Clinical study trip to Guangzhou, China

The College organises clinical study visits to well established hospitals in China for practitioners of acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. These trips provide graduates with a valuable opportunity to find out more about the way Chinese medicine is currently practised in its country of origin.

Classical syndromes affecting the spirit

Date: Sat 2 June 2012

Where: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine - Reading

Time: 10:00 - 17:00

Price: £

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Event description

Explore treatments for patients experiencing disturbed emotional wellbeing with Elisa Rossi at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading.

In this seminar Elisa will discuss some classical syndromes such as zangzao (agitation of the organs), bentunqi (running piglet) and diankuang (madness). She will compare them with modern definitions like anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and psychotic outbursts. She will also go through some treatments for these conditions including ‘shen axis’ points used to regulate the emotions. She will put the conditions into the context of patient case histories. Participants are welcome to bring their own cases for further discussion. Elisa will also present classical descriptions and modern interpretations of hun and po.

Elisa Rossi is an MD who has been an acupuncturist since 1983 and a licensed acupuncture teacher since 1996. She also has a PhD in clinical psychology, is a Jungian psychotherapist and has a BA in philosophy. Since 1983 she has gained clinical experience in Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and Jinan Hospitals. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the MediCina School of TCM in Italy. She is also a member of the Milano Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa teaches and collaborates with various schools and research centres in Italy and elsewhere. In recent years she has lectured in the UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland, and Israel, among other countries. Since 2002 she has run Xiaoxiao, a free acupuncture and tui na children’s centre in Milan. Elisa cooperates with Agopuntura Senza Frontiere ASF and volunteered in Madagascar in 2008 and in Laos in 2011.
She has written three books: Shen – Psycho-Emotional Aspects of Chinese Medicine, Churchill Livingstone, 2007; Basi di Medicina Cinese e Clinica di Tuina, CEA, 2004 and the newly published Pediatrics in Chinese Medicine, Donica, 2011.

Course fee

£ Refunds cannot be made unless at least two weeks notice is given.

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