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  • 2.5 hours on-demand video
  • 16 articles
  • 25 downloadable resources
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The history of acupuncture

A nice clear overview
Rating: 4.8 out of 54.8 (4 ratings)
21 students
Created by Jessica Kennedy
Last updated 7/2020
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • The rich heritage of health wisdom that you tap into when you give or receive an acupuncture treatment
  • An overview of the diverse modern world of acupuncture - its origins, history, spread and development
  • How to answer your patients' questions about the history of acupuncture
  • Understand what other practitioners are talking about when they talk about Sun Simiao or the Suwen

Requirements

  • Awareness of acupuncture concepts

Description

You’ll gain an overview of the diverse modern world of acupuncture - its origins, history, spread and development.  And be inspired about the rich heritage of health wisdom that we tap into when we give or receive an acupuncture treatment

The history of acupuncture is a very beautiful journey.  It's a glorious tale of China, and other nearby civilisations, over several millennia, and that’s before we even start with the complex web of transmission that brought that knowledge to the rest of the world.

This course gives a nice clear overview, from the Yellow Emperor in neolithic China, through to modern innovations like battlefield acupuncture.  It explores questions like:

  • Just how old is acupuncture?

  • How to know your Nei Jing from your Nan Jing

  • Does acupuncture = TCM = the distilled essence of ancient Chinese medical wisdom?

  • How the heck did they think up acupuncture in the first place?

  • Just how did acupuncture reach you and me today, all the way from its origins in China thousands of years ago?

  • The role of women in the history of acupuncture

This course is for practitioners (and anyone else with some knowledge or interest in acupuncture) keen to build your understanding of our history.  I It will empower you to:

  • Answer your patients' questions with confidence

  • Have a better sense of what other practitioners are on about when they talk about Sun Simiao or the Nei Jing

*** NOTE *** This course takes about 3.5 hours to complete - it is made up of 2:22 hours of video, and arouund 1:10 hours of PDFs

Who this course is for:

  • Acupuncturists (and anyone else with an interest in acupuncture)

Course content

9 sections • 41 lectures • 2h 22m total length

  • Preview05:28

  • Concepts from ancient China
    06:44
  • The origins of acupuncture
    06:05
  • So how old is acupuncture?
    00:02
  • Organised medicine
    09:42
  • Acupuncture timeline (ancient and early imperial China)
    01:33
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • The I Ching
    02:52
  • Preview06:45
  • The Nan Jing
    00:02
  • The Shang Han Lun
    00:02
  • The Jia Yi Jing
    00:39
  • Preview00:02
  • Summary & the four classic texts
    00:02
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • Cupping
    00:02
  • Preview06:26
  • HOW was acupuncture discovered?
    06:31
  • A brief timeline of western medicine
    00:02
  • Preventative medicine
    00:02
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • In and out of fashion in China
    05:55
  • Under seige from western and herbal medicine
    00:02
  • Dynastied out?
    00:02
  • A rocky entrance to the 20th century
    08:28
  • Who studied acupuncture, and why?
    06:43
  • One doctor's 20th century journey
    00:02
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • Journeys in other lands
    00:02
  • The creation of TCM
    07:12
  • Does TCM = all Chinese medicine?
    06:53
  • Acupuncture timeline (complete)
    03:16
  • Acupuncture's journey to the west
    09:51
  • A global tapestry
    04:08
  • TEAM is a broad church
    08:22
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • Continuous innovation
    00:02
  • Acupuncture in the west
    00:02
  • Integrated medicine
    07:52
  • Research - acupuncture under the microscope
    00:02
  • Check your understanding
    2 questions

  • Poetry & names
    00:02
  • Women in acupuncture
    06:03

  • The future
    02:25
  • Sources and acknowledgements
    07:19
  • Preview02:42
  • Preview02:17

Instructor

Jessica Kennedy
Registered acupuncturist
Jessica Kennedy
  • 4.8 Instructor Rating
  • 4 Reviews
  • 21 Students
  • 1 Course

I qualified in acupuncture in 2005, and built a successful practice in London.  I'm now enjoying more sunshine, in my early days of building a practice in Perth, Australia.

I am the author of the Five Elements Reference Cards, and I love practicing integrated TCM and Five Element style acupuncture.  I find them hugely complementary to and synergistic with each other.

From earlier in life I have a degree from Oxford University, and teaching experience.  I like to think I have a talent for explaining complicated things with some lightness, clarity and fun.

Not long ago I realised I wanted to understand more about the history of our extraordinary medicine, and off I went, down the rabbit hole!

I'm in love with acupuncture.  I have been for some time.  And here I am, keen to share some of the love, and knowledge, I've picked up along my path.


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