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Our training, qualifications and expertise
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Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Members of the ACI are approved by Aviva, VHI, Laya Healthcare and HSA for Out-Patient insurance purposes.
Phone: 061-276532 Email: info@tcmci.ie
The ACI was formed in January 2006, has 500 members nationwide and can provide members of the public with contact details of a fully qualified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture.
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Cosmetic Acupuncture
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture / Acupuncture face-lift is becoming a more popular, non-surgical method for those who want not only to maintain beauty, radiance and vitality in the face, but also improve their overall health and well being. Acupuncture face-lifts have even been featured in the mainstream media. Studies show that among 300 cases treated with facial acupuncture, 90 % had marked beneficial results with only one course of treatment (International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, 1996).
Active Health Foundation was established to provide authentic and superior training for the inquiring student, based on Traditional and Natural Medical Principals. We are affiliated with the prestigious W.H.O. Collaborating Centre Zhe Jiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who recognize our qualifications.
Academic Principals:
Active Health Foundation has developed comprehensive training programs in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Complementary Therapies, with the guidance and assistance from Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and our associated colleges. We have benefited from many years experience in Holistic medicine education from experienced clinicians and tutors both in Europe and China.
The undergraduate syllabus is based on the primary TCM course as taught in the four main W.H.O. collaborating centres in China.
Active Health Foundation has a strong academic background with the majority of our lecturers, either from our associated colleges in China, graduates of the TCM degree programs in England, and all have undergone clinical training in China. All our lecturers are experienced, many of them acknowledged experts in their own subjects.
Active Health Foundation is one of the advisory colleges asked to participate in forming the forthcoming registration legislation for complementary medicine practitioners and therapists in Ireland by the Dept. of Health & Children.
Phone: 061-276532 Email: info@tcmci.ie
Acupuncture for facial rejuvenation is a wonderful, holistic, alternative approach to fighting the aging process.
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Daverick Leggett
Daverick began his working life as a farmer and gardener, passions which still inform his life today. After living for a while in a small intentional rural community he trained as an English teacher and worked for most of his twenties in the state comprehensive education system. These early experiences of relationship to land, community and education laid the ground for the development of his current work as a teacher and writer.
Training in Shiatsu during the 1980’s, Daverick worked as a practitioner for a decade or so and went on to teach, becoming a regional director of the European Shiatsu School. It was through shiatsu that he first encountered Qigong. Following a move to Devon in the early 1990′s he became a co-director of the Centre for Oriental Medicine.
Daverick met and began training with Zhixing Wang in 1991, completing his Qigong instructor programme and continuing to train to the present day. He began teaching Qigong in 1995. He teaches Qigong throughout southwest England.
https://www.meridianpress.net/about-us.html
Daverick Leggett began his working life as a farmer and gardener and then as a school teacher. For the last two decades he has been teaching Qigong and Nutrition throughout the UK as well as Europe and the USA. The titles of his two books Helping Ourselves and Recipes for Self-Healing contain the essential intent of his work: finding ways of helping people to help themselves to deeper health and more vibrant living.
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Dr Debra Betts PhD
Debra Betts has a background in nursing and graduated from the London College of Acupuncture in 1989. Returning to New Zealand she established a private practice specialising in pregnancy and women’s health care.
She began specifically developing and teaching acupuncture courses to midwives in 1997. This led to the publication of articles on the use of acupuncture and acupressure in obstetric practice in 1999 and her book “The Essential Guide to Acupuncture in Pregnancy & Childbirth” in 2006, with subsequent translations into German and French.
Debra completed her PhD on the use of acupuncture in threatened miscarriage in 2014 through the University of Western Sydney and is currently the Director of Postgraduate Programmes for an online Masters course through New Zealand School Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She is also a clinical supervisor at a hospital antenatal acupuncture clinic Wellington New Zealand, and lectures internationally on the use of acupuncture in obstetric care.
Here is an example of one of Debra’s lectures with ProD Seminars: Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Appointments for acupuncture treatment at the Hutt Valley Hospital antenatal clinic can be made through Hutt Hospital Maternity Outpatients 04 5666999 (ext 8164)
Further information about the acupuncture training for midwives available at https://www.acupuncture.ac.nz
Further information about the online Masters course for acupuncturist’s available here.
Further links for information on Debra’s publications, on line lecturers and upcoming seminars are also available.
Phone: 04 5666999 (ext 8164) Email: debra.betts@rhizome.net.nz
Acupressure may also control pain during child birth and support your body as it proceeds towards labour: Your baby too can derive many benefits from acupressure. For example, it can encourage the baby into the most optimal position for birth.
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Irish College of TCM
The ICTCM is based in Dublin and provides part time professional acupuncture courses and TCM training in its own college and clinical premises in Dublin 3.
The college has had a formal affiliation with Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (GUCM) since 2002.
The Licentiate in TCM is regarded by Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine as equivalent to a B.Sc degree for direct entry to the recently-established 2 year part time Master of Chinese Medicine degree.
