Programs

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    • Programs / courses are offered starting January, April and September. Please visit our web site or contact the ICTCM of Vancouver Office for the Schedules.

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  • Full Time Program
    • Five-year Diploma Program for Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (DTCM) 
      • Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (DTCM) the 5 academic years, may be completed in 4 years.
      • This program qualifies its graduates to take a licensing examination to become a registered Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The program consists of a total of 3,276 hours of theoretical instruction and clinical training in five academic years. In addition to the four-year Diploma Program for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, this program further requires a minimum of 450 hours in the following subjects (and also a minimum of 150 hours of clinical instruction):
        • First Year $8,800.00*
          • 099 Foundation of Chinese Language & Terminology (28 hrs)
            • To learn Chinese medicine thoroughly, the student needs to learn "Pinyin" (which is basically the Romanization of Chinese characters), because acupuncture points, Chinese herbs and herbal formulas (which make up the major portions of Chinese medicine) are referred to in Pinyin. This course is designed to prepare students to understand and use the Pinyin system of the Chinese language.
          • 100 Foundation of TCM (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Philosophical foundation of TCM and its essential ways of thinking: theory of pure essence, yin and yang, five elements, essential ways of thinking.
              • Energy, blood, and body fluids: energy, blood, body fluids, relationships between energy, blood, and body fluids.
              • Viscera and bowels: five viscera, six bowels, odd and constant organs, and relationship between viscera and bowels.
              • Meridians: basic concepts and system of meridians, basic physiological functions of meridians, twelve master meridians, eight extra meridians, separate master meridians, separate linking meridians, muscular meridians, skin zones.
              • The body and senses.
              • Causes of diseases: external causes, internal causes, causative pathological products, other causes.
              • Pathology: pathological mechanisms and types.
              • Disease mechanisms: basic mechanisms, transmission and change of diseases.
              • Healthy lifestyles and treatment principles.
          • 101 Diagnostics of TCM (84 hrs)
            • Introduction:
            • Diagnosis by observation.
            • Tongue diagnosis.
            • Diagnosis by hearing and smelling.
            • Diagnosis by interrogation.
            • Pulse diagnosis.
            • Palpation.
            • Eight classifications of symptoms.
            • Differentiation of syndromes by causes, energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Differentiation of syndromes by viscera and bowels.
            • Introduction to other types of syndrome differentiation.
            • Methods of diagnosis and application of syndrome differentiation.
            • Introduction to diagnosis of diseases.
            • How to write patient's records.
          • 102 Chinese Herbology (1) (84 hrs)
            • Origin of Chinese Herbs and Development of Chinese Herbology.
            • Habitat and Collection of Herbs.
              • Habitat of Herbs.
              • Collection of Herbs.
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            • Forms of Preparing Herbs for Consumption.
              • Purposes of Preparation.
              • Methods of Preparation.
            • Four Properties and Actions of Herbs.
              • Four Energies.
              • Five Flavors.
              • Movements of Herbs.
              • Meridian Routes.
              • Toxicity.
            • Combination of Chinese Herbs.
            • Measures of Precaution in Consuming Herbs.
            • Dosages and Methods of Consuming Herbs.
              • Dosages of Consumption
              • Methods of Consuming Herbs.
            • Classifications of Herbs and representative herbs in each class:
          • 103 Chinese Acupuncture (1) - Meridians (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • The component and actions of jing-luo (meridians).
                The twelve meridians (shi er jing mai); the eight extra meridians (qi jing ba mai); fifteen main collaterals (shi wu luo); the branches of the twelve meridians (shi er jing bie); the muscles along the twelve meridians (shi er jing jin); the twelve skin areas (shi er pi bu).
              • The physiology and pathology of meridians.
              • Clinical applications of meridians in the field of diagnosis and treatment.
              • The classifications of acupuncture points.
                The acupuncture points on the fourteen master meridians; extraordinary points, a shi points.
              • The actions of acupuncture points.
                Distant actions; local actions; special actions.
            • Special Points.
              • Five shu points (wu shu xue), original points (yuan xue), linking points (luo xue), transport points (shu xue), gathering points (mu xue), eight meridians eight meeting points (ba mai jiao hui xue), fissural or cleft points (xi xue), lower terminal points or lower sea points (xia he xue).
            • Locating Acupuncture Points.
              • The twelve meridians and their points.
            • Lungs meridian (shou tai yin fei jing) and its points.
            • Large intestine meridian (shou yang ming da chang jing) and its points.
            • Stomach meridian (zu yang ming wei jing) and its points.
          • 104 Western Anatomy (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • To study the structure of the human body. In Chinese acupuncture, surface anatomy is considered very crucial in locating acupuncture points, whereas Western anatomy is focused on the structure of organisms. Both systems of anatomy will be studied in this course.
          • 105 Chinese Qi Gong/Tai Ji (28 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Qi-gong refers to breathing exercises to discipline the energy in the body to achieve an internal balance. Tui-na refers to the Chinese system of manipulative therapy which is a very useful system of external therapy, broader than Western massage in scope. In this course, various methods of qi-gong and tui-na will be studied.
          • 108 Western Biology, Micro Biology, Immunology (84 hrs)
            • This course is designed to achieve seven objectives:
            • A general understanding of the chemistry of life (biochemistry), the cell (cell biology), genetics, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant form & function and animal form & function
          • 109 Surface Anatomy & Acupuncture Points (42 hrs)
            • This course is designed to achieve two objectives: first, to understand the basic terms in surface anatomy; second, to learn the locations of acupuncture points with reference to surface anatomy. The anatomical terms to be learned include terms such as acromioclavicular joint, acromion, ala nasi, gastrocnemius muscle, head of fibula, 7th cervical vertebra, greater trochanter, hiatus sacralis, hyoid bone, etc. As to acupuncture points to be learned, this course covers virtually all the established points on the fourteen meridians.
          • 110 History of TCM (14 hrs)
            • This course covers the following topics of study in the history of TCM:
              • Introduction to the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine
                • The budding of medical knowledge during the primitive society.
                • Legends stage of medicine.
                • The find from the Ma Wang Dui Chinese tomb in Chang sha in 1973, which marks the earliest system of Chinese medicine unearthed.
                • Four most important classics.
              • Outstanding physicians in historical perspective
                • Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
                • The Qin Han period (206-220 AD).
                • The six dynasties and West Jin period (220-589).
                • The Sui dynasty period (581-618).
                • The Tang dynasty (618-907).
                • The Song dynasty period (960-1279).
                • The Jin and Yuan dynasties (1115-1368).
                • The Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
                • The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
                • The period after 1911.
              • Schools of thought
                • The Classical school.
                • The Shang Han school.
                • The school of cold-cool remedies.
                • The school of tonifying earth.
                • The school of counteracting pathogenic attack.
                • The school of watering yin.
                • The school of warming and tonifying.
                • The school of warm diseases.
                • The school of integrating Chinese and Western medicines.
                • Acupuncture: past and present.
                  • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
        • Second Year $9,600.00*
          • 203 Acupuncture (2) - Acupuncture Points (112 hrs)
            • Course Objectives: Detailed Study of Acupuncture Points:
              • Detail discussion of points on the twelve meridians.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the spleen meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the heart meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the small intestine meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the bladder meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the kidney meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the pericardium meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the san jiao meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the gallbladder meridian.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the liver meridian.
              • Detailed Discussion of points on the eight extra meridians.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the ren mai.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the du mai.
                • Detailed discussion of points on the chong mai, dai mai, yin wei mai, yang wei mai, yin qiao mai and yang qiao mai.
                • Detailed discussion of extra points and new points.
          • 204 Chinese Herbal Formulas (1) (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives
              • Formulas and Treatment Methods
                • Relationships between Formula and Treatment Methods
                • Commonly Used Treatment Methods
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              • Classifications of Formulas
              • Compositions of Formulas
                • Principles of Compositions
                • Change in Compositions
              • Forms of Formulas
              • Methods of Decoction and Methods of Taking A Formula
                • How to Decoct A Formula
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                • How to Take A Formula
              • Classifications of formulas and representative formulas under each classification
          • 206 Western Physiology (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives
              • In traditional Chinese physiology, bones and muscles are the main topics of study, but in Western physiology, the functions of cells, tissues, and organs of the living organisms are the topics of study. Both are relevant to the practice of Chinese medicine.
          • 208A Theory of Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
            • To be announced
          • 208B Clinical Practice on Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
            • To be announced
          • 212A Techniques - Theory of Acupuncture & Moxibustion (28 hrs)
            • This course is designed to cover three basic aspects:
              • The first aspect includes the following:
                • Comprehensive techniques of tonification and sedation.
                • Five methods of twirling the needle for tonification and sedation.
                • Four methods of moving energy.
              • The second aspect includes the following:
                • Auricular acupuncture.
                • Scalp acupuncture.
                • Moxibustion
                • Cupping
                • Wrist and ankle acupuncture
                • Face acupuncture
                • Nose acupuncture
                • Eye acupuncture
                • Hand acupuncture
              • The third aspect deals with safety measures and incidents in acupuncture:
                • Needle sickness (yun zhen).
                • Stagnated needle (zhi zhen) and needle bending (wan zhen).
                • Needle breaking (zhe zhen).
                • Injuries to tissues of vital organs and dangerous points involved.
                • Traumatic pneumothorax and dangerous points involved.
                • Injury to medullary bulb and spinal cord and dangerous points involved.
                • Injury to internal organs and dangerous points involved.
                • Injury to the nerve trunk and dangerous points involved.
                • Local hematoma and dangerous points involved.
                • Dangerous points around the eye.
                • Points contraindicated in pregnancy.
                • First aid.
          • 212B Techniques - Clinical Practice on Acupuncture (28 hrs)
            • To be announced
          • 213 Clinical Observation (224 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Observing patient consultation.
              • Making preparations for acupuncture treatment.
              • Making herbal formulas.
              • Practicing Moxibustion on patients.
              • Observing other clinical procedures.
          • 217A Clinical Procedures: Communication Skills & The Medical Interview (28 hrs)
            • Important Aspects
              • There are some important aspects of clinical practice which a student needs to know before entering into practicum, and such aspects are generally called "clinical procedures". The procedures may include first-aid, needle sterilization, record-keeping, diagnosis techniques, treatment preparation, etc.
          • 217B Clinical Procedures: Medical Ethics & Legal Issues (14 hrs)
            • This covers the following aspects in this course
              • Ethics: this is to direct a practitioner's attention to guidelines for ethical TCM practice. There is a set of core values, which practitioners must uphold in their relationships with their clients, members of their own profession, other health care providers, and the public.
              • Medical and legal issues. For example, it is necessary for the practitioners to ensure that clinical practice is authorized by informed consent and within relevant law governing consent and choice.
              • Practice management. How to run a TCM clinic requires some specific knowledge and skills, which should be acquired in advance of setting up a clinic.
              • Communication skills. Practitioners must learn the skills of communicating not only with the clients, but also with other health care professionals about the client's care.
          • 217C Clinical Procedures: TCM Business Practices (14 hrs)
            • To be announced
          • 302 TCM Classics (1): Selected readings from Nei Jing (28 hrs)
            • This course is mainly designed to study Nei Jing and Nan Jing.
              • The Nei-Jing, also called the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, was published around the Third Century B.C. It stands for an excellent presentation of past experience that had been accumulated from the days when Chinese medicine began to be practiced in Ancient China. The Nan-Jing, also called the Difficult Classic, presents a detailed discussion on the Nei-Jing, and both classics are generally regarded as the most important philosophical classics in Chinese medicine. The aim of this course is to let students have a glimpse at some highlights contained in the two celebrated classics.
