Acupuncture training

Front row, fourth from left: Dr Phua, Dr Pak, and Dr Te with the participants

The Centre for Research in Traditional Chinese Medicine (CRTCM) organised a training course on acupuncture on 2 and 3 April 2016 at Sungai Long Campus.

The invited trainers were Dr Phua Szenan from New Zealand and Dr Pak Hong Lam from the United Kingdom. Also present at the training were the Organising Chairperson Chong Kuen Yen and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Department of Chinese Medicine Head and CRTCM Chairperson Dr Te Kian Keong.

Titled “Dr Tan’s Balance Method Acupuncture and Acupuncture Technique Training (谭针治疗痛症分享与飞经走穴针法学习班), the course aimed to train TCM acupuncturists on two of the most widely used TCM acupuncture techniques in the West, namely Tans Balance Method (谭氏天应穴平衡针法) and Tong Tian Acupunture Technique (通天针法).

The two-day acupuncture training saw more than 124 participants, including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) students and academics from FMHS, as well as TCM practitioners from the public.

Dr Phua is a senior TCM acupuncturist and practitioner based in New Zealand. He is also a member of the Federation of Chinese Physicians and Acupuncturists Association Malaysia (FCPAAM), a member of Acupuncture NZ, formerly known as the New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists (NZRA), and a registered treatment provider of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

Dr Pak is a veteran TCM practitioner who has practised both Western and Chinese medical principles over his 30 years of clinical and teaching experience in the field. Besides that, he is an expert in palm and pulse diagnosis, Qigong, and acupuncture. Dr Pak is also the founder and developer of the Tong Tian Acupunture Technique (通天针法).

The training was sponsored by San-Tronic Medical Devices Sdn Bhd and Wide Tropsim Trading Sdn Bhd.

Dr Pak showing the Tong Tian Acupuncture Technique

Dr Phua diagnosing and treating a patient with Dr Tan’s Balance Method

Chong presenting certificates and tokens of appreciation to the trainers



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