Acupoint Injection Therapy Part 1 of 2

Course overview

This 50 hour course provides clinical theory, principles and techniques, as well as evidence-based application for acupuncture injection therapies including TCM injection methods, Biopuncture, Physiologic Regulating Medicine, and Trigger Point Therapy. The course will cover History and development of acupuncture injection therapy, Differential Diagnosis, Definitions, concepts and pathophysiology. We will discuss the nature, function, channels entered, and contraindications of herbal, homeopathic and nutritional injectables, diseases amenable to treatment with acupuncture injection therapy and the injectables appropriate to treat them, and identification of appropriate points for treatment, including palpatory diagnosis. The course will also go into the review of anatomy and referral zones, universal precautions including management of blood borne pathogens and biohazardous waste and procedures for injections. contraindications and precautions. This course will also discuss administration techniques. Certification for this course cannot be awarded without completion of Acupoint Injection Therapy Part 2, course # 20-706697