          • 315 TCM Orthopedics & Traumatic Injuries (28 hrs)
            • Fracture.
            • Specific areas of fracture
            • Fracture of lower limbs.
            • Fracture of the trunk (truncal fracture).
            • Dislocation.
            • Injuries.
            • Internal injury.
              • Total hours per academic year: 672 / 48 credits
        • Third Year $8,800.00*
          • 209 Foundation of Western Pharmacology (56 hrs)
            • A basic discussion on the actions of Western drugs, such as the penicillins, the aminoglycosides, the tetracyclines, the macrolides, the polypeptides, sulfonamides, etc.  
          • 300 Chinese Acupuncture (3) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Internal Medicine, Gynecology in TCM) - (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of Diseases in Internal medicine and Gynecology.
              • Diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases by using acupuncture therapy: digestive disorders, respiratory disorders, heart and blood vessel disorders, nutritional disorders, urinary disorders, male symptoms.
              • Diagnosis and treatment of women's diseases by using acupuncture therapy. Menstruation disorders, pregnancy disorders, postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders, female discharges, and other disorders in women.
          • 306 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
            • In this course, the third-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese Herbology and Acupuncture under supervision.
          • 309 Physical Exam & Lab Results Basics (56 hrs)
            • Physical examination is part of a medical consultation, in which the physician looks, feels, and listens to various parts of the patient's body in order to assess the patient's condition. The main techniques used by a physician during a physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
            • Laboratory technologist carries out laboratory tests that produce the data necessary for physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat disease. In this course, presentation includes how to understand those tests and use them for diagnosis and treatment. For example, in diabetes mellitus, two laboratory tests are done: testing urine for glucose and direct testing of blood glucose. A student must learn how to interpret such testing results.
          • 312 Studies of Clinical Cases (56 hrs)
            • This class will help you to understand the detail procedure of how a disease is diagnosed and treated. The teacher will discuss the pathological changes of diseases in different stages. After this class, you will gain more confidences in treating complicated diseases.
          • 313 Chinese Acupuncture (4) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Children's Diseases, Dermatology, External Diseases, Diseases of Five Senses in TCM) - (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of children's diseases, external and skin diseases, bone diseases, injuries, and diseases of the five senses.
              • Children's diseases: mumps, cough, malnutrition, indigestion, aftereffects of polio, etc.
              • Diseases of the five senses: glaucoma, nosebleed, toothache, and acute deafness, sore throat, etc.
              • Skin and external diseases: boils, eczema, goiter, piles, low-back pain, and sciatica, neck pain, injuries, etc.
              • Bone diseases.
          • 314 Western Diagnostics (56 hrs)
            • Western pathology is very different from Chinese pathology. In Chinese pathology, natural causes such as wind, cold, dampness, and emotions play an essential role, but in Western pathology, bacteria, virus, chemical stimulations, and changes in structure and function are important considerations.
              • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
        • Fourth Year $10,000.00*
          • 400 Chinese Herbology (2) (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Herbs to relax the superficial region.
              • Herbs to clear heat.
              • Herbs to promote bowel movement.
              • Herbs to expel wind and dampness.
              • Herbs to transform dampness.
              • Herbs to benefit water and seep dampness.
              • Herbs to warm the internal region.
              • Herbs to regulate energy.
              • Herbs to promote digestion.
              • Herbs used as anthelmintic.
              • Herbs to arrest bleeding.
              • Herbs to activate the blood and transform coagulation.
              • Herbs to transform phlegm, stop cough, and calm asthma.
              • Herbs to calm the spirits.
              • Herbs to calm the liver and stop the wind.
              • Herbs to open cavities.
              • Herbs to tone deficiency.
              • Herbs to constrict.
              • Herbs to induce vomiting.
              • Herbs to detoxify, destroy insects, dry dampness, and stop itch.
              • Herbs to pull poison, transform decomposition, and produce muscles.
          • 405 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
            • In this course, the fourth-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese herbology and acupuncture under supervision.
          • 412 TCM Internal Medicine (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Definition, nature, and scope of internal medicine.
              • History of internal medicine.
              • Disease classification of internal medicine.
              • Pathologic mechanism of internal medicine.
              • Symptomatology of internal medicine.
              • Therapeutics of internal medicine.
              • Current research of internal medicine and its developing trend.
              • Study requirements and methods of internal medicine.
              • Diseases caused by external infections.
              • Diseases of the lungs.
              • Diseases of the heart and the brain.
              • Diseases of the spleen and the stomach.
              • Diseases of the liver and gallbladder.
              • Diseases of the kidneys and the bladder.
              • Diseases of the energy, blood, and body fluids.
              • Diseases of the system of meridians and limbs
          • 413 Gynecology in TCM (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • The characters of women's physiology, which include bao gong (uterus) and yue jing (menstruation).
              • Causes and pathological changes in women's diseases.
              • Diagnosis in women's diseases which include four methods of diagnosis and the important principles of differentiation methods (bian zheng fa).
              • General treatment principles: to water the kidneys and tonify the kidneys (zi shen bu shen); to disperse the liver and nourish the liver (shu gan yang gan); to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach (jian pi he wei); to regulate energy and blood (tiao li qi xue); to warm the meridians and disperse cold (wen jing san han); to clear heat and detoxify (qing re jie du); to seep dampness and benefit water (shen shi li shui).
                • Women's diseases.
                • Menstruation disorders.
                • Pregnancy disorders.
                • Postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders.
                • Female discharges.
                • Other disorders in women:
          • 414A Dermatology in TCM (14 hrs)
            • Skin Diseases:
              • Common acne or acne vulgaris; alopecia areata; brandy nose or rosacea; dermatitis of various kinds; dermatomyositis; eczema; acute eczema; chronic eczema; eczema in children and infants; eczema of nipples; eczema in scrotum; erythema of various kinds; folliculitis; formication; freckles; frostbite; premature gray hair; hair loss; herpes simplex; herpes zoster or shingles; ichthyosis; impetigo; itch; lupus erythematosus discoides; systemic lupus erythematosus; melanosis; neurodermatitis; pemphigus; pityriasis rosea; prickly heat, militia; psoriasis; scar; scleroderma; seborrhea; skin turning brown or chloasma; tinea of various kinds; urticaria, hives, nettle rash; popular urticaria; vitiligo; warts of various kinds.
          • 414B External Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
            • External Diseases:
              • Abscess; anal fissure. Anorectal prolapse; acute appendicitis; chronic appendicitis. Body odour; erysipelas; furuncle, furunculus, and furunculosis; hemorrhoids; acute lymphadenitis; mammary hypertrophy; scrofula of neck; thromboangitis obliterans; thrombophlegitis; thyroid adenoma; thyroid cyst and tubercle; internal ulcer; ulcer in female genitals. Ulcer in mouth; ulcer of lower limbs.
          • 415 Foundation of Modern Internal Medicine (56 hrs)
            • Internal medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsugical aspects of diseases.
              • The digestive system: diseases such as allergic enteritis, cirrhosis, chronic nonspecific ulcerative colitis, gallstone and gallstone colic, chronic gastritis, acute gastroenteritis, chronic hepatitis, acute pancreatitis.
              • The respiratory system: diseases such as bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, acute and chronic bronchitis, chronic cor pulmonale or pulmonary heart disease, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis.
              • The cardiovascular system: diseases such as hypertension, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, valvular heart disease, myocarditis.
              • The urogenital system: diseases such as acute cholecystitis, edema and varicose veins in the lower extremities, angioedema or angioneurotic edema, urinary infections, epididymo-orchitis and orchitis, acute nephritis, syphilis.
              • Blood, endocrine, and metabolism systems: diseases such as anemia, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism.
              • The nervous system: diseases such as arthritis, hysteria, schizophrenia, sciatica.
              • Contagious diseases: such as bacillary dysentery, epidemic hemorrhagic fever.
          • 417 Chinese Herbal Formulas (84 hrs)
            • Formulas to Relax the Superficial Region.
            • Formulas to Promote Bowel Movement.
            • Formulas to Harmonize.
            • Formulas to Clear Heat.
            • Formulas to Warm the Internal Region.
            • Formulas to Tone the Body.
            • Formulas to Solidify and Obstruct.
            • Formulas to Secure the Spirits.
            • Formulas to Open Body Cavities.
            • Formulas to Regulate Energy.
            • Formulas to Regulate Blood.
            • Formulas to Treat Wind Diseases.
            • Formulas to Treat Dryness.
            • Formulas to Expel Dampness.
            • Formulas to Expel Phlegm.
            • Formulas to Promote Digestion.
            • Anthelmintic Formulas.
            • Formulas to Induce Vomiting.
          • 418A Diseases of the Five Senses (14 hrs)
            • Five senses diseases in TCM include: ear diseases, nose diseases, throat diseases, and mouth, and tooth diseases. Some of the diseases to be discussed are: blepharitis, chalazion, ptosis, eczema of palpebrae, cyst of palpebrae, acute dacryocystitis, chronic dacryocystitis, acute conjunctivitis, chronic conjunctivitis, purulent conjunctivitis, pterygium, pinguecula, nebula, epistaxis, rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, furuncle of external auditory canal, otitis externa, otitis media, otitis interna, trouble of audition.
          • 418B Children's Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
            • Common children's diseases: cold and flu, cough, asthma, pneumonia, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, indigestion, convulsion, epilepsy, urinary disorders, blood diseases, perspiration, infectious disease, slow development, etc.
          • 420 Chinese Food Cure (56 hrs)
            • Introduction to Chinese Food Cures
              • Development of Food Cures in Chinese History
              • Properties and Actions of Foods
                • Properties of foods
                • Actions of foods
              • Applications of Foods
                • Fruit And Nuts
                • Vegetables
                • Meat, Poultry, Eggs, And Aquatic Food
                • Sugars, Oils, Spices, And Grains
                  • Total hours per academic year: 700 / 50 credits
        • Fifth Year $9,600.00*
          • 501 TCM Modern Clinical Research, Pharmacology & Toxicology (56 hrs)
            • Treatment effects of individual herbs: As an example, one research shows that cebaiye is effective for asthma, it is an effective coagulant, it can inhibit the virus of influenza, and arrest bleeding (as a homeostatic). Another research shows that renshen is an effective heart tonic, it can increase erythrocytes (red blood cells) and produce excitation and adrenocortical hormone and sex hormone, it can reduce blood sugar and blood fat, and it is an anti-shock herb.
            • Treatment effects of individual herbal formulas on specific diseases. According to a research in which huang-lian-jie-du-tang is used to treat 12 cases of meningitis, the result shows that 4 cases recovered after taking three doses, 2 cases recovered after taking four doses, 5 cases recovered after taking five doses, 1 case recovered after taking six doses.
          • 502 Complimentary TCM Treatment Modalities (28 hrs)
            • Herbal ironing therapy (yao yun liao fa): application of fried therapeutic herbs to the affected region in order to cure the disease.
            • Pyrogenic dressing therapy (re fu liao fa): application of pyrogenic herbs to the affected region in order to raise its temperature.
            • Umbilicus application of herbs (fu ji liao fa): application of herbal powder, paste, tablet, or crushed fresh herbs to the umbilicus in order to treat disease.
            • Formigation and washing/steaming therapy (xun xi/zheng liao fa): Use the smoke of burning herbs or steam of hot decoction to wash or heat up the affected region or the whole body to cure disease.
            • Scraping Therapy (gua sha liao fa): to scrape the patient's skin with a smooth and shiny instrument, such as a small spoon or a coin or a young bamboo, to cure disease.
