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Part two will provide:

• The causes of cardiovascular disease and the methodologies and principles that can be used to prevent cardiovascular disease.
• Simple Understanding of Lipids
• Understanding Qi and Blood as it relates to the heart.
• Basic formulas, supplements and lifestyle to prevent cardiovascular disease.

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Part three will provide the causes of blood stasis and its role in cardiovascular disease. Including the methodologies and principles utilized to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Part three will include:

• Identifying blood stasis through TCM methodologies.
• Identifying blood stasis through medical lab testing.
• Specific herbal formulas.
• Supplements and treatment modalities to prevent and correct blood stasis.

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Part four of this course will empower the participant with an understanding of how to perform a comprehensive diagnostic exam in their clinic and to rule out possible cardiovascular issues.

Diagnostic exam will include a dozen conditions that can be detected by a visual examination of the hands and the numerous conditions that can be detected from facial coloration.

Part Four course will cover:

• Cardiovascular Diagnosis based on hands
• Cardiovascular Diagnosis based on fingernails
• Cardiovascular Facial and Ear Diagnostics

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Part five of this course will empower the participant with an understanding of how to perform a comprehensive diagnostic exam in their clinic and to rule out possible cardiovascular issues.

The diagnostic exam can uncover a dozen conditions that can be detected by a visual examination with greater competence using a stethoscope, examination of superficial veins on the feet, legs, torso and neck, and a TCM understanding of a blood pressure examination.

Part five will cover:

• Review of the location of the cardiac valves and the differentiation of sounds relating to those valves including sinus rhythm, murmurs, rubs and gallops.
• Differential qualities of the radial artery locations including: observation of the carotid arteries, observation of the saphenous veins and other venous structures of the feet and lower legs.
• Diagnosis and monitoring of hypovolemia
• Biochemistry and treatment of hypovolemia.

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Part six of this course will empower the participant with a deeper understanding of western lab tests and how to incorporate them in an acupuncture practice.

It will cover:

• Provide a basic understanding of functional lab values, supporting research and their impact on cardiology.
• Review CBC (Complete Blood Count) and advanced understanding of platelet values.
• Utilizing the CBC (complete blood count) to identify blood pathologies.
• Utilizing additional testing in a deeper level. This includes D-Dimer, Fibrinogen, Homocysteine, and hs-CRP.

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Part seven of this course will empower the participant with a deeper understanding of western lab tests and how to incorporate them in an acupuncture practice.

It will cover:

• A completely new and deeper look at basic interpretation of cardiac tests.
• Understanding echo cardiograms.
• Exercise Stress test.
• Coronary Calcium Score.
• MRI.
• Cerebral Angiogram.

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Part eight of this course will empower the participant with an understanding of TCM diagnostics of the heart patterns and the herbs/ supplements that can be used to treat these energetic patterns of qi deficiency.

Part eight course will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Qi Deficiency
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Qi deficiency.
• The treatment of Heart Qi deficiency through acupuncture and herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Qi deficiency through lifestyle and supplements.

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Unfortunately western biomedicine has few successful treatments for heart yang deficiency. Understand TCM diagnostics of the heart patterns and the herbs/ supplements that can be used to treat these energetic patterns of yang deficiency.

Part nine will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Yang Deficiency.
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Yang deficiency.
• The treatment of Heart Yang deficiency through acupuncture and herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Yang deficiency through lifestyle, supplements and other modalities.

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It’s way more than just anemia. Discover how TCM and western diagnostics diagnostics and treatment for Blood deficiency will yield amazing results! Utilizing herbs/ supplements that can be used to treat these energetic patterns.

Part 10 will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Blood Deficiency.
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Blood deficiency.
• The treatment of Heart Blood deficiency through acupuncture and herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Blood deficiency through lifestyle and supplements.

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The incidences of blood stasis have sky rocketed over the past decade. Part 11 of this course will review the myriad causes of this increase and introduce a wide variety of treatment principles.

Part 11 will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Blood stagnation.
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Blood stagnation.
• The treatment of Heart Blood stagnation through acupuncture and herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Blood stagnation through lifestyle and supplements.

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This course empowers an understanding of the etiology, pathology, symptomology and TCM treatment of heart yin deficiency. This is particularly signficant as heart yin deficiency is unrecognized and the symptoms not effectively treated biomedically.

Part 12 will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Yin Deficiency.
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Yin deficiency.
• The treatment of Heart Yin deficiency through herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Yin deficiency through lifestyle and supplements.

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Part 13 of this course will empower an understanding of TCM patterns and the underlying physiology and hormonal aspects of heart fire blazing as well as effective treatments.

Part 13 will cover:

• Reviewing the pathology of Heart Fire Blazing.
• Reviewing the etiology of Heart Fire Blazing.
• The treatment of Heart Fire Blazing through acupuncture and herbal formulas.
• Reviewing how to treat Heart Fire Blazing through lifestyle and supplements.

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This course will help create an understanding of the pathophysiology of hypertension from a western biomedical perspective including testing mistakes, medication side effects and how to remediate and balance the side effects.

Course 14 will cover:

• Blood pressure testing including common testing mistakes.
• Reviewing the different types and pathologies of hypertension.
• Reviewing common hypertension and medications and their side effects.
• Herbs and supplements to remediate the side effects of hypertension medication.

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While the hypertension from TCM perspective seems rather simple from a textbook approach, most practitioners have found that hypertension can be extremely difficult to treat effectively. We present a multi-modality treatment plan.

Course 15 will cover:

• Types of hypertensions TCM approach
• Treating the various patterns of TCM hypertension with herbal formulas.
• Treating the various patterns of TCM hypertension with supplements and lifestyle.
• Additional functional and energetic treatments for hypertension.