Academy of Chinese Culture
& Health Sciences

Academy of Chinese Culture
& Health Sciences

Course Agenda

April 2, 2022-April 3, 2022 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Not Available)
4/2~3 Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Low Back, Core and Pelvic Girdle
Anthony Von der Muhll

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts)
History-taking: key diagnostic questions
Physical exam of the low back, core and pelvic girdle: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities
Diagnosis and Pattern Identification
Treatment

 

March 5, 2022-March 6, 2022 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Not Available)
3/5~6 Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Shoulder, Arm, Hand
Anthony Von der Muhll

2-day focuses:
Day 1: Shoulder Girdle
Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, & the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts)
History-taking for the shoulder: key diagnostic questions
Physical exam of the shoulder: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities
Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for shoulder girdle pain, injuries and disability
Day 2: Arm, Wrist, and Hand

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin
History-taking for the arm, wrist, and hand: key diagnostic questions
Physical exam of the arm, wrist and hand
Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for arm, wrist and hand pain, injuries and disability

  1. Posterior & radial tracts: yangming and shaoyang
  2. Ulnar tract: taiyang and shaoyin
  3. Anterior tract: taiyin, shaoyin, jueyin
  4. Intrinsic wrist conditions
  5. Intrinsic hand conditions

Ergonomics, postural correction and exercise therapy for shoulder, arm and hand conditions

 

March 5, 2022-March 6, 2022 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Not Available)
3/5~6 Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Shoulder, Arm, Hand
Anthony Von der Muhll

2-day focuses:
Day 1: Shoulder Girdle
Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, & the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts)
History-taking for the shoulder: key diagnostic questions
Physical exam of the shoulder: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities
Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for shoulder girdle pain, injuries and disability
Day 2: Arm, Wrist, and Hand

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin
History-taking for the arm, wrist, and hand: key diagnostic questions
Physical exam of the arm, wrist and hand
Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for arm, wrist and hand pain, injuries and disability

  1. Posterior & radial tracts: yangming and shaoyang
  2. Ulnar tract: taiyang and shaoyin
  3. Anterior tract: taiyin, shaoyin, jueyin
  4. Intrinsic wrist conditions
  5. Intrinsic hand conditions

Ergonomics, postural correction and exercise therapy for shoulder, arm and hand conditions

 

February 5, 2022-February 6, 2022 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Orthopedic Acupuncture: Head, Neck and Thorax
Anthony Von der Muhll

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts) introduction, History-taking for head, neck, thorax: key diagnostic questions, Physical exam of the head, neck, thorax: key procedures, Diagnosis and pattern identification, Treatment of head, neck, and thorax pain and injuries.

 

January 10, 2022-January 10, 2022 9:00 AM-6:00 AM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the 3 Yin Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): the Medial and Axial Tracts
Anthony Von der Muhll

The 3 yin  筋 jing-jin (taiyin, shaoyin, and jueyin–“sinew meridians”) of Chinese medicine describe myofascial tracts that run along the medial and axial regions of the body from head to toe. Understanding the 3 yin jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt distally and proximally towards additional muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments that also may need treatment.

 

January 9, 2022-January 9, 2022 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the Taiyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Anterior Tract
Anthony Von der Muhll

The yangming  筋 jing-jin (“sinew meridian”) of Chinese medicine describes the myofascial tract that runs along the anterior body from head to toe. Understanding the yangming jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt distally and proximally towards additional muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments that also may need treatment.

 

January 8, 2022-January 8, 2022 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the Shaoyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Lateral Tract
Anthony Von der Muhll

Understanding the shaoyang jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt distally and proximally towards additional muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments that also may need treatment.

 

January 7, 2022-January 7, 2022 9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Intro
Anthony Von der Muhll

The classical 经筋jing-jin (“sinew meridians”) of Chinese medicine describe tracts of myofascial tissues that roughly follow the jing-luo (“primary meridians”).

Understanding the jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt, to distal and proximal locations that also may need treatment. Knowing the muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments of each jing-jin, and how to examine and treat them is a valuable complement to the cross-sectional approach of contemporary orthopedics, and opens up avenues towards holistic rehabilitation from injuries, pain and disability, including:

  • Decreased muscle-tendon pain and tension, and improved strength and function
  • Decreased joint pain, and increased flexibility and range-of-motion
  • Improved posture, movement, and whole-body biomechanics

 

January 7, 2022-January 7, 2022 9:00 AM-10:00 AM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Intro
Anthony Von der Muhll

The classical 经筋jing-jin (“sinew meridians”) of Chinese medicine describe tracts of myofascial tissues that roughly follow the jing-luo (“primary meridians”).

