| Instructor: |
Yemeng Chen, L. Ac. |
| College Affiliation: |
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| Position Title: |
Academic Dean |
| Course Title: |
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for Pain due to Whiplash Injuries |
| Course Description: |
Whiplash injuries, mostly caused by motor-vehicle accidents, are neck injuries resulting from hypertension followed by flexion. Patients suffering from whiplash injuries are common in acupuncture clinics and usually have a number of subjective complaints. The lecture introduces the TCM approach to treating whiplash injuries, including meridian theory (especially the muscle-region theory), acupoint selection, acupuncture needle techniques, the prescription of Chinese herbs, and the use of Tui Na. |
| Teaching Time: |
3 hours |
| Where Course Is Approved: |
NCCAOM |
| Course Approved By NCCAOM? |
Yes |
| Offered As Distant Online Course: |
No |
| Instructor Contact Information Phone: |
516-739-1545 |
| Instructor Contact Information Email: |
yemengchen@aol.com |
| Instructor Bio: |
Yemeng Chen, L.Ac., the Academic Dean of the New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has served as a member of the New York State Board for Acupuncture since 2000. After graduate from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, he has practiced and taught acupuncture for more than 20 years and published 10 books and more than 30 academic papers. |
| Instructor: |
Yemeng Chen, L. Ac. |
| College Affiliation: |
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| Position Title: |
Academic Dean |
| Course Title: |
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Migraines |
| Course Description: |
The lecture demonstrates and leads an intensive discussion about the application of TCM for migraines, such as the strategy, protocol and literature review of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, according to the biomedical mechanism and TCM etiological analysis. The lecture focuses in particular on describing the principle for acupoints selection and demonstrating the different needle techniques suitable for treating migraine. The possible mechanism of the point “Posterior Tiyang” is also introduced. |
| Teaching Time: |
3 hours |
| Where Course Is Approved: |
Approved for CMEs by AMA (through Innovision Communications), the New York Academy of Medicine, and by NCCAOM |
| Course Approved By NCCAOM? |
Yes |
| Offered As Distant Online Course: |
No |
| Instructor Contact Information Phone: |
516-739-1545 |
| Instructor Contact Information Email: |
yemengchen@aol.com |
| Instructor Bio: |
Yemeng Chen, L.Ac., the Academic Dean of the New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has served as a member of the New York State Board for Acupuncture since 2000. After graduate from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, he has practiced and taught acupuncture for more than 20 years and published 10 books and more than 30 academic papers. |
