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Course Policies & Procedures

Copyright Agreement

Required & Recommended Book List

Required Books

Title	Author(s)
The Foundations of Chinese Medicine – A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists	Giovanni Maciocia
Visual Acupuncture 3D App for iOS and Android (best choice) OR A Manual of Acupuncture (Also available in Flash Cards and an App for iOS and Android)	GraphicVizion Peter Deadman & Mazin Al-Khafaji with Kevin Baker.
Kiiko Matsumoto’s Clinical Strategies: In the Spirit of Master Nagano Vol.1 DO NOT PURCHASE: this volume is for reference and will be provided as part of course material on the first weekend session.	Kiiko Matsumoto & David Euler

Recommended Pre-course Reading

Title	Author(s)
Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine	Harriet Beinfield, LAc and Efrem Korngold, LAc, OMD
The Web that has No Weaver – Understanding Chinese Medicine	Ted J. Kaptchuk, O.M.D.

Strongly Recommended

Title	Author(s)
Color Atlas of Acupuncture – Body Points, Ear Points, Trigger Points – (Especially helpful for ear anatomy and points)	H.-U.Hecker, A. Steveling, E.Peuker, J. Kastner
Microsystems Acupuncture: The Complete Guide: Ear – Scalp – Mouth – Hand	H.-U.Hecker, A. Steveling, E.Peuker

Recommended Books

Title	Author(s)
Myofascial Trigger Points	Dominik Irnich
Acupuncture in the treatment of pain – An integrative Approach	Marcus Bäcker, Michael G. Hammes
Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science and Practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pain Management	Joseph F. Audette & Allison Bailey
Pictorial Atlas of Acupuncture – An illustrated manual of acupuncture points	Hans P.Ogal (Editor) and Wolfram Stör (Editor)
Acupuncture – A Comprehensive Text	Shanghai College of Traditional Medicine
Travell & Simons’ Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction – The Trigger Point Manual Vol. 1 & 2	David G. Simons, Janet G. Travell, Lois S. Simons, Barbara D. Cummings

*These will be available to review on first weekend session to help decide which texts you may want to purchase
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AcuMed Apparel Store

Our AcuMed apparel and other items, including educational/cheat sheet style posters are on our online store.

Orders placed between February 25 -May 18, can be picked up at the June meeting. We are not able to ship items at this time.

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Weekend Session Dates

Day	Date	Start Time	End Time
Webinar 1
Saturday	November 8, 2025	9:00 AM	9:30 PM
Sunday	November 9, 2025	9:00 AM	6:30 PM

Webinar 2
Saturday	January 31, 2026	9:00 AM	9:30 PM
Sunday	February 1, 2026	9:00 AM	9:30 PM

Weekend 1
Thursday	April 24, 2025	8:00 AM	5:00 PM
Friday	April 25, 2025	8:00 AM	6:00 PM
Saturday	April 26, 2025	8:00 AM	5:00 PM
Sunday	April 27, 2025	8:00 AM	4:00 PM

Weekend 2
Thursday	June 5, 2025	8:00 AM	5:00 PM
Friday	June 6, 2025	8:00 AM	8:30 PM
Saturday	June 7, 2025	8:00 AM	5:00 PM
Sunday	June 8, 2025	8:00 AM	4:00 PM

Skills Advancement Workshops Dates & Schedule

Osteopathic Workshop Part I: Integration of Muscle Testing into Acupuncture Diagnosis and Treatment
Thursday	April 24, 2025	6:00 PM	9:00 PM

Osteopathic Workshop Part II: Integration of Muscle Testing into Acupuncture Diagnosis and Treatment
Friday	April 25, 2025	6:00 PM	9:00 PM

Battlefield Acupuncture
Saturday	April 26, 2025	6:00 PM	9:00 PM

Fascial Node Trigger Point Needling Workshop
Wednesday	June 4, 2025	8:00 AM	5:30 PM

Facial Diagnosis
Wednesday	June 4,  2025	6:00 PM	9:00 PM

Cosmetic Acupuncture
Thursday	June 5, 2025	6:00 PM	9:00 PM

Advanced Cupping
Friday	June 6, 2025	6:00 PM	9:30 PM

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