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Dialectical Treatment of Several Common Diseases with Acupuncture (Chinese Language)

Professor Biao Lu
Biao Lu graduated from Gansu University of traditional Chinese medicine and Beijing University of traditional Chinese medicine. He is a California licensed acupuncturist. He has been practicing medicine in Los Angeles since 1991 under the guidance of Professor Yang Jiasan and Zheng Kuishan. He is good at the technique of burning mountain fire to cool the sky and the technique of pricking and jumping. He is one of the few moxibustion practitioners who can use the technique of burning through the sky to raise or lower the temperature of the local operation site by more than 4 degrees Celsius. Many of his students can also reach this level!

Course overview
This class will train students to hone their skills in diagnosing and treating nervous system pain with acupuncture. Several common cases will be taught, including headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Shingles, toothache, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, lower back pain, elbow pain, and knee pain.
The student can immediately start to apply these common cases to their practices to aid in properly and accurately diagnosing nervous system pain with dialectical treatment.

Goals and Objectives:

• Generate and justify treatment strategies relevant to nervous system diseases using Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
• Synthesize and demonstrate application of said strategies in nervous system pain
• Educate patients on the lifestyle / dietary changes and risk factors modifications using principles of dialectical treatment

Agenda:

7/25 (CE Hours / PDA Points: 8)
9am – 1pm
Introduction to Dialectical Treatment with Acupuncture: special needling method, the root cause of nervous system pain. Special treatment with dialectical analysis to headache, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Shingles and toothache.
1pm – 2pm  Lunch Break
2pm – 6pm
Special treatment with dialectical analysis to neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, lower-back pain, elbow pain, and knee pain. Patients’ education on lifestyle / dietary changes and risk factors modifications.

Qi Acupuncture (Chinese Language) 

Professor Xueli Fu
Dean of College of Extended and Continuing Education
• California Licensed Chinese Medicine
• Co-Chair of the 4th World Integrative Medicine Congress (organizer)
• Dean of the American Institute of martial arts and integrative medicine
• Director of Sichuan Province Wushu Association Emei Wushu Base
• Executive Vice President of Emei Institute of my shots and integrated
medicine
• Director of Overseas Chinese Medicine Forum
• Visiting professors of Chinese medicine universities in New Zealand,
Australia, China, and the United States
• Chinese martial arts eight Duan
• World Martial Arts Sanshou Union Black Belt Eight Duan
• Two-time Tai Chi and Tai Chi Push World Champions

Course overview
This course will teach 1) What is Qi? 2) What is Acupressure? 3) how to use Qi Acupressure to relieve pain? 4) how to use Qi Acupuncture to relieve pain? 5) how to practice your Qi? 6) how to find the Qi to be blocked in a patient’s body? 7) how to unblock the Qi in a patient’s body? 8) practice three styles of Qi Gong, so that everybody can feel the Qi in their own body 9) practice how to feel the Qi in other people’s body 10)how to practice hard Qi Gong? 11) how to practice Taiji and feel the Qi? 12) case study – how to use Qi Acupuncture to treat knee pain.

Goals and Objectives:

• To use Qi Acupuncture to relieve pain
• To use Qi Acupuncture to unblock the Qi in a patient’s body
• To practice hard Qi Gong and Taiji
• To use Qi Acupuncture to treat knee pain

Agenda:

8/1 (CE Hours / PDA Points: 6)
9:00 am to 12:00pm
Introduction: Qi Acupuncture theory. How to find the Qi blocked in your own body and in a patient’s body? How to unblock Qi in a patient’s body?
12:00 pm – 1: 00pm  Lunch break
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Practice three styles of Qi Gong: 1) external to internal, 2) breath-mind control, 3) breath-movement control. Case study: how to use Qi acupuncture to treat knee pain.

Integrated Pain Management (Chinese Language)

Master Guozhi Wan
M.D. (China), L.Ac.
* 1978-1994, General Secretary of Academy of Scalp Acupuncture in Beijing
* 1985-1994, Vice President of Society of Acupuncture in Hei Long Jiang Chapter
* 1984-1994, Professor of University of Her Long Jiang, School of University of Hei Long Jiang, School of Medicine
* 1984-1994, Director of University of Her Long Jiang, Advance Study of Meridian
* 1988, editor of New Dictionary of Acupuncture
* 1992, editor of Herbal Chinese Medicine
* 1981, Invention of the painless incentive of acupuncture needless by tapping technology

Course overview
The course will emphasize the critical components of the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders. It will give the students practical tools for diagnosis using basic orthopedic tests and other diagnostic protocols . The course will also convey to students that pain disorders also have a significant mental component. Students will be given the tools to deal with this mental aspect in the course of questioning and treating the patient. Students will be given case studies and be asked to demonstrate their treatment approach.

Goals and Objectives:

• To use analytical skills to choose various acupunctures and moxa protocols to address pain complaints
• To prescribe and justify use of appropriate herbal formulas for pain complaints
• To identify the most commonly seen pain pathologies during the history intake and western physical
• To learn how to educate patients about lifestyle/dietary changes and other modifications that could help ease pain
• To be able to refer to appropriate outside treatment when necessary and to be able to work effectively in an integrative setting with doctors and practitioners of other modalities

Agenda:

Day 1: 9/19 (CE Hours / PDA Points: 8)

9am – 1pm
Introduction: needing method, achieving the arrival of Qi, channel relationships, Painless needling method, 5 elements imaging methods.
1pm – 2pm  Lunch Break
2pm – 6pm
Discussion of most useful points in pain management followed by case studies.

Day 2: 9/26 (CE Hours / PDA Points: 8)

9am – 1pm
Introduction: treatment of musculoskeletal disorders with point locations, needling methods. Discussion of treatment of headaches, facial pain, TMJ Bells palsy, followed by case studies.
1pm – 2pm  Lunch break
2pm – 6pm
Discussion of treatment of neck pain, shoulder pain, mid back pain, lumbago, rib cage pain, carpal tunnel and abdominal pain followed by case studies.