As practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we must bridge the gap between TCM and Western biomedicine. With a clear understanding of healthy physiology according to TCM, we can better interpret common symptoms and biomedicine diagnoses through a TCM lens. Then we must address the source of the problem by reestablishing the body’s healthy Qi cycle. This course will bridge that gap and clarify your understanding of respiratory and ENT physiology, disease, and treatment with TCM.

Course Objectives

In this course, students will learn how to diagnose and treat respiratory and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) issues commonly seen in a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic. This includes the following:

• common respiratory symptoms like shortness of breath, cough, chest pain or tightness, enuresis

• airway respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• inflammatory respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, influenza, sarcoidosis

• diseases that affect pulmonary blood circulation, including pulmonary hypertension

• common ENT symptoms of ear pain, tinnitus, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sore throat

• ENT disorders such as chronic ear infection, vertigo, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis

Diagnosis techniques will include pulse and tongue analysis. Treatment modalities will follow Dr. Ching Ching Chi’s Traditional Chinese Medicine Unified Practice Method, which includes scalp and body acupuncture protocols, herbal formula combinations, as well as recommended dietary and lifestyle changes. Dr. Chi will use case studies from her clinical experience to discuss treatment efficacy.

Course Schedule

*SCHEDULE UPDATED 4/27/23* This webinar course will meet online for four sessions from 2-7pm PST on Sunday, April 30th, May 7th, May 21st, and May 28th, 2023.

Course Fees

Practitioners: $700 cash / $735 credit card

Students (15% discount): $595 cash / $615 credit card

Please pay with cash, check, or Zelle (tcmupmethod@gmail.com) Please write checks to Ching Ching Chi. You can pay in person at the clinic or mail your check to the clinic at 877 W Fremont Ave B1, Sunnyvale, CA94087.