Clinical study trip to Guangzhou, China Autumn 2008

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

Chinese health preservation

Date: Thu 4 Mar 2010

Where: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine - Reading

Time: 10:00 - 17:00

Price: £

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Event description

The longer we practise medicine, the more we realise that there are no magic solutions and it is very hard to treat major disease once it has arisen. With epidemics of conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease now prevalent, the biggest single assistance medicine in its widest sense can offer is how to look after the human body to minimise the chances of developing serious disease. This is what is meant in the Neijing (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, 100 BCE to 100 CE) when it says 'The superior physician helps before the disease has arisen'.

There is a great depth of knowledge contained in the teachings of Chinese health preservation, indeed it is fair to say that it is one of the major branches of Chinese medicine alongside herbs, acupuncture, tuina and so on. Nowadays we are able to confirm the validity of these teachings with the prolific evidence coming from lifestyle research.

This one-day seminar will cover the traditional Chinese teachings on regulation of the mind and emotions, diet, tea, alcohol, exercise, work and rest, sleep, sexual activity and self-cultivation in old age, as well as the findings of numerous research studies carried out in recent decades.

Peter Deadman , has lectured worldwide on Chinese medicine for thirty years. He is the editor of The Journal of Chinese Medicine, currently celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, and co-author of A Manual of Acupuncture, a textbook of acupuncture points.

Course fee

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

Parking and rail travel

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.