Saam and The Varieties of Korean Acupuncture

Course overview

This presentation will explore its history and the many styles of practice it has engendered in Korea as well as elsewhere. The basis of Saam acupuncture is the 4-needle protocol. Tonifying, sedating, heating and cooling formulas will be reviewed plus other 4-needle combinations that break the standard rules. These are due to the use of Saam theory in both Constitutional and Conditional aspects of treatment. The differences between these two aspects as they relate to diagnosis and treatment will be explained. The speaker's own style of acupuncture follows this approach, and has been taught worldwide including three times in China. There are three of the author's books that can augment this presentation.