Understanding the jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt, to distal and proximal locations that also may need treatment. Knowing the muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments of each jing-jin, and how to examine and treat them is a valuable complement to the cross-sectional approach of contemporary orthopedics, and opens up avenues towards holistic rehabilitation from injuries, pain and disability, including:

  • Decreased muscle-tendon pain and tension, and improved strength and function
  • Decreased joint pain, and increased flexibility and range-of-motion
  • Improved posture, movement, and whole-body biomechanics

 

January 7, 2022-January 7, 2022 10:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Acupuncture Treatment of the Taiyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Posterior Tract
Anthony Von der Muhll

The taiyang  筋 jing-jin (“sinew meridian”) of Chinese medicine describes the myofascial tract that runs along the posterior body from head to toe. Understanding the taiyang jing-jin can guide clinicians from where pain is felt distally and proximally towards additional muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments that also may need treatment. Learn classical and modern examination and treatment of the taiyang jing-jin tissues.

 

December 13, 2021-December 13, 2021 11:00 AM-1:00 PM (Not Available)
ACCHS Orthopedics and Pain Management Series – Electroacupuncture for Orthopedic Conditions
Anthony Von der Muhll

 

December 13, 2021-December 13, 2021 2:00 PM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
Advanced Cupping for Orthopedic Conditions
Anthony Von der Muhll

 

December 13, 2021-December 13, 2021 9:00 AM-11:00 AM (Not Available)
Myofascial Gua Sha for Orthopedic Conditions
Anthony Von der Muhll

 

December 12, 2021-December 12, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Acu Ortho Essentials III: Myofascial Trigger Pt & Joint Needling
Anthony Von der Muhll

 

December 11, 2021-December 11, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Acu Ortho Essentials II: Exam, Diagnosis, and Tx Strategies
Anthony Von der Muhll

 

December 10, 2021-December 10, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Introduction to Acupuncture Physical Medicine
Anthony Von der Muhll

Neck and shoulder injuries and pain serve as a clinical example to demonstrate theory, principles, modalities and techniques of acupuncture orthopedics. The course will provide overview of acupuncture orthopedics: integrating Eastern and Western understandings of injuries, pain and disability through teaching Pain psychology and neural hypersensitivity, Optimal treatment of orthopedic tissues, Kinesiology and the jing-jin (“sinew channels”): understanding posture and motion disorders and The orthopedic interview.

 

November 12, 2021-November 14, 2021 9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
Facial Acupuncture Classes
Michelle Gellis

Join Michelle Gellis at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in Oakland, California for hands-on training and earn facial acupuncture CEUs. This is a three-day intensive class including lecture and hands-on practice for licensed acupuncturists*. See class descriptions here.

 

 

September 10, 2021-September 11, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Wu Yun Liu Qi II – Astro Climatology in the Practice of Herbal Medicine Michael
Michael Givens

This course will further introduce the cosmological, philosophical, astronomical, and medical background to the theory found in chapters 66-74 in the Huangdi neijing suwen (as edited by Wang Bing in the Song Dynasty).  We will continue to explore the worldviews and perspectives from different time periods in ancient (classical and medieval) China that form a basis for the 7 Great Chapters (Qipian Dalun).  We will then look at classical sources as well as the alternative fields of divination practice related to the Wuyun Liuqi practice, and the basic structures of the systems.  This theory opens up the possibility of perceiving and understanding medicine from a holistic worldview beyond that of the authors, and for this reason, as well as its clinical significance and usefulness, we will explore the depths and profundity of these systems in relation to modern diseases, including epidemics.  We will compare “epidemics” with the classical perspective of the “movements of heaven” (Tianxing), and conclude by looking at the Wuyun Liuqi for 2021 leading up to 2022, and the clinical prescriptions (of Wei (flavor) and Qi) that are appropriate.

 

August 22, 2021-August 22, 2021 1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
在菲律宾用中药治疗175例新冠肺炎患者的体会
Shengrong Liu

本课程是刘医师在菲律宾用中医药治疗175例COVID 19患者的经验。

 

August 21, 2021-August 21, 2021 1:00 PM-7:00 PM (Not Available)
温补法治疗173例不孕症之经验
Shengrong Liu

本课程是刘医师介绍其应用温补法治疗的173例不孕症的成功经验。

 

July 12, 2021-July 12, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Pathomechanisms in Shanghan Lun 
Brandt Stickley

Each of the Six Conformations has distinctive elements of its own physiology, and corresponding ways in which pathomechanisms tend to manifest. This course will explore the most important pathomechanisms of each conformation, along with the use of herbs and formulas that correspond to specific movements to correct these deviations from optimal physiology.

