Treating Diabetes and Its Complications with Chinese Medicine

Approved for 15 CEUs via NCCAOM, Florida, and Texas

As of January 1, 2022, this course is not approved by the California Acupuncture Board.

Worldwide, diabetes mellitus affects approximately 130 million people. By 2010, it’s estimated that this number will increase to 220 million. There’s a growing need for any treatments to help control of this condition. Chinese medicine has recognized and treated diabetes as a distinct disease for 2,500 years, and modern research has shown that it can work better than many Western drugs, reduce the dosages of those drugs, alleviate their side effects and achieve better clinical outcomes when used in tandem with those drugs.

This course covers:

Insulin resistance and syndrome X, plus diabetes and: hypertension, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular disease, neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, dermatological complications, opportunistic infections, acromelic gangrene

Why the Chinese medical literature on diabetes does not mirror real-life clinical practice

The unsung roles of the liver and spleen in the disease mechanisms of diabetes

How to use Western disease staging to help in pattern discrimination

Why blood stasis is almost always involved in diabetic complications

A specific diabetes materia medica and formulary

How and when to get the most out of acupuncture when treating diabetes

*The price of this course is based on a currency conversation from US dollars to GB pounds. Please be aware the price may vary lightly due to variants in exchange rates *

Provider: Blue Poppy