Clinical Year TCM Student

I am a Clinical Year Student at The Irish College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Dublin. In this final year of clincal study we diagnose and treat clients under strict supervision using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Cupping and LIfestyle and Dietary Advice.

Acupuncture TCM, and other TCM treatment methods, typically treat people who complain of a deficiency or break down in their health. Such treatments can focus on physical, psychological, emotional or even spiritual disorders with equal effect.

It is safe to say that there is no sick person who cannot be helped by Acupuncture TCM treatment. However, the extent and the speed of this help will naturally depend upon a number of considerations, the chief among which are the following:

  • The nature of the complaint itself. Some complaints are by their very nature more severe or serious than others. This will largely determine the extent and type of treatment prescribed.
  • The length of time the complaint has been there will also have some bearing. Generally speaking, more recent disorders are more easily and more rapidly eliminated than those which have been present for, say, a number of years or even decades. Acupuncture TCM, however, can be equally helpful in both chronic and acute conditions.
  • The frequency and especially the type of TCM treatments administered can determine the likely outcome of therapy.
  • The skill and experience of the practitioner cannot be discounted.
  • Looking more specifically to the client or patient, the general state of health and well-being of the person seeking treatment must be taken into account too in determining the effectiveness and duration of treatment required.
  • What happens between the treatment sessions and how well the patient keeps to the instructions of the TCM practitioner can also influence the speed of recovery, or otherwise. Information from www.prtcm.org

"Acupuncture is one of the most popular and effective contemporary healing techniques, practised in almost every country on the globe. The World Health Organisation has compiled a huge list of medical conditions that are amenable to treatment with acupuncture, including chronic respiratory problems, such as sinusitis and asthma, neurological and musculoskeletal disorders, such as headaches and low back pain, digestive disorders, such as colitis and gastriti