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Acupuncture Training

Complete Acupuncture training for beginners accredited by Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council in order that you can practice and be insured (see left navigation bar for other entry levels).

Maria Mercati's acupuncture training courses consist of Modules 1, 2 & 3.
Total contact days - 56.
The practical content of Modules 1 & 2 is Tui Na Chinese Massage which is the ideal hands on therapy to accompany acupuncture. Tui Na & Acupuncture share the same Chinese medical theory.
Entry requirements: Anatomy and Physiology - If you do not have an acceptable A & P qualification, we offer a separate A & P course - 6 days)

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What previous acupuncture training students say

Acupuncture Training Course Module 1 - Tui Na Foundation Diploma
12 days - Basic TCM theory is taught through the medium of Tui Na which is used in the practical context from the start. Our Tui Na course is very thorough and comprehensive giving enough TCM to apply an effective Tui Na in a therapeutic context (you learn both the location and function of 100 acupoints).
This gives confidence in touching and treating people before you learn acupuncture by inserting needles.

Acupuncture Training Course Module 2 - Tui Na Master Practitioner Diploma
16 days - ( you learn over 100 new techniques for treatment, tongue & pulse diagnosis as well as the syndromes). Modules 1 & 2 provide a strong foundation of TCM needed before you undertake acupuncture training.

Acupuncture Training Course Module 3 - Acupuncture Diploma
22 days - If you are prepared to study more intensively you can do Module 2 & 3 simultaneously.

the acupuncture training course has lots of hands on practical experience

(OK...so you can't see the needles!)

According to our students, our acupuncture training can be described as qualitative rather than quantitative. They are like distance learning with intensive periods of contact. The intensity of contact study is much greater than that which would be the norm in a College of Higher Education.

All aspects of TCM are taught during the Modules 1,2,3. It is progressive. The acupuncture training is founded on the application of theory to the practical situation which is always supervised. Acupuncture students do lots of private study to achieve the standards required for safe and effective practice.

"Our acupuncture training give each student the opportunity to practice needling each acu-point, accurately, deeply and experience first hand the unique different effects and sensations."

Ultimately, the ability to use Tui Na with acupuncture greatly enhances the effectiveness of treatment for all conditions. Tui Na provides the perfect practical base on which to build acupuncture. Students who possess Tui Na qualifications will have:

• a working understanding of TCM
• an ability to diagnose the body in health and disease
• an ability to use meridians and acupoints in a clinical context.

The combination of Acupuncture treatment with Tui Na creates some of the most powerful medicine available in the world today. "My training has given me the tools I need to be able to treat a diverse range of conditions and individuals" - Chris Handbury

Our carefully controlled acupuncture point combinations are practised both in class and used for your out-of-class case studies as you learn acupuncture.

They help you build up mega confidence in treating all kinds of musculo-skeletal conditions as well as internal problems on a wide variety of people. By the time you take your exams, you are experienced enough to work as an acupuncturist.

Most of the other schools do not give you this hands-on acupuncture training and tend to teach basic TCM theory as an academic exercise. Practical clinical acupuncture only comes in much later in the course. However long the course, understanding the complexities of TCM takes a lifetime of study.

The BODYHARMONICS Acupuncture Diploma enables you to practice professionally in the UK and gain insurance through Acupuncture-Acutheray Council.

Dates and fees for next acupuncture training courses
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What previous acupuncture training students say