            • Japanese abdominal diagnosis and treatment: through the diagnosis of the chest, the upper abdomen, and the lower abdomen, a physician is able to come up with a treatment formula. As an example, use three fingers to press the lower part of the ribs region. If the patient feels pain inside the chest and congested chest with discomfort, it may be treated by xiao chai hu tang.
          • 503 Advanced Internal Medicine TCM Gerontology (84 hrs)
            • This course deals with aging and diseases of old age.
              • Physiological and pathological characteristics of old age.
              • Special considerations in making diagnosis of diseases of old age.
              • Principles of treating diseases of old age.
              • Importance of nourishing life in treating diseases of old age.
              • Typical diseases of old age.
              • Common internal diseases of old age.
              • Common external diseases of old age.
              • Common skin diseases of old age.
              • Common five-sense diseases of old age.
              • Common eye diseases of old age.
              • Common women's diseases of old age.
              • Common cancers of old age.
          • 504 Advanced Internal Medicine: TCM Clinical Psychology (84 hrs)
            • TCM Psychology
              • Mutual control of emotions. Intentionally generating a particular emotion to win a victory over another emotion, which is responsible for a disorder.
              • Verbal communication to win over the patient's confidence and modify the patient's thought. This method is particularly effective in dealing with psychologically induced disorders.
              • Modify patient's thought. When a disorder is attributed to or enhanced by the patient's fixation in one particular event, it may be necessary to divert his attention to focus on a different subject.
              • Go along with patient's desires. Assist the patient in satisfying his needs.
              • Suggestive method.
          • 505 Selected Readings from Acupuncture Classics (28 hrs)
            • The course materials are selected from the following acupuncture classics.
              • Ling Shu Jing
              • Su Wen
              • Nan Jing (Difficult Classic)
              • Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, 652
              • Lei Zheng Huo Ren Shu, 1108
              • Zhen Jiu Zi Sheng Jing,
              • Zhen Jiu Wen Dui, 1530
              • Yi Men Fa Lu, 1658
              • Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, 1609
              • Biao You Fu (Verse of Revealing the Secrets)
              • Bai Zheng Fu (Verse of Hundred Diseases)
              • Yu Long Fu (Verse of Jade Dragon)
              • Tong Xuan Zhi Yao (Verse of Shortcut to Understanding the Mysteries)
              • Xi Hong Fu (Verse of Xi-Hong)
              • Xing Zhen Zhi Yao Ge (Song of treating essential diseases by acupuncture)
          • 506 Clinical Practices (3) (336 hrs)
            • In this course, the fifth-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese Herbology and acupuncture under supervision.
          • 507 TCM Rejuvenation, Rehabilitation & Preventative Medicines (28 hrs)
            • Preventive Medicines
              • A brief history.
              • Contents of preventive medicines.
                • Live in harmony with yin and yang.
                • Live in harmony with the environments and change in climate.
                • Live in harmony with the four seasons.
                • Live on a regular basis.
                • Live in harmony with yin and yang within a single day.
                • Keep emotions, eating, working, and sex life to a moderate degree.
              • Practice qigong, taiji, and manipulative therapy.
              • Maintain calm and quiet in spirit.
              • Avoid the attack of pathogens.
              • General principles of prevention.
              • Prevention of common diseases.
          • 513 TCM Classics (2): Shang Han Lun, Jin Kui Yao Lue & Wen Bing Xue (28 hrs)
            • This course is mainly designed to study the following classics: Shang Han Lun, Jin Kui Yao Lue, and Wen Bing Xue.
            • The treatise on the attack of pathogenic cold is called the Shang-Han-Lun in Chinese. It was written by Zhang Zhong Jing (150?-219? AD), and published in the Third Century AD. It is divided into twenty-two chapters and discusses diseases such as jing bing, hu huo bing, yin yang du, fei yong, etc. Warm diseases (wen bing) may be divided into three broad categories:
              • The four-level progression of warm diseases.
              • Triple heater progression of warm diseases.
              • Specific warm diseases.
                • Total hours per academic year: 672 / 48 credits
        • *Tuition maybe less if you have transfer credits
        • The total tuition without transfer credits is $46,800.00
        • The total hours are 3276 which is 234 credits
    • Four-year Diploma Program for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (TCMP)
      • Introduction
        • This 4 academic year program may be completed in 3 years
        • This program qualifies its graduates to take a licensing examination to become a registered TCM Practitioner. The program consists of a total of 2,604 hours of instruction including 650 hours of clinical training in four academic years. In addition to the three-year Diploma Program for Acupuncturists, this program further requires a minimum of 550 hours in the following subjects:
      • First Year $8,800.00*
        • 099 Foundation of Chinese Language & Terminology (28 hrs)
          • To learn Chinese medicine thoroughly, the student needs to learn "Pinyin" (which is basically the Romanization of Chinese characters), because acupuncture points, Chinese herbs and herbal formulas (which make up the major portions of Chinese medicine) are referred to in Pinyin. This course is designed to prepare students to understand and use the Pinyin system of the Chinese language.
        • 100 Foundation of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Philosophical foundation of TCM and its essential ways of thinking: theory of pure essence, yin and yang, five elements, essential ways of thinking.
            • Energy, blood, and body fluids: energy, blood, body fluids, relationships between energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Viscera and bowels: five viscera, six bowels, odd and constant organs, and relationship between viscera and bowels.
            • Meridians: basic concepts and system of meridians, basic physiological functions of meridians, twelve master meridians, eight extra meridians, separate master meridians, separate linking meridians, muscular meridians, skin zones.
            • The body and senses.
            • Causes of diseases: external causes, internal causes, causative pathological products, other causes.
            • Pathology: pathological mechanisms and types.
            • Disease mechanisms: basic mechanisms, transmission and change of diseases.
            • Healthy lifestyles and treatment principles.
        • 101 Diagnostics of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Introduction:
          • Diagnosis by observation.
          • Tongue diagnosis.
          • Diagnosis by hearing and smelling.
          • Diagnosis by interrogation.
          • Pulse diagnosis.
          • Palpation.
          • Eight classifications of symptoms.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by causes, energy, blood, and body fluids.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by viscera and bowels.
          • Introduction to other types of syndrome differentiation.
          • Methods of diagnosis and application of syndrome differentiation.
          • Introduction to diagnosis of diseases.
          • How to write patient's records.
        • 102 Chinese Herbology (1) (84 hrs)
          • Origin of Chinese Herbs and Development of Chinese Herbology.
          • Habitat and Collection of Herbs.
            • Habitat of Herbs.
            • Collection of Herbs.
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          • Forms of Preparing Herbs for Consumption.
            • Purposes of Preparation.
            • Methods of Preparation.
          • Four Properties and Actions of Herbs.
            • Four Energies.
            • Five Flavors.
            • Movements of Herbs.
            • Meridian Routes.
            • Toxicity.
          • Combination of Chinese Herbs.
          • Measures of Precaution in Consuming Herbs.
          • Dosages and Methods of Consuming Herbs.
            • Dosages of Consumption
            • Methods of Consuming Herbs.
          • Classifications of Herbs and representative herbs in each class:
        • 103 Chinese Acupuncture (1) - Meridians (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • The component and actions of jing-luo (meridians).
              The twelve meridians (shi er jing mai); the eight extra meridians (qi jing ba mai); fifteen main collaterals (shi wu luo); the branches of the twelve meridians (shi er jing bie); the muscles along the twelve meridians (shi er jing jin); the twelve skin areas (shi er pi bu).
            • The physiology and pathology of meridians.
            • Clinical applications of meridians in the field of diagnosis and treatment.
            • The classifications of acupuncture points.
              The acupuncture points on the fourteen master meridians; extraordinary points, a shi points.
            • The actions of acupuncture points.
              Distant actions; local actions; special actions.
          • Special Points.
            • Five shu points (wu shu xue), original points (yuan xue), linking points (luo xue), transport points (shu xue), gathering points (mu xue), eight meridians eight meeting points (ba mai jiao hui xue), fissural or cleft points (xi xue), lower terminal points or lower sea points (xia he xue).
          • Locating Acupuncture Points.
            • The twelve meridians and their points.
          • Lungs meridian (shou tai yin fei jing) and its points.
          • Large intestine meridian (shou yang ming da chang jing) and its points.
          • Stomach meridian (zu yang ming wei jing) and its points.
        • 104 Western Anatomy (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • To study the structure of the human body. In Chinese acupuncture, surface anatomy is considered very crucial in locating acupuncture points, whereas Western anatomy is focused on the structure of organisms. Both systems of anatomy will be studied in this course.
        • 105 Chinese Qi Gong/Tai Ji (28 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Qi-gong refers to breathing exercises to discipline the energy in the body to achieve an internal balance. Tui-na refers to the Chinese system of manipulative therapy which is a very useful system of external therapy, broader than Western massage in scope. In this course, various methods of qi-gong and tui-na will be studied.
        • 108 Western Biology, Micro Biology, Immunology (84 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve seven objectives:
          • A general understanding of the chemistry of life (biochemistry), the cell (cell biology), genetics, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant form & function and animal form & function
        • 109 Surface Anatomy & Acupuncture Points (42 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve two objectives: first, to understand the basic terms in surface anatomy; second, to learn the locations of acupuncture points with reference to surface anatomy. The anatomical terms to be learned include terms such as acromioclavicular joint, acromion, ala nasi, gastrocnemius muscle, head of fibula, 7th cervical vertebra, greater trochanter, hiatus sacralis, hyoid bone, etc. As to acupuncture points to be learned, this course covers virtually all the established points on the fourteen meridians.
        • 110 History of TCM (14 hrs)
          • This course covers the following topics of study in the history of TCM:
            •  Introduction to the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine
              • The budding of medical knowledge during the primitive society.
              • Legends stage of medicine.
              • The find from the Ma Wang Dui Chinese tomb in Chang sha in 1973, which marks the earliest system of Chinese medicine unearthed.
              • Four most important classics.
            • Outstanding physicians in historical perspective
              • Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
              • The Qin Han period (206-220 AD).
              • The six dynasties and West Jin period (220-589).
              • The Sui dynasty period (581-618).
              • The Tang dynasty (618-907).
              • The Song dynasty period (960-1279).
              • The Jin and Yuan dynasties (1115-1368).
              • The Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
              • The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
              • The period after 1911.
            • Schools of thought
              • The Classical school.
              • The Shang Han school.
              • The school of cold-cool remedies.
              • The school of tonifying earth.
              • The school of counteracting pathogenic attack.
              • The school of watering yin.
              • The school of warming and tonifying.
              • The school of warm diseases.
              • The school of integrating Chinese and Western medicines.
              • Acupuncture: past and present.
                • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
      • Second Year $9,600.00*
        • 203 Acupuncture (2) - Acupuncture Points (112 hrs)
          • Course Objectives: Detailed Study of Acupuncture Points:
            • Detail discussion of points on the twelve meridians.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the spleen meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the heart meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the small intestine meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the bladder meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the kidney meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the pericardium meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the san jiao meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the gallbladder meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the liver meridian.
            • Detailed Discussion of points on the eight extra meridians.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the ren mai.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the du mai.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the chong mai, dai mai, yin wei mai, yang wei mai, yin qiao mai and yang qiao mai.
              • Detailed discussion of extra points and new points.
        • 204 Chinese Herbal Formulas (1) (56 hrs)
          • Course Objectives
            • Formulas and Treatment Methods
              • Relationships between Formula and Treatment Methods
              • Commonly Used Treatment Methods
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            • Classifications of Formulas
            • Compositions of Formulas
              • Principles of Compositions
              • Change in Compositions
            • Forms of Formulas
            • Methods of Decoction and Methods of Taking A Formula
              • How to Decoct A Formula
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              • How to Take A Formula
            • Classifications of formulas and representative formulas under each classification
        • 206 Western Physiology (56 hrs)
          • Course Objectives
            • In traditional Chinese physiology, bones and muscles are the main topics of study, but in Western physiology, the functions of cells, tissues, and organs of the living organisms are the topics of study. Both are relevant to the practice of Chinese medicine.
