Need to Know
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Who is this course for?Acupuncturists, TCM Practitioners, Students -
Course length (start & watch when you want)5.5 hours of video content -
Course credits5.5 CEUs / PDAs*Please note that many of the associations listed under ‘CEUs/PDAs’ do not formally pre-approve online courses for credits, and thus require the student to track their own online course hours to submit for approval for their annual CEU/PDA requirements.
NCCAOM (AOM-AC), NZASA, AcNZ, CTCMA (Category A2), CTCMPAO, meets standard for AACMA CPDs and CAA CCPs
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ExtrasLifetime access · Certificate of completion
Meet your course instructor
Dr. Allan Fradsham | DTCM
Dr. Allan Fradsham holds a degree as a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine from The Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences. He graduated in 2006 and has been working full time as a TCM practitioner ever since. Dr. Fradsham runs a full general practice treating most disorders but has a special interest in physical injury and pain disorders and stroke recovery. Dr. Fradsham has been teaching since 2009, and was one of the primary instructors at the International Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Ottawa Ontario until he moved to Alberta. He is currently instructing at the Canadian Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has supervised acupuncture treatments at the Calgary Drop In Centre for the homeless in Calgary. He is the principal investigator in a current study on the use of acupuncture in stroke recovery. Dr. Fradsham mainly uses distal needling techniques below the elbow and knee, which allow him to treat painful areas and test range of motion during the treatment. Dr. Fradsham is in the process of starting a clinic in Nicaragua where he plans to offer community acupuncture to local people in need of treatment. He will use the solace as a teaching centre for practitioners to come and train with him, while they stay on his organic farm and enjoy all the fun Nicaragua has to offer as well. When not in the clinic, Dr. Fradsham spends his time with his family and dog pursuing his many outdoor hobbies.
Course description
If you have studied the Balance Method and Tung styles of acupuncture but have trouble incorporating them into your practice for internal conditions, or if you feel frustrated and limited by Zang Fu diagnosis originally being a herbal over channel diagnostic method, then this is the course for you!
This course is designed to help a practitioner understand the concept of the Channels within TCM, and understand the differences, and similarities of traditional TCM Zang Fu diagnostics in comparison to a more Channel based approach. It reviews the concepts of the channels and the natures of the six divisions (Tai Yang, Shao Yang, Yang Ming, Tai Yin, Shao Yin, and Jue Yin). It reviews all of the relationships between these channels, detailing how, and why you might utilize them in treatment.
We will explore what each of the 7 relationships between the channels are and why they are important. Moreover, we will look at how we can combine these relationships to create an effective treatment plan for our patients.
We will discuss what aspects influence acupoints in their mechanism of action. We will look at why we might choose specific points and how to combine them for effective results. This will allow the practitioner to use traditional TCM points in new ways, and understand the mechanism of action of Tung points or any other point they are introduced to.
Examination of all of the classic Zang Fu conditions and how to view them within the lens of the channel relationships will help the student create their own treatment protocols within the clinic that are fluid, effective and adaptable to many scenarios.