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College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, 19 Castle Street, Reading (2026)

10/09/2026

Join Yvonne Farrell to explore the basic theories of the Pi Wei Lun (Spleen/Stomach School), Yin Fire and their relationship to the modern theories around the gut-brain axis.

This 4-hour online course will provide the framework for understanding the relationship between the Gut-Brain axis and the classical theories of Li D**g Yuan (founder of the Earth School).

The course will provide a clear context for modern, chronic, difficult to treat digestive disorders.

Participants will learn:

💛 Foundational theories of the Spleen-Stomach school.
💛 Relationship between habit, survival, digestion & illness.
💛 How Poly-vagal theory is understood in CCM.
💛 Importance of gall bladder as the link between brain & gut.
💛 The Triune Brain & the 3 levels of qi.
💛 Mental-emotional disruption associated with digestive disorders.
💛 How Yin Fire & Gu Syndrome are the root of most chronic, intractable digestive disorders.

Some protocols will be provided, but there will be more focus on treatment approaches for these difficult conditions seen in clinic.

📚 Chronic Digestive Disorders: The Gut-Brain Axis (online)
🧑‍🏫 Yvonne Farrell
📆 Saturday 19th September 2026
⏰ 3pm - 7pm BST (due to timezone of speaker)
💻 online (no recording - must be attended live)
💰 £95
✅ Qualified acupuncturists & 3rd year students

Due to Yvonne being in America and trying to align timezones, please be aware that the timings for this course are a little different to our normal CPD courses, at 3pm - 7pm BST.
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Please note - this online course will NOT be recorded, there are no replays, and MUST be attended live.

To book on to this half day online CPD course click here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/cpd-courses/chronic-digestive-disorders-the-gut-brain-axis-online/

Dr. Yvonne Farrell has been practicing and teaching since 1997. As a long-time student of Jeffrey Yuen (1995) her approach to treatment is based on Channel Theory with a Taoist influence. She believes that acupuncture is an incredible tool for growth and development and cultivation of the practitioner is an essential part of the process. She teaches continuing education in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Yvonne is the author of two books: Psycho-Emotional Pain and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels and her latest, Acupuncture for Surviving Adversity published by Singing Dragon.

09/09/2026

We have all of the five elements within us, but as we know, we also have one element which is primarily imbalanced. This is what we work with in the five element style of acupuncture and how we help our patients feel better in themselves.

If a person is an earth type, issues around these themes may be dominant in their lives, particularly in times of stress:

🌾 Feeling supported (or not)
🌾 Getting nourishment (of all kinds)
🌾 Feeling grounded or centred
🌾 Mental clarity and clear thinking
🌾 Being understood by others

Depending on how balanced the earth type person is, these issues and themes might lead them to begin to carry certain unanswered questions such as:

💛 How can I get more centred?
💛 How can I get the support I need?
💛 Who will nourish me?
💛 How can I get what I want from the world?

🙋🏻‍♀️ Do any of these issues, themes or questions resonate with you? Do you know your own element type? Do you receive five element acupuncture yourself? Let us know in the comments!

☯️ Did you know that we are unlike any other acupuncture college, because we offer this integrated teaching style of both five element constitutional acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)…

Our next open days:

📆 Saturday 12th September - 11:30 – 13:30 | at the college
📆 Thursday 19th November - 19:00 – 20:30 | online

➡️ Book your place via WhatsApp here - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

☎️ Or get in touch with our lovely registrar Jo Brown on 01189 508 889 or email her at [email protected]

🎓 See more info about our degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too!

👍 Every like, comment, save and share helps us spread this amazing ancient wisdom, with the wider world!

📕 Excerpts from “Healing Your Emotions” - Angela Hicks and John Hicks; and “Five Element Constitutional Acupuncture” - Angela Hicks, John Hicks and Peter Mole

08/09/2026

Want to treat babies, children or teenagers in your clinic? Or maybe you want to support your loved ones at home with Chinese Medicine? Our in-depth Paediatric Acupuncture diploma course will enable you to expand your practice to treat the whole family for a wide range of physical, mental and emotional conditions.

