scientific tracks

Track 1: Clinical Practice of Acupuncture

People use acupuncture to relieve pain and treat certain conditions of health. You can use it by itself or as part of a treatment program. Studies have discovered promising outcomes for the utilization of Acupuncture to treat nausea and vomiting related pregnancy, chemotherapy, and post-medical procedure torment. Acupuncture additionally helpful for stroke restoration, migraine and tennis elbow and many more.

  • Lower back pain       
  • Migraine and headache
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Postoperative nausea and vomiting  
  • Allergies Integrative oncology- Post treatment care     
  • Acupuncture – asthma treatment

Related Associations and Societies

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Alternative and Integrative Medical Society American Holistic Health Association | American Holistic Medical Association | American Integrative Medical Association | Association of Integrative Medicine | Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Natural Standard Weil Foundation|

Track 2: Acupuncture & Neurology

Acupuncture frequently utilized with electrical stimulation in treating nerve conditions, is very effective at relieving the pain and re-establishing normal function.  There are a few different ways this is thought to work, all of which have been Carefully explored mostly Acupuncture stimulates the brain to release chemicals such as opioids and neurotransmitters into the body that decreases the sensitivity of pain and standardize the nervous system or Acupuncture with electrical incitement intrudes on the agony signal enabling the nerve to quiet down subsequently diminishing torment. Acupuncture promotes actual healing by altering the body's electrical system to allow the transfer of electrical and material energy among ordinary and harmed tissue subsequently decreasing the measure of recuperation time. 

  • Insomnia
  • Treatment of Parkinson
  • Treating nerve damage (peripheral nerves)   
  • Effectively treat PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)   
  • Acupuncture in paralysis treatment


Related Associations and Societies

Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine | Taiwan Association for Traditional and Complementary Medicine | European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association | The Association for Natural Medicine in Europe | European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | British Acupuncture Council|  British Complementary Medicine Association | British Herbal Medicine Association | British Homeopathic Association|

Track 3: Pain & acupuncture: Value based care evidence

Acupuncture facilitates to ease types of pain that are regularly persistent inclusive of neck pain, low-back pain and osteoarthritis pain. It additionally may help lessen the recurrence of pressure cerebral pains and counteract a headache migraine which was recommended from number of studies. Therefore, needle therapy has all the earmarks of being a reasonable choice for individuals with interminable agony to consider.

The effect of Acupuncture on the body and mind and how best to gauge them are just starting to be comprehended. Current proof proposes that numerous variables like desire and conviction that are random to needle therapy needling may assume significant jobs in the gainful impacts of needle therapy on torment.

  • Acupuncture and chronic pain
  • Acupuncture strategies in pain management         
  • Biomedical acupuncture for pain treatment and care
  • Acupuncture pain relief points
  • Clinical applications and case studies

Related Associations and Societies

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Alternative and Integrative Medical Society | American Association of Integrative Medicine | American Holistic Health Association | American Holistic Medical Association | American Integrative Medical Association | Association of Integrative Medicine | Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Natural Standard Weil Foundation|

Track 4: Acupuncture and obstetrics: better for mom, baby & payers

Acupuncture is regularly suggested for obstetrical and gynecological conditions while the confirmation is befuddling. Acupuncture is, in principle, perfect for labor. Being 'drugfree' and in this way having no unsafe teratogenic impacts, woman may feel more happy about accepting this sort of treatment in their pregnancy.

Electroacupuncture was utilized effectively to accomplish relief from discomfort among work. 24 of 168 womens (14.3%) treated by electro?acupuncture amid the first or second phase of work had no help with discomfort.

  • Back pain during pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Labor, & Delivery
  • Procedural Pain
  • Childbirth
  • Labor and delivery
  • Care of new born


Related Associations and Societies

American Association of Naturopathic Doctors | American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association | American Massage Therapy Association | Holistic Dental Association National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy | National College of Natural Medicine | Plato Society of LA | Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association | Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care | American Association of Drugless Practitioners |

Track 5: Acupuncture Techniques

In Acupuncture very thin needles, which are slightly thicker than a human hair, are inserted into acupuncture points. The objective of acupuncture as explained earlier is to regulate and normalize the flow of the Chi, so that the Yin and the Yang return to a state of dynamic equilibrium. The choice of acupuncture points to be used is the most crucial part of the treatment. The acupuncturist must know the function of each acupuncture point and its interaction with other acupuncture points. He can then plan the treatment to eliminate obstructions in the flow of Chi and to balance the Yin and Yang. After the acupuncturist has examined the patient and reached a diagnosis, he decides how the patient should be treated.