        • 208A Theory of Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 208B Clinical Practice on Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 212A Techniques - Theory of Acupuncture & Moxibustion (28 hrs)
          • This course is designed to cover three basic aspects:
            • The first aspect includes the following:
              • Comprehensive techniques of tonification and sedation.
              • Five methods of twirling the needle for tonification and sedation.
              • Four methods of moving energy.
            • The second aspect includes the following:
              • Auricular acupuncture.
              • Scalp acupuncture.
              • Moxibustion
              • Cupping
              • Wrist and ankle acupuncture
              • Face acupuncture
              • Nose acupuncture
              • Eye acupuncture
              • Hand acupuncture
            • The third aspect deals with safety measures and incidents in acupuncture:
              • Needle sickness (yun zhen).
              • Stagnated needle (zhi zhen) and needle bending (wan zhen).
              • Needle breaking (zhe zhen).
              • Injuries to tissues of vital organs and dangerous points involved.
              • Traumatic pneumothorax and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to medullary bulb and spinal cord and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to internal organs and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to the nerve trunk and dangerous points involved.
              • Local hematoma and dangerous points involved.
              • Dangerous points around the eye.
              • Points contraindicated in pregnancy.
              • First aid.
        • 212B Techniques - Clinical Practice on Acupuncture (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 213 Clinical Observation (224 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Observing patient consultation.
            • Making preparations for acupuncture treatment.
            • Making herbal formulas.
            • Practicing Moxibustion on patients.
            • Observing other clinical procedures.
        • 217A Clinical Procedures: Communication Skills & The Medical Interview (28 hrs)
          • Important Aspects
            • There are some important aspects of clinical practice which a student needs to know before entering into practicum, and such aspects are generally called "clinical procedures". The procedures may include first-aid, needle sterilization, record-keeping, diagnosis techniques, treatment preparation, etc.
        • 217B Clinical Procedures: Medical Ethics & Legal Issues (14 hrs)
          • This covers the following aspects in this course
            • Ethics: this is to direct a practitioner's attention to guidelines for ethical TCM practice. There is a set of core values, which practitioners must uphold in their relationships with their clients, members of their own profession, other health care providers, and the public.
            • Medical and legal issues. For example, it is necessary for the practitioners to ensure that clinical practice is authorized by informed consent and within relevant law governing consent and choice.
            • Practice management. How to run a TCM clinic requires some specific knowledge and skills, which should be acquired in advance of setting up a clinic.
            • Communication skills. Practitioners must learn the skills of communicating not only with the clients, but also with other health care professionals about the client's care.
        • 217C Clinical Procedures: TCM Business Practices (14 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 302 TCM Classics (1): Selected readings from Nei Jing (28 hrs)
          • This course is mainly designed to study Nei Jing and Nan Jing.
            • The Nei-Jing, also called the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, was published around the Third Century B.C. It stands for an excellent presentation of past experience that had been accumulated from the days when Chinese medicine began to be practiced in Ancient China. The Nan-Jing, also called the Difficult Classic, presents a detailed discussion on the Nei-Jing, and both classics are generally regarded as the most important philosophical classics in Chinese medicine. The aim of this course is to let students have a glimpse at some highlights contained in the two celebrated classics.
        • 315 TCM Orthopedics & Traumatic Injuries (28 hrs)
          • Fracture.
          • Specific areas of fracture
          • Fracture of lower limbs.
          • Fracture of the trunk (truncal fracture).
          • Dislocation.
          • Injuries.
          • Internal injury.
            • Total hours per academic year: 672 / 48 credits
      • Third Year $8,800.00*
        • 209 Foundation of Western Pharmacology (56 hrs)
          • A basic discussion on the actions of Western drugs, such as the penicillins, the aminoglycosides, the tetracyclines, the macrolides, the polypeptides, sulfonamides, etc.  
        • 300 Chinese Acupuncture (3) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Internal Medicine, Gynecology in TCM) - (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of Diseases in Internal medicine and Gynecology.
            • Diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases by using acupuncture therapy: digestive disorders, respiratory disorders, heart and blood vessel disorders, nutritional disorders, urinary disorders, male symptoms.
            • Diagnosis and treatment of women's diseases by using acupuncture therapy. Menstruation disorders, pregnancy disorders, postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders, female discharges, and other disorders in women.
        • 306 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
          • In this course, the third-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese Herbology and Acupuncture under supervision.
        • 309 Physical Exam & Lab Results Basics (56 hrs)
          • Physical examination is part of a medical consultation, in which the physician looks, feels, and listens to various parts of the patient's body in order to assess the patient's condition. The main techniques used by a physician during a physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
          • Laboratory technologist carries out laboratory tests that produce the data necessary for physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat disease. In this course, presentation includes how to understand those tests and use them for diagnosis and treatment. For example, in diabetes mellitus, two laboratory tests are done: testing urine for glucose and direct testing of blood glucose. A student must learn how to interpret such testing results.
        • 312 Studies of Clinical Cases (56 hrs)
          • This class will help you to understand the detail procedure of how a disease is diagnosed and treated. The teacher will discuss the pathological changes of diseases in different stages. After this class, you will gain more confidences in treating complicated diseases.
        • 313 Chinese Acupuncture (4) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Children's Diseases, Dermatology, External Diseases, Diseases of Five Senses in TCM) - (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of children's diseases, external and skin diseases, bone diseases, injuries, and diseases of the five senses.
            • Children's diseases: mumps, cough, malnutrition, indigestion, aftereffects of polio, etc.
            • Diseases of the five senses: glaucoma, nosebleed, toothache, and acute deafness, sore throat, etc.
            • Skin and external diseases: boils, eczema, goiter, piles, low-back pain, and sciatica, neck pain, injuries, etc.
            • Bone diseases.
        • 314 Western Diagnostics (56 hrs)
          • Western pathology is very different from Chinese pathology. In Chinese pathology, natural causes such as wind, cold, dampness, and emotions play an essential role, but in Western pathology, bacteria, virus, chemical stimulations, and changes in structure and function are important considerations.
            • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
      • Fourth Year $10,000.00*
        • 400 Chinese Herbology (2) (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Herbs to relax the superficial region.
            • Herbs to clear heat.
            • Herbs to promote bowel movement.
            • Herbs to expel wind and dampness.
            • Herbs to transform dampness.
            • Herbs to benefit water and seep dampness.
            • Herbs to warm the internal region.
            • Herbs to regulate energy.
            • Herbs to promote digestion.
            • Herbs used as anthelmintic.
            • Herbs to arrest bleeding.
            • Herbs to activate the blood and transform coagulation.
            • Herbs to transform phlegm, stop cough, and calm asthma.
            • Herbs to calm the spirits.
            • Herbs to calm the liver and stop the wind.
            • Herbs to open cavities.
            • Herbs to tone deficiency.
            • Herbs to constrict.
            • Herbs to induce vomiting.
            • Herbs to detoxify, destroy insects, dry dampness, and stop itch.
            • Herbs to pull poison, transform decomposition, and produce muscles.
        • 405 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
          • In this course, the fourth-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese Herbology and acupuncture under supervision.
        • 412 TCM Internal Medicine (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Definition, nature, and scope of internal medicine.
            • History of internal medicine.
            • Disease classification of internal medicine.
            • Pathologic mechanism of internal medicine.
            • Symptomatology of internal medicine.
            • Therapeutics of internal medicine.
            • Current research of internal medicine and its developing trend.
            • Study requirements and methods of internal medicine.
            • Diseases caused by external infections.
            • Diseases of the lungs.
            • Diseases of the heart and the brain.
            • Diseases of the spleen and the stomach.
            • Diseases of the liver and gallbladder.
            • Diseases of the kidneys and the bladder.
            • Diseases of the energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Diseases of the system of meridians and limbs
        • 413 Gynecology in TCM (56 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • The characters of women's physiology, which include bao gong (uterus) and yue jing (menstruation).
            • Causes and pathological changes in women's diseases.
            • Diagnosis in women's diseases which include four methods of diagnosis and the important principles of differentiation methods (bian zheng fa).
            • General treatment principles: to water the kidneys and tonify the kidneys (zi shen bu shen); to disperse the liver and nourish the liver (shu gan yang gan); to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach (jian pi he wei); to regulate energy and blood (tiao li qi xue); to warm the meridians and disperse cold (wen jing san han); to clear heat and detoxify (qing re jie du); to seep dampness and benefit water (shen shi li shui).
              • Women's diseases.
              • Menstruation disorders.
              • Pregnancy disorders.
              • Postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders.
              • Female discharges.
              • Other disorders in women:
        • 414A Dermatology in TCM (14 hrs)
          • Skin Diseases:
            • Common acne or acne vulgaris; alopecia areata; brandy nose or rosacea; dermatitis of various kinds; dermatomyositis; eczema; acute eczema; chronic eczema; eczema in children and infants; eczema of nipples; eczema in scrotum; erythema of various kinds; folliculitis; formication; freckles; frostbite; premature gray hair; hair loss; herpes simplex; herpes zoster or shingles; ichthyosis; impetigo; itch; lupus erythematosus discoides; systemic lupus erythematosus; melanosis; neurodermatitis; pemphigus; pityriasis rosea; prickly heat, militia; psoriasis; scar; scleroderma; seborrhea; skin turning brown or chloasma; tinea of various kinds; urticaria, hives, nettle rash; popular urticaria; vitiligo; warts of various kinds.
        • 414B External Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
          • External Diseases:
            • Abscess; anal fissure. Anorectal prolapse; acute appendicitis; chronic appendicitis. Body odour; erysipelas; furuncle, furunculus, and furunculosis; hemorrhoids; acute lymphadenitis; mammary hypertrophy; scrofula of neck; thromboangitis obliterans; thrombophlegitis; thyroid adenoma; thyroid cyst and tubercle; internal ulcer; ulcer in female genitals. Ulcer in mouth; ulcer of lower limbs.
        • 415 Foundation of Modern Internal Medicine (56 hrs)
          • Internal medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the nonsugical aspects of diseases.
            • The digestive system: diseases such as allergic enteritis, cirrhosis, chronic nonspecific ulcerative colitis, gallstone and gallstone colic, chronic gastritis, acute gastroenteritis, chronic hepatitis, acute pancreatitis.
            • The respiratory system: diseases such as bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, acute and chronic bronchitis, chronic cor pulmonale or pulmonary heart disease, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis.
            • The cardiovascular system: diseases such as hypertension, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, valvular heart disease, myocarditis.
            • The urogenital system: diseases such as acute cholecystitis, edema and varicose veins in the lower extremities, angioedema or angioneurotic edema, urinary infections, epididymo-orchitis and orchitis, acute nephritis, syphilis.
            • Blood, endocrine, and metabolism systems: diseases such as anemia, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism.
            • The nervous system: diseases such as arthritis, hysteria, schizophrenia, sciatica.
            • Contagious diseases: such as bacillary dysentery, epidemic hemorrhagic fever.
        • 417 Chinese Herbal Formulas (84 hrs)
          • Formulas to Relax the Superficial Region.
          • Formulas to Promote Bowel Movement.
          • Formulas to Harmonize.
          • Formulas to Clear Heat.
          • Formulas to Warm the Internal Region.
          • Formulas to Tone the Body.
          • Formulas to Solidify and Obstruct.
          • Formulas to Secure the Spirits.
          • Formulas to Open Body Cavities.
          • Formulas to Regulate Energy.