Key Overview:

💜 15 days over a period of 7 months
💜 9 days on zoom (always Wednesdays)
💜 6 days at CICM (2 x 3 consecutive days – Wed, Thurs, Fri)
💜 2 modules - theory module & practical skills module
💜 No exams
💜 Only 20 places available on this course!

Course Content:

MODULE 1 – Chinese medicine paediatric theory

💜 TCM & 5 Element paediatric basics
💜 Key paediatric pathologies
💜 Aetiology of childhood illnesses
💜 Diagnosis & treatment of common paediatric conditions
💜 Western medical paediatric conditions & red flags

MODULE 2 – Chinese Medicine Paediatric Practical skills

💜 Paediatric tuina
💜 A basic Shonishin treatment
💜 Laser acupuncture
💜 Moxa, cupping & gua sha for children
💜 Child-friendly needle technique
💜 Essential oil acu-therapy
💜 Tuning forks
💜 Cutaneous electrical stimulation
💜 Patients in class

📚 Paediatric Acupuncture Diploma
🧑‍🏫 Rebecca Avern, Danny Blyth, Lynn Diskin & Julian Scott
📆 Starting Wednesday 16th September 2026
💻 Theory classes online via zoom
🏫 Practical classes in person at CICM college
💰 £2800
💳 Can pay in instalments by monthly direct debit
✅ For acupuncture grads - only 20 spaces available!

Watch the promo video for this course here - https://youtu.be/BifF4jpl4_Q

To see all the class dates and to book your place on this diploma, click here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/info/courses/post-graduate-courses/paediatrics-2026

Or get in touch with our registrar Jo Brown, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have about this course - [email protected] or on 01189 508 889

07/09/2026

We have all of the five elements within us, and as we have seen in our recent posts, when the earth element becomes imbalanced, it can create different symptoms within our minds, bodies and emotions.

But we may also have one element which is primarily imbalanced, which creates recognisable characteristics in a person. This is what we work with in the five element style of acupuncture. It suggests that the constitutional weakness of the element and its organs have an important impact on our health and our emotional expression.

If a person’s earth element is primarily imbalanced, or weakest out of the five elements, then they could be an earth type person and they might:

🌎 Have a yellow look at the side of the eyes
🌎 Have a voice tone that goes up and down a lot
🌎 Give you all kinds of support and help
🌎 Over-smother you with care and concern
🌎 Complain a lot, as if constantly seeking sympathy
🌎 Look either under or over-nourished
🌎 Feel tired and sometimes say they can't think

🙋🏻‍♀️ So do we have any wonderful earth element types in the house?! Do you know your own dominant element type? Let us know in the comments!

☯️ Did you know that we are unlike any other acupuncture college, because we offer this integrated teaching style of both five element constitutional acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine…

🎓 We are still enrolling for the last few places on our September 2026 class, which has weekday classes on Mondays and Tuesdays.

🌼 But if weekend classes would suit your schedule better, then our Spring 2027 intake is for you - attend one of our open days now to find out more…

Saturday 12th September - 11:30 – 13:30 | at the college
📆 Thursday 19th November - 19:00 – 20:30 | online

➡️ Book your place via WhatsApp here - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

☎️ Or get in touch with our lovely registrar Jo Brown on 01189 508 889 or email her at [email protected]

🎓 See more info about our degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too!

👍 Every like, comment, save and share helps us spread this amazing ancient wisdom, with the wider world!

📕 Excerpt from “Healing Your Emotions” - Angela Hicks and John Hicks

06/09/2026

One in two people will have a diagnosis of cancer in their lifetime; almost half of those will survive their cancer by 10 or more years.

Acupuncturists will be seeing these long-term cancer survivors in their clinics increasingly over the coming years.

Therefore it is important to understand the issues cancer survivors face after cancer treatment ends, both in the short-term and for many years after.

Due to this increasing need in our clinics, in addition to her 1 day “Introduction to the Safe Practice of Acupuncture in Cancer Care” workshop, Beverley de Valois is also running this 2 day CPD course called “Acupuncture for Cancer Survivors: Restoring Health and Resilience after Cancer Treatment”…

So you can combine both courses for a 3 day CPD series and attend all 3 days in November - Friday 20th, Saturday 21st & Sunday 24th - at a discounted, bundle price.

