Why choose this course? Back pain cases account for 40% of office visits and come with a wide variety of symptomology which can sometimes be difficult to diagnose. This course classifies all back pain into a common elemental Pattern which you learn to quickly recognize. Once this is established you add details of a particular case, and treat accurately.

Topics in detail - * demarcation of back pain; * anatomy of spine, shoulder and hip girdles; * structural weaknesses in spine; * curvatures in spinal cord; * risk factors; * Qi Transfer System; * Back Pain Elemental Pattern; * etiology, signs and symptoms in Western & Traditional Medicine; * tongue profiles; face color signs; * reading X-Rays and MRI scans of patients. * Discussion on neck and shoulder pain, * sprain of back; * includes full body & ear acupuncture treatment
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What's in the Pain Pack? 3 expert courses bundled into one low cost package.

Why buy it? Almost 65% of cases seen in the clinic are pain related. This pack addresses shoulder, knee and head pain with an easy to learn system.

What will you learn? How to develop an exact system of diagnosis based on the 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Course 1 Shoulder Pain
Title: Treating Frozen Shoulder with 5 Element Patterns
Topics * Movements at shoulder joint; * anatomy; * 3 Stages of Frozen Shoulder; * X-Rays; * Signs & symptoms including tongue & face color signs; * Diagnosis & treatment with body & ear points. Fine images, color coded diagrams make reading easy. -15 credits
Course 2 Knee Pain
Title: Treating Knee Pain with 5 Element Patterns
Topics * anatomy with emphasis on the infamous anterior cuneate ligament; * movements; * why women are more vulnerable; * Western and Traditional concepts; * etiology, signs, symptoms; * diagnosis and treatment; * deals with chronic degenerative & activity-related conditions, osteoarthritis, knee injury. A complete module to enable you to deal with knee pain when you see it in your clinic - 5 credits
Course 3 Migraine
Title: Acupuncture for Headaches & Migraine
A comprehensive course which takes you from genesis of migraine to effective treatment. Explains pathology and differential diagnosis. Discusses elemental Patterns; signs & symptoms. Enables you to treat this common condition effectively. Offers preventive strategies. Enables you to deal with migraine of any nature - 5 credits
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Why choose this course? The face runs yang channels and can show distinctive color changes in illness. If identified beyond doubt, the diagnosis becomes doubtless. The course teaches you skills which make you proficient in the style.

What will you learn? A step by step approach from beginning to end to where you can apply what you learned directly into your practice.
Diagnostic style Based on 60th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Course content - 4 Parts, 54 pages in highly illustrated Workbook. Emailed as PDF.
Topics in detail - * basic understanding of role of colors on face, * anatomy including muscles, arterial supply, bones; * understanding elemental sectors on face, * diagnostic colors on sectors of face, * 5 distinctive elemental Patterns for refining diagnosis, * how to work out signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment from specific color changes, * 5 case studies with color images of actual faces
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Why to choose this course? This condition is common in people after 40, particularly in women. This comprehensive approach teaches you to deal with this condition in all its manifestations.

What will you learn? A universal Elemental Pattern which applies to all shoulder pains, which becomes the basis of an effective treatment.
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Course content - 6 Parts, 54 pages on Workbook. Emailed as PDF.
Topics in detail - * movements at shoulder joint, * anatomy including bones, tendons, ligaments, capsule; * understanding joints involving scapula, clavicle and humerus; * studying lines of force from scapula onto ribs and arm; * musculature of the shoulder, arm and chest; * etiology in Western& Traditional Medicine; * signs & symptoms in Western & Traditional Medicine; * 3 Stages of shoulder pain; * 5 elemental Patterns in Frozen Shoulder; * etiology in Traditional Medicine; * channels involved; * tongue profiles; face color signs; *reading X-Rays. * Also discussion on neck and shoulder pain, sprain of back; * includes full body & ear acupuncture treatment.
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Why take this course? Sleep disorders afflict 33% of the population in one form or another and Sleep Apnea figures in almost all of these.

