Opens into the nose
  14. The Spleen: (foot Tai Yin Greater Yin)
    a. Governs transportation and transformation
    b. Controls the blood
    c. Dominates muscles
    d. Dominates the four limbs
    e. Opens into the mouth
    f. Manifests on the lips.
ll. The Fu (Yang) Organs
  1. The Fu Organs
    a. The Stomach (foot Yang-Ming Yang Brightness)
    b. The Gallbladder (foot Shao-Yang Lesser Yang)
    c. The Small Intestine (hand Tai-Yang Greater Yang)
    d. The Large Intestine (hand Yang-Ming Yang Brightness)
    e. The Bladder (foot Tai-Yang Greater Yang)
    f. The Triple Heater (hand Shao-Yang Lesser Yang)


MODULE TEN………Level 3
The Differentiation of Syndromes in
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
(8 hours Continuing Education)

l. The Differentiation of Syndromes in TCM:
  1. Differentiation of syndromes according to the eight principles
  a. Exterior and interior
  b. Cold and heat
  c. Xu (deficiency) and Shi (excess)
  d. Yin and Yang
ll. Differentiating Syndromes according to Zang/Fu Organs
  1. Differentiation syndromes of the Heart (hand Shao Yin)
  a. Syndromes of heart qi zu and heart yang xu
  b. Syndromes of heart blood deficiency and heart yin deficiency
  c. Syndromes of heart fire preponderance
  d. Stagnation of heart blood syndromes
  e. Phlegm fire heart disturbing syndrome
  2. Differentiating Syndromes of the Liver foot Jue Yin)
  a. Syndromes of liver blood insufficiency
  b. Liver fire flare up syndromes
  c. Liver qi stagnation of syndromes
  d. Liver wind stirring syndromes
  e. Stagnation of cold in the liver channel syndromes
  3. Differentiating syndromes of the Spleen: (foot Tai Yin Greater Yin)
  a. Maintains the free flow of Chi
  b. Controls tendons and ligaments
  c. Manifests in the nails
    d. Opens into the eyes
  4. The Lung: (hand Tai Yin Greater Yin)
  a. Failure to carry out transportation and transformation
  b. Sinking of spleen qi syndromes
  c. Spleen blood control failure
  d. Pathogenic damp invasion of the spleen syndromes
  e. Spleen yang xu syndromes
  f. Spleen and stomach damp heat syndromes
  5 Differentiating syndromes of The Lung: (hand Tai Yin Greater Yin)
  a. Qi deficient of the lung
  b. Yin deficiency of the lung
  c. Lung wind-cold retention syndromes
  d. Lung yin-heat invasion syndrome
  e. Lung phlegm damp obstruction syndrome
  6. Differentiating syndromes of The Kidney: (foot Shao Yin Lesser Yin)
  a. Kidney yang deficiency syndrome
  b. Kidney yin deficiency syndromes
  c. Kidney qi deficiency syndromes
  d. Kidney xu leading to excessive water
  e. Unconsolidated kidney qi syndromes
  f. Manufactures marrow associated with brain
  g. Opens into the ear
  7. Differentiating syndromes of The Small Intestine
(hand Tai-Yang Greater Yang)
  8. Differentiating syndromes of The Large Intestine
(hand Yang-Ming Yang Brightness)
    Large intestine damp heat syndrome
    Large intestine fluid exhaustion
  9. Differentiating syndromes of The Bladder
(foot Tai-Yang Greater Yang)
  10. Differentiating syndromes of The Stomach
(foot Yang-Ming Yang Brightness)
  a. Loss and deficiency of stomach yin
  b. Preponderance of stomach fire
  c. Retention of food in stomach
  11. Differentiating syndromes of The Gallbladder
(foot Shao-Yang Lesser Yang)
III Differentiating syndromes according to the theories of the six channels, four stages of Wei, Qi, Ying, Xue and San Jiao
  1. Differentiation Syndromes with Six Channel Theory
  a. Tai Yang Diseases (Bladder / Small Intestine)
    1. Syndromes of the Tai Yang channel
2. The fu syndromes of Tai Yang
3. Water retention syndromes
4. Blood retention syndromes
  b. Yang Ming Diseases (Large Intestine / Stomach
    1. Yang Ming channel syndromes
2. Yang Ming fu organ syndromes
  c. Shao Yang Diseases (Gallbladder / Triple Heater
  d. Tai Yin Diseases (Spleen / Lung)
  e. Shao Yin Diseases (Kidney / Heart)
    1. Cold transformation Shao Yin syndromes
2. Heat transformation Shao Yin syndromes
  f. Jue Yin Diseases (Liver / Pericardium)
    1. Extreme cold syndromes
2. Extreme heat syndromes
3. Coldness due to ascariasis syndromes
  2. Differentiation of Syndromes according to the Theory of Wei, Qi, and Xue
  a. Wei (outer defensive) stage syndrome
  b. Qi (inner defensive) stage syndrome
    1. Mild heat in the lung
2. Heat transmitted into the stomach
3. Retention of pathogenic heat in the liver and gallbladder
4. Retention of pathogenic mild heat in the intestine
  c. Ying (nutrient) stage syndromes
    1. Pathogenic heat injuring nutrient yin
2. Heat attacking the pericardium
  d. Xue Stage syndromes
    1. Heat in the blood causing disorderly flow
IV. Differentiation Syndromes according to the San Jiao Theory
  1. Damp Heat in the Upper Jiao
  2. Damp Heat in the Middle Jiao
  3. Damp Heat in the Lower Jiao
     

MODULE 8, 9, 10 Level Three:
TOTAL 15 HOURS CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT