Course Overview
Please Note: This is an Audio and Reading Course.
Worldwide, diabetes mellitus affects approximately 130 million people. By 2010, it’s estimated that this number will increase to 220 million. There’s a growing need for any treatments to help control of this condition. Chinese medicine has recognized and treated diabetes as a distinct disease for 2,500 years, and modern research has shown that it can work better than many Western drugs, reduce the dosages of those drugs, alleviate their side effects and achieve better clinical outcomes when used in tandem with those drugs.
This course covers:
(1) Insulin resistance and syndrome X, plus diabetes and: hypertension, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular disease, neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, dermatological complications, opportunistic infections, acromelic gangrene
(2) Why the Chinese medical literature on diabetes does not mirror real-life clinical practice
(3) The unsung roles of the liver and spleen in the disease mechanisms of diabetes
(4) How to use Western disease staging to help in pattern discrimination
(5) Why blood stasis is almost always involved in diabetic complications
(6) A specific diabetes materia medica and formulary
(7) How and when to get the most out of acupuncture when treating diabetes
Objectives
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Students will understand the extent to which Diabetes is affecting the world’s population
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Students will understand the importance of using Chinese medicine to treat this disease
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Students will understand the effectiveness of using Chinese medicine in tandem with Western drugs
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Students will understand in addition to the general Chinese pattern of Diabetes the patterns and complicating effects on the following conditions: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, cerebral vascular disease, neuropathy, nephropathy and many others.
Outline
0 hrs - 1 hrs
Introduction: What is Diabetes and its effect on the world’s population
1 hrs - 2 hrs
Why the Chinese medical literature on diabetes does not mirror real-life clinical practice
2 hrs - 3.5 hrs
The unsung roles of the liver and spleen in the disease mechanisms of diabetes
3.5 hrs - 5.5 hrs
How to use Western disease staging to help in pattern discrimination
5.5 hrs - 6.5 hrs
Why blood stasis is almost always involved in diabetic complications
6.5 hrs - 9.5 hrs
A specific diabetes materia medica and formulary
9.5 hrs - 11 hrs
How and when to get the most out of acupuncture when treating diabetes. Discussion and treatment of the following conditions: Insulin resistance and syndrome X, plus diabetes and: hypertension, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular disease, neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, dermatological complications, opportunistic infections, acromelic gangrene
11 hrs - 14 hrs
Reading - Acupuncture Treatment of Diabetes
Teacher
Bob Flaws
Bob Flaws began his study of Chinese medicine in 1977, and has since become one of the best-known English-language teachers, authors and practitioners of Chinese medicine. A champion of both the paradigm and process of Chinese medicine, Bob has written, translated and/or published over 80 books and hundreds of articles on the subject.
Disclaimers
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Unlimited Access & CEUS
You will have unlimited access to this course for as long as it is on Net of Knowledge, so that you can keep reviewing and learning from it over the years.
CEU requirements must be completed within 1 year from the purchase. During this time, you must finish the training and complete any required documents to get your certificate. You must also print and save your certificate for your own records.
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Cancellation Policy
Please note we do not offer refunds for our online courses or webinars.
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Note
The course contents are available in an online format only; you will not receive a DVD or physical copy – they are only available through the internet in your online account.
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CPDs:
Approved By: AACMA (14), ANTA (14), ATMS (14), Acupuncture NZ (14), Standard Certificate (14), NCCAOM (14)
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Language: English
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Course Type: Audio and Reading
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Course Length: 14 h
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Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.
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Access Period: Lifetime