What will you learn? An Elemental Pattern which integrates Sleep Apnea with Insomnia, Obesity and ADD, and presents a way of treating all conditions with a single treatment approach
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Course content - 6 Parts, 54 pages on Workbook. Emailed as PDF.
Topics in detail - Sleep apnea is always part of a complex illness such as insomnia, obesity & eating disorders, narcolepsy, ADD, hypertension. This course teaches you how to diagnose the underlying condition, with anatomy, physiology, elemental patterns and differential diagnosis. Workbook contains fine imagery and easy charts. Prepares you to treat Sleep Apnea effectively.
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Why would you learn with this Course? An efficient working knowledge of neck pain and its variations you are likely to see in your practice, such as acute sprain and Whiplash, structured on to unique Elemental Patterns.

Topics discussed - * how a neck injury can involve lower spine; * differences in shapes of vertebral segments; * musculature & channels on neck; * Qi based weaknesses in neck and spine; * etiology in Western & Traditional Medicine; * Understanding Elemental Patterns * Acute Neck Sprain [etiology, signs, symptoms, treatment]; * Whiplash [etiology, signs, symptoms, how to grade; localization of pain; emotional injury; detailed treatment strategies including body and ear acupuncture]; brief discussion on other neck pains like Cervical spondylosis or osteoarthritis; neck pain that radiates down one arm; a study of an MRI of a ruptured disc. The workbook is profusely illustrated in the best tradition of anatomy and clinical methods
What will you achieve? A fine understanding of Neck Pain and how to accurately diagnose and treat it with a bi elemental Pattern and an easy acupuncture protocol. If you want to specialize in neck pain this is a great first step. If you are already good at treating this condition this course will refine your skills and augment your knowledge base.
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Why would you learn with this Course? This is a troublesome and painful condition which disables the patient causing excruciating pain at every step. The protocol we will learn offers a quick and effective way of curing it.

Topics discussed - * etiology; * understanding plantar fascia & bony spur; * 3 simple steps to diagnose the condition; * bones of the foot; * X-Ray of foot explained; elemental description of parts of the foot; * signs & symptoms; * treatment with body and ear points fully explained.
The workbook is fully illustrated to make learning easy and fun
What will you achieve? A fine understanding of Heel pain and how to accurately diagnose and treat it with an easy acupuncture protocol. The same protocol also prevents the condition in people who are prone to get a relapse.
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Why take this course? To learn an easy system of treating this common and dangerous ailment and apply it in practice.

What will you learn? A complete system of finding an exact diagnosis and accurate treatment using an effective Patterns based approach..

Course format - Workbook with color images and easy charts
Details * inbuilt errors in taking Blood Pressure; * types of BP machines; * the stethoscope; * the correct patient position to take a reading; * the anatomy of the heart: * thermodynamics and sequence of movement of blood in 4 heart Chambers; * heart sounds; * BP sounds; Table for normal BP; Essential Hypertension; * etiology including elemental Patterns in High BP; complete acu point protocol for treatment, including ear points. Prevention.
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Why take a course on treating Migraine? This is a common condition and you will see it in one form or another regularly in your practice. This course prepares you to recognize all forms of it and deal with these.

What will you learn? An elemental Patterns based approach which identifies Metal Tarnished Attacking Liver Wood as the basis of all migraines. Includes detailed diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Topics discussed - * anatomy of skull and channel specific sectors * etiology Signs & symptoms in Western Medicine; * classifying migraine*
5 elemental Patterns in 4 kinds of migraine; * etiology in Traditional Medicine; * channels involved; * tongue profiles; face color signs; * Signs & Symptoms in Traditional usage. * includes full body & ear acupuncture treatment.
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Why take a course on treating Knee Pain? Knee pain is a common condition you will see in your clinic on an ongoing basis. This course discusses the origin of this condition and how to treat it wisely and easily.

