01 M01 Class Introduction 2016 Sept

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James OSullivan
Licentiates in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Amatsu (Active Balance)

Japanese Medicine
Diplomas in Acupuncture, Tuina, Chinese Nutrition, Medical Qi Gong,
Nutrition, Stress Management, Anatomy & Physiology, Swedish
Massage, Reflexology.
9 Clinical Internships in hospitals in China.
Visiting lecturer to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Zhejiang
University of Chinese4 Medicine
Founder & Academic Director of Active Health Foundation.
Tuina
Chinese Medical Acupressure
By
James OSullivan Lic.Ac. C.Ac. (China)
Introduction.
james@activehealth.ie
A journey of a thousand miles,

must begin with a single step
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Active Health Foundation
When the student ready The teacher will appear
Active Health Foundation is the Tuina accrediting body for

Ireland,
similar to ITEC, CIBTAC, FETAC,
Established in 1999
Practitioner Qualifications recognised throughout Europe and
USA
Recognition towards Acupuncture
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Tuina Recognition!
Accreditation
Affiliated with
World Health Organisation
BUCM the largest college of Traditional medicine in China,

where our graduates can complete their clinical training in the
23 teaching hospitals.
BUCM, are the World Health Organisations representative in
Traditional Medicine.
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World Federation of
Acupuncture Societies
Register for Tuina
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Register for Tuina
When we have your details

You will be sent an email with a link to a webpage
that contains all that weeks information to study
Tuina
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Tuina
Textbook September 2016
Colloquial name: Needle-less Acupuncture
Practical Chinese Medicine
Purchase Link at activehealth.ie/tuina
The most powerful hands-on treatment in

existence!
List Price: 25.00

Postage via LULU: 5
Total: 30
Group Buy
20
Must be paid in class Wednesday 28th September 2016
Uses the same Qi points as

Acupuncture
Link to online book store here: www.activehealth.ie/tuina

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Why are you here?
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Benefits of the Tuina qualification?
What benefit will Tuina be to my practice
Set up your own clinic offering health treatments for conditions

such as:
Its can diagnose and treat nearly all medical conditions

It can be offered as a therapeutic therapy alone
First step towards acupuncture training
Clinical Experience in Chinese Hospitals
Its not offered by many other therapists
It has a unique appeal with the public
Sports injuries, Back pain, Insomnia, Migraine, Headaches,

Dysmenorrhoea, IBS, Cystitis, Asthma, Hypertension, Constipation,
Bedwetting, etc, etc.
Therapeutic Massage
Work in a Health Centre, Beauty Salon, etc

Work on the Cruise Ships
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Some Financial Projections
Costs: 15 hours = renting over 3 days at 50 per day = 150

Promotion: 4 hours per week
Assumptions: A self employed Tuina practitioner earns
(average) 50 per hour
15 patients/clients per week = 750
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Skilful Hands
Restore Spring
Study Advice
Get to know the terms and language of your subject

Study read about the subject and ask yourself Do I
understand that?
Pace yourself time management
Write what you know in your own words
Dont listen to negative messages.
Relax it will all happen in its own time
BELIEVE YOUR TEACHER!!!
Clinical Experience in China!
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know.
But when you listen, you may learn something new
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Become an Acupuncturist
Teachers open the Door

You Enter by Yourself
Recognised by the World Health Organisation

A prestigious therapy in Healthcare
Treat a very wide range of conditions
The fastest growing preferred therapy of Irish patients
History
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Huang Di
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Huang Di Nei Jing
or Yellow Emperor is regarded as the predecessor

of the Chinese race. He made many important
contribution to the Chinese people, the most
important being the compilation of the medical
classic, Huang Di Nei Jing or The Yellow
Emperors Medicine Classic.
The Classic is divided into 18 scrolls and 162

fascicles. It comprises Su Wen Simple
Questions (nine scrolls) and the Ling Shu (nine
scrolls). Su Wen is on the theory of maintaining
good health and treating disease.
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Qi Bo
Tuina Chinese Medical Acupressure
The sage practices the Tao in his daily life, while

the uneducated turn their backs to it. To live in
harmony with Yin and Yang means life, to act
contrary means death. This is the reason the
sage does not treat those who are already ill, but
rather those who are not yet diseased. To treat
after one is diseased is like attempting to restore
order only after unrest has broken out. It is like
waiting till ones thirsty to begin digging a well or
forging spear's after the battle is underway.
was a physician and an official of Huang Di. He

is referred as Heavenly Master in the
Huang Di Nei Jing.
In ancient times, people used to live to over 100 years and they
were still athletic, robust and vigorous. Whereas today (meaning
about 2,200 years ago), most people age quickly and become frail
when they are about 50. They suffer diseases that our ancestors
could weather.
Is it because the time has changed? or are humans on the way
towards extinction?
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History of Tuina
Ancient Times treatment health were carried out by