Did you know that nearly 25% of cancer survivors live with at least one long-term consequence of their cancer treatment?

Many are told by their medical professionals that nothing can be done, and they need to learn to live with troublesome chronic symptoms. But there are things we can do as acupuncturists…

Acupuncture is an evidence-based, non-pharmacological intervention that can support cancer survivors to deal with the physical, psychological, and social consequences of cancer treatments.

It can reduce the symptom burden, enable coping, and improve long-term health and wellbeing – many cancer survivors exclaim “acupuncture has given me my life back”.

This course aims to increase acupuncturists’ awareness of the challenges cancer survivors face after cancer treatment.

It will empower acupuncturists to address these issues using acupuncture and moxibustion, and to develop their own toolbox, regardless of the style(s) of acupuncture they practice.

📚 Restoring Health and Resilience after Cancer Treatment
🧑‍🏫 Beverley de Valois
📆 Sat 21st & Sun 22nd November 2026
⏰ 10am - 5pm
🏫 at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine
💰 £200
3️⃣ Bundle rate for the 3 days - £300
✅ For acupuncture graduates

Please note that Beverley is also running her 1 day “Introduction to the Safe Practice of Acupuncture in Cancer Care” course, the Friday directly before this weekend course, on Friday 20th November 2026.

So you can combine both courses for a 3 day CPD series and attend all 3 days - Friday, Saturday & Sunday - at a discounted, bundle rate of £300 in total, £100 per day, for a really strong foundation in supporting your patients with cancer, beyond into their recovery, and then thriving as survivors!

To book on to this two day in-person CPD course, or the combo of all 3 days, click here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/cpd-courses/acupuncture-for-cancer-survivors-restoring-health-and-resilience-after-cancer-treatment/

Beverley de Valois has over 25 years of experience working as both practitioner and researcher in the field of cancer survivorship. She is a practicing acupuncturist, researcher in the NHS, and author of the book “Acupuncture and Cancer Survivorship: Recovery, Renewal and Transformation”. She is the lead author of an international collaboration responsible for developing recommendations for the safe practice of acupuncture in integrative oncology.

05/09/2026

🤔 The Earth Element has a propensity towards deficiency, particularly if we do not eat to fully nourish our bodies, or if we engage in too much mental work / study… but this can also then lead to creating symptoms of Earth excess if the deficiency is ongoing…

😬 Because Earth excess often develops after prolonged Earth deficiency, when chronic poor digestion creates phlegm that builds up over time to slow and congest body processes.

🤧 Signs of Earth excess tend to be those that clog up our bodies, and can include a dull headache, yeast infections, sinus congestion, respiratory phlegm, lumps or nodules under skin, constant worrying or rumination of thoughts, tendency towards obesity or being overweight, nausea, vomiting, belching or burping, constipation and brain fog.

💛 When we identify these symptoms in ourselves or in our patients, we can choose specific acupuncture points, and / or offer lifestyle guidance to help us return to balance once more.

👍 In this case, reducing and resolving phlegm or dampness in the body can help us to feel lighter, clearer and less weighed down or clogged up, both physically and mentally…

Want to learn more? Our next open days are on:

📆 Saturday 12th September - 11:30 – 13:30 | at the college
📆 Thursday 19th November - 19:00 – 20:30 | online

➡️ Book your place via WhatsApp here - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

📧 Or if you don't have whatsapp, just get in touch with our lovely registrar at [email protected] or on 01189 508 889

🏫 We can also arrange for you to have a tour around the college any time!

💻 See more info about our BSc degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too!

👍 Every like, comment, save and share helps us spread this amazing ancient wisdom with the wider world!

📕 Symptoms from “Wood Becomes Water; Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life” - Gail Reichstein.

04/09/2026

💙 We have an amazing introduction to the safe practice of acupuncture in cancer care CPD day with Beverley de Valois, coming up in the Autumn.