          • Formulas to Regulate Blood.
          • Formulas to Treat Wind Diseases.
          • Formulas to Treat Dryness.
          • Formulas to Expel Dampness.
          • Formulas to Expel Phlegm.
          • Formulas to Promote Digestion.
          • Anthelmintic Formulas.
          • Formulas to Induce Vomiting.
        • 418A Diseases of the Five Senses (14 hrs)
          • Five senses diseases in TCM include: ear diseases, nose diseases, throat diseases, and mouth, and tooth diseases. Some of the diseases to be discussed are: blepharitis, chalazion, ptosis, eczema of palpebrae, cyst of palpebrae, acute dacryocystitis, chronic dacryocystitis, acute conjunctivitis, chronic conjunctivitis, purulent conjunctivitis, pterygium, pinguecula, nebula, epistaxis, rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, furuncle of external auditory canal, otitis externa, otitis media, otitis interna, trouble of audition.
        • 418B Children's Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
          • Common children's diseases: cold and flu, cough, asthma, pneumonia, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, indigestion, convulsion, epilepsy, urinary disorders, blood diseases, perspiration, infectious disease, slow development, etc.
        • 420 Chinese Food Cure (56 hrs)
          • Introduction to Chinese Food Cures
            • Development of Food Cures in Chinese History
            • Properties and Actions of Foods
              • Properties of foods
              • Actions of foods
            • Applications of Foods
              • Fruit And Nuts
              • Vegetables
              • Meat, Poultry, Eggs, And Aquatic Food
              • Sugars, Oils, Spices, And Grains
                • Total hours per academic year: 700 / 50 credits
      • *Tuition maybe less if you have transfer credits
      • The total tuition without transfer credits is $37,400.00
      • The total hours are 2604 which is 186 credits
    • Three-year Diploma Program for Acupuncturist
      • Introduction
        • This is a 3 year program
        • This program qualifies its graduates to take a licensing examination to become a registered Acupuncturist. The program consists of a total of 1904 hours of instruction including 448 hours minimum of clinical training in three academic years. A minimum of 360 hours of basic knowledge of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. A minimum of 250 hours in the introduction of relevant biological and clinical sciences. A minimum of 550 hours in the subjects of acupuncture and related knowledge
      • First Year $8,800.00*
        • 099 Foundation of Chinese Language & Terminology (28 hrs)
          • To learn Chinese medicine thoroughly, the student needs to learn "Pinyin" (which is basically the Romanization of Chinese characters), because acupuncture points, Chinese herbs and herbal formulas (which make up the major portions of Chinese medicine) are referred to in Pinyin. This course is designed to prepare students to understand and use the Pinyin system of the Chinese language.
        • 100 Foundation of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Philosophical foundation of TCM and its essential ways of thinking: theory of pure essence, yin and yang, five elements, essential ways of thinking.
            • Energy, blood, and body fluids: energy, blood, body fluids, relationships between energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Viscera and bowels: five viscera, six bowels, odd and constant organs, and relationship between viscera and bowels.
            • Meridians: basic concepts and system of meridians, basic physiological functions of meridians, twelve master meridians, eight extra meridians, separate master meridians, separate linking meridians, muscular meridians, skin zones.
            • The body and senses.
            • Causes of diseases: external causes, internal causes, causative pathological products, other causes.
            • Pathology: pathological mechanisms and types.
            • Disease mechanisms: basic mechanisms, transmission and change of diseases.
            • Healthy lifestyles and treatment principles.
        • 101 Diagnostics of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Introduction:
          • Diagnosis by observation.
          • Tongue diagnosis.
          • Diagnosis by hearing and smelling.
          • Diagnosis by interrogation.
          • Pulse diagnosis.
          • Palpation.
          • Eight classifications of symptoms.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by causes, energy, blood, and body fluids.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by viscera and bowels.
          • Introduction to other types of syndrome differentiation.
          • Methods of diagnosis and application of syndrome differentiation.
          • Introduction to diagnosis of diseases.
          • How to write patient's records.
        • 102 Chinese Herbology (1) (84 hrs)
          • Origin of Chinese Herbs and Development of Chinese Herbology.
          • Habitat and Collection of Herbs.
            • Habitat of Herbs.
            • Collection of Herbs.
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          • Forms of Preparing Herbs for Consumption.
            • Purposes of Preparation.
            • Methods of Preparation.
          • Four Properties and Actions of Herbs.
            • Four Energies.
            • Five Flavors.
            • Movements of Herbs.
            • Meridian Routes.
            • Toxicity.
          • Combination of Chinese Herbs.
          • Measures of Precaution in Consuming Herbs.
          • Dosages and Methods of Consuming Herbs.
            • Dosages of Consumption
            • Methods of Consuming Herbs.
          • Classifications of Herbs and representative herbs in each class:
        • 103 Chinese Acupuncture (1) - Meridians (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • The component and actions of jing-luo (meridians).
              The twelve meridians (shi er jing mai); the eight extra meridians (qi jing ba mai); fifteen main collaterals (shi wu luo); the branches of the twelve meridians (shi er jing bie); the muscles along the twelve meridians (shi er jing jin); the twelve skin areas (shi er pi bu).
            • The physiology and pathology of meridians.
            • Clinical applications of meridians in the field of diagnosis and treatment.
            • The classifications of acupuncture points.
              The acupuncture points on the fourteen master meridians; extraordinary points, a shi points.
            • The actions of acupuncture points.
              Distant actions; local actions; special actions.
          • Special Points.
            • Five shu points (wu shu xue), original points (yuan xue), linking points (luo xue), transport points (shu xue), gathering points (mu xue), eight meridians eight meeting points (ba mai jiao hui xue), fissural or cleft points (xi xue), lower terminal points or lower sea points (xia he xue).
          • Locating Acupuncture Points.
            • The twelve meridians and their points.
          • Lungs meridian (shou tai yin fei jing) and its points.
          • Large intestine meridian (shou yang ming da chang jing) and its points.
          • Stomach meridian (zu yang ming wei jing) and its points.
        • 104 Western Anatomy (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • To study the structure of the human body. In Chinese acupuncture, surface anatomy is considered very crucial in locating acupuncture points, whereas Western anatomy is focused on the structure of organisms. Both systems of anatomy will be studied in this course.
        • 105 Chinese Qi Gong/Tai Ji (28 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Qi-gong refers to breathing exercises to discipline the energy in the body to achieve an internal balance. Tui-na refers to the Chinese system of manipulative therapy which is a very useful system of external therapy, broader than Western massage in scope. In this course, various methods of qi-gong and tui-na will be studied.
        • 108 Western Biology, Micro Biology, Immunology (84 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve seven objectives:
          • A general understanding of the chemistry of life (biochemistry), the cell (cell biology), genetics, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant form & function and animal form & function
        • 109 Surface Anatomy & Acupuncture Points (42 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve two objectives: first, to understand the basic terms in surface anatomy; second, to learn the locations of acupuncture points with reference to surface anatomy. The anatomical terms to be learned include terms such as acromioclavicular joint, acromion, ala nasi, gastrocnemius muscle, head of fibula, 7th cervical vertebra, greater trochanter, hiatus sacralis, hyoid bone, etc. As to acupuncture points to be learned, this course covers virtually all the established points on the fourteen meridians.
        • 110 History of TCM (14 hrs)
          • This course covers the following topics of study in the history of TCM:
            • Introduction to the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine
              • The budding of medical knowledge during the primitive society.
              • Legends stage of medicine.
              • The find from the Ma Wang Dui Chinese tomb in Chang sha in 1973, which marks the earliest system of Chinese medicine unearthed.
              • Four most important classics.
            • Outstanding physicians in historical perspective
              • Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
              • The Qin Han period (206-220 AD).
              • The six dynasties and West Jin period (220-589).
              • The Sui dynasty period (581-618).
              • The Tang dynasty (618-907).
              • The Song dynasty period (960-1279).
              • The Jin and Yuan dynasties (1115-1368).
              • The Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
              • The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
              • The period after 1911.
            • Schools of thought
              • The Classical school.
              • The Shang Han school.
              • The school of cold-cool remedies.
              • The school of tonifying earth.
              • The school of counteracting pathogenic attack.
              • The school of watering yin.
              • The school of warming and tonifying.
              • The school of warm diseases.
              • The school of integrating Chinese and Western medicines.
              • Acupuncture: past and present.
                • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
      • Second Year $9,600.00*
        • 203 Acupuncture (2) - Acupuncture Points (112 hrs)
          • Course Objectives: Detailed Study of Acupuncture Points:
            • Detail discussion of points on the twelve meridians.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the spleen meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the heart meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the small intestine meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the bladder meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the kidney meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the pericardium meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the san jiao meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the gallbladder meridian.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the liver meridian.
            • Detailed Discussion of points on the eight extra meridians.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the ren mai.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the du mai.
              • Detailed discussion of points on the chong mai, dai mai, yin wei mai, yang wei mai, yin qiao mai and yang qiao mai.
              • Detailed discussion of extra points and new points.
        • 204 Chinese Herbal Formulas (1) (56 hrs)
          • Course Objectives
            • Formulas and Treatment Methods
              • Relationships between Formula and Treatment Methods
              • Commonly Used Treatment Methods
                •
            • Classifications of Formulas
            • Compositions of Formulas
              • Principles of Compositions
              • Change in Compositions
            • Forms of Formulas
            • Methods of Decoction and Methods of Taking A Formula
              • How to Decoct A Formula
                •
              • How to Take A Formula
            • Classifications of formulas and representative formulas under each classification
        • 206 Western Physiology (56 hrs)
          • Course Objectives
            • In traditional Chinese physiology, bones and muscles are the main topics of study, but in Western physiology, the functions of cells, tissues, and organs of the living organisms are the topics of study. Both are relevant to the practice of Chinese medicine.
        • 208A Theory of Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 208B Clinical Practice on Chinese Tui Na (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 212A Techniques - Theory of Acupuncture & Moxibustion (28 hrs)
          • This course is designed to cover three basic aspects:
            • The first aspect includes the following:
              • Comprehensive techniques of tonification and sedation.
              • Five methods of twirling the needle for tonification and sedation.
              • Four methods of moving energy.
            • The second aspect includes the following:
              • Auricular acupuncture.
              • Scalp acupuncture.
              • Moxibustion
              • Cupping
              • Wrist and ankle acupuncture
              • Face acupuncture
              • Nose acupuncture
              • Eye acupuncture
              • Hand acupuncture
            • The third aspect deals with safety measures and incidents in acupuncture:
              • Needle sickness (yun zhen).
              • Stagnated needle (zhi zhen) and needle bending (wan zhen).
              • Needle breaking (zhe zhen).
              • Injuries to tissues of vital organs and dangerous points involved.
              • Traumatic pneumothorax and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to medullary bulb and spinal cord and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to internal organs and dangerous points involved.
              • Injury to the nerve trunk and dangerous points involved.
              • Local hematoma and dangerous points involved.
              • Dangerous points around the eye.
              • Points contraindicated in pregnancy.
              • First aid.
        • 212B Techniques - Clinical Practice on Acupuncture (28 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 213 Clinical Observation (224 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Observing patient consultation.
            • Making preparations for acupuncture treatment.
            • Making herbal formulas.
            • Practicing Moxibustion on patients.
            • Observing other clinical procedures.
        • 217A Clinical Procedures: Communication Skills & The Medical Interview (28 hrs)
          • Important Aspects
            • There are some important aspects of clinical practice which a student needs to know before entering into practicum, and such aspects are generally called "clinical procedures". The procedures may include first-aid, needle sterilization, record-keeping, diagnosis techniques, treatment preparation, etc.
