Exclusive Exhibitor Presentation: TCM Zone
Treating Significant Syndromes with Motor Points and Chinese Medicine
This seminar will introduce the use of motor points to treat difficult facial and constitutional syndromes. Wakefield and MichelAngelo will review, in depth, the symptomatology of the Eight Extraordinary meridians, and how these vessels affect the deep roots and imbalances on the DNA level. For clarity, the function of motor points will be defined, and compared to that of trigger and “ashi” points. Techniques for locating and needling facial motor points and the associated facial muscles will demonstrated. Significant syndromes to be addressed will be: Bell’s palsy, windstroke, and differentiation between the two; migraines and their mind/body connection; temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) and specific jaw and neck points; and types of neuropathies and pain patterns. The instructors will demonstrate treatment protocols for all the relevant syndromes for the attendees.
Exclusive Exhibitor Presentation: Protocol For Life Balance
The Emotion of Hate
Tragically, hate has been too easy to come by this year. Abuse and divorce rates are up. Allies have become enemies. Ethnicities and races, economic classes, political parties and spouses have been facing off, their underlying prejudices glaring with hate in the stark daylight of 2020.
Can we do something about hatred? Is it a toxic disease state or a healthy survival instinct? Does it make our patients feel sick or powerful or both? Should we try to cure them of it? From the perspective of Chinese medicine, is there an appropriate place for hatred in a healthy individual? In this hour, Dr. Dunas will look at hate from several perspectives that a clinical acupuncturist will find useful.
Exclusive Exhibitor Presentation: Five Flavors Herbs
Components of the Initial Patient Interview
Participants will learn the vital areas of inquiry to which practitioners must attend in order to truly know their patients in depth—body, mind, emotions, and spirit. They will learn how to quest beyond simple “information”, gain rapport and trust, and reach the deeper levels of imbalance that are present, regardless of the label of the disease.
Monitoring the Wei Qi with Facial Diagnosis
The Wei Qi is the most important line of defense against external pernicious influences or external pathogens that cause illness. Facial Diagnosis can help practitioners recognize the current state of their patients’ Wei Qi and monitor it after treatments. This lecture will cover the signs on the cheek area of the face that indicate immune function and this information can immediately be applied in the clinic.
