Integrating acupuncture and herbal medicine
What the needle does best, what the herb does best, and how they share the work.
How it starts
Chinese medicine has two arms: the needle and the herb. In China they are studied separately, and many practitioners specialize in one or the other. In the West it is common for the same person to use both, so it helps to know what each one contributes and where the risks lie.
The rest of the lesson opens with Acupuncture III.
In this lesson you will learn
- Divide the work between needle and herb according to what each does best.
- Recognize the most important interactions and precautions.
- Understand the limits of your scope of practice when it comes to prescribing.
- Use the platform's herbal medicine module with good judgment.
What is inside
- 1What each one does best
- 2When to combine them
- 3The precautions you need to know
- 4Dietary therapy: the middle ground
- 5The platform's herbal medicine module
One of the 23 lessons in
Acupuncture IIIClinical Practice
“From pattern to needle, with the patient in front of you.”
The real consultation: differential diagnosis of patterns, the great classical systems (six stages, four levels, Sanjiao), Nakatani's Ryodoraku protocol with electrodermal measurement, and reasoned protocols by body system. It ends with clinical management, applied chronoacupuncture, and an integrated case.
By the end of the course, you will know how to
- Differentiate Zang-Fu patterns from tongue, pulse, and symptoms.
- Apply the six stages and the four levels to a febrile presentation.
- Perform and interpret a complete Ryodoraku measurement.
- Design a reasoned treatment for the twenty most common reasons for consultation.
- Keep a clinical record and follow-up with clear referral criteria.
What you will study
Module 1 · 5 lessons
Differential diagnosis
The patterns, one by one, with what sets each apart from its neighbors.
- Qi, Blood, and Fluid patterns
- Heart, Lung, and Spleen patterns
- Liver and Kidney patterns
- Fu organ patterns
- Combined patterns
Module 2 · 2 lessons
The great systems
When illness advances in layers: the classical maps of progression.
- The six stages (Shanghan Lun)
- Four levels and Sanjiao (Wen Bing)
Module 3 · 3 lessons
Ryodoraku
The bridge between the channel and the ammeter: measure, read and treat.
- Nakatani and electrodermal measurement
- Reading the Ryodoraku chart
- From chart to treatment
Module 4 · 8 lessons
Reasoned protocols
Real presenting complaints, with differential, points and referral criteria.
- Neck and low back pain
- Shoulder, elbow, and knee
- Headaches and migraine
- Digestive system
- Respiratory and allergies
- Gynecology
- Insomnia, anxiety, and mood
- Dermatology and miscellany
Module 5 · 5 lessons
The complete acupuncturist
What separates someone who needles from someone who treats.
- Clinical record, consent, and follow-up
- Applied chronoacupuncture
- Integrating acupuncture and herbal medicineYou are here
- Integrated clinical case
- Final exam · Acupuncture III
Requirements
Acupuncture I and II.
How it works
Acupuncture Pathway
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Acupuncture Pathway I-III
All three acupuncture courses, saving you €80, plus three years of Atlas Pro.
You save $80 compared with buying the courses separately
3 years of Atlas Pro included
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Complete Training
All five courses, saving you €180, plus five years of Atlas Pro and the game included.
You save $180 compared with buying the courses separately
5 years of Atlas Pro included
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This lesson and the rest of the course: 23 lessons, 7 hours, quizzes and exercises. You pay once and it is yours for life, with one year of Atlas Pro as a gift (if you already have it, it adds to the time you have left).
Acupuncture III
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