Balance Method for Pain, Internal Medicine & Mental Health
Date(s): 17 - 19 July 2026
Time: 10am - 5pm
Eligibility: Qualified acupuncturists
Venue: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading
The Balance Method is one of the world’s most renowned distal acupuncture systems, celebrated for its effectiveness, instant results, and structured logic.
In this 3 day course at CICM, we take a comprehensive journey through the method — from its core principles to advanced applications.
You’ll start by mastering the 1-2-3 System to treat pain through local balance, then progress to global balance for internal medicine and complex systemic conditions.
We’ll also explore advanced techniques such as channel conversion according to the Ba Gua, including their use in mental and emotional disorders.
Throughout the course, we move step by step from diagnosis to clinical reasoning to point selection, with a strong focus on practical application and real clinical results.
Finally, we’ll integrate the Balance Method framework with Master Tung’s system and classical TCM acupuncture, helping you build a unified and powerful clinical approach.
By the end of this training, you’ll be ready to apply these techniques immediately and see measurable improvements in your patients’ outcomes.
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Please note - to attend this practical course, you must have current and valid insurance for practising acupuncture in the UK. You will be asked to show photo proof of this insurance when booking your place - without providing this, you will not be able to attend the course.
Sérgio Ferreira is an Acupuncturist from Oporto, Portugal, with an MSc in TCM and a background in Biochemistry.
He has dedicated the past decade to distal acupuncture techniques, focusing on Master Tung and Balance Method Acupuncture.
Sérgio studied directly with Richard Tan and several first-generation Tung disciples, including Palden Carson, Young Wei Chieh, and Chuan Min Huang.
Alongside his clinical work, he has taught these methods to hundreds of practitioners worldwide through in-person and online courses.