Lic. TCM Syllabus:
- History and Classical Sources of Chinese Medicine
- Philosophical Foundations of Chinese Medicine
- Yin Yang theory
- Wu Xing theory (Five Phase theory)
- The Five Vital Substances
- Anatomy and physiology of TCM
- Ba Gang theory (the Eight Principles)
- Zang Fu theory
- Jingluo theory
- Location of acupuncture points – theory and practice
- Causes of disharmony and Disease
- Methods of treatment
- Principles of therapeutics
- Acupuncture
- Moxibustion
- Dietary therapy
- Other TCM treatment methods such as cupping
- Differentiation of Patterns of Disharmony
- Diagnostic method – the four examinations
- Pulse diagnosis
- Tongue diagnosis
- Principles and priorities of treatment
- Classification and action of points
- Acupuncture point selection
- Needling technique
- Treatment techniques
- Patient management
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Clinical Management
- The treatment of common diseases – Aetiology and Pathology of Disease
- The treatment of common diseases – with reference to Western Pathology and disease differentiation including:
- infectious diseases,
- pain management,
- respiratory diseases,
- headache,
- rheumatism and arthritis,
- digestive diseases,
- cardio-vascular disorders,
- skin disease,
- back pain,
- emotional and mental disorders,
- childhood disorders,
- gynaecological disorders,
- infertility,
- urogenital disorders,
- eating and dietary irregularities,
- congenital and acquired deficiencies.
- Introduction to Western Pharmacology – drug side effects and withdrawal
- Clinical techniques and procedures – including sterile procedures.
- Clinical Management
- The procedures and ethics of referral
- Professional Ethics and Codes of practice
- Consultation and liaison procedures.
Phone: 01-855 9000 Email: info@ictcm.ie
The ICTCM was set up in 1983 to help satisfy the growing demand for safe alternative healthcare. It was the first College in Ireland devoted to the teaching of Chinese medicine, according to the Classical Traditions of TCM, as taught in China.
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Jane Lyttleton
Jane Lyttleton
BSc (Hons) NZ, MPhil Lond, Dip TCM Aus, Cert Ac, Cert Herbal Medicine, ChinaJane Lyttleton is founder and Director of the Support clinics. She works closely with a team she has carefully chosen to deliver expert care to couples trying to conceive. She has constructed a purpose built manual and series of treatment guidance protocols that are unique to the clinics. In addition she has created a series of herbal formulas for women trying to have a baby (and their husbands), which are available for patients of the clinics. Jane monitors clinic consultations (Sydney clinics) and patient needs on a daily basis.
Jane Lyttleton also has a practice at and is a Director of Paddington Medical Centre, Sydney, Australia.
She has focussed on the treatment of infertility with Chinese medicine for 30 years, and has studied with some of China’s most reverred specialists. Out of the wisdom and skill of expert clinicians in infertility clinics in China, and the experience she has gained working with couples in the west, and their specialists, Jane has been able to develop acupuncture and herbal formulas appropriate for western patients having difficulty conceiving from a number of different causes.
Jane Lyttleton is author of the seminal and highly acclaimed “Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine”, published in 2004 (2nd edition 2013) by Elsevier Science translated into 3 foreign languages and now in its 8th reprint. It remains the standard text on infertility for TCM students and practitioners world wide. She co-authored the popular clinical reference books “Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine: The Treatment of Disease with Chinese Medicine” in 3 volumes and has written the Chinese herb manual “Jade Woman, Jade Man Herbals”
Jane has presented at many international conferences and seminars to acupuncturists and IVF specialists.
- Pacific Coast Reproductive Society annual conference, USA
- The annual Rothenburg conference
- The Shanghai seminars
- The International Integrated Acupuncture Seminars, Fertility and Obstetrics; at The Royal College of Physicians
- The Australian acupuncture and chinese medicine association conference
- The NZ register of Acupuncturists
- Pro D, Canada and USA
- Sydney IVF/Genea Yin Yang seminars
- Merck Serono Synchronising ART
Jane is a guest lecturer at University of Western Sydney Australia and theUniversity of Westminster UK
She is a Fellow of Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association and is Advisor to the board of the American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicineand Patron of the Acupuncture Fertility Network in the UK. She sits on the Board for the National Integrative Medicine Research Institute (previously NICM) at the University of Western Sydney. She is on the Editorial Board for the International Standard Library of Chinese Medicine at PMPH (Peoples Medical Publishing House) in Beijing. She is also Vice President of the charity Lotus Outreach Australia which works to prevent trafficking of young girls in Cambodia.
Email: info@acupuncturepregnancy.com.au
The first and original Fertility and IVF support clinic in Australia offers a unique approach to the treatment of infertility; one which combines the wisdom and skills of an age old time tested medicine such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with modern findings coming from research being carried out in clinics all over the world.