Shamans or hermits
Developed over 4,000 years ago
Confucius code of conduct based on lifestyle in harmony
with forces of the universe
Part of Traditional Chinese Medical System (TCM)
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Early Records
First reference to massage found on engravings on tortoise shells

& bones c.1600-1100BC
Tuina as a name was established during the Ming
period (1368-1644AD) to distinguish it from folk
massage as a medical therapy.
Folk massage was called Anmo & Anfu
Practiced today alongside allopathic medicine in
modern hospitals
Recognised by the World Health Organisation
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Meridians
History of Acu Points
Legend says study of puncture wounds on warriors led to

development of Acupuncture
Jing Luo - Meridians

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Cultural Circumstances
Western View
Language
Translations
Simplicity is its essence
Culture plays an important role in the
development of any healing or medical system
as it presents the philosophy that defines the
way the system works.
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Western science strives to break everything

down, (known as reductionism).
The body as a machine
analogous to man-made machines, such

as cars, CD players, or space capsules
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Eastern View
Holism - Nature and landscapes
Traditional Chinese Medicine strives to see the

whole picture, nothing is excluded, nothing is
analysed or interpreted without reference to the
whole.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine everything is
interdependent, including the environment.
The body is seen as a garden or microbiome
Holistic Health Picture
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Herbal Therapy
Nutritional Therapy
Acupuncture
Cupping Therapy
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Herbal Medicine
Chinese Medical Acupressure
Moxibustion
Gua Sha
Medical Qi Gong -Exercise
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Nutritional Therapy
An Apple
Eating your way to health and well being
Chinese food therapy is a practice of healing using natural foods

instead of medications.
Five Elements theory.
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Garlic
Taste: Pungent; Sweet

Energy: Warm
Meridian: Spleen; Stomach; Lung
Effects: Strengthen Stomach; Warm the Zhong (middle) Jiao
Application: Abdominal pain; Dysentery; Pertussis (Whooping
cough); TB
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Has 12 Vitamins and 13 Minerals.

Plus 386 other phyto-nutrients.
Enzyme Complex.
Flavanoid Complex.
Carotenoids.
Indole Carbinols.
Polyphenols.
Quality:
Abundant Qi
Nature:
Cooling!
Taste:
Sweet and Sour
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Acupuncture
Ultra fine needles

Acupuncture needles are pre-sterilized, individually packaged
and disposable
Complementary
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Medical Qi Gong
Cupping Therapy
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Gua Sha
Moxibustion
Acupuncture-Moxibustion
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Empirical Observation
The Chinese have studied humans and our interaction with the
environment for thousands of years.
They observe when someone is behaving in a certain way, other
events may be happing at the same time.
In health: accompanying signs and symptoms or the Clinical picture
Behaviour
Sneezing
Insomnia
Headaches
Painful Periods
Associated event
Cold weather, recent epidemic, runny eyes and nose,
Empirical Observation
An example of empirical observation may

be the discovery of a herbal remedy.
Where the sage is sitting beside a tree and
some leaves drop into his pot of soup.
The result is better health or the relief of
some symptoms.
Stress, drinking stimulants, anaemia,
Runs in family, stress, weather or food related,
Irritable, distended breasts, clots,
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Four Diagnostic Methods
Getting our Bearings!

Vital Substances
Yin & Yang
Qi. Blood, Body Fluids,

Essence, Shen
Five Phases /
Elements
Zang Fu (Organs)
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Pathogenic
Factors
Observation
Listening
Asking
Palpation
14 Meridian
365 Acu points
Diagnostic
Methods
Signs &
Symptoms
(Clinical Picture)
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Signs &
Symptoms
Pattern
Differentiation
Point Location &
Function
Principal of
Treatment
Patterns of Disharmony
Treatment Techniques
Treatment
Cultivate
means to nourish,
tonify, strengthen,
grow, promote,
nurture
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Action Words
Learning Traditional Chinese Medical Tuina
You cannot learn by rote

It is a complete new schema of health and life.
It may seem difficult, but it is a very simple concept, if you take it
one step at a time
Learning is like completing a jigsaw puzzle without the picture
clue.
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Definition of Tuina
Subdue
means to clear,
eliminate, reduce,
calm, bring down,
Regulate
Tuina is the study and practice of a series of Chinese manual

clinical techniques which are used to prevent and treat
disease, based on the principles of Traditional Chinese
Medicine
means to balance
or harmonise
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Tuina
Uses the same Qi points as Acupuncture

Activates the meridians and channels
Acts directly on the body and channels to regulate unhealthy
organs and tissues
Balances Yin & Yang
Regulates circulation of Qi and Blood
Normalise the function of the Zang Fu (organs)
A comprehensive therapy:
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Tuina
Internal and External conditions

Traumatic injury & Musculo-skeletal problems
Obstetrics & Gynaecological issues
Paediatrics
Ear, Nose & Throat problems
Strengthens the bodys resistance to disease & prevents invasion of
pathogens
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Tuina
Tui = to push or move along

Na = to hold or grasp
Simplicity
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Tuina
Manipulations are easy to learn

May be performed by anyone providing they have an understanding
of TCM
Safe and free from Harmful side effects
External therapy
Avoids medicines & surgical procedure
Almost no side effects providing correct diagnosis & manipulations
used
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Tuina
Inexpensive & Convenient

Almost no equipment or special medical facilities required
May be performed anywhere
Costly and difficult hospital visits may be avoided
Specific benefits & Advantages in practice & treatment
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Contra Indications
Severe cardiac, pulmonary and encephalopathic disease or

extreme constitutional weakness
Recent history of bleeding or disease of the Blood
Local skin lesions or skin diseases
Acute communicable diseases
Acute spinal injury or injuries without a clear-cut diagnosis
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The Optimum Tuina Treatment
There are 4 aspects that constitute an effective and beneficial

Tuina Treatment:
Appropriate Duration
Appropriate Force
Appropriate Rhythm
Gentleness
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Contra Indications
Pregnancy, menstruation or postpartum lochia

Psychosis or intoxication
After over-eating
Benign and malignant tumours
Severe degenerative disease e.g. osteoporosis
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Indications
Yin
Musculo-skeletal disease and trauma

Internal diseases
External diseases
Paediatric diseases
Ear Nose & Throat conditions
Yin and Yang is one of the most fundamental concepts in

Traditional Chinese Medicine
It is a very important element of Chinese Medicine, because in
order to treat disease, we always attempt to balance Yin &
Yang.
The earliest reference to Yin and Yang is in the Huang Di Nei Jing
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In the beginning
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Yin Yang Balance

(Homeostasis)
Qi was formless
The dance of
Yin and Yang
The dance of Qi
Yang
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Yin
Yang
Yin
The concept of yin and yang describes

two opposing and, at the same time,
complementary aspects of any one
phenomenon
Yin
"shady place, north slope, south
bank (river); cloudy, overcast";
qualities are characterized as
passive, dark, feminine, negative,
downward-seeking, consuming
and corresponds to the night.
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Yin
Yang
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Yin
Yang
The five main aspects of Yin Yang Relationship

1. Yin-Yang as opposites
2. Interdependent
3. Inter-transformation
4. Infinite Divisibility
5. Mutual consumption
Yang
"sunny place, south slope, north
bank (river), sunshine"; qualities
are characterized as active, light,
masculine, positive, upwardseeking, producing and
corresponds to the daytime.
Yang
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Yin-Yang as Opposites
Yin
Water
Cold
Quite
Dense
Wet
Soft
Inhibition
Slowness
Inside
Inter Dependence
You cannot have one without the other

No hot without cold
No outside without inside
No day without night
Yang
Fire
Hot
Restless
Light
Dry
Hard
Excitement
Rapidity
Outside
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Inter Transformation
Infinite Divisibility
One can change into the other, but it is not a random event,
happening only when the time is right.
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
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Yin Organs
Heart
Pericardium
Spleen
Lungs
Kidney
Liver
Yang Organs
Mutual Consumption
Small Intestine
San Jiao
Stomach
Large Intestine
Urinary Bladder
Gall Bladder
Is where one consumes the other in

disharmony
When Yin & Yang are balanced you
have optimum health
When Homeostasis is balanced you
have optimum health
Equilibrium
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Full Cold
Optimum
Health
Yang
Yin
Full Cold Pathogen
Yang
Yin
Balance
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Self Study Cold
Clinical Manifestation:
Cold limbs, weakness,
contracture, pain improved with
heat
Tongue: pale or bluish
Pulse: slow, full
Optimum
Health
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Make a list of points that would dissolve Cold

1. ..
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
5. ..
6. ..
Hint: Think scatter, dispel, eliminate, reduce, maybe look to points that increase Yang or Heat
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Clinical Manifestations:
Restlessness, headache,
irritability, pain worse with
pressure and in a warm
environment
Full Heat
Tongue: red, maybe thick yellow

coat
Pulse: full, rapid
Self Study Heat
Optimum
Health
Yang
Yin
Full Heat Pathogen
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Yang Deficiency
Optimum
Health
Yang
Yin
Empty or Deficiency Cold
Hint: Think clear, reduce, subdue,
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Self Study Yang Deficiency
Clinical Manifestation:
hands and feet maybe cold,
fatigue, weakness, pain which
improves with heat and pressure,
Tongue: pale, swollen, wet
Pulse: slow and weak
Make a list of points that would cool Heat

1. ..
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
5. ..
6. ..
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Make a list of points that would Cultivate Yang

1. ..
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
5. ..
6. ..
Hint: Think strengthen, nourish, tonify, invigorate, raise even points that rescue or restore Yang
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Yin Deficiency
Self Study Yin Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations:
Feeling hot particularly in the
evening or night, night sweats,
heat in the 5 palms, hot flashes,
insomnia,
Tongue: red, no coat
Pulse: rapid, empty
Optimum
Health
Yang
Yin
Empty or Deficiency Heat
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Mutual Consumption
Make a list of points that would Cultivate Yin

1. ..
2. ..
3. ..
4. ..
5. ..
6. ..
Hint: Think strengthen, nourish, tonify, invigorate
A little about the 8 principals
Basically this is the method used to diagnose

disharmony.
The Four questions
Interior
Deficiency
Cold
Yin
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Exterior
Excess
Hot
Yang
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Case History
Peter, 23 years old, Welder

Clinical Manifestations: headache thats worse in a hot
environment, fatigue, smelly stools, dark yellow urine, Tongue:
red, dry. Pulse: rapid, full
What's your Diagnosis: ?
What Principal of Treatment: ?
What Prescription of Points: ?
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Case History
Petra, 24 years old, office

Clinical Manifestations: headache thats worse at night, fatigue,
smelly stools, yellow urine, red cheeks, tossing and turning at
night, feeling hot at night. Tongue: red, no coat Pulse:
rapid, empty
Case History
Petula, 35 years old, factory worker

Clinical Manifestations: insomnia, tiredness, restless sleep
feeling cold, needs got water bottle, abundant clear urine, Cold
hands and feet, water retention in feet. Tongue: Pale with
blue tinge Pulse: Slow, Empty
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Review Questions
Question:
Value: one mark
What are the 4 Aspects of Tuina Massage, the practitioner should

observe to perform a competent treatment ?.
A: Appropriate Duration, Force, Rhythm and Gentleness
B: Appropriate Technique, Force, Rhythm and Gentleness

C: Appropriate Duration, Pressure, Force and Gentleness
D: Appropriate Duration, Force, Rhythm and Calmness

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Review Questions
Review Questions
Question:
Value: one mark
Culture plays an important role in how a medicine is
understood?
true or false
Question:
Value: one mark
The Yellow Emperor's book is called the Nei Ting ?
true or false
Question:
Value: one mark
Empty Cold arises from a deficiency of Yang ?
true or false
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Review Questions
Question:
Value: one mark
Yin can have a unhealthy effect on Yang?
true or false
Tuina
Question:
Value: one mark
Another name for a Yin Deficiency?
A: Full Heat
B: Full Cold
C: Empty Heat
D: Empty Cold
Question:
Value: one mark
All disharmonies in a human being are due to an
imbalance of (What)?
A: Yin & Yang
B: Zang Fu
C: Qi & Blood
D: Eight Principals
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Course Content
Historical development of Tuina