What will you learn? An elemental Patterns based approach which identifies a main 2 element pattern as the basis of all knee pain. Includes detailed diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Topics discussed - * anatomy of knee and channel specific sectors * etiology Signs & symptoms in Western Medicine; * classifying knee pain; * 5 elemental Patterns; * etiology in Traditional Medicine; * channels involved; * tongue profiles; face color signs; * Signs & Symptoms in Traditional usage. * includes full body & ear acupuncture treatment. Includes study of X-Rays of actual patients.
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Why take this course? In Traditional Medicine Obesity is the result of a Disharmony between 2 elements. This course discusses the variety most prevalent and explains its genesis and progression.

What will you learn? An elemental Patterns based approach which identifies Liver Aggressing on Earth and how this can be diagnosed and contained.
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Topics discussed - * Obesity types in Western Medicine * Obesity classification in Traditional Medicine; * 5 elemental Patterns in Obesity; * etiology in Traditional Medicine; * channels involved; * tongue profiles; face color signs; * Signs & Symptoms of Earth Type Obesity in Traditional usage. * includes full body & ear acupuncture treatment.
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Why take this course? In the 60th Difficult Issue in Nan Ching the Sage says diagnosing illness by the face color makes a person a Spirit Healer, the highest form of healer. This course gives you basic skills towards becoming one.

What will you learn? Basics of how to diagnose using face color changes
Diagnostic style Based on 60th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.
Topics discussed - *Face sectors which belong to 5 elements; *normal colors of face; *face color changes in illness; * how to diagnose illness according to changes in colors and hues of the face; " creating a face color diagnosis template which you can use in your practice; * studying actual faces; some treatment strategies; * case studies
A great first step to developing this very useful skill
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What would you learn with this Course? The tongue holds Shen, and Shen holds the secret of where an illness lies. If you know where to look, this becomes revealed and a quick and dependable diagnosis is facilitated

Topics discussed * How the Shen coat is distributed on the tongue; * how to orient elemental qualities to specific tongue sectors; * a diagrammatic and anatomical identification of tongue sectors; * Working with the underside of tongue & how to read the veins correctly; * Working with the diagnostic bi-elemental Patterns and how to locate these on the tongue; * Step by step instruction based on vivid imagery; * Plus an interesting and intriguing case study.
What will you achieve? An expertise in this quick and accurate system. Apart from Face Color Diagnosis, Tongue diagnosis is the quickest way to find out what is going on inside the body
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Why take a course on Sinusitis? This condition afflicts 1 out of every 3 persons in one form or another. This course explains its genesis and development in easy terms using great imagery and facilitates you to deal with it efficiently in your practice.

What will you learn? An easier way to diagnose Sinusitis in all its forms no matter how chronic the condition.
Diagnostic style Based on 50th Difficult Issue Nan Ching.

Course content - 2 Parts, 67 pages on Workbook. Emailed as PDF.
Topics in detail - PART I * 4 types of sinuses; * anatomy including location, shape, structure and position in skull; * drainage system of sinuses; * role of maxillary sinusitis in misdiagnosed tooth pain; * nasal turbinates explained; * specialized mucosa covering sinuses and nasal cavity; * pain presentation in sinusitis; * grading sinusitis; * acute & chronic sinusitis clinical picture; * etiological factors; * 2 simple tests for sinusitis; * understanding ethmoidal and sphenoidal sinuses; * Signs and Symptoms of 4 types of sinusitis; * reading X-Rays, a detailed discussion with actual plates; * a Traditional understanding of Sinusitis. * Element-specific signs and symptoms; detailed treatment with body & ear acupuncture
Part II - * nasal hygiene, what to tell the patient; * sinus lavage or nasal wash: * pain patterns refined; * more X-Rays with detailed reading; * the Molar-Maxillary connection; diagnostic tender points on face; * conclusion
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