💙 She will be exploring cancer treatments & side effects, plus guidelines for acupuncturists clarifying contraindications & red flags.

💙 Working with people undergoing treatment for cancer is often seen as daunting by acupuncturists. In addition, there are many stories about what to do or not do in this field.

💙 This 1-day session (option to do a 3 day bundle) introduces the subject of cancer and provides a fundamental understanding of cancer and its treatments, and of some of the side effects of these treatments.

💙 A key focus is on the guidelines for the safe practice of acupuncture for people undergoing treatment for cancer – this clarifies contraindications, potential adverse events, and amber / red flags that may arise. How to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team is also addressed.

💙 This course aims to introduce the essentials of cancer and its treatments to acupuncturists with little or no experience of this area of healthcare, or working with people living with and beyond cancer.

📚 Introduction to the Safe Practice of Acupuncture in Cancer Care
🧑‍🏫 Beverley de Valois
📆 Friday 20th November 2026
⏰ 10am - 5pm
🏫 at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine
💰 £130
3️⃣ Bundle rate for the 3 days - £300
✅ For acupuncture graduates

Please note that Beverley is also running her 2 day “Acupuncture for Cancer Survivors: Health and Resilience after Cancer Treatment” course the weekend directly after this Friday introductory course, on Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd November 2026.

So why not combine both courses for a 3 day CPD series and attend all 3 days - Friday, Saturday & Sunday - at a discounted, bundle rate of £300 in total, £100 per day, for a really strong foundation in supporting your patients with cancer, beyond into their recovery, and then thriving as survivors!

To book on to this one day in-person CPD course, or the combo of all 3 days, click here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/cpd-courses/introduction-to-the-safe-practice-of-acupuncture-in-cancer-care/

Beverley de Valois is a practicing acupuncturist, researcher in the NHS, and author of the book “Acupuncture and Cancer Survivorship: Recovery, Renewal and Transformation”. She is the lead author of an international collaboration responsible for developing recommendations for the safe practice of acupuncture in integrative oncology.

03/09/2026

⚖️ The aim in Chinese medicine is always to return to balance for optimal health and wellbeing. Until we return to balance, we may experience various symptoms.

💛 When the Earth Element is deficient within us, any or all of its functions may be weak. Therefore an Earth deficiency may manifest in the areas of digestion, blood, thought or energy.

😴 Symptoms could include, fatigue, loose stools, pale lips and tongue, dry skin, short or scanty menstruation, haemorrhoids, poor appetite, being overweight, mental spaciness or brain fog, frequent bruising, worrying a lot, or feeling sleepy after meals.

🧁 There may also be issues with blood sugar such as diabetes or hypoglycaemia, cravings for sweet things or having a “sweet tooth” generally… abdominal noises, bloating and gas may also be present when the Earth energy is lacking internally within us.

🌼 When we identify these symptoms in ourselves or in our patients, we can choose specific acupuncture points, and / or offer lifestyle guidance to help us return to balance once more.

🙌 In this case, treatment should help us feel more energised in body and mind!

Want to learn more? Our next open days are on:

📆 Saturday 12th September - 11:30 – 13:30 | at the college
📆 Thursday 19th November - 19:00 – 20:30 | online

➡️ Book your place via WhatsApp here - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

📧 Or if you don't have whatsapp, just get in touch our lovely registrar Jo directly - [email protected] or on 01189 508 889

🏫 She can also arrange for you to have a tour around the college any time, at your convenience, so please don’t hesitate to ask!

💻 See more info about our BSc degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too!

👍 Every like, comment, save and share helps us spread this amazing ancient wisdom with the wider world!

📕 Symptoms from “Wood Becomes Water; Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life” - Gail Reichstein.

02/09/2026

David Hartmann first picked up a tuning fork that belonged to his Mum around about 20 years ago. She had just travelled to the USA (from Australia) for a tuning fork course and came home super excited to treat people. David was her first patient and he felt amazing after the first treatment.

At that time, David was primarily focusing on his acupuncture and Tui Na massage, so this sound healing modality took somewhat of a backseat in his clinic. But over the years though, tuning forks became an undeniable force - both David and his mother were getting awesome results.

