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Who Should Attend?

Physicians who wish to work with patients from a body, mind and spirit perspective, who want to increase their clinical skills in treating:
• complex physiological complaints
• psychological problems
• functional disorders
• pain syndromes
• health enhancement and prevention
The program is designed for physicians with acupuncture experience and is applicable to family practitioners, internists, psychiatrists, physiatrists, pain specialists and most other disciplines.

"Jack Worsley’s Five Element approach allows acupuncture to serve in the role of catalyst for psychospiritual transformation. Acting on the causative factor created a pathway to effect gradual and profound changes in the subtle dynamics that underlie most physical disease processes. I know the system to be of great clinical value. Charles Moss and Ron Puhky bring to the program several decades of clinical expertise and teaching experience. They have tested and applied the essence of Worsley’s information in their own busy practices, and teach with the confidence that success has given them and with the generosity of spirit that befits such a refined dimension of acupuncture."

Joseph M. Helms, M.D.
President, Helms Medical Institute
Founding President, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

The program builds upon and enhances previous acupuncture training. The course content is designed to provide participants with the didactic information, diagnostic skills and personal growth experiences required to effectively treat patients with Five Element acupuncture. The training focuses on six primary components:
• Identifying Causative Factors
• Levels of Illness including spirit level
• Five Element Laws (including husband/wife,entry/exit, aggressive energy, internal and external dragons)
• Diagnostic skills including pulse diagnosis and emotion testing
• In-depth instruction in the function and spirit of the acupuncture points
• Five Element treatment organization and patient self care

Program Structure

Class size is limited to provide ample ‘hands on’ instruction. The 2013 Basic Program is presented over four  days, including the philosophical and historical background and the core diagnostic and treatment structure of Five Elements. Patients and class members will be assessed and treated; pulse diagnosis and point location will be emphasized. The program includes 24 hours on DVD for independent study prior to the program and a complete syllabus including a detailed description of the function of points. 

The Basic Program will provide an introduction to the diagnostic skills needed to identify the Constitutional Factor and recognize the spirit level as described in the Nei Jing: ‘the first method of acupuncture is to treat the spirit’.  Attendees will be able to treat with confidence the major ‘blocks’ uniquely described in Five Element Acupuncture: Husband/Wife, Aggressive Energy, Internal and External Dragons.

All attendees will be assessed and treated, to personally experience the effects of this system on body, mind and spirit and gain a deeper appreciation of the Elements.  In addition, attendees’ patients can be brought to the program for treatment.

Charles A. Moss, M.D. has practiced Five Element acupuncture in a Family Practice integrative medicine setting since 1975. He holds a Master of Acupuncture degree from the Worsley College of Traditional Acupuncture, U.K. and is a diplomate of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and American Board of Family Practice. Dr. Moss has been an instructor in the Medical Acupuncture for Physicians programs at UCLA School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education and is a founding member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Moss is in private practice in La Jolla, California.

Ron Puhky, M.D. has studied with J.R. Worsley since 1975, and is a certified teacher of his Five Element school. He has also studied acupuncture extensively in China and is a diplomate of the Academy of TCM in Beijing. He was a long time advisor in acupuncture to the province of British Columbia, and the co-founder and academic director of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Victoria, B.C. He has been a visiting lecturer at the UCLA Continuing Medical Education Medical Acupuncture program and is a founding member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. He co-founded, in 1976, Canada’s first holistic health centre in Victoria, B.C. and practices there and at his home in a rural health clinic on Saltspring Island.

2013 Tuition and Registration
Tuition is $1600 and includes 24 hours of independent study DVD instruction and an extensive syllabus. Payment is due in full by September 26, 2013. A deposit of $500 is required with the registration form to guarantee admission to the program. For hotel registration contact the Courtyard Marriott directly at 800-BEACH-07. Mention the program to receive the discounted rate of $134 single/double, good until 9/20/2013. You may obtain a mail-in registration form from this site.

Location
The 2013 program is held at the Courtyard Marriott in Solana Beach, CA, a seaside community 20 miles north of the San Diego airport. This intimate hotel is one block from the beach while nearby Del Mar has many excellent restaurants and recreational facilities. October temperatures are in the low 70’s.