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Jani White
Jani White is a senior acupuncture practitioner in London with 16 years acupuncture experience. She trained in the UK at The College of Traditional Acupuncture (Brookes University) graduating in 1998 and is a Member of the British Acupuncture Council.
Since then she has pursued ongoing and extensive postgraduate studies in obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics and andrology (men´s health), both in western and Chinese medicine and is committed to the practice of integrated East/West medicine.
As a young mother Jani found acupuncture helped to revitalise her from the exhaustion of having her pregnancies too close together. This experience gave her the intention of using her Chinese medicine studies to treat in the area of women’s health and pregnancy.
This focus has led to deeper study of gynaecology and given her an interest in fertility and paediatric treatment.
As the Clinical Director at AcuHouse, Jani brought together under one roof an outstanding team of practitioners with a wide range of skills and personalities.
Phone: 0044 20 7706 1997
Jani teaches extensively in Obstetrics and Gynaecology & Fertility, using material based on the MA degree program she wrote for Oxford Brookes University.
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Julian Scott
Julian Scott studied first in England at the International College of Oriental Medicine under Dr. van Buren, and then in Nanjing, China.
He has been treating children with acupuncture since 1976. In 1984 he started the Foundation for Traditional Medicine Children’s clinic, in Brighton England, a non-profit organisation for treating children with natural remedies. He moved to Seattle in 1996 to join the Northwest Institute for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and start a pediatric acupuncture clinic. He returned to England, and brought the treatment of children to Bath. He has given many courses on acupuncture in Europe, Israel and the USA.
Julian is the author, with Teresa his wife, of ‘Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children’, and of ‘Natural Medicine for Children’ and ‘Natural Medicine for Women’. He lives in Bath with Teresa and their two daughters.
Acupuncture is a wonderful medicine for children. It has a long and venerable history in China, and it is growing in popularity in the West. It can help in a very wide range of conditions and illnesses, even some which cannot be helped by orthodox medicine.
Phone: +44 1225 427835
I have two great interests in practice one is treating children, and the other is the treatment of eye disorders. I also love the diversity of a general practice, with the vast range of conditions and problems that people have. It is a constant source of amazement to me how many people can be helped by Chinese medicine.
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Qi Gong
Professor Xia Shuangquan and Professor Song Xinhong (both of the Guang Zhou University of Chinese Medicine) taught this system of Qigong to selected graduates and we are very proud of being amoungst those who have been graduated in Medical Qi Gong (Diploma in MQG, Dip MQG).
Qigong practices can be classified as martial, medical, or spiritual. All styles have three things in common: they all involve a posture, (whether moving or stationary), breathing techniques, and mental focus.
Some practices increase the Qi; others circulate it, use it to cleanse and heal the body, store it, or emit Qi to help heal others.
Practices vary from the soft internal styles such as Tai Chi; to the external, vigorous styles such as Kung Fu. However, the slow gentle movements of most Qigong forms can be easily adapted, even for the physically challenged and can be practiced by all age groups.
www.gzucm.edu.cn/en/
Qigong is a mind-body practice that improves one's mental and physical health by integrating postures, movement, breathing techniques, and focused intention.
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Sarah Budd
Sarah Budd is a qualified midwife and acupuncturist.
Sarah set up an acupuncture service in Plymouth Maternity Unit in 1988, after completing a degree in Complementary Health Studies at Exeter University. In 1991, Sarah was awarded the prestigiousChurchill Fellowship Award to study acupuncture anaesthesia in China.
Sarah was appointed as the UK’s first full-time acupuncturist midwife funded by the public National Health Service (NHS) in Plymouth. To date over 6,000 pregnant women have been treated with acupuncture on the NHS in Plymouth, and the service was joint winner of the Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Integrated Health Award in 2001.
Sarah co-authored a report for the Department of Health with Simon Mills, “Professional Organisation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United Kingdom 2000″ and worked as a Research Assistant on the Regulation of Complementary Medicine, and in the Acupuncture Research Resource Centre.
Sarah has contributed to text books and journals and continues to work in clinical practice and teach in acupuncture colleges / universities.
“It is a joy to offer help to women struggling in pregnancy, who would not otherwise be able to afford treatment.” Sarah Budd.
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After 24 years of pregnancy acupuncture on the NHS, I have now retired from midwifery but remain passionate about the use of TCM in obstetric care.
BUCM
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland
Cosmetic Acupuncture
Active Health Foundation - Facial Rejuvenation
Daverick Leggett
Dietary advice in Chinese Medicine
Dr Debra Betts PhD
Acupuncture for pregnancy, childbirth and obstetrics
Irish College of TCM
Graduates of the Irish College of TCM
Jane Lyttleton
Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine
Jani White
Jani White - acuhouse.co.uk
Julian Scott
Acupuncture treatment for children
Qi Gong
Post-Grad. Diploma in Medical Qi Gong
Sarah Budd
Sarah Budd
Tui Na Massage
Post-Grad. Tui Na Medical Massage