1-Day CPD Certificate
Make Your Own Healing Balms and Oils with Chinese Herbs
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Teacher : Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Duration : 4 hours
Time :Sunday Morning
Home Study : 16 hours
Fee : £90
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Learn to formulate Chinese herbs to make balms,oils and ointments to treat musculoskelital, traumatic, sports and orthopaedic conditions
Content
This Course is for those interested in how to use Chinese Herbal Medicine for musculoskeletal ailments, sports injury and traumatic injury, bruises and sore muscles, to stop pain, reduce swelling and inflammation and disperse blood stagnation.
The herbs could be applied as a balm after the treatment to the affected area. Or patient could drink them as a herbal tea or as a medicinal wine to heal them from the inside.
This is also an introductory lesson to the full 1 year Diploma course in Chinese Herbal Medicine
For more information about this course
Contact Paul Robin on 0773 4668402 or acusoc@yahoo.co.uk
Admission RequirementsReturn to Top ↑
This course is for health professionals and practitioners who are interested in how to use Chinese Herbal Medicine for musculoskeletal ailments, sports injury and traumatic injury, bruises and sore muscles, to stop pain, reduce swelling and inflammation and disperse blood stagnation to assist them in their practice. It would be relevant for acupuncturists, osteopaths, physiotherapists, chiropractic practitioners as well as sports massage, Tuina, Thai, Acupresure and other types Massage.
The herbs are be applied topically as a Medicinal Balm or Oil after a treatment to the traumatised area to provide an Anti-inflammatory, Blood moving and Anti-Rheumatic affect, herbs are selected for each balm/oil formular for a required affect in a particular area.
Martial artists who get bruising and bone fractures in their training would also benefit from this course. There is a specialized aspect of martial arts training called Iron Palm and another aspect called Iron Body. These training methods use a formula called Dit da jow which I am teaching on this course.
FeeReturn to Top ↑
The cost of this unique and highly specialised half day CPD course is £90.
(Please note that course fees are non-refundable)
Fees are directly payable by chq's made out to your course tutor account
CCM cannot accept payment on behalf of each individual tutor
TutorReturn to Top ↑
Paul Robin FAcS MPCHM MCAA
Head of the College of Chinese Medicine TCM faculty Chairman of the Acupuncture Society
Paul Robin has been teaching and practicing Traditional Chinese medicine for over 20 years. He was trained in the Fook Sang style by Dr Ac Bernard Kai Lam Lee (who was a TCM specialist brought over from China by the British Acupuncture Association) and qualified in 1987. Paul was Dr Lees full time apprentice and assistant for 9 years during which time he conducted research and lectured at the Fook Sang courses held at Imperial College and was President of the Fook Sang Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Practitioners Association.
In 1994 Paul founded the College of Chinese Medicine and some years later founded the Acupuncture Society in order to establish Chinese style Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in the UK.
Paul specializes in Spinal, Traditