acupuncture-tcm: September 2008 Archives

The Tao of Wellness channel on Utube has more of these beautiful videos on acupuncture.

I first saw the video on the blog Everyday Health. This is a great introduction to Chinese medicine treatments for infertility.

 "Acupuncturists everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to the Tao of Wellness for putting together these short, polished videos. More accessible information about Chinese medicine can only help our profession. If you're an acupuncturist and you have a website, I would encourage you to put this video on your site, or a link to it in your email newsletter."

A typical acupuncture course that prepares students for licensure as an acupuncturist takes approximately three years.

There is a shorter course ( 300 hours) in Medical Acupuncture offered in New York City that qualifies a physician or dentist to practice acupuncture in NYS.  You might want to check the protocol in other states if you intend to practice outside NYS.  The AMA may also have programs.  

We do not offer such a program and I do not have additional information about it.  What you study are acupuncture point prescriptions applicable to medical conditions resulting from a western medical diagnosis. 

Our program is about learning how to make an Oriental Medicine diagnosis that then becomes the basis for point selection, needling technique and possibly an herb prescription. 

A physician interested in the study of Oriental Medicine in our program does not study the western biosciences or professional practice courses but must commit to the other parts of the program which take about 2 years to complete for acupuncture and an additional year if you are interested in studying Chinese herbs.