Courses

Chinese Pulse, Tongue and Face Diagnosis 6 Month Diploma

6 one day modules over 6 months home study 4 hours per week

Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £900
Traditional Chinese Diagnosis Diploma

Admission Requirements
Complementary therapists including Western and Traditional Acupuncturists and Herbalists, Massage, Tuina, Shiatzu and Acupressure therapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractics Physiotherapists, Doctors, Nurses other Health professionals and TCM or Herbal students who wish to develop their diagnostic skills.

Content
Pulse, Tongue Facial diagnosis explained based on Paul's 20 years experience

Tongue and facial data are translated into an accurate and reliable assessment of the patient’s condition.

Paul explains how the Pulse has 5 levels of depth, these include floating, superficial, moderate, deep and hidden and how Chinese physicians analyse the 29 different classical pulses by splitting them into 5 categories of speed, level, condition, energy and volume.

Pulse, Face, tongue are cross referenced for confirmation

Auricular Acupuncture Two-Day Diploma Course
for Stress and Musculoskeletal Pain

Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £290
Auricular Acupuncture for Stress and Pain Diploma

Admission Requirements
The course is complementary to a variety of therapists who wish to add this amazing simple and effective technique to assist them in their practices

Outline

The emphasis of the course is on the practical application of auricular acupuncture in stress management and pain relief - how to accurately locate ear points, and how to effectively needle them.

There will be an introductory theoretical lecture which covers basic TCM and acupuncture theory, anatomy of the ear, general concept of auricular therapy, health and safety issues and precautions/contraindications for auricular acupuncture.

Making Chinese Herbal Balms for
Musculoskeletal Treatments CPD

Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £150
CPD certificate

Admission Requirements
Acupuncturists, Osteopaths, Chiropractic, Physiotherapists, Doctors, Nurses, Health Professionals, Thai, Tuina, Shiatzu, Massage, and other Types of Body Workers

Outline

This Course is for those interested in how to use Chinese Herbal Medicine for musculoskeletal ailments, sports injury and traumatic injury, bruises and sore muscles, to stop pain, reduce swelling and inflammation and disperse blood stagnation.

The herbs could be applied as a balm after the treatment to the affected area. Or patient could drink them as a herbal tea or as a medicinal wine to heal them from the inside.

This is also an introductory lesson to the full 1 year Diploma course in Chinese Herbal Medicine

Musculoskeletal Acupuncture 6 Month Diploma Course

1 day per month

Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £900
Musculoskeletal Acupuncture Diploma

Admission Requirements
Osteopaths, Chiropractics, Physiotherapists, Doctors, Nurses, Health Professionals, Tuina, Thai, Shatzu, Sports Massage Therapists with Anatomy and Physiology.

Outline
This is a post-graduate course composed of 6 one day modules.

The course is specifically designed as an advanced, intensive course for therapists, who wish to broaden their knowledge, further their skills and treatment outcomes.

The emphasis of the course falls on the practical application of acupuncture as a treatment for a variety of musculoskeletal and sports conditions.

The course focuses on correct deep needling of all the articulations, joints and muscle relaxing points within the body

Spinal Acupuncture (Hua Tuo Jai Ji Para vertebral Points)

2 day CPD course of 15 hours runs over 2 days
Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £290
CPD certificate
Admission Requirements
Western and Traditional Qualified Acupuncturists, Acupuncture Students on Degree level courses, Doctors, Osteopaths, Chiropractics Physiotherapists and other Health professionals. Graduates of Orthopaedic Acupuncture course.

Outline
This is a unique course combining authentic Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Needling Techniques (level 1) with an explanation of correct usage of reinforcing and reducing needling manipulations and advanced applications of Spinal Acupuncture Therapy.

Spinal Acupuncture is an effective Acupuncture Therapy using the central nervous system to treat the whole body.

Paul’s Spinal Acupuncture

Chinese Herbal Medicine 1 & 2 Year Degree Level Diploma

20 half day modules per year home study 6 hours pw
Teacher Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Cost £1500 per annum
Chinese Herbal Medicine Diploma (year 1)
Advanced Chinese Herbal Medicine Diploma (year 2)

Admission Requirements
Western and Traditional Qualified Acupuncturists, Acupuncture Students on Degree level courses, Herbalists, Doctors, Osteopaths, Chiropractics Physiotherapists and other Health professionals and herbal students/graduates who wish to develop their formulation skills. Applicants must have completed the Pulse face and Tongue Diagnosis Diploma course or have prior good grounding in TCM or Western Diagnostics

Content
Study of 200 Chinese Herbal medicines modules will cover Herbs which are similar and assist each other working in synergy you will study their differences to understand the feature properties and practical application of each Herb.
The Pulses and Tongues studied in each module will be relevant to the Herbs chosen so as to focus attention on a particular syndrome. This course will cultivate a clear passage from the diagnostic signs seen the pulse tongue and face to the ability to formulate your own herbal prescriptions.

Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA

Head of the College of Chinese Medicine TCM faculty Chairman of the Acupuncture Society

Paul Robin has been teaching and practicing Traditional Chinese medicine for over 20 years. He was trained in the Fook Sang style by Dr Ac Bernard Kai Lam Lee (who was a TCM specialist brought over from China by the British Acupuncture Association) and qualified in 1987. Paul was Dr Lees full time apprentice and assistant for 9 years during which time he conducted research and lectured at the Fook Sang courses held at Imperial College and was President of the Fook Sang Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Practitioners Association.

In 1994 Paul founded the College of Chinese Medicine and some years later founded the Acupuncture Society in order to establish Chinese style Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in the UK.

Paul specializes in Spinal, Traditional and Chinese Medical Style Deep Needling Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Diagnosis and complex Chinese Herbal formulations.

He represents the Acupuncture Society in the Acupuncture Stakeholders Group which is working with leading members of the profession toward the future regulation of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and preparing for the professions inclusion into the NHS.

Paul lectures at the College of Chinese Medicine and is also a specialist TCM consultant at the Clinic of the College of Chinese Medicine in Harley Street.

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