 

July 10, 2021-July 11, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Shanghan Lun Formula Families: Guizhi and Mahuang
Daniel Eng

Fang Zheng, or Formula Presentation, is a style of Shanghan Lun practice that works from the original lines of the Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue, along with the accumulated experience of historical physicians, to describe the clinical presentations for which classical formulas can reliably be used safely, and effectively. This course will focus on formulas that emphasize the herbal methods of Guizhi and Mahuang.

 

July 9, 2021-July 9, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Foundation Classics: Introduction to Neijing and Nanjing
Allen Tsaur

The Nei Jing and Nan Jing are often celebrated as being the foundational classics of Chines Medicine. This course will explore their histories, authorship, and evolutions through time. It will also explore the formats of the texts, their main ideas and lasting contributions to the thought and practice of Chinese Medicine.

 

April 26, 2021-April 26, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Afterglow: Dragon Fire, Defense Qi and Immunological Maps
Z’ev Rosenberg

In this course, Z’ev will explore and expound on one of the most fundamental yet misunderstood concepts in Chinese Medicine; Ministerial Fire.

 

April 25, 2021-April 25, 2021 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Introduction to Classical Physiology
Brandt Stickley

Understand the pathophysiology that indicates key formulas from the Shanghan Zabing Lun.

 

April 24, 2021-April 24, 2021 9:00 AM-1:00 PM (Not Available)
Clinical Applications of the Mythical Tangyejing
Sharon Weizenbaum

Understand the basic structure and indications of the Five-Phase formulas as they relate to the Sheng and Ke cycles and to Shang Han Lun formulas

 

April 23, 2021-April 23, 2021 1:00 PM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
The Creation of the Mythical Tangyejing
Sabine Wilms

In this course, Dr. Wilms will discuss the fascinating story behind a medieval manuscript on medicinal substances and formulas.

 

August 23, 2020-August 23, 2020 9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Strokes 中风的早期诊断与治疗
Xijun Lin

This seminar will focus on the differentiation for the early signs of stroke, such as transient ischemic attack (TIA) during our clinical practice. Acupuncture treatments for Strokes

 

June 12, 2020-June 14, 2020 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Facial Rejuvination with Acupuncture & Acupressure/Massage – CANCELLED
Virginia Doran

CANCELLED

In this three-day workshop, participants will learn a highly effective method of Facial Rejuvenation that simultaneously benefits a person’s appearance and overall health. The course will allow opportunity for theoretical underpinnings (no pun intended) of this art, as well as ample opportunity for hand-on practice and refinement.

Friday, June 14th, 2020; 1pm to 6:30pm
Saturday, June 14th, 2020; 9am to 6pm
Sunday, June 14th, 2020; 9am to 6pm

 

March 14, 2020-March 15, 2020 8:30 AM-5:00 PM (Not Available)
Treating Children with O.M., Healing with Sho-ni-shin
Soma O. Glick

EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL 3/2/2020

Besides regular needle insertion techniques for children, this course will present the use of sho-ni-shin, a non-needle, painless, Japanese system used for infants and children which can be of great help for fearful or very delicate children.  The course will benefit both those who already treat children by adding a needleless modality to your acupuncture repertoire and those who have not treated children before.

 

February 7, 2020-February 10, 2020 9:00 AM-5:30 PM (Not Available)
Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis: The Complete Basics
Brandt Stickley

The Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis System is the most sophisticated, comprehensive system taught in the West, and among the most profound taught anywhere in the world.

 

December 7, 2019-December 9, 2019 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Advanced Orthopedics: Shoulder, Arm and Hand
Anthony Von der Muhll

This course presents comprehensive assessment and treatment of conditions pertaining to the shoulder, arm and hand. It focuses on anatomical considerations, assessing and treating with regard to biomechanics of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints.

 

November 24, 2019-November 24, 2019 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
Clinical Application of Hand Diagnosis 手诊的临床应用 CHINESE LANGUAGE ONLY
Xaio Qing Geng (Xiao Qing Geng (授课者: 耿晓青)

Diagnosing illness by observing the hands has a long history in Chin, where it is part of the diagnosis observation category of the four traditional Chinese methods of diagnosis (Observing, listening, inquiring and palpating) and is one of China’s many valuable and unique contributions to the art of medicine.

 

November 16, 2019-November 17, 2019 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (Not Available)
The Science of Acupuncture
John McDonald

The current state of acupuncture research; how acupunture works; history of acupuncture in the West; and evidence-based point selection methods.

 

November 1, 2019-November 4, 2019 9:00 AM-6:00 AM (Not Available)
Fundamentals of Tung Acupuncture
Henry McCann

This course serves to lay a theoretical foundation for the understanding and practice of Tung Acupuncture, as well as to cover the key points of the system.