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Course Outline for 1 YEAR
Semesters: 3
 Fees: $ 3500.00 (Inc. Registration fees + Tuition fees + Examination fees)  per Semester
 Hours: About 800+  (300/sem. +300/sem. +200/sem.) Hours 
Full Time Course (Including Theory + Practical + Case Studies) 
 Certificate: Diploma in Acupuncture (D.Ac.)
Advance Acupuncture course: Total 1200+ hours

1.       INTRODUCTORY LECTURES? COMMON TERMINOLOGY OF ACUPUNCTURE
2.       DISCUSSION ON (A) TRADITIONAL THEORIES, (B) MODERN THEORIES, (C) RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS
3.       LECTURE TOPICS:
  • MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUES
  • CUNOMETER AND ACUPUNCTURE CARD
  • METHODS OF NEEDLE INSERTION
4.       METHODS OF LOCATION OF POINTS
  • STERILIZATION OF NEEDLES 
  • POSTURES FOR THERAPY 
  • NEEDLE SENSATIONS 
  • PHYSIOLOGY EFFECTS 
5.       METHODS OF STIMULATION
  • PROHIBITED POINTS 
  • DANGEROUS POINTS 
  • COMPLICATIONS 
  • CONTRA-INDICATIONS 
6.       PRINCIPLES OF ACUPUNCTURE
  • RULES OF SELECTION OF POINTS 
  •  ZANG-FU THEORY 
  •  FIVE ELEMENT THEORY 
  •  HEAD NEEDLE THERAPY 
  •  AURICULOTHERAPY 
  •  MOXIBUSTION AND OTHER ANCILLARY METHODS 
7.       SYSTEMATIC THERAPY
  • THE DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM 
  •  THE DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 
  •  THE DISORDERS OF THE CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM 
  •  THE DISORDERS OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM 
  •  THE DISORDERS OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM 
8.     FOURTEEN CHANNEL THEORY
9.       THE LOCOMOTORS DISORDERS
10.    ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE
11.    THE PHYSICALS OF ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE
12.    EYE, EAR, NOSE DISORDERS
13.    PROGNOSIS
14.    THE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
15.    MODERN TECHNIQUES
16.    NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
17.    MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE