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 Tan’s
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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