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"A
college with a clear focus to offer informative courses to discerning adults
wishing to help people"
The
College
Active
Health Foundation was established to provide authentic and superior training for
the enquiring student, based on Traditional and Natural Medical Principals. We
are affiliated with the prestigious W.H.O. Collaborating Centre Zhe Jiang
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who recognize our qualifications.
Active
Health Foundation is presently applying for membership of W.F.A.S. the World
Federation of professional Acupuncture Societies, with members in more than
fifty three countries.
Academic
Principals
Active
Health Foundation has developed comprehensive training programs in Traditional
Chinese Medicine and Complementary Therapies, with the guidance and assistance
from Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and our associated
colleges. We have benefited from many years experience in Holistic medicine
education from experienced clinicians and tutors both in Europe and China.
The
undergraduate syllabus is based on the primary TCM course as taught in the four
main W.H.O. collaborating centres in China.
Active
Health Foundation has a strong academic background with the majority of our
lecturers, either from our associated colleges in China, graduates of the TCM
degree programs in England, and all have undergone clinical training in China.
All our lecturers are experienced, many of them acknowledged experts in their
own subjects.
Active
Health Foundation is one of the advisory colleges asked to participate in
forming the forthcoming registration legislation for complementary medicine
practitioners and therapists in Ireland by the Dept. of Health & Children.
Principal
of Training
Our
goal and mission is to produce skilled, caring and qualified practitioners of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, who are not only competent in Traditional
medicine, but are clinically proficient in Western medicine, ensuring their
patients the best possible care and treatments.
All
our programs are designed for flexibility to accommodate working individuals and
our training sessions mostly take place on weekends.
Course
Facilitator
Each
group has a facilitator who will help each student with any study challenges,
class notes, general questions, in order to help
make the best of the entire course.
Code
of Ethics
Our
students are expected to observe the code of ethics and code of practice of
Active Health Foundation and its associated bodies, both in their relations with
colleagues and the class or clinic patients.
Text
Books
A
list of text books, together with a detailed syllabus pack and course timetable
is issued on enrolment. Details of these text books can be obtained from
administration before enrolment.
 Traditional
Chinese Medicine
Tui
Na Medical Acupressure is a medical tradition practiced for thousands of years
in the Orient. Its success is proven by the fact that it survived over this time
and today, continues to be an effective treatment for a large number of modern
health problems.
The
student is taught the traditional diagnostic and practical skills from both the
ancient and modern texts. The theory of balancing Yin & Yang by stimulating,
balancing or regulating Qi, through the physical manipulating of empirical
points on the skin. This is the foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The
qualified practitioner will look at the medical condition holistically along
with all the strengths and weaknesses of each patient. Every patient is unique,
with an intrinsic pattern of disharmony, which includes the Mind, Body and
Spirit.
Moxibustion
is an inseparable therapy from Tui Na and involves the burning of a herb "artemisia
vulgaris" over the Qi point.
Cupping
is the use of either bamboo or glass cups to invigorate the meridians and
underlining tissues. This therapy can be used with needles or alone.
Electro
stimulation has been used with much noted success in hospitals and clinics
around the world on many disharmonies and is particularly noted for its
analgesic effects.
All
of the above therapies are an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Tui
Na (pronounced "Twee Na") is a bodywork therapy that was developed in
China over 3000 years ago and is sometimes known as "acupuncture without
needle". It is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, considered
to be its third arm, and practiced in hospitals throughout China today. It works
on the energy system in the body known as the meridian system, along which are
located over 400 Qi points. These Qi points are stimulated by the qualified
practitioner to facilitate healing or a change in a bodily disharmony.
Like
acupuncture, Tui Na works with the Qi energy of the patient to bring about a
balanced state of health. But unlike acupuncture, needles are not used. The work
is done entirely with the practitioners hands, fingers, thumbs, and elbows to
help increase, reduce or balance the beneficial flow of Qi through the patients
meridian system.
The
practitioner of Tui Na learns to diagnose the patient,
using a holistic approach , traditional techniques and methods. The
practitioner will need to either stimulate or subdue a particular meridian in
order to bring the patient to a state of balanced health.
 Chinese
Herbal Medicine
Chinese
medicinal herbs have been used for thousands of years to treat acute and chronic
disharmonies. The qualified Chinese herbalist will have a very powerful tool in
which to prescribe either raw herbs
or in patent form. The Chinese consider medical herbs as "The strong food
that the body needs to fight invading pathogens"
Chinese
Herbal Medicine is an effective and very powerful therapy and the course is
normally taken here in the West as a post-graduate qualification.
Our Teaching and Clinical Staff
James
O'Sullivan Lic.Ac. C.Ac. China.
James
has a busy TCM practice in Galway and also lectures on Complementary Medicine across
Ireland. He first studied TCM under Master Hung Shui Chen in Taiwan in 1987 and
gained considerable clinical experience in Zhe Jiang and Nanjing TCM Hospitals.
He also holds qualifications from ITEC and Japanese Amatsu Medicine. James was
honored in 2002 by being invited as a visiting lecturer to Zhejiang University.
Michael
Lau - Hong Kong
Michael
Lau is a prominent Tui Na master from Hong Kong and has earned much respect here
in Ireland with his Tai Chi and Qi Gong schools.
Hung
Tsui Ying – Taiwan
Hung
Tsui Ying is a second generation practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Tsui Ying studied and qualified in Kaoshuing, Taiwan and is a respected Tui Na
master. Tsui Ying lectures in Chinese Nutrition, Gua Sha therapy and Medical Qi
Gong.
Professional
Qualifications
Each
successful graduate of Active Health Foundation will receive either a Diploma or
Licentiate in their given program of study.
All
of Active Health Foundation, qualifications are recognized by Lloyds of London
or Royal Sun Alliance for practitioners professional indemnity insurance, which
allows clinical practice in all aspects of their discipline in both Ireland and
England, giving them the confidence to practice their discipline.
James
O'Sullivan with Tui Na Master Hung Shui Chen
Course
Potential - Set up your own Clinic
Traditional
Chinese Medicine is now a well established health profession, that has received
wide recognition throughout the western world.
Our
practitioners work primarily in private practice, alongside other health
professionals, such as Herbalists, complementary therapists.
We
work with people of all ages who may be in good health but suffer from common
problems, such as sports injuries, stress related disharmony, headaches, PMT,
fatigue, insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome to name only a few
China
Clinical Experience
An optional trip to Zhe
Jiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the largest university of its
kind in China for clinical experience will be arranged at the end of the course
for all qualified practitioners. Students will diagnose and treat a variety of
disharmonies under the direct supervision of some of the most learned and
experienced clinicians. Successful
completion will result in separate certification.
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