        • 217B Clinical Procedures: Medical Ethics & Legal Issues (14 hrs)
          • This covers the following aspects in this course
            • Ethics: this is to direct a practitioner's attention to guidelines for ethical TCM practice. There is a set of core values, which practitioners must uphold in their relationships with their clients, members of their own profession, other health care providers, and the public.
            • Medical and legal issues. For example, it is necessary for the practitioners to ensure that clinical practice is authorized by informed consent and within relevant law governing consent and choice.
            • Practice management. How to run a TCM clinic requires some specific knowledge and skills, which should be acquired in advance of setting up a clinic.
            • Communication skills. Practitioners must learn the skills of communicating not only with the clients, but also with other health care professionals about the client's care.
        • 217C Clinical Procedures: TCM Business Practices (14 hrs)
          • To be announced
        • 302 TCM Classics (1): Selected readings from Nei Jing (28 hrs)
          • This course is mainly designed to study Nei Jing and Nan Jing.
            • The Nei-Jing, also called the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, was published around the Third Century B.C. It stands for an excellent presentation of past experience that had been accumulated from the days when Chinese medicine began to be practiced in Ancient China. The Nan-Jing, also called the Difficult Classic, presents a detailed discussion on the Nei-Jing, and both classics are generally regarded as the most important philosophical classics in Chinese medicine. The aim of this course is to let students have a glimpse at some highlights contained in the two celebrated classics.
        • 315 TCM Orthopedics & Traumatic Injuries (28 hrs)
          • Fracture.
          • Specific areas of fracture
          • Fracture of lower limbs.
          • Fracture of the trunk (truncal fracture).
          • Dislocation.
          • Injuries.
          • Internal injury.
            • Total hours per academic year: 672 / 48 credits
      • Third Year $8,800.00*
        • 209 Foundation of Western Pharmacology (56 hrs)
          • A basic discussion on the actions of Western drugs, such as the penicillins, the aminoglycosides, the tetracyclines, the macrolides, the polypeptides, sulfonamides, etc.  
        • 300 Chinese Acupuncture (3) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Internal Medicine, Gynecology in TCM) - (84 hrs)
          • Course objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of Diseases in Internal medicine and Gynecology.
            • Diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases by using acupuncture therapy: digestive disorders, respiratory disorders, heart and blood vessel disorders, nutritional disorders, urinary disorders, male symptoms.
            • Diagnosis and treatment of women's diseases by using acupuncture therapy. Menstruation disorders, pregnancy disorders, postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders, female discharges, and other disorders in women.
        • 306 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
          • In this course, the third-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese Herbology and Acupuncture under supervision.
        • 309 Physical Exam & Lab Results Basics (56 hrs)
          • Physical examination is part of a medical consultation, in which the physician looks, feels, and listens to various parts of the patient's body in order to assess the patient's condition. The main techniques used by a physician during a physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
          • Laboratory technologist carries out laboratory tests that produce the data necessary for physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat disease. In this course, presentation includes how to understand those tests and use them for diagnosis and treatment. For example, in diabetes mellitus, two laboratory tests are done: testing urine for glucose and direct testing of blood glucose. A student must learn how to interpret such testing results.
        • 312 Studies of Clinical Cases (56 hrs)
          • This class will help you to understand the detail procedure of how a disease is diagnosed and treated. The teacher will discuss the pathological changes of diseases in different stages. After this class, you will gain more confidences in treating complicated diseases.
        • 313 Chinese Acupuncture (4) - Therapeutic Acupuncture (Children's Diseases, Dermatology, External Diseases, Diseases of Five Senses in TCM) - (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives: Acupuncture Treatment of children's diseases, external and skin diseases, bone diseases, injuries, and diseases of the five senses.
            • Children's diseases: mumps, cough, malnutrition, indigestion, aftereffects of polio, etc.
            • Diseases of the five senses: glaucoma, nosebleed, toothache, and acute deafness, sore throat, etc.
            • Skin and external diseases: boils, eczema, goiter, piles, low-back pain, and sciatica, neck pain, injuries, etc.
            • Bone diseases.
        • 314 Western Diagnostics (56 hrs)
          • Western pathology is very different from Chinese pathology. In Chinese pathology, natural causes such as wind, cold, dampness, and emotions play an essential role, but in Western pathology, bacteria, virus, chemical stimulations, and changes in structure and function are important considerations.
            • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
      • *Tuition maybe less if you have transfer credits
      • The total tuition without transfer credits is $27,200.00
      • The total hours are 1904 which is 136 credits
    • Three-year Diploma Program for TCM Herbalist
      • This is a three year program.
      • This program qualifies its graduates to take a licensing examination to become a registered Herbalist. The program consists of a total of 1932 hours of instruction including 448 hours minimum of clinical training in three academic years. The program is divided into three categories of study: A minimum of 360 hours of basic knowledge of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. A minimum of 250 hours in the introduction of relevant biological and clinical sciences. A minimum of 550 hours in the subjects of Herbology and related knowledge.
        • First Year $8,800.00*
          • 099 Foundation of Chinese Language & Terminology (28 hrs)
            • To learn Chinese medicine thoroughly, the student needs to learn "Pinyin" (which is basically the Romanization of Chinese characters), because acupuncture points, Chinese herbs and herbal formulas (which make up the major portions of Chinese medicine) are referred to in Pinyin. This course is designed to prepare students to understand and use the Pinyin system of the Chinese language.
          • 100 Foundation of TCM (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Philosophical foundation of TCM and its essential ways of thinking: theory of pure essence, yin and yang, five elements, essential ways of thinking.
              • Energy, blood, and body fluids: energy, blood, body fluids, relationships between energy, blood, and body fluids.
              • Viscera and bowels: five viscera, six bowels, odd and constant organs, and relationship between viscera and bowels.
              • Meridians: basic concepts and system of meridians, basic physiological functions of meridians, twelve master meridians, eight extra meridians, separate master meridians, separate linking meridians, muscular meridians, skin zones.
              • The body and senses.
              • Causes of diseases: external causes, internal causes, causative pathological products, other causes.
              • Pathology: pathological mechanisms and types.
              • Disease mechanisms: basic mechanisms, transmission and change of diseases.
              • Healthy lifestyles and treatment principles.
          • 101 Diagnostics of TCM (84 hrs)
            • Introduction:
            • Diagnosis by observation.
            • Tongue diagnosis.
            • Diagnosis by hearing and smelling.
            • Diagnosis by interrogation.
            • Pulse diagnosis.
            • Palpation.
            • Eight classifications of symptoms.
            • Differentiation of syndromes by causes, energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Differentiation of syndromes by viscera and bowels.
            • Introduction to other types of syndrome differentiation.
            • Methods of diagnosis and application of syndrome differentiation.
            • Introduction to diagnosis of diseases.
            • How to write patient's records.
          • 102 Chinese Herbology (1) (84 hrs)
            • Origin of Chinese Herbs and Development of Chinese Herbology.
            • Habitat and Collection of Herbs.
              • Habitat of Herbs.
              • Collection of Herbs.
              •
            • Forms of Preparing Herbs for Consumption.
              • 3-1 Purposes of Preparation.
              • 3-2 Methods of Preparation.
            • Four Properties and Actions of Herbs.
              • Four Energies.
              • Five Flavors.
              • Movements of Herbs.
              • Meridian Routes.
              • Toxicity.
            • Combination of Chinese Herbs.
            • Measures of Precaution in Consuming Herbs.
            • Dosages and Methods of Consuming Herbs.
              • Dosages of Consumption
              • Methods of Consuming Herbs.
            • Classifications of Herbs and representative herbs in each class:
          • 103 Chinese Acupuncture (1) - Meridians (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • The component and actions of jing-luo (meridians).
                The twelve meridians (shi er jing mai); the eight extra meridians (qi jing ba mai); fifteen main collaterals (shi wu luo); the branches of the twelve meridians (shi er jing bie); the muscles along the twelve meridians (shi er jing jin); the twelve skin areas (shi er pi bu).
              • The physiology and pathology of meridians.
              • Clinical applications of meridians in the field of diagnosis and treatment.
              • The classifications of acupuncture points.
                The acupuncture points on the fourteen master meridians; extraordinary points, a shi points.
              • The actions of acupuncture points.
                Distant actions; local actions; special actions.
            • Special Points.
              • Five shu points (wu shu xue), original points (yuan xue), linking points (luo xue), transport points (shu xue), gathering points (mu xue), eight meridians eight meeting points (ba mai jiao hui xue), fissural or cleft points (xi xue), lower terminal points or lower sea points (xia he xue).
            • Locating Acupuncture Points.
              • The twelve meridians and their points.
            • Lungs meridian (shou tai yin fei jing) and its points.
            • Large intestine meridian (shou yang ming da chang jing) and its points.
            • Stomach meridian (zu yang ming wei jing) and its points.
          • 104 Western Anatomy (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • To study the structure of the human body. In Chinese acupuncture, surface anatomy is considered very crucial in locating acupuncture points, whereas Western anatomy is focused on the structure of organisms. Both systems of anatomy will be studied in this course.
          • 105 Chinese Qi Gong/Tai Ji (28 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Qi-gong refers to breathing exercises to discipline the energy in the body to achieve an internal balance. Tui-na refers to the Chinese system of manipulative therapy which is a very useful system of external therapy, broader than Western massage in scope. In this course, various methods of qi-gong and tui-na will be studied.
          • 108 Western Biology, Micro Biology, Immunology (84 hrs)
            • This course is designed to achieve seven objectives:
            • A general understanding of the chemistry of life (biochemistry), the cell (cell biology), genetics, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant form & function and animal form & function
          • 109 Surface Anatomy & Acupuncture Points (42 hrs)
            • This course is designed to achieve two objectives: first, to understand the basic terms in surface anatomy; second, to learn the locations of acupuncture points with reference to surface anatomy. The anatomical terms to be learned include terms such as acromioclavicular joint, acromion, ala nasi, gastrocnemius muscle, head of fibula, 7th cervical vertebra, greater trochanter, hiatus sacralis, hyoid bone, etc. As to acupuncture points to be learned, this course covers virtually all the established points on the fourteen meridians.
          • 110 History of TCM (14 hrs)
            • This course covers the following topics of study in the history of TCM:
              • Introduction to the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine
                • The budding of medical knowledge during the primitive society.
                • Legends stage of medicine.
                • The find from the Ma Wang Dui Chinese tomb in Chang sha in 1973, which marks the earliest system of Chinese medicine unearthed.
                • Four most important classics.
              • Outstanding physicians in historical perspective
                • Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
                • The Qin Han period (206-220 AD).
                • The six dynasties and West Jin period (220-589).
                • The Sui dynasty period (581-618).
                • The Tang dynasty (618-907).
                • The Song dynasty period (960-1279).
                • The Jin and Yuan dynasties (1115-1368).
                • The Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
                • The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
                • The period after 1911.
              • Schools of thought
                • The Classical school.
                • The Shang Han school.
                • The school of cold-cool remedies.
                • The school of tonifying earth.
                • The school of counteracting pathogenic attack.
                • The school of watering yin.
                • The school of warming and tonifying.
                • The school of warm diseases.
                • The school of integrating Chinese and Western medicines.
                • Acupuncture: past and present.
                  • Total hours per academic year: 616 / 44 credits
        • Second Year $9,600.00*
          • 204 Chinese Herbal Formulas (1) (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives
              • Formulas and Treatment Methods
                • Relationships between Formula and Treatment Methods
                • Commonly Used Treatment Methods
                  •
              • Classifications of Formulas
              • Compositions of Formulas
                • Principles of Compositions
                • Change in Compositions
              • Forms of Formulas
              • Methods of Decoction and Methods of Taking A Formula
                • How to Decoct A Formula
                  •
                • How to Take A Formula
              • Classifications of formulas and representative formulas under each classification
          • 206 Western Physiology (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives
              • In traditional Chinese physiology, bones and muscles are the main topics of study, but in Western physiology, the functions of cells, tissues, and organs of the living organisms are the topics of study. Both are relevant to the practice of Chinese medicine.
