SYLLABUS FOR

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE IN ACUPUNCTURE M.D. (ACU.)

1. HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES OF ACUPUNCTURE

1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ACUPUNCTURE
2. MODERN SCIENTIFIC VIEWS ON ACUPUNCTURE
3. PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
4. GLOSSARY OF COMMON TERMS USED IN ACUPUNCTURE PRACTICE
5. IMPORTANCE OF TAI YUN - THE GREAT 60 YEAR CHINESE CALENDAR
6. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
7. SOME COMMON IDEOGRAMS AND THEIR MEANINGS
8. CORRESPONDENSE OF THE 5 ELEMENTS
9. NATURE IN CHINESE
10. HEALTH CARE/MEDICINE
11. NUMBERS IN CHINESE
2. ORIENTAL DIAGNOSIS
1. TRADITIONAL CHINESE DIAGNOSIS
2. SCHEME OF MANAGEMENT OF DISEASE
3. FOUR DIAGNOSTIC METHODS INSPECTION AUSCULTATION AND
OLFACTION INQUIRING PALPATION
4. CAUSE OF DISEASE
5. THE SIX EXCESSES
6. THE SEVEN EMOTIONS
7. MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES
8. PHLEGM
9. THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE DIAGNOSIS
10. THE PULSE DIAGNOSIS
11. PULSE CHARACTERISTICS
12. THE PULSE POSITIONS
13. FEELING THE PULSE
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14. THE EAR DIAGNOSIS

15. TONGUE DIAGNOSIS
3. ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS
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ANATOMY OF ACUPUNCTURE
THE SYSTEM OF CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS
LUNG CHANNEL
LARGE INTESTINE CHANNEL
STOMACH CHANNEL
SPLEEN CHANNEL
HEART CHANNEL
SMALL INTESTINE CHANNEL
URINARY BLADDER CHANNEL
KIDNEY CHANNEL
PERICARDIUM CHANNEL
SANJIAO CHANNEL
GALL BLADDER CHANNEL
LIVER CHANNEL
DU CHANNEL
REN CHANNEL
THE EXTRAORDINARY POINTS
THE UN-NUMBERED EXTRAORDINARY POINTS
LOCATIONS OF ALL ACUPUNCTURE POINTS OF THE 14 CHANNELS

4. PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE
1. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
2. PRECAUTIONS
3. THE CIRCULATION OF VITAL ENERGY
4. THE PRINCIPLES OF ACUPUNCTURE POINT SELECTION
5. STEMATIC THERAPY
6. DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
7. RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
8. CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
9. BLOOD DISORDERS
10. DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
11. HEPATIC, BILIARY, SPLENIC AND PANCREATIC DISORDERS
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12. GENITOURINARY DISORDERS

13. DISORDERS OF WOMEN
14. BONES AND JOINTS
15. SKIN DISORDERS
16. EAR DISORDERS
17. EYE DISORDERS
18. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
19. PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
20. DISORDERS OF CHILDREN
21. ACUTE DISORDERS
22. TRADITIONAL CHINESE THERAPEUTICS
23. ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA IN CHILDBIRTH
24. PROGNOSIS OF DISEASE WITH ACUPUNCTURE
25. APPENDIX ON COMPLICATIONS
26. EQUIVALENTS
5. ANCILLARY TECHNIQUES AND CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
1. MECHANICAL METHODS
2. HYDROTHERAPY
3. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT USED FOR MOXIBUSTION
4. LIGHT (LASER BEAM THERAPY)
5. SOUND THERAPY
6. ELECTROTHERAPY
7. MAGNETO THERAPY
8. MEDITATION, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND NUTRITION
9. CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
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a. TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINE

i. INTRODUCTION & HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
ii. BACKGROUND OF TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINE
iii. KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
iv. IMPLICATION OF ANCIENT THEORIES FOR MODERN
MEDICINES
v. COLLECTION, PROCESSING, STORAGE, CLASSIFICATION &
ADMINISTRATION
b. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES & CLINICAL APPLICATION
i. STUDIES OF SINGLE AGENTS, E.G. ANISODAMINE
1. PHARMACOLOGY
2. SIDE EFFECTS AS COMPARED WITH ASTROPINE
3. TOXICITY OF ANISODAMINE
4. CLINICAL STUDIES
5. TREATMENT OF SEVERE TOXIC BACILLARY DYSENTERY
ii. STUDIES OF COMPOUND PRESCRIPTIONS
1. LIU WEI DI HUANG TANG
2. TA CHENG CHI TANG
iii. TREATMENT OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND GALLSTONES
iv. TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASES
1. MAO-TUNG-CHING
2. CORONARY MIXTURES
3. COMBINED DAN-SENG INJECTION
4. GINSENG & HYPOTENSION
5. PIN-LIANG-HUA
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v. TREATMENT OF BURNS
1. PHARMACOLOGY OF SHIH-CHI-CHING
2. CLINICAL RESULTS OF SHIH-CHI-CHING
3. SHIH-CHI-CHING USED IN OINTMENTS
4. OTHER TRADITIONAL HERB MEDICINE
vi. CANCER THERAPY
10. APPENDIX PHARMACOGNOSY OF INDIVIDUAL HERBS

6. AURICULOTHERAPY & SCALP ACUPUNCTURE

1. AURICULOTHERAPY
a. THE ANATOMY OF EAR
b. THE MEDIAL, CRANIAL OR POSTERIOR SURFACE (YIN)
c. COMMONLY USED AURICULAR AREAS AND POINTS (YANG)
d. THE FETAL RESPIRATION
e. THE BACK OF THE AURICLE
f. RULES OF SELECTION OF POINTS IN AURICULOTHERAPY
g. THERAPEUTICS
h. THE PROCEDURES OF AURICULOTHERAPY
i. ACUPUNCTURE ANESTHESIA USING AURICULOTHERAPY
2. SCALP ACUPUNCTURE
3. HEAD NEEDLE THERAPY