Spirits of the Points: Advanced Lectures - Course 5
The Water Element: Urinary Bladder and Kidney Meridians
This session will teach how we can know whether Spirit points are truly needed by the patient. It will cover the Water element in depth - Urinary Bladder and Kidney, including the diagnostics, Spirits, meanings, and uses of the points.
Course Overview
The work of a truly wholistic practitioner is to address the needs of patients at all levels. The majority of patients, aside from their physical symptoms, are often also imbalanced at the levels of mind and Spirit. Every acupuncture point has a name, translated from the ancient Chinese characters, which suggests the mental and Spiritual connotations of the point. This knowledge is essential to reach the mental and Spiritual needs of patients.
This course is an in-depth exploration into the Water element and its Officials (organs) with Professor Neil R. Gumenick.
It begins with an introduction of how we can determine if points used for their Spiritual connotations are truly needed by the patient before us. This is essential in determining proper treatment strategy - whether simple balancing of the patient's energy with more simple and gentle treatments (such as with Command points and transfers of energy) is appropriate, or whether stronger points, including those used for their Spiritual connotations, are needed. The Water element contains some of the most profound Spirit points on the whole of the body, some of which can be successfully conjoined with treatment on any element to provide a truly wholistic treatment, addressing the needs of the body, mind, and Spirit. The session continues with descriptions of the Water element as a whole, the diagnostics of odor, color, sound, and emotion, the functions of the two Water Officials (organs), particularly as they manifest at the mental and Spirit levels, and in-depth descriptions of the Spirits, meanings, and uses of selected points on each meridian: Urinary Bladder and Kidney.
Objectives
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Learn to diagnose determine if Spirit points are truly needed for the patient.
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Understand the nature of the Water element and its diagnostic correspondences.
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Learn the names, Spirits, meanings, and uses of points on the Urinary Bladder meridian.
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Learn the names, Spirits, meanings, and uses of points on the Kidney meridian.
Outline
0 hrs - 15 min
This segment will address determining if Spirit points are needed for the patient, how we determine if our treatment outcomes warrant their use, and the diagnostic correspondences (i.e. odor, color, sound, emotion) of the Water element
15 min - 45 min
In this segment, participants will learn the names, Spirits, meanings, and uses of points on the Urinary Bladder meridian.
45 min - 1.25 hrs
In this segment, participants will learn the names, Spirits, meanings, and uses of points on the Kidney meridian.
Teacher
Neil Gumenick
In practice for 45 years, Professor Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. is Founder and Chief Instructor of The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. An accomplished author and international lecturer, he has taught at Yo San University, Emperor's College and SAMRA University.
Disclaimers
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CEUs:
Approved By: Standard Certificate (1.25), Florida (1), NCCAOM (1)
Pending: California [Upon Request]*
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Language: English
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Course Type: Recorded Webinar
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Course Length: 1.25 h
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Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.
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Access Period: Lifetime
