Event Traditional Chinese Medicine
Location: Galway Museum, Spanish Arch, Galway
Date: Saturday, the 5th of February, 2011
Time: 12:00pm – 4:00pm
GalwayBay FM
In Galway this year the Galway Chinese medicine group will celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit with a series of talks, workshops and exhibitions. The group is made up of qualified practitioners in the city, who are all so enthusiastic about their medicine.
On the day you can come in to have your Pulse and Tongue diagnosis by qualified practitioners.
There will be a number of 15 minute talks on Acupuncture, Cosmetic acupuncture, Tuina Chinese medical acupressure, Cupping, Moxibustion, Herbal medicine, Fertility, Children’s acupressure, weight loss plus so much more.
There will be an exhibition of over 30 practitioners on show and you can ask all the questions you ever wanted to know regarding this ancient yet very relevant medicine.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations, if desired, to Cancer Care West.
Provisional list of talks/workshops
| 12:00 | Weight Loss - the traditional Chinese medicine way |
| Weight Loss with traditional Chinese medicine. Controlling weight can be a frustrating process. Especially with so many different weight loss diets out there. Traditional Chinese Medicine has long been helping people lose weight. Following the philosophy of bringing the body into balance. |
| Speaker: James O'Sullivan |
| 12:30 | Benefiting Pregnancy with acupuncture |
| This talk covers the important aspects of pregnancy and highlights the benefits that Acupuncture can provide to help you through this process by alleviating the typical complications associated with pregnancy such as nausea, morning sickness, back pain, constipation and sciatica. |
| Speaker: John Lally |
| 13:00 | Training in Acupuncture! |
| Acupuncture What can it help? This talk tells all about this most effective therapy practiced for over 3,000 years and still an essential part of the largest healthcare system in the world. |
| Speaker: Linda Heffernan |
| 13:30 | Treating Stress with Tuina Acupressure |
| You may have seen James O'Sullivan on TV3 Morning Ireland, RTE Health Squad, TV3 Expose plus other media where he makes this ancient Chinese Acupressure look easy. James is the authority on Tuina Acupressure here in Ireland and a visiting lecturer to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. This short workshop is very popular and it demonstrates the effectivness of this hands on acupressure, which has already helped many. Come along and learn how to treat yourself with the help of James! |
| Speaker: James O'Sullivan |
| 14:00 | Infertility and Acupuncture! |
| Infertility: With so many gynecologists today recommending patients to have acupuncture support to complement their infertility treatment. This talk will inform on how Chinese medicine can help with infertility treatment. Hung Tsui Ying has a very busy in Galway helping her patients with a very positive track record. |
| Speaker: Hung Tsui Ying |
| 14:30 | Acu-Graph - A modern diagnosis |
| The Acugraph is a modern device to analyze the energetic status of your Qi energy meridians. It is designed to measure the energy level of each meridian. It is based on Ryodoraku acupuncture and takes approximately 2 minutes. AcuGraph is simple enough to be included in any treatment, easy for the patient to understand, yet powerful enough to provide a complete diagnosis. |
| Speaker: Elsa Lee |
| 15:00 | Back pain, don't take it lying down! |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine is now considered one of the most effective treatments for back pain in the Western world. Since 2008 the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK formally recognizes that it is more successful than conventional treatments and medication. In this presentation you will learn how Traditional Chinese Medicine relieves back pain and other musculo-skeletal problems. |
| Speaker: Denise Delaney |
| 15:30 | Cosmetic Acupuncture |
| Cosmetic Acupuncture is an effective, non-surgical treatment to reduce the signs of aging. It is based on the principles of Chinese Medicine, which involves the insertion of very thin disposable needles into the acupuncture points on the face and body. |
| Speaker: Hung Tsui Ying |
| Treatments at the Exhibition- Donations to Cancer Care West |
| Ear Acupuncture |
Ear Acupuncture will be offered on the day for donation, by a qualified and practising Acupuncturist. Ear Acupuncture is reknown for its mental health benefits like depression, anxiety and stress. As well as this, it is also very helpful for detoxing the body aiding all the systems including digestive and bowels to work at its optimium level, so that we absorb nutrients more efficiently and thereby feel an increase in our energy levels
All donations go to cancer Care West." |
| Acu-Graph Diagnosis |
| Acu Graph diagnosis will be offered on the day. The Acugraph is a modern device to analyze the energetic status of your Qi energy meridians. It is designed to measure the energy level of each meridian. It is based on Ryodoraku acupuncture and takes approximately 2 minutes. AcuGraph is simple enough to be included in any treatment, easy for the patient to understand, yet powerful enough to provide a complete diagnosis. |
| Tongue and Pulse Diagnosis |
| Tongue and pulse diagnosis are the two pillars of Chinese medicine and the most important diagnostic skills of every acupuncturist. They are both used to derive a TCM diagnosis for your health condition which is used to plan your treatment. Generally the tongue, is much easier to learn and less subjective than pulse diagnosis. Have your Tongue and Pulse diagnosised at the exhibition. |
For more information contact: james@active-health.org