  • Electro-acupuncture stimulation
  • Sonopuncture                       
  • Trigger point acupuncture
  • Scalp acupuncture
  • Korean hand acupuncture: New aspects       
  • Japanese acupuncture  
  • Chinese acupuncture


Related Associations and Societies

Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine | National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Alternative and Integrative Medical Society | American Association of Integrative Medicine | American Holistic Health Association | American Holistic Medical Association | American Integrative Medical Association | Association of Integrative Medicine |  Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Natural Standard Weil Foundation | American Association of Drugless Practitioners | American Association of Naturopathic Doctors |

Track 6: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) consists many different practices, including acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, moxibustion, dietary therapy, tui na (Chinese therapeutic massage), and tai chi and qi gong. TCM is established in the old way of thinking of Taoism and goes back over 2,500 years. Traditional systems of medicine also exist in other East and South Asian Nations, which includes Japan (where the traditional herbal medicine is called Kampo) and Korea. Some of these systems have been influenced by TCM and are similar to it in some ways, but each has developed distinctive features of its own.

  • Qi theory and meridans
  • Acupuncture points & CNS
  • Acupuncture and the placebo question         
  • Massage (tui na)
  • Exercise (qigong)
  • Dietary therapy


Related Associations and Societies

British Medical Acupuncture Society | European Central Council of Homeopaths | European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioner’s Association | European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy | Research Council for Complementary Medicine, UKEuropean Traditional Chinese Medicine Association | The Northern Ireland Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine | The Herb Society UK | The Ayurvedic Practitioners Association UK | The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, United KingdomSwiss Professional Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Switzerland | Swedish Acupuncture Association for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Track 7: Case Reports: Acupuncture and Alternative Medicine

According to Medicine: A case report is a definite report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient. Case reports may contain a segment profile of the patient, yet for the most part portray a strange or novel event. Some case reports likewise contain a writing survey of other detailed cases. On the off chance that various case reports show something comparative, the subsequent stage may be a case-control study to decide whether there is a connection between the applicable factors.

 

 

Related Associations and Societies

Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine | Taiwan Association for Traditional and Complementary Medicine | European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association | The Association for Natural Medicine in Europe | European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | British Acupuncture Council|  British Complementary Medicine Association | British Herbal Medicine Association | British Homeopathic Association|

Track 8: Alternative Medicine

Alternative medicine is described as any practice that is advanced as having the healing effects of medicine, but is not founded on evidence gathered using the scientific method. Standard care is what medical doctors, osteopathy doctors, and health professionals, such as physical therapists and nurses, practice. The complementary and alternative medicine field is known as CAM. Complementary medicine can be used together with standard medical consideration. One of the examples is using acupuncture to help with side effects of cancer treatment.

Alternative medicine is a highly profitable side, with a strong lobby. This fact is often overlooked by media or intentionally kept hidden, with alternative practice being portrayed positively when compared to "big pharma".


Related Associations and Societies

Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine | National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Alternative and Integrative Medical Society | American Association of Integrative Medicine | American Holistic Health Association | American Holistic Medical Association | American Integrative Medical Association | Association of Integrative Medicine |  Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Natural Standard Weil Foundation | American Association of Drugless Practitioners | American Association of Naturopathic Doctors |

Track 9: Naturopathy & Ayurveda

Naturopathy is a very old science. Naturopathy is an art and science of healthy living and a system without drugs where the healing based on well-founded philosophy. It has its own idea of health and disease and also principle of treatment

Ayurveda: It is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing which is having its own origins in the Vedic culture of India. Tough suppressed during years of outside occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major progress in both its native land and throughout the world. TCM and Tibetan medicine both have their roots in Ayurveda. Early Greek drug additionally grasped numerous ideas initially depicted in the old style Ayurvedic restorative writings returning a few a huge number of years.

