6 Dantian Typologies & Personalities
There are three centers that hold vast amounts of Qi energy deep inside your body. These three Energy Centers are called Dantians and regulate your capacity for wisdom, love, and vitality. The relative strength of these qualities determines your energy type.
Exclusive Exhibitor Presentation: Acurea Medical and Asiamed
Ethics of Managing Patients’ Expectations
How many treatments will it take? What results can I expect? Will it hurt? How much younger will I look with cosmetic acupuncture? This session will explore ethical practices and interactive skills of practitioner-patient communication as it applies to the discussion of acupuncture process and results, inspiring patient trust, compliance and retention while adhering to ethical practices.
Exclusive Exhibitor Presentation: Rupa Health
Evidence-Informed Practice: The Prescribing of Chinese Herbs to Treat Patients with Symptoms that May be Related to COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, which started in the US early in 2020, many acupuncturists treated patients with symptoms related to COVID-19 infection. We conducted a study to explore how acupuncturists accessed information and devised Chinese herbal medicine treatment strategies for patients with symptoms that may have been related to COVID-19 infection. Our study consisted of a survey and qualitative interviews. Questions were designed to elicit information about what evidence sources were used in devising Chinese herbal medicine formulas, and about other aspects of providing patient care during the early stages of the pandemic. This talk will present the findings from this study along with perspectives on the application of evidence-based medicine to ancient healing systems.
Exhibit Hall: Multiple Rooms
Overview of East Asian Medical Research & Its Impact upon your Practice
Twenty-five years ago research on acupuncture was classified as poor quality and insufficient to justify mainstream usage or insurance coverage in the US. Consumer research undertaken at Harvard University in the 90s showed unexpected high use of acupuncture and other ‘alternative’ therapies, and was a catalyst for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an office to conduct research into the effectiveness and safety of these therapies. This talk will examine important developments in East Asian medical research, the intersection of such research with urgent unmet needs within the US healthcare system, and how you can leverage this to build a vision for the future of your practice.
Safety & Ethics in Facial Acupuncture
This session will provide one hour of ethics in facial acupuncture and two hours of safe practice and needling skills of the head, neck, and face as it relates to cosmetic facial acupuncture. We will examine the ethics of how to manage patient expectations with regard to facial cosmetic acupuncture in particular. The safety portion of the class will examine how to safely needle sensitive points surrounding the eyes, the carotid artery, and nerves of the face and head as well as how to minimize bruising and other possible adverse effects of acupuncture in these regions, while maintaining positive effects.
Anti-Aging & Rejuvenation Modalities in Practice
In this three-hour webinar students will learn how to incorporate a variety of anti-aging and rejuvenating modalities into their practice such as: micro/nano needling, serums, cosmetic acupuncture, dermal rolling, gua sha, red and infrared light and other TCM modalities.
In addition, students will learn how to provide Body Reshaping & Fat Elimination treatments to patients. Information covered includes what is it, how to incorporate it into your practice, protocols, and how to combine it with acupuncture and other TCM modalities.
Lastly, students will learn how to effectively, and successfully, add these various modalities into their practice.