Definition of traditional Chinese medical acupressure massage
Contra-Indications to Tuina Chinese Medical Acupressure Massage
General effects of massage
Psychological and physiological effects of massage
Principal of good massage practice (appropriate duration, appropriate force,
appropriate rhythm, gentleness)
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Yin & Yang
Course Content
Historical development
Nature of Yin & Yang, as two phases of a cyclical movement, as two stages of
transformation. Four aspects of Yin & Yang relationship. Application of Yin & Yang
to Medicine. Yin & Yang and the body structure. Application of the four principles
of Yin & Yang to Medicine. Yin and Yang patterns of disharmony.
Five Elements
Five Elements in nature, as basic qualities, as movement, as stages of a seasonal

cycle, Inter-relationships, correspondences
Five Elements in Chinese Medicine in Physiology, Pathology, Diagnosis,
Treatment, Herbal & dietary therapy
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Course Content
Tongue & Pulse Qualities - The Pillars of Chinese Diagnosis
Qi, Blood, Body Fluids, Essence & Shen (Mind, Spirit). The concept of Qi in
Chinese philosophy, the concept of Qi in Chinese Medicine, The Transformation
of Qi. The concept and functions of Blood, Body Fluids, Essence and Shen. The
interaction of these Vital substances and their pathogenesis and patterns of
disharmony.
The Zang Fu (Internal Organs)
The ancient view of the body organs. The energetic qualities of the Organs and
their functions.
Inter-relationships of the Yin Organs, Inter-relationships of the Yang Organs,
Tongue:
Body Shape, Texture, Colour, Coating, Moisture
Pulse:
Deep, Floating,
Slow, Rapid,
Empty, Full, Weak,
Slippery, Wiry, Thready, Choppy,
The Vital Substances
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Course Content
The Meridians or Channels.

Review Surface Anatomy of Skeleton and Muscles for location purposes
Measuring by cun, and dividing the body
Location, Functions and Actions of 70 Major Qi points.
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Course Content
Lung - LU-1, LU-5, LU-7, LU-9, LU-10, LU-11,

Large Intestine LI-01, LI-4, LI-10, LI-11, LI-17, LI-20
Stomach ST-01, ST-02, ST-7, ST-8, ST-25, ST-29, ST-36, ST-40, ST-45
Spleen - SP-1, SP-3, SP-4, SP-6, SP-9, SP-10, SP-15, SP-21
Heart HT-01, HT-3, HT-7, HT-09
Small Intestine SI-01, SI-3, SI-19
Urinary Bladder BL-01, BL-02, BL-13, BL-15, BL-17, BL-18, BL-20, BL-21,
BL-22, BL-23, BL-25, BL-36, BL-40, BL-57, BL-60, BL-67
Kidney - KI-1, KI-3, KI-6, KI-7, KI-10, KI-27
Causes of Disharmony.
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Course Content
Pericardium PC-01, PC-3, PC-6, PC-7, PC-8, PC-09

San Jiao SJ-01, SJ-4, SJ-5, SJ-6, SJ-10, SJ-23
Gall Bladder GB-01, GB-13, GB-14, GB-15, GB-20, GB-21, GB-30,
GB-34, GB-40, GB-44
Liver LR-1, LR-2, LR-3, LR-8, LR-13, LR-14
Ren RN-1, RN-3, RN-4, RN-6, RN-12, RN-14, RN-17, RN-24
Du DU-1, DU-4, DU-14, DU-20, DU-24, DU-26, DU-28
Extra points - Yin Yang, Tai Yang, Bi Tong, Yu Yao, E Zhong, An Mian
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Course Content
Emotions: Joy, Anger, Sadness, Grief, Pensiveness, Fear, Shock. The emotions and
disharmony (cause and affect)
Climatic conditions:
Wind, Cold, Damp, Dryness, Summer Heat, the intertransformation, interaction and combination of these pathogenic factors.
Internal and External pathogenic factors.
Miscellaneous causes: Life style (poor diet, lack of exercise, overwork), Weak
constitution, trauma, parasites, poisons, wrong treatment, environmental.
Course Content
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Diagnosis according to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Eight principals of Traditional Chinese Medical diagnosis:
Exterior
Deficiency
Yin
Hot
- Interior
- Excess
- Yang
- Cold
The Four Examinations:
Observing, Enquiring, Hearing & Smelling, Palpation,
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Course Content
Patterns of Disharmony - the organisation of signs and symptoms of

disharmony. A brief overview of all patterns, with comprehensive
definition of the following:
Wind, Cold, Heat, Dampness,