          • 209 Foundation of Western Pharmacology (56 hrs)
            • A basic discussion on the actions of Western drugs, such as the penicillins, the aminoglycosides, the tetracyclines, the macrolides, the polypeptides, sulfonamides, etc.  
          • 213 Clinical Observation (224 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Observing patient consultation.
              • Making preparations for acupuncture treatment.
              • Making herbal formulas.
              • Practicing Moxibustion on patients.
              • Observing other clinical procedures.
          • 217A Clinical Procedures: Communication Skills & The Medical Interview (28 hrs)
            • Important Aspects
              • There are some important aspects of clinical practice which a student needs to know before entering into practicum, and such aspects are generally called "clinical procedures". The procedures may include first-aid, needle sterilization, record-keeping, diagnosis techniques, treatment preparation, etc.
          • 217B Clinical Procedures: Medical Ethics & Legal Issues (14 hrs)
            • This covers the following aspects in this course
              • Ethics: this is to direct a practitioner's attention to guidelines for ethical TCM practice. There is a set of core values, which practitioners must uphold in their relationships with their clients, members of their own profession, other health care providers, and the public.
              • Medical and legal issues. For example, it is necessary for the practitioners to ensure that clinical practice is authorized by informed consent and within relevant law governing consent and choice.
              • Practice management. How to run a TCM clinic requires some specific knowledge and skills, which should be acquired in advance of setting up a clinic.
              • Communication skills. Practitioners must learn the skills of communicating not only with the clients, but also with other health care professionals about the client's care.
          • 217C Clinical Procedures: TCM Business Practices (14 hrs)
            • To be announced
          • 400 Chinese Herbology (2) (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Herbs to relax the superficial region.
              • Herbs to clear heat.
              • Herbs to promote bowel movement.
              • Herbs to expel wind and dampness.
              • Herbs to transform dampness.
              • Herbs to benefit water and seep dampness.
              • Herbs to warm the internal region.
              • Herbs to regulate energy.
              • Herbs to promote digestion.
              • Herbs used as anthelmintic.
              • Herbs to arrest bleeding.
              • Herbs to activate the blood and transform coagulation.
              • Herbs to transform phlegm, stop cough, and calm asthma.
              • Herbs to calm the spirits.
              • Herbs to calm the liver and stop the wind.
              • Herbs to open cavities.
              • Herbs to tone deficiency.
              • Herbs to constrict.
              • Herbs to induce vomiting.
              • Herbs to detoxify, destroy insects, dry dampness, and stop itch.
              • Herbs to pull poison, transform decomposition, and produce muscles.
          • 412 TCM Internal Medicine (84 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • Definition, nature, and scope of internal medicine.
              • History of internal medicine.
              • Disease classification of internal medicine.
              • Pathologic mechanism of internal medicine.
              • Symptomatology of internal medicine.
              • Therapeutics of internal medicine.
              • Current research of internal medicine and its developing trend.
              • Study requirements and methods of internal medicine.
              • Diseases caused by external infections.
              • Diseases of the lungs.
              • Diseases of the heart and the brain.
              • Diseases of the spleen and the stomach.
              • Diseases of the liver and gallbladder.
              • Diseases of the kidneys and the bladder.
              • Diseases of the energy, blood, and body fluids.
              • Diseases of the system of meridians and limbs
          • 413 Gynecology in TCM (56 hrs)
            • Course Objectives:
              • The characters of women's physiology, which include bao gong (uterus) and yue jing (menstruation).
              • Causes and pathological changes in women's diseases.
              • Diagnosis in women's diseases which include four methods of diagnosis and the important principles of differentiation methods (bian zheng fa).
              • General treatment principles: to water the kidneys and tonify the kidneys (zi shen bu shen); to disperse the liver and nourish the liver (shu gan yang gan); to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach (jian pi he wei); to regulate energy and blood (tiao li qi xue); to warm the meridians and disperse cold (wen jing san han); to clear heat and detoxify (qing re jie du); to seep dampness and benefit water (shen shi li shui).
                • Women's diseases.
                • Menstruation disorders.
                • Pregnancy disorders.
                • Postnatal (postpartum or puerperal) disorders.
                • Female discharges.
                • Other disorders in women:
                  • Total hours per academic year: 672 / 48 credits
        • Third Year $9,600.00*
          • 302 TCM Classics (1): Selected readings from Nei Jing (28 hrs)
            • This course is mainly designed to study Nei Jing and Nan Jing.
              • The Nei-Jing, also called the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, was published around the Third Century B.C. It stands for an excellent presentation of past experience that had been accumulated from the days when Chinese medicine began to be practiced in Ancient China. The Nan-Jing, also called the Difficult Classic, presents a detailed discussion on the Nei-Jing, and both classics are generally regarded as the most important philosophical classics in Chinese medicine. The aim of this course is to let students have a glimpse at some highlights contained in the two celebrated classics.
          • 306 Clinical Practices (224 hrs)
            • In this course, the third-year students will have an opportunity to practice both Chinese herbology and acupuncture under supervision.
          • 309 Physical Exam & Lab Results Basics (56 hrs)
            • Physical examination is part of a medical consultation, in which the physician looks, feels, and listens to various parts of the patient's body in order to assess the patient's condition. The main techniques used by a physician during a physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
            • Laboratory technologist carries out laboratory tests that produce the data necessary for physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat disease. In this course, presentation includes how to understand those tests and use them for diagnosis and treatment. For example, in diabetes mellitus, two laboratory tests are done: testing urine for glucose and direct testing of blood glucose. A student must learn how to interpret such testing results.
          • 312 Studies of Clinical Cases (56 hrs)
            • This class will help you to understand the detail procedure of how a disease is diagnosed and treated. The teacher will discuss the pathological changes of diseases in different stages. After this class, you will gain more confidences in treating complicated diseases.
          • 314 Western Diagnostics (56 hrs)
            • Western pathology is very different from Chinese pathology. In Chinese pathology, natural causes such as wind, cold, dampness, and emotions play an essential role, but in Western pathology, bacteria, virus, chemical stimulations, and changes in structure and function are important considerations.
          • 315 TCM Orthopedics & Traumatic Injuries (28 hrs)
            • Fracture.
            • Specific areas of fracture
            • Fracture of lower limbs.
            • Fracture of the trunk (truncal fracture).
            • Dislocation.
            • Injuries.
            • Internal injury.
          • 414A Dermatology in TCM (14 hrs)
            • Skin Diseases:
              • Common acne or acne vulgaris; alopecia areata; brandy nose or rosacea; dermatitis of various kinds; dermatomyositis; eczema; acute eczema; chronic eczema; eczema in children and infants; eczema of nipples; eczema in scrotum; erythema of various kinds; folliculitis; formication; freckles; frostbite; premature gray hair; hair loss; herpes simplex; herpes zoster or shingles; ichthyosis; impetigo; itch; lupus erythematosus discoides; systemic lupus erythematosus; melanosis; neurodermatitis; pemphigus; pityriasis rosea; prickly heat, militia; psoriasis; scar; scleroderma; seborrhea; skin turning brown or chloasma; tinea of various kinds; urticaria, hives, nettle rash; popular urticaria; vitiligo; warts of various kinds.
          • 414B External Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
            • External Diseases:
              • Abscess; anal fissure. Anorectal prolapse; acute appendicitis; chronic appendicitis. Body odour; erysipelas; furuncle, furunculus, and furunculosis; hemorrhoids; acute lymphadenitis; mammary hypertrophy; scrofula of neck; thromboangitis obliterans; thrombophlegitis; thyroid adenoma; thyroid cyst and tubercle; internal ulcer; ulcer in female genitals. Ulcer in mouth; ulcer of lower limbs.
          • 417 Chinese Herbal Formulas (84 hrs)
            • Formulas to Relax the Superficial Region.
            • Formulas to Promote Bowel Movement.
            • Formulas to Harmonize.
            • Formulas to Clear Heat.
            • Formulas to Warm the Internal Region.
            • Formulas to Tone the Body.
            • Formulas to Solidify and Obstruct.
            • Formulas to Secure the Spirits.
            • Formulas to Open Body Cavities.
            • Formulas to Regulate Energy.
            • Formulas to Regulate Blood.
            • Formulas to Treat Wind Diseases.
            • Formulas to Treat Dryness.
            • Formulas to Expel Dampness.
            • Formulas to Expel Phlegm.
            • Formulas to Promote Digestion.
            • Anthelmintic Formulas.
            • Formulas to Induce Vomiting.
          • 418A Diseases of the Five Senses (14 hrs)
            • Five senses diseases in TCM include: ear diseases, nose diseases, throat diseases, and mouth, and tooth diseases. Some of the diseases to be discussed are: blepharitis, chalazion, ptosis, eczema of palpebrae, cyst of palpebrae, acute dacryocystitis, chronic dacryocystitis, acute conjunctivitis, chronic conjunctivitis, purulent conjunctivitis, pterygium, pinguecula, nebula, epistaxis, rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, furuncle of external auditory canal, otitis externa, otitis media, otitis interna, trouble of audition.
          • 418B Children's Diseases in TCM (14 hrs)
            • Common children's diseases: cold and flu, cough, asthma, pneumonia, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, indigestion, convulsion, epilepsy, urinary disorders, blood diseases, perspiration, infectious disease, slow development, etc.
          • 420 Chinese Food Cure (56 hrs)
            • Introduction to Chinese Food Cures
              • Development of Food Cures in Chinese History
              • Properties and Actions of Foods
                • Properties of foods
                • Actions of foods
              • Applications of Foods
                • Fruit And Nuts
                • Vegetables
                • Meat, Poultry, Eggs, And Aquatic Food
                • Sugars, Oils, Spices, And Grains
                  • Total hours per academic year: 644 / 46 credits
        • *Tuition maybe less if you have transfer credits
        • The total tuition without transfer credits is $28,000.00
        • The total hours are 1932 which is 138 credits
  • Certificate Program - Overseas Study Program - Continuing Education
    • Certificate of Chinese Tui Na & Reflexology
      • Summary
        • Introduction
          • ICTCM of Vancouver has provided students with the academic excellence in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) since 1986. The College continues to offer the best instruction in the TCM program to those with a sincere interest in the study of the wisdom and benefits of the Chinese medical tradition. Other than the diploma programs, the College offers an one-year certificate program on Chinese Tui na and Reflexology to meet the general interests of relaxation and energy healing.
        • Objectives
          • The objective of this program is to train interested students to become higher standard healing therapists with the skills of Chinese tui-na and reflexology techniques in a reasonable time frame. The concept of  healing therapy is to focus on disease prevention, heal of illness, relaxation and stress relief.
        • Prerequisite
          • The minimum prerequisite is high school graduate or over 19 years of age
          • Please note it is the student's responsibility to make sure they meet  the set prerequisites for all courses enrolled. In case a student can not continue or fails in the courses due to lack of required prerequisites, the College will consider it as a withdrawal from or failure in those courses.
        • Registration - Fee - Payment
          • All applicants must fill out and submit the application form 30 days before the program starts. Please see admission policy and application process on separate sheets
          • The current tuition rate for the one year certificate program is $200.00 cnd. per credit (14 instruction hours - for example multiply 8 credits - for one course 4 hours per week X $200.00 = $1,600.00 tuition). The tuition includes both classroom study and clinical practice. The tuition is not including textbooks.
