Tony Booker led a successful three-week trip for practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine which included two weeks’ clinical experience in one of China’s most modern hospitals where participants had the opportunity to treat patients under the watchful eye of senior TCM doctors, and lectures from hospital staff.
We intend to run another in spring 2010
Where: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine - Reading
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Price: £
Learn how to make your treatment of pain more effective and quicker using acupuncture and extraordinary therapies, with Radha Thambirajah at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading.
Topics for the day
• The differentiation of the types of pain according to bi syndrome, and the different therapies and energetic approaches to be used in these situations
• Treating hot, cold, damp and wind type pains with electrical needle stimulation, hot needles, cupping and wind elimination technique and plum blossom needling.
• Backache and sciatica, hip and pelvic pain, knee, elbow and small joints of the hands and feet, neck and shoulder pain with neck-related headaches
• One point therapy for pain
This will be a practical session including hands-on work under supervision. Radha brings her 40 years of clinical experience into this course, sharing with participants her tips and observations to make acupuncture treatment for pain effective and quick.
Radha Thambirajah graduated from Shanghai Medical College in 1970 where she specialised in acupuncture. After her internship in China she returned to Sri Lanka and established her practice. In 1980 she founded the Academy of Chinese Acupuncture, training doctors and health professionals from all over the world. In 1984 she moved to England, opening the Academy in Berlin with a branch in Barcelona. To date, the Academy has trained over 8,000 students worldwide. Radha practises in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Her books, Energetics in Acupuncture (2005) and Cosmetic Acupuncture and Dermatological Diseases (2007) are also available in German. She has taught acupuncture in Europe for over 20 years and follows the Chinese style of teaching using hands-on methods and providing lots of practice. Courses are lively and interactive. She believes learning acupuncture should be fun and enjoyable and create confidence in the learner.
£ Refunds cannot be made unless at least two weeks notice is given.
Parking is available at the Oracle shopping centre nearby. There is no car parking available at the College. We are a short walk from Reading railway station, at 19 Castle Street. Click here for directions and a map.
0118 950 8880
30 June - 1 July 2010
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Advanced tongue diagnosis
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Healing the eyes with acupuncture
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You the therapist: qi dynamics in the therapeutic encounter
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Getting the point: Liver and Gall bladder
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Trigger points
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How do Chinese masters become masters?
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Needling skills
9 Dec 2010
Common midwifery complications
22 Jan 2011
Shen: emotional disorders and our clinical practice
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Paediatric tui na
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Getting better at getting the CF
9 - 10 Feb 2011
Diseases in the over 40s
28 Feb - 1 Mar 2011
The art of feeling qi
3 Mar 2011
The art of projecting qi
4 Mar 2011
The art of using qi to sense qi in others
BSc (Hons) Acupuncture and MSc courses offered in collaboration with Kingston University. Our students have access to StudySpace Kingston University's online learning recourse.
Our acupuncture courses are accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (BAAB)