Spleen Qi Deficiency
Heart Qi Deficiency
Liver Qi Stagnation
Liver Yang Rising
Lung Qi Deficiency
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Kidney Yang Deficiency
Heart & Kidney not harmonised

Spleen Yang Deficiency
Heart Yang Deficiency
Liver Blood Deficiency
Spleen & Liver Blood Deficiency
Lung Yin Deficiency
Spleen Yang Deficiency
Kidney Yin Deficiency
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Course Content - Extra
Stress, Headaches, Insomnia,

PMS, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Abdominal Pain,
Tennis Elbow, Stiff Neck, Low Back Pain,
Sciatica, Common Cold,
NB: If time allows we will cover

these disharmonies.
Not included in Tuina Examinations
This Tuina course is offered as a module of a Complementary Medicine

course and the student must study all the offered education regarding
becoming a competent practitioner. It is a requirement that the
graduate will hold a recognised Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology.
Each candidate should obtain at least 3 case histories on 5 people

with a minimum of 15 treatments in total over the course of their
studies to include a range of conditions, ages, and lifestyles. Case
studies are not to be done on classmates in order to show their
understanding of the treatment. Sample case study form is included.
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Review Questions
Pathologies commonly treated by Tuina practitioners in China.
Case Studies
Course Content
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Question:
Value: one mark
What was the name of the Emperor who is said to be the
father of TCM ?
Question:
Value: one mark
What was the name of his book?
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Review Questions
Review Questions
Question:
Value: one mark
Who was the chief adviser to the Huang Di?
Question:
Value: one mark
Name the two books of the Huang Di Nei Jing?
Question:
Value: one mark
Name a popular quote that conveys Qi Bos advice on
health?
Question:
Where is GB-21 located?
A: On the shoulder
Observation:
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Case History- Name Judy
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B: On the neck
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Review Questions
Question:
Value: one mark
What are the main disciplines of TCM?
Hint: 4
Pale complexion, looks tired, pale tongue body.
Listening:
breathing very shallow, weak voice,
Asking:
Question:
Value: one mark
What does Empirical observation mean?
Fatigue, very tired, Age; 22 Occupation; student,
Palpation:
weak pulse, weak muscles,
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Review Questions
Question:
Where is GB-20 is locate ?
Review Questions
Value: one mark
Question:
Value: one mark
GB-21 and LI-04 cannot be used in what circumstances
(contra indicated to what). ?
Question:
Value: one mark
Does LI-04 eliminate or invigorate?
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A apple has a cooling affect?
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An Irish stew or ginger can help to warm the body?
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Active Health Foundation

Licentiates in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Amatsu (Active Balance)

James OSullivan Lic.Ac. C.Ac. (China)

A journey of a thousand miles,

Active Health Foundation

When the student ready The teacher will appear

Active Health Foundation is the Tuina accrediting body for

World Health Organisation

BUCM the largest college of Traditional medicine in China,

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Textbook September 2016

Colloquial name: Needle-less Acupuncture

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Uses the same Qi points as

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Set up your own clinic offering health treatments for conditions

Its can diagnose and treat nearly all medical conditions

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Work in a Health Centre, Beauty Salon, etc

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Get to know the terms and language of your subject

Clinical Experience in China!

Teachers open the Door

Recognised by the World Health Organisation

Huang Di Nei Jing

or Yellow Emperor is regarded as the predecessor

The Classic is divided into 18 scrolls and 162

Tuina Chinese Medical Acupressure

The sage practices the Tao in his daily life, while

was a physician and an official of Huang Di. He

Ancient Times treatment health were carried out by

First reference to massage found on engravings on tortoise shells

History of Acu Points

Legend says study of puncture wounds on warriors led to

Jing Luo - Meridians

Western science strives to break everything

analogous to man-made machines, such

Holism - Nature and landscapes

Traditional Chinese Medicine strives to see the

Chinese Medical Acupressure

Eating your way to health and well being

Chinese food therapy is a practice of healing using natural foods

Taste: Pungent; Sweet

Has 12 Vitamins and 13 Minerals.

Sweet and Sour

Ultra fine needles

Cold weather, recent epidemic, runny eyes and nose,

An example of empirical observation may

Stress, drinking stimulants, anaemia,

Runs in family, stress, weather or food related,

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Four Diagnostic Methods

Getting our Bearings!

Yin & Yang