  • Herbalism
  • Homeopathy
  • Massage
  • Mind Body Practices
  • Alternative systems and therapies


Related Associations and Societies

Indian Integrated Acupuncture Association | Association of Acupuncture Science Practitioners | Indian Society of Medical Acupuncture | International SuJok Acupuncture Association | The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | Indian Board of Alternative Medicine | Asia Herb Association | Ayurvedic Practitioners Association of Singapore | International Academy of Ayurved | Malaysian Chinese Medical Association | The Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong | Chinese Medical Association | Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine | Taiwan Association for Traditional and Complementary Medicine |

Track 10: Acupuncture for diabetes and cardiovascular risks

Acupuncture is one of the standardized treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has beneficial effects on cardiovascular system through a neurohumoral pathway. Acupuncture is used to decrease blood pressure in patients with hypertension, and to relieve angina pectoris in patients with coronary artery disease.

Type 1 and 2 diabetes is treated by acupuncture techniques, one of the treatment such as electroacupuncture could help in decreasing insulin resistance and enhancing insulin sensitivity.  Electro-acupuncture could be used alone or in combination with other treatments, including alternative therapies, such as Chinese herbs and diet.


Related Associations and Societies

National College of Natural Medicine | Plato Society of LA | Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association | Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care | Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Acupuncture Association of India | Indian Integrated Acupuncture Association | Association of Acupuncture Science Practitioners | Indian Society of Medical Acupuncture | International SuJok Acupuncture Association | The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | Indian Board of Alternative Medicine | Asia Herb Association | Ayurvedic Practitioners Association of Singapore | International Academy of Ayurved | Malaysian Chinese Medical Association | The Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong | Chinese Medical Association | Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine |

Track 11: Functional Medicine

Functional medicine is one of the forms of alternative medicine that comprises various disproven and unproven methods and treatments. Its defenders guarantee that it centers around the "root causes" of diseases based on interactions between the environment and the gastrointestinal, endocrine, and immune systems to develop "individualized treatment plans". It has been depicted as pseudoscience, quackery, and at its quintessence a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine.

  • Alternative Medicine
  • Complementary Medicine


Related Associations and Societies

Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine | Taiwan Association for Traditional and Complementary Medicine | European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association | The Association for Natural Medicine in Europe | European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | British Acupuncture Council|  British Complementary Medicine Association | British Herbal Medicine Association | British Homeopathic Association|

Track 13: Holistic Nursing

It is a nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal. A holistic nurse is a licensed nurse who takes a “mind-body-spirit-emotion-environment” way to deal with the act of traditional nursing.  In holistic nursing, nurses foster relationships with their patients to promote healing and wellness it is based on the principle that a patient's social, biological, psychological and spiritual aspects are interconnected. They use alternative medicine to treat patients; sometimes they also mix their holistic healing techniques with traditional medicine.


Related Associations and Societies

Chinese Herbs and Biotech Development Association | Malaysian Association of Traditional Indian Medicine | Taiwan Association for Traditional and Complementary Medicine | European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association | The Association for Natural Medicine in Europe | European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | British Acupuncture Council|  British Complementary Medicine Association | British Herbal Medicine Association | British Homeopathic Association|

Track 14: Acupuncture secrets for advanced practitioners

The advantages of acupuncture are many and varied. As a matter of fact, when the World Health Organisation (WHO) compiled an official report in 2002 of diseases, conditions and symptoms for which acupuncture is proven to be a successful treatment, which is ranged from morning sickness to stroke! Acupuncture is regularly associated with the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, such as arthritis, headache, and lower back pain; it can also be used to relieve other painful conditions. It promotes relaxation, Improves fertility, Increases skin quality, decreases fatigue and enhances stamina.

  • Fertility
  • Relaxation


Related Associations and Societies

Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Acupuncture Association of India | Indian Integrated Acupuncture Association | Association of Acupuncture Science Practitioners | Indian Society of Medical Acupuncture | International SuJok Acupuncture Association | The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion | China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | Indian Board of Alternative Medicine| Asia Herb Association | Ayurvedic Practitioners Association of Singapore|

Track 15: Cupping therapy

Cupping therapy is an old type of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. People get it for many purposes, including to help with pain, blood flow, inflammation, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.

  • Wet cupping
  • Dry cupping
  • Fixed cupping
  • Moving cupping/gliding cupping


Related Associations and Societies Foundation

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | Alternative and Integrative Medical Society | American Association of Integrative Medicine | American Holistic Health Association | American Holistic Medical Association | American Integrative Medical Association | Association of Integrative Medicine |  Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine | Natural Standard Weil Foundation | American Association of Drugless Practitioners | American Association of Naturopathic Doctors |