Traditional Chinese Medicine to Enhance Your Body’s Defenses
What you'll learn
- How Traditional Chinese Medicine can help to boost the immune system.
- Herbs and Supplements to strengthen the immune system.
- Traditional Chinese Medicine and its modalities explained.
- Holistic Therapies for pain, stress and the immune system.
Requirements
- Have an open mind.
Description
Traditional Chinese Medicine to Enhance Your Body’s Defenses Just in time for Cold and Flu season!
Taught by licensed acupuncturist, herbalist & author: Jeanie Mossa MS. L.Ac.
Learn how Traditional Chinese Medicine can help boost the immune system, help the body to fight pathogens, colds, viruses and other illnesses. Other modalities not part of Traditional Chinese Medicine such as supplements, vitamins, medicinal mushrooms for anemia, cancer treatment and prevention, exhaustion, stress and anxiety will be included.
In this class we will cover basic Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories of Yin & Yang, Qi & Blood.
You will also learn about the various therapies used in TCM and how they help the body:
Acupuncture (Please note you will not learn how to do acupuncture in this class!)
Acupressure (With a special section demonstrating an acupressure point to use on yourself everyday.)
Chinese Herbal Medicine - Herbs for flu, colds, immune system, anemia and fatigue
Tui Na Massage
Cupping
Moxibustion
Lifestyle Tips
Nutrition
Other Holistic Therapies and how they help the body:
Reiki, Massage, Polarity Therapy, Foot Reflexology, EFT Tapping, Sound Therapy - Singing bowls and Tuning forks
Special section: My COVID-19 Experience - How the herbs, remedies and therapies that helped me survive. This experience inspired this class. Please note this is my experience and not a class about COVID-19.
Please note: This is not a certification class.
Who this course is for:
- For those who want to strengthen their immune systems
- For those recovering from major illness, flu or Covid.
- For those who feel run down and exhausted especially after a bout of illness.
- For those who want to learn more about Traditional Chinese Medicine, holistic therapies, herbs and remedies.
Course content
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Instructor
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- 282 Reviews
- 1,159 Students
- 7 Courses
Jeanie Mossa MS. L.Ac., is the founder of Four Paws Acupuncture, a veterinary acupuncture practice north of Boston. She is an acupuncturist (L.Ac.) with over 25 years of experience treating animals and humans with holistic medicine.
She holds a masters degree (MS) in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and has completed the Animal Acupuncture certification program at New England School of Acupuncture. She is a former faculty member of the Canadian College of Oriental Medicine (Toronto, Canada).
She has written and illustrated five books and created several online classes. In her spare time, Jeanie is also an artist and owner of Practical Magic Salem featuring one of a kind jewelry, mixed media and art dolls.
Jeanie lives in Salem MA with her husband and their menagerie of magical creatures.
Books by Jeanie Mossa MS. L.Ac.:
Barkopaedia: The Canine Book of Knowledge by Jeanie Mossa MS. L.Ac. with Norman Kraft MS. L.Ac. Available on 11/15/20 Amazon
The Screaming Uterus - An Alternative Approach to Healing Your Uterus available on Kindle
Dr. Calamari's Guide to the Herbs, Minerals and Bugs of China (Out of print)
Whispers of the O'Fae: Art & Affirmations for the Wounded Inner Child Available on Amazon
The Woof & Warp of Canine Pain: by Jeanie Mossa, L.Ac. with Norman Kraft, L.Ac. Available on Amazon