        • Remarks
          • All courses require a minimum enrolment of 8 persons
          • All fees are in Canadian funds
          • All fees remain the same for Canadian and International students
          • Courses may change without notice
        • Course Summary
          • Length: 42 weeks
          • Total Credits: 34
          • Total Hours: 952
          • Total Tuition: $12,750.00
          • Tuition maybe less if you have transfer credits
      • Course Outline
        • 099 Foundation of Chinese Language & Terminology (28 hrs)
          • To learn Chinese medicine thoroughly, the student needs to learn "Pinyin" (which is basically the Romanization of Chinese characters), because acupuncture points, Chinese herbs and herbal formulas (which make up the major portions of Chinese medicine) are referred to in Pinyin. This course is designed to prepare students to understand and use the Pinyin system of the Chinese language.
        • 100 Foundation of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Philosophical foundation of TCM and its essential ways of thinking: theory of pure essence, yin and yang, five elements, essential ways of thinking.
            • Energy, blood, and body fluids: energy, blood, body fluids, relationships between energy, blood, and body fluids.
            • Viscera and bowels: five viscera, six bowels, odd and constant organs, and relationship between viscera and bowels.
            • Meridians: basic concepts and system of meridians, basic physiological functions of meridians, twelve master meridians, eight extra meridians, separate master meridians, separate linking meridians, muscular meridians, skin zones.
            • The body and senses.
            • Causes of diseases: external causes, internal causes, causative pathological products, other causes.
            • Pathology: pathological mechanisms and types.
            • Disease mechanisms: basic mechanisms, transmission and change of diseases.
            • Healthy lifestyles and treatment principles.
        • 101 Diagnostics of TCM (84 hrs)
          • Introduction:
          • Diagnosis by observation.
          • Tongue diagnosis.
          • Diagnosis by hearing and smelling.
          • Diagnosis by interrogation.
          • Pulse diagnosis.
          • Palpation.
          • Eight classifications of symptoms.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by causes, energy, blood, and body fluids.
          • Differentiation of syndromes by viscera and bowels.
          • Introduction to other types of syndrome differentiation.
          • Methods of diagnosis and application of syndrome differentiation.
          • Introduction to diagnosis of diseases.
          • How to write patient's records.
        • 102 Chinese Herbology (1) (84 hrs)
          • Origin of Chinese Herbs and Development of Chinese Herbology.
          • Habitat and Collection of Herbs.
            • Habitat of Herbs.
            • Collection of Herbs.
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          • Forms of Preparing Herbs for Consumption.
            • Purposes of Preparation.
            • Methods of Preparation.
          • Four Properties and Actions of Herbs.
            • Four Energies.
            • Five Flavors.
            • Movements of Herbs.
            • Meridian Routes.
            • Toxicity.
          • Combination of Chinese Herbs.
          • Measures of Precaution in Consuming Herbs.
          • Dosages and Methods of Consuming Herbs.
            • Dosages of Consumption
            • Methods of Consuming Herbs.
          • Classifications of Herbs and representative herbs in each class:
        • 103 Chinese Acupuncture (1) - Meridians (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • The component and actions of jing-luo (meridians).
              The twelve meridians (shi er jing mai); the eight extra meridians (qi jing ba mai); fifteen main collaterals (shi wu luo); the branches of the twelve meridians (shi er jing bie); the muscles along the twelve meridians (shi er jing jin); the twelve skin areas (shi er pi bu).
            • The physiology and pathology of meridians.
            • Clinical applications of meridians in the field of diagnosis and treatment.
            • The classifications of acupuncture points.
              The acupuncture points on the fourteen master meridians; extraordinary points, a shi points.
            • The actions of acupuncture points.
              Distant actions; local actions; special actions.
          • Special Points.
            • Five shu points (wu shu xue), original points (yuan xue), linking points (luo xue), transport points (shu xue), gathering points (mu xue), eight meridians eight meeting points (ba mai jiao hui xue), fissural or cleft points (xi xue), lower terminal points or lower sea points (xia he xue).
          • Locating Acupuncture Points.
            • The twelve meridians and their points.
          • Lungs meridian (shou tai yin fei jing) and its points.
          • Large intestine meridian (shou yang ming da chang jing) and its points.
          • Stomach meridian (zu yang ming wei jing) and its points.
        • 104 Western Anatomy (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • To study the structure of the human body. In Chinese acupuncture, surface anatomy is considered very crucial in locating acupuncture points, whereas Western anatomy is focused on the structure of organisms. Both systems of anatomy will be studied in this course.
        • 105 Chinese Qi Gong/Tai Ji (28 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Qi-gong refers to breathing exercises to discipline the energy in the body to achieve an internal balance. Tui-na refers to the Chinese system of manipulative therapy which is a very useful system of external therapy, broader than Western massage in scope. In this course, various methods of qi-gong and tui-na will be studied.
        • 108 Western Biology, Micro Biology, Immunology (84 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve seven objectives:
          • A general understanding of the chemistry of life (biochemistry), the cell (cell biology), genetics, the evolutionary history of biological diversity, plant form & function and animal form & function
        • 109 Surface Anatomy & Acupuncture Points (42 hrs)
          • This course is designed to achieve two objectives: first, to understand the basic terms in surface anatomy; second, to learn the locations of acupuncture points with reference to surface anatomy. The anatomical terms to be learned include terms such as acromioclavicular joint, acromion, ala nasi, gastrocnemius muscle, head of fibula, 7th cervical vertebra, greater trochanter, hiatus sacralis, hyoid bone, etc. As to acupuncture points to be learned, this course covers virtually all the established points on the fourteen meridians.
        • 110 History of TCM (14 hrs)
          • This course covers the following topics of study in the history of TCM:
            • Introduction to the ancient history of Traditional Chinese Medicine
              • The budding of medical knowledge during the primitive society.
              • Legends stage of medicine.
              • The find from the Ma Wang Dui Chinese tomb in Chang sha in 1973, which marks the earliest system of Chinese medicine unearthed.
              • Four most important classics.
            • Outstanding physicians in historical perspective
              • Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
              • The Qin Han period (206-220 AD).
              • The six dynasties and West Jin period (220-589).
              • The Sui dynasty period (581-618).
              • The Tang dynasty (618-907).
              • The Song dynasty period (960-1279).
              • The Jin and Yuan dynasties (1115-1368).
              • The Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
              • The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
              • The period after 1911.
            • Schools of thought
              • The Classical school.
              • The Shang Han school.
              • The school of cold-cool remedies.
              • The school of tonifying earth.
              • The school of counteracting pathogenic attack.
              • The school of watering yin.
              • The school of warming and tonifying.
              • The school of warm diseases.
              • The school of integrating Chinese and Western medicines.
              • Acupuncture: past and present.
        • 213 Clinical Observation (224)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Observing patient consultation.
            • Making preparations for acupuncture treatment.
            • Making herbal formulas.
            • Practicing Moxibustion on patients.
            • Observing other clinical procedures.
        • 400 Chinese Herbology (2) (84 hrs)
          • Course Objectives:
            • Herbs to relax the superficial region.
            • Herbs to clear heat.
            • Herbs to promote bowel movement.
            • Herbs to expel wind and dampness.
            • Herbs to transform dampness.
            • Herbs to benefit water and seep dampness.
            • Herbs to warm the internal region.
            • Herbs to regulate energy.
            • Herbs to promote digestion.
            • Herbs used as anthelmintic.
            • Herbs to arrest bleeding.
            • Herbs to activate the blood and transform coagulation.
            • Herbs to transform phlegm, stop cough, and calm asthma.
            • Herbs to calm the spirits.
            • Herbs to calm the liver and stop the wind.
            • Herbs to open cavities.
            • Herbs to tone deficiency.
            • Herbs to constrict.
            • Herbs to induce vomiting.
            • Herbs to detoxify, destroy insects, dry dampness, and stop itch.
            • Herbs to pull poison, transform decomposition, and produce muscles.
        • 420 Chinese Food Cure (56 hrs)
          • Introduction to Chinese Food Cures
            • Development of Food Cures in Chinese History
            • Properties and Actions of Foods
              • Properties of foods
              • Actions of foods
            • Applications of Foods
              • Fruit And Nuts
              • Vegetables
              • Meat, Poultry, Eggs, And Aquatic Food
              • Sugars, Oils, Spices, And Grains
  • Overseas Study Program
    • Program Objectives
      • The Overseas Study Program for clinical practice is intended to provide the students with an opportunity to personally experience the close relationship between traditional Chinese culture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The program brings students to the Chinese hospitals where the student can observe a wide variety of therapies in clinical applications.
      • The Overseas  Study Program is arranged to bring you in touch with various types of patients so that the students will have an opportunity to learn diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of diseases under the direction and supervision of local Chinese doctors.
      • The program is scheduled under the premise that "time is of the essence", so that you can realize the maximum clinical achievements within the shortest period of time, with the entire time fully and effectively utilized
      • During "Clinical practices overseas", you may earn an opportunity to meet students and teachers from other Western nations to discuss topics of common interest and to exchange opinions.
    • Administration and Registration
      • Overseas  Study Program is a part of the DTCM Program. The fifth year clinical hours can be completed at the ICTCMV or an approved TCM Hospital by the college Overseas.
      • Overseas  Study Program credits can be recorded on the student's transcript upon request, when a copy of certification issued by the overseas TCM Hospitals is provided.
      • An applicant should complete the Application Form for Admission with a non-refundable $100.00 application fee.
      • Two copies of the Student Contract should be signed and returned along with a copy of their passport (with at least 6 months remaining before expiration) and a deposit (20% of the total fee) within 10 days of receipt in order to complete the registration.
      • 50% of the fee should be paid 60 days before the departure date. The balance should be paid 30 days before the departure date.
      • Tuition fee for three months of study: $3,900.00 (12 weeks in Hefei)
        Tuition Fee for two months of study:  $3,200.00 (8 weeks in Hefei)
      • The tuition fee covers the tuition only. It does not cover the following;
        • International and domestic travel
        • Accommodations or meals
        • Visa application
        • Insurance fees or airport fees
      • Refund
        • Full refund including application fee may be available. Please see the Student Contract for the detailed refund policy.
    • Schedule
      • Summer session departs at the end of April or the beginning of May and Winter session departs at the beginning of January. The flight from Vancouver  is about 13 hours. Usually you will be transferred to the city where the hospital is located in the same day. Actual departing date will depend on the airlines schedule and seating availability.
      • The exact schedule will be provided by the hospitals and normally it is Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
    • Additional Information
      • The Number One Acupuncture Hospital of An Hui is the hospital associated with our College.
      • The hospital has lab-coats available but you may want to bring your own.
      • You will stay at a hotel. There is an  in-suite bathrooms, air conditioning, telephone, TV in all the rooms. You may need to use the public laundry service.
      • China's currency is the Renminbi (RMB). The basic unit is the Yuan. You can exchange the currency in Vancouver or China. A basic meal costs about $2.00 CND. If you are not planning for a big purchase or extra traveling, $1,500.00 for three months should be enough. Travelers checks are stronger than cash when you make the exchange. US currency is more common than Canadian currency.
      • Public telephone and post office facilities are all within walking distance. You can use a computer in the main post office for e-mail.
      • Public buses are largely available, taxis are everywhere, and it costs $1.00 to $2.00 to get around the city.
      • In the beginning of the practicum, the hospital will give you a schedule to inform you which departments you will go to and how long you are going to stay in each department. Your regular schedule is Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
      • Please be advised that the information given here could change. Please inquire before you make your plans
  • Part Time study for credits or leisure
    • To be announced
      • This will be added soon
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