Applied Facial Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine

Learning objectives:

·       Understand the facial age map and learn how to identify ages when a person experienced trauma.

·       Learn the facial emotional map and how to create point prescriptions from the findings.

·       Understand how the facial features of the face relate to the five elements and how to apply this knowledge in crafting acupuncture point prescriptions.

·       Learn point prescriptions for treating the various emotional, behavioral, and physical imbalances identified on the face.

Course Description:

Facial features, colors and markings provide a blueprint of the emotional and physical state of the body. Ancient Chinese facial diagnosis gives insight into a person’s constitution, their emotional tendencies, their disease patterns and their belief systems. Utilizing these diagnostic signs when creating acupuncture/acupressure prescriptions, herbal formulas, lifestyle recommendations, etc. can bring miraculous change.

In this extensive and complete course, CT Holman teaches Facial Diagnosis and how to read the different aspects on the face. Participants learn how read when Jing (essence) was compromised for a patient and when the patient might experience a trauma in the future. CT explains what emotions a person has tendencies towards by reading the face. He teaches how to understand the state of each organ system by reading the various colors and features on the face to arrive at classical, traditional, research-based and shamanic diagnosis. By understanding the balance of the five elements seen on the face, a thorough diagnosis is achieved.

CT will give several acupuncture prescriptions to treat imbalances found by Facial Diagnosis and how to treat any underlying contributing to the pathophysiology.

Outline:

1st Hour: Introduction to Applied Facial Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine. Age map and how you can determine trauma cycles.

2nd Hour: Reading the facial emotional map. Create point prescriptions and lifestyle recommendations to transform the emotions.

3rd Hour: Reading the facial features and colors of the face. Provide detailed description of the five elements of the face.

4th Hour: Strategies for selecting acupuncture channels for treatment and point designations. Acupuncture prescriptions to address channel and organ imbalances. Case studies of utilizing facial diagnosis to treat emotional trauma.

4 CEU’s approved for NCCAOM and California.