Description

The Master of Science in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine is a four academic year professional degree curriculum designed to prepare graduates to be effective, competent, and caring members of the Chinese medicine profession. The Academy’s MAcCHM program can be completed in three calendar years/ four academic years by full-time students. The curriculum is divided into two portions: the pre-professional courses of the first two calendar years; and the graduate courses of the final calendar year. The preprofessional courses are considered to be equivalent to the latter two upper division years of a baccalaureate program. Written and practical comprehensive examinations are given in order to assess and determine each student’s eligibility for the next level of study and for graduation.

Course Curriculum

The Chinese arts of acupuncture, acupressure, herbal prescription, Taiji and qigong, and meditation are all based upon the study of the foundational theories of yin and yang, the five elements, and eight principles. The practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine is able to determine the condition of the patient’s health by feeling and studying the pulse, observing the tongue, and asking specific questions. Whether the diagnosis is understood and explained in terms of the meridians, the internal zangfu organs, qi and blood, nutrition, or lifestyle, the patient’s imbalances and the practitioner’s treatment plan are always unified by the coherent framework which is traditional Chinese medicine.

Trainer Expertise

ACUPUNCTURE 260

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