Hong Kong 3-Day Live Seminar

Module 3

Advanced Track

December 13,14 and 15, 2024
January 4 and 5, 2025

Module 3

Advanced Track

Seasonal Balance + Balancing the 5 Elements + Smart Combos + Dr Tan’s Strategy of 12 Magical Points

Seasonal Balance

December 13, 2024 - 9am to 5pm

In this course, Dr. Han will expand the application of the Balance Method and discuss Four-Segment Timing. This is an advanced method of point selection based on the rhythms of nature and the five shu-transporting points. Our sleep cycles, hormonal levels and mental states are all affected by cyclical rhythms. Dr. Tan discusses the connection between meridian points and these rhythms of our body. With this knowledge, different points will be more effective at various times of the day and during various seasons. In addition, he will expand his discussion of the I-Ching and discuss how we can create seasonal balance by using the hexagram of the current season to balance the hexagram associated with an affected meridian. This system is effective for a variety of internal and external disorders. However, particular attention will be paid to disorders that are caused or exacerbated by seasonal changes such as allergies, joint pain, muscle aches and certain types of depression. As always, case studies will be discussed to help assist participants in a thorough understanding of this advanced system.

Balancing the 5 Elements

December 14, 2024 - 9am to 5pm

This seminar combines the theories behind two effective acupuncture systems: Five Element Acupuncture and the Balance Method. It explains which elements are associated with specific hexagrams of the I Ching and then how to balance these hexagrams by using the Balance Method. Advanced concepts of tonification and sedation will be discussed. Likewise, this seminar will explain how these concepts can be applied to stubborn cases of stagnation, discussing case studies from the clinic and providing hands-on demonstration.  

Smart Combos

December 15, 2024 - 9am to 5pm

How to Integrate Various Balance Method Strategies

For many years Dr. Tan has shared his practical methods of treatments with thousands of students worldwide. Some of these include: Basics of the Balance Method, Global Balance, Eight-Extras Balance, 5-Element Balance, Seasonal Balance,12 Magical Points, Herbal Prescriptions, Scalp Acupuncture, Meridian-Conversion Therapy, Pulse Diagnosis and Master Tung’s Points.

This class will touch on all of these methods and what types of disorders are more suitable to certain methods. Most importantly Dr. Tan has discovered that modern-day diseases often have overlapping patterns which include both physical and mental/shen disorders. Therefore he feels many patients require a hybrid approach in which numerous strategies are combined in one treatment. This class was created so Dr. Eileen Han can help senior students who are skilled at his advanced methods and want to learn how/when to combine various treatment strategies. Dr. Eileen Han will discuss how it is important to still keep focus in each treatment so the treatment goal can be reached. Dr. Han will also discuss specific tonification and sedation techniques to help guide your treatments. This class will focus on practical knowledge and many case studies will be discussed. Dr. Han hopes that this will bring his advanced students to a new level of understanding which will extend into clinical practice. Dr. Han will encourage students to ask questions about their clinical cases and work in groups to devise treatments which will be discussed together.

Dr. Tan's Strategy of 12 Magical Points

January 4 and 5, 2025 - 9am to 5pm

In this course, Dr. Han will provide an in-depth explanation of his Strategy of Twelve Magical Points designed to treat the entire body by regulating all 12 meridians. This strategy was designed specifically for complicated pathological conditions by applying a unique combination of all twelve meridians, the Five Transporting Points, the Imaging Format, Four Segment Timing, and the Yin/Yang Balancing Dynamic. Each of these concepts will be discussed in detail in order to provide a clear understanding of the methodology behind the strategy.

Specifically, three Shu Points are selected on each limb by regions using the format of the Five Shu Point relationship to Four Segment Timing which balances the body to the fourth dimension, time. Placement of the Shu Points reflect the Imaging Format in motion beginning with the Jing-Well points at the tips of the fingers and toes and ending with the He-Sea points at the knees and elbows. The whole body is treated by the Imaging Format with the Shu Points. The arrangement of the Yin/Yang Balancing Dynamic creates a model of balance for the body, sets the symmetrical pattern into motion, and shifts the body from a state of imbalance to balance. There are 16 possible patterns which can be used when designing a treatment plan. These patterns will be discussed in terms of case studies to help assist applicants in the practical application of this method. Time will also be allotted for hands-on demonstration of the treatments.

Venue

尖沙咀金巴利道25號長利商業大廈12樓1202室