By 2016 David was consistently treating patients with tuning forks, acupuncture and massage in his clinic on a daily basis.

This workshop is designed to give you that passion, that excitement, and that feeling that David had when he first discovered this modality. Using tuning forks in this way can really enhance your clinical practice.

Including new content that is different from the previous one-day workshop at CICM in 2025.

At the end of this workshop participants will:

➡️ Be more familiar with what tuning forks are, how they work, as well as what they can be used for.

➡️ Appreciate the range of different tuning forks that are commonly used in a natural medicine clinic.

➡️ Understand the differences between the various tuning forks, based on their frequency (Hz), their size (short or long) and the forks being weighted or unweighted.

➡️ Be confident in the correct striking of the different tuning forks.

➡️ Appreciate the subtle differences between the use of weighted tuning forks on the body versus unweighted tuning forks off the body.

➡️ Feel more confident in using the tuning forks on the acupuncture channels (including the eight extraordinary vessels) and acupuncture points.

Across the two days you will learn how to use weighted tuning forks on the body via the acupuncture channels and points, as well as the chakra system.

You will also learn how to use unweighted forks out in the aura or Biofield via Mother/Father zones, the Ancestral River, and various constructs, including:

✅ Tuning Fork Types
✅ Tian Di Ren (Heaven Earth Human)
✅ Thought Cemetery and Columning
✅ Heart/Pericardium Physical and Metaphysical Activation
✅ Throat Physical and Metaphysical Activation
✅ The Two Wolves Activation
✅ Ren Mai / Du Mai or Chong Mai / Dai Mai Activations
✅ Mother / Father Zones or Feminine / Masculine Zones
✅ Ancestral River

You will also learn how to treat the organ system both physically and meta-physically with the tuning forks.

Using tuning forks alongside your acupuncture, and within the acupuncture framework that you already use and know, will really enhance your clinical practice and benefit your patients, especially those who are sensitive, energetically depleted, or needle-phobic.

📚 Using Tuning Forks to Enhance Clinical Practice
🧑‍🏫 David Hartmann
📆 Sat 14th & Sun 15th November 2026
🏫 In person at CICM
💰 £250
✅ Open to acupuncture graduates

Find out more about this course, and book your place here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/cpd-courses/using-tuning-forks-to-enhance-clinical-practice/

David Hartmann lives in Brisbane, Australia and has been practicing acupuncture since 1997. He upgraded his qualifications with a Masters of Acupuncture in 2009.

David has been a Chinese medicine lecturer for 24 years. He has also written two internationally published textbooks on Chinese medicine, written courses, presented at conferences, and done his own stand-alone seminars in fifteen countries around the world. He has also developed online workshops for eleven companies/stores world-wide.

01/09/2026

🌎 Each of the five elements have an associated organ pair, and the earth element has the Spleen and the Stomach.

🌾 We might see the functions of these organs coming to the fore at this time of year, as late summer is the season associated with the earth element.

🌽 Are you looking at your nutrition again, after a summer holiday full of indulgence and treats?

🌼 Are you looking to nourish yourself on a deeper level, an emotional level, to increase your self care right now?

💛 After the busy season of summer, we may now enjoy the slowing down, the harvesting and ripening… we can now relish the good stuff, and the “sweetness” in our lives…

🔎 Understanding the world through this lens of Chinese Medicine is just one of the amazing things you will learn at CICM, on your way to becoming an acupuncturist.

🎓 We are still enrolling for our Sept 2026 intake, which has weekday classes on Mondays and Tuesdays.

🌼 If weekend classes would suit your schedule better, then our Spring 2027 intake is for you - attend one of our open day events now to find out more…

📆 Saturday 12th September - 11:30 – 13:30 | at the college
📆 Thursday 19th November - 19:00 – 20:30 | online

➡️ Book your place here via whatsapp - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

📧 Or if you don't have whatsapp, just get in touch our lovely registrar Jo Brown directly - [email protected] or on 01189 508 889

🏫 She can also arrange for you to have a tour around the college any time, at your convenience, so please don’t hesitate to ask!

See more info about our BSc degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

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