Modern Auricular Acupuncture Course

Students are expected to have and produce a copy of an anatomy / physiology qualification.

If you have no anatomy / physiology qualification, then a course can be arranged as this is a pre-requisite to attending the Modern Auricular Acupuncture course.

The course is NOT a home study course, and as far as we are concerned you cannot learn any acupuncture at home with a book !

If you are considering doing one of these courses, please don't waste your time and money, as they are not worth the paper that they are written on.

An example of which are courses that teach formulae auricular acupuncture and utilise 'beeper' units.

A beeper unit is a point finder that beeps when it finds a point.

At best with a beeper unit its a good guess !

It does not do anything else but tell the person that a point has been found.

If you use one of these units, then you will find 'lots of points'.

So, objectively ask yourself which point or points are you going to treat ?

You could use the enny meanee minny mo way of choosing a point for treatment.

Or just take it for what it is, that a point that has been found, nothing more nothing less, as far as information goes.

You may be smiling but a lot of practitioners have been taught this way and don't know any different.

The school uses measurement units, so that the points can be assessed as to whether they are relevant or not ?

Each point is an information center about what is and may be happening with its associated relationships.

The same also applies to body acupuncture points that are taught with the auricular course.

The ESMA course is not a no smoking / slimming or drug detoxification course, apart from the drug detoxification the smoking and slimming have helped to denigrate 'proper' Auricular Acupuncture as a diagnostic and treatment system in its own right.

Some body points are taught utilising measurement techniques that will allow the student to use them with auricular findings as an option of combining them together in treatment.

Modules

The course is in modular form so that students can assimilate information and concepts in a terminology that are in plain English using medical terminology.

Each module is structured and layered for ease of learning, we do not throw everything at students all at once.

Each module is based over two days typically a Saturday & Sunday, with homework assignments.

Plus one extra weekend for examinations, the first day being revision and second day examinations.

We do not teach formulae auricular or for that matter formulae body acupuncture as a school.

This is not a TCM course it is a Modern Auricular Acupuncture Course.

A thinking approach is encouraged and taught throughout the course, with measurement techniques and their applications to treatment.

What we expect from you.

We expect commitment and enthusiasm with a willingness to learn.

What can you as a student can expect from us.

A commitment with enthusiasm to teach you modern auricular acupuncture.

So that at the end of the course you will have the confidence in knowing that you are a safe, competent Modern Auricular Acupuncture practitioner.

Theory Components

Anatomy & Physiology is a prerequisite.

Recognition of medical symptoms / conditions.

The case history taking - its production and meaning.

Cartography of the auricular points of the lateral and medial auricle - visual inspection and its significance.

Meridians - the course of each classical meridian is studied.

Special points on each meridian are considered for their actions.

Conditions associated with each channel are studied.

The relationship between the meridians and musculo-skeletal system with associated body organs will be discussed.

Quadrant readings and their significance.

The action of Basic and Master Lo points uses with auricular findings.

The course of the lymphatic meridian and its points are studied.

Alarm point location and their significance.

The selection of appropriate points related to conditions observed.

Yin & Yang.

Needle uses, asepsis and disposal.

Home work assignments / case studies with each module.

Practical Components

Patient examination procedures - what to start looking for ?

Tracing the body meridians.

The introduction and use of basic equipment in Auricular Acupuncture.

Quadrant readings.

Supervised clinical experience with fellow students and patients.

Non invasive techniques.

Electrical stimulus.

Light / photon stimulus.

Electromagnetic stimulus.

Sterile needle use - on students who are in agreement.

Technical Protocols

Frequencies - their uses and appropriate selection.

Selection of appropriate treatment mode.

Supplementary

Course manuals (available to students only).

Basic acupuncture treatment unit and accessories.

Basic diagnostic meter and accessories.

Needles.

Progression

Further advanced courses are available to Modern Acupuncturists :

ACR - Auricular Cardiac Reflex.

Spinal reflexes - utilisation of the CNS.

EAV / EDS using Voll measurements points for diagnosis and treatment with the option of utilising complex homoeopathy.

Five elements using the Auricle

Five Elements using Voll systems with the option of utilising complex homoeopathy.

Homework Assignments

As part of the course, written and practical homework assignments are obligatory for all students these are part of your overall course assessment.

Students also receive written feedback and guidance on these assignments as part of the course.

Course Examinations

This course has a compulsory examination for the award of the schools diploma, there are no trick questions, only questions on what has been taught and learned.

Attendance of all weekend modules is compulsory and the completion of all homework assignments to take the examinations.

The examination will consist of three parts :

Oral examination.

Practical examination.

Theoretical examination.

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