Teacher: Dr. Dai

Magic… Mystery… or Master craft ?

At the Traditional Chinese medicine course, you will learn a great deal about various healing methods, including the medicinal properties of herbs and compound TCM recipes, with a proven efficacy of thousands of years.

Course Introduction
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has formed a unique system to diagnose and cure illnesses during its’ application extending well over 3000 years. The Traditional Chinese Medicine approach is fundamentally different from that of Western medicine. Chinese TCM doctors have experimented, tried, tested and applied nature’s abundant herbs, potions , minerals, rare earths and animal glands to prepare medicines that are effective without upsetting the delicate body balances that modern western medicines so often wreck.

The clinical diagnosis and treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine are mainly based on the yin-yang and five elements theories. These theories apply the phenomena and laws of nature to the study of the physiological activities and pathological changes of the human body and its interrelationships. A typical TCM therapy may include acupuncture, herbal medicine, and qigong exercises. With acupuncture, treatment is accomplished by stimulating certain areas of the external body. Herbal medicine acts mainly on zang-fu organs internally, while qigong tries to restore the orderly information flow inside the network through the regulation of Qi. These therapies appear very different in approach yet they all share the same underlying sets of assumptions and insights in the nature of the human body and its place in the universe. Some learned scholars and scientists describe the treatment of diseases through TCM, herbal medication, acupuncture, and qigong as an "information therapy".

Course Outline

Beginning with the fundamental principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the course emphasizes on two categories. One is Chinese traditional skill of health-preserving. The other is Health-protection food of traditional Chinese medicine. Students will know about medicine and Chinese culture through this course. After the course, you would certainly get a main idea of the traditional Chinese Medicine knowledge, which will be very help to your daily life.

Course Content

The course will cover all the critical areas of training for TCM. The basic course outline is stated below and will be completed over the course period.

 The Basic Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine 

 Chinese traditional skill of health-preserving

 Diagnosis of Traditional Chinese Medicine

 The Basic Theory of  TuiNa（massage）

 Medicinal edible tea & health-protection food of traditional Chinese medicine

 Weight-reducing and beautifying of traditional Chinese medicine

  Science of channels and collaterals & acupuncture points

 Practice in channels and collaterals & acupuncture points

  The basic theory of acupuncture

 Operation method of acupuncture

  Chinese Herbalist doctor prevention and health care method

 Visit Shanghai Museum Of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Autumn Session 2010

Afternoon:    2 Sept-11 Nov       13:00-16:00      Thursday   afternoon      10 weeks       4,400RMB      TCMA4 /A1

Summer Session 2010

Afternoon:   6 July-29 July        13:00-16:00      Tuesday & Thursday        4 weeks         4,400RMB      TCA4

 Spring Session 2010

Afternoon:  25 Mar- 27 May      13:00-16:00      Thursday  afternoon        10weeks        4,400RMB      TCA4

ANNUAL HOLIDAYS *

There will be no lectures on scheduled Public Holidays
2010
National Day Holidays 1-5 October
Christmas Holidays 20 Dec- 9 Jan 2011
2011
Spring Festival Holidays 30 Jan-10 Feb
Labour day Holiday 1 May-6 May
Tomb sweeping day tba
Dragon Boat festival tba
Moon cake festival tba
National Day Holiday 1 October-7 October
Christmas Holidays 18 December-10 January 2012
* Subject to confirmation and change

Tuition fees may be submitted by cash, bank card or credit card. With the original receipt, a refund in full can be made if the prospective student notifies us in writing of his/her withdrawal from the course one week before the commencement date. If using a foreign bank card, a non-refundable charge of approximately 3.1% of the tuition fee (about RMB140) will be deducted by the bank to cover transaction costs.

For inquiry, please contact us at (86 21)6448 1768 or 64480011*1065, or send email to shclasses@yahoo.com.

Address: Room 106, No. 2088 Kaixuan Road, Shanghai (close to Panyu Rd. and Wuzhong Rd), 5 minutes walk from Yishan Rd. Station (Exit 4) or Hongqiao Rd. Station (Exit 2) of Metro Line 3 and Line 4. 

Tel: (86-21) 6448 1768     Add: Room 106, 2088 Kaixuan Rd. Shanghai (near Panyu Rd.)
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