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Seminar 2 - 50 Years Acupuncture on 30 Acupoints Application For Common Illnesses 

Speaker:  Professor Shi Xue Min, with English translation

Date & Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sat; Sun,  12/03/11 - 12/04/2011

NCCAOM PDA Points:14

Location: New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mineola, NY

About the Speaker: 
Professor Shi Xue-min is a highly honored acupuncturist and an academician, with a distinguished record of over 50 years in the field. Professor Shi's remarkable accomplishments are well-founded in the ancient theories of Chinese medicine. He is known as the 'Father of Acupuncture.'  Prof. Shi Xue-min is the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the chief physician, and the honorary president of First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). He simultaneously holds some posts of the vice director of Chinese Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, president of Tianjin Society of Acupuncture and moxibustion, vice-president of Clinical Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China, advisor of European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, consultant of American International Oriental Medical Foundation, the highest consultant of American College of TCM and Research Institute of TCM, and the first vice-president of Chinese Traditional Medical Research Institute of Bayer, Germany.

Prof. Shi Xue-min is a famous expert in the acupuncturology at home and abroad. In the recent forty years, he has done much work for the development and building of acupuncture and moxibustion in the world and has outstanding achievements. His laboratory research of various means and gene level on the action mechanism of acupuncture has taken the research of apoplexy treated with acupuncture deep into a new level. He was won 15 awards and 2 patents on the state, ministerial and municipal levels, published 12 works and more than 30 theses, and won 19 honorable titles on the state and municipal levels. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999.

• OMD, Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
• Chief Physician, Professor, at Kunming Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Director of China Acupuncture Association.
• Visiting professor of Canada College of TCM and Acupuncture.

Dr. Guan has published more than 130 papers and received 9 government awards and one patent for his contribution to the development of acupuncture. He also authored 6 books: The Theory and Application of Meridians, Xingxuan's Essential of Acupuncture, Heated Needle Therapy, Xingling Collection, Guan's Acupuncture Experience, Modern Chinese Medicine Clinicians, and One Hundred Contemporary Chinese Medicine Clinician - Guan Zunhui.

Dr. Guan explains "Ba Gua"
"Ba" means eight (8). "Gua" means trigram. The BaGua is divided into 8 Gua (trigrams/sections) consisting of the most original and basic binary form of "Yin" (female - two short hyphens) and/or "Yang" (male - one long hyphen).Gua (trigrams/sections) consisting of the most original and basic binary form of "Yin" (female - two short hyphens) and/or "Yang" (male - one long hyphen).


Dr Guan demonstrates "Nine Palace Acupoints"

Palpate the spine and locate the most tender point. Use the most severe tender segment as center palace to assign the spinous process above the segment as Qian palace and the spinous process below as Kun palace. Locate Liand Kan palace 1-1.5 cun lateral to the Center palace; Dui and Xun palace 1-1.5 cun lateral to the Qian palace; and Zhen and Gen palace 1-1.5 cun lateral  to the Kun palace.

Nine Palace Acupoints are used mainly for spinal disorders. They are also used for internal organ disorders, gynecopathy and urogenital disease.

The three acupoints of Fei Chi are Guan's empirical acupoint


Seven Acupoints in the head and face

Seven Acupoints in the head and face, which come from Guan's empirical Acupoint, are effectively used to treat patient.

 Only a few days are left to pre-register for ASNY's 2011 Annual Symposium on Practice Building and Optimization. We have some wonderful speakers lined up in addition to our vendor fair. At the conclusion will be our annual meeting, where you can learn more about our legislative efforts and hear first hand about our battle with the NY State Department of Insurance regarding no-fault fees.

The seminar will be held at the Manhattan Campus of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine on Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 8 AM to 5:30 PM

This seminar presents a complete day focused on Practice Management, Building, and Optimization.  Our featured lecturer and author of "Point for Profit" is Honora Lee Wolfe, who will be joining us all the way from Colorado.  

Please note that the event fee includes lunch and that 7 PDA's are available.  Our seminar brochure is here.

8-9am Tai Chi Chuan with Master Jesse Teasley   (1 PDA)

9-11am Michael Gaeta, LAc - Building and Preserving Wealth:Becoming Financially Savvy and Getting Out of Your Own Way (2 PDA)

11- 12pm Vendor Fair Introductions and Break

(Vendors are open from 10:30am - 2:30pm)

12pm-1pm Michael C. Wasileski, CPA - Accounting in the Acupuncture Practice (1 PDA)

1 - 2:30pm Lunch and Vendor Fair

2:30-4:30pm Honora Lee Wolfe - Everybody Hates Marketing: All the stuff you thought you did not want to know about, except this time it'll be fun! (2 PDA)

4:30-5:30pm Town Hall Meeting (1 PDA)

More information and online registration: ASNY 2011 Annual Symposium: Practice Building and Optimization

Best regards,

The ASNY Board

ASNY Mission Statement

ASNY promotes, protects, and advances the practice of acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in New York State. We do this in many ways, including symposiums like this one. Our public presence provides a consistent contact point for answering questions from both the press and media, and our website is a portal for steering potential patients to your office. We stay abreast and proactive in NY State and national legislative movements, always trying to steer a clear path for our members and profession. We represent you in Albany, at national conferences, and maintain strong relationships with other state and national organizations. Recently, we resumed regular publication of our newsletter, and we are always ready to negotiate specific benefits for our members from suppliers, vendors and educators. This is ASNY, leading the way from the past to the future. 

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