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Original Date: March 2023 Assessment and Naturopathic Considerations  Credits: 1.5 Category A (CONO), 1.5 Category C (CNPBC) Instructors: Dr. Lynn Klassen, ND and Dr. Carolyn Mukai, ND Does your patient have acute Lyme disease? This course will provide a framework for assessing either a known or suspected tick bite, screening for red flag symptoms suggestive of Lyme disease, and offering evidence based antibiotic treatment for acute Lyme disease. The key principles of the naturopathic approach to acute Lyme disease considering the potential for persisting infection, the possibility of tick borne co-infections, and the most common treatment complications will be discussed. A detailed approach to informed consent and shared decision making, considering the risks of antibiotic therapy as well as the risk for untreated Lyme disease will also be reviewed.  

Instructor: Kaleb Montgomery, TCMP, M.Cl.Sc., BSc.Original Date: September 16, 2018Pregnancy is a time when women experience many different problems. Often practitioners, both allopathic and complementary are reluctant to treat during pregnancy for fear of negatively affecting the growing baby. Women are also often reluctant to take medicine internally for the same reason. Acupuncture is a great, safe and effective way to help women through pregnancy as comfortable as they can be.Acupuncture can treat all sorts of problems that occur during pregnancy, including nausea and pain, as well as to help labor be shorter, easier and have less interventions. In this course we will not only look at the research but focus on practical techniques as well as tap into some of Kaleb Montgomery’s extensive clinic experience in the area of fertility, pregnancy and labor.Learning Objectives:To learn to incorporate evidence based research in your practiceTo learn the process of labour inductionTo learn the process of treating pain during pregnancy and laborTo manage labor, reducing panicTo turn breech presentation safely and effectivelyTo treat nausea and vomit in pregnancyTo learn about pre-birth acupressure, acu points and moxibustion for labor preparation

Original Date: August 2017 Course Description: This on-demand course, originally designed as a review course for NPLEX prep, covers both the foundations of Asian Medicine theory and therapeutics. This course is applicable to anyone looking to prepare for their licensing exams, upgrade their clinical skills in Asian Medicine or simply review the foundational theory and treatment options for their practice.    Course Outline: Diagnosis External Patterns Internal Patterns from Zang-Fu Organs Pathologies Pulse and Tongue Acupuncture Point locations, principles of use, safety, indications, and contraindications Clean Needle technique review  Adjunct therapy review: Cupping, moxibustion, electroacupuncture    

Over the history of Chinese medicine some unique uses of specific herbs have developed. Some of these uses are typically not found in English language texts and some are never or rarely seen even in modern Chinese texts. This presentation discusses some of these uses and gives the background information necessary to enable practitioners to apply these unique and effective herbs in situations for which they may or may not have previously considered them. Further, this presentations covers some less commonly used herbs that are particularly useful for disorders that we frequently see in the clinic. This presentations emphasizes clinical utility and aims to give participants information that will be immediately application to their practices. It includes both internal and external uses for the herbs.

Classical Chinese Medicine is based on the vitalistic belief that the body has both the spiritual and physical resources within itself to heal. Of all western medical traditions, homeopathy shares this core tenant and the belief that the body just needs to be stimulated to react, and this healing at the level of body, mind, and spirit will occur.  Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, noted that sometimes patients would relapse into ill health even after apparent cure. He developed the concept of Miasm as an explanation of a hidden chronic disease. The 4 Miasms commonly discussed: Psora, Sycosis, Tuberculosis, and Syphilitic bear some similarity to the 6 conformation theory discussed by Zhang Zhongjing in the Shang Han Lun.Through comparing these two theories we can expand our ability to diagnose our patients, and further expand our treatment approaches to assist in supporting our patients back to health.

This presentations offers an overview of external applications of Chinese herbs. Because this is a vast subject, the goal of this presentation is to introduce the concepts behind external applications, introduce several common application methods such as daubing powders, applying soaks, washes and compresses, and applying soft plasters. In addition, we introduce the method of preparation and method of usage of several of the methods of external application including Ru Yi Jin Huang San, Bing Peng San, and Da Huang Di Yu San. While the majority of the discussions will target dermatological disorders or treatment of sprains, strains, and contusions. This presentation also includes some external applications for the treatment of internal disorders.

Gu Syndrome is a chronic inflammatory syndrome involving an autoimmune reaction and/or simultaneous infections by many different pathogens or parasites such as funguses, viruses and spirochetes. These simultaneous infections thrive upon each other's existence and symbiotically assist each other in the process of feeding on the infected person. This presentation gives an overview of different manifestations of Gu Syndrome, describes the history of Gy Syndome in classical Chinese medical texts, and describes different treatments for Gu Syndrome such as the application of Chinese Herbs and adherence to an anti-inflammatory diet.

Five element cartography is an effective and unique system of medicine that diagnoses and treats the cause of disease. David Ford explains and promotes the idea of elemental balance with the patient and their surroundings. In standard TCM teaching, the Ko cycle is taught as a cycle of restraint and control.This presentation re-examines this idea and re-frames Ko as the force for balance and harmony. Participants will be presented with a method for mapping the elements within their patients to identify imbalances and restore harmony through treatment.

'The Immune System' was an outgrowth of understanding the treatment of AIDS. Contemporary epidemics of cancer, some causes of diabetes, and auto-immune diseases have a clear basis in the murky world of immunity. Environmental pollution from chemical, parasitical and nuclear radiation sources pose growing challenges for global health. Chinese medicine--particularly its classical reservoirs--can provide a more accurate understanding for all pracitioners and researchers with what is going on in the body in response to these unprecedented conditions. Contemporary Chinese treatment methods, particularly overlooked non-needle techniques, afford practitioners and patients with empowering tools for direct investigation and treatment of all immune conditions.

The most fundamental construct in all of Chinese medicine is YinYang. We will explore how an understanding of this term as applied to the treatment of the sequelae of traumatic experience can open the field for a deeper understanding of Chinese medicine’s role across the bio-psycho-social spectrum. Through this trauma-informed lens, one can see Chinese medicine as a robust, sophisticated, and rigorous somatic psychology. This integrative approach ultimately demonstrates the role of psychological and traumatic distress in the development of many conditions, and provides the training to skillfully restore health, wellness, growth, and transformation in their wake.

The modern practice of Chinese medicine can be quite neglectful of classic historical case studies. In this, language barriers are perhaps the biggest problem for a western audience. In this presentation, a number of previously untranslated acupuncture and herbal case studies are presented and analyzed for the modern clinician. Attention is given to how these case studies inform the practitioner and how the underlying epistemology is different but still informative from a clinical perspective. For each case, a simple introduction to the historical background of the time the case was written is given to better contextualize the material.