Clinical Application of Acupuncture Needle Techniques: Tonifing and Reducing

Speaker: Grand Master Dr. Yongjiang Xi

When: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Sun., 05/23/2010

(NCCAOM PDA Points: 3)

Dr. Xi will discuss needle quality and evaluation of acupuncture manipulations related to tonification and reduction, the relationships between strength of needle manipulation and tonification/reduction, differences between puncturing Qi points and puncturing muscle knots. He will also demonstrate needle techniques for some muscle-skeleton disorders, as well as needle techniques of hot-tonification/cold-reduction in both simple way and complicated ways. His son, Dr. Depei Xi will assist his teaching.

About the Speaker: Born in 1925, Dr. Yongjiang Xi graduated from the Chinese Medicine program in Shanghai China Medical Institute in 1943 and has practiced since then. In 1958 he joined as an acupuncture specialist and Professor in Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, became Director of the Acupuncture Program in 1980's. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Techniques of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, the nationwide textbook in China in 1986. He has practiced in Toronto, Canada since 1994. 

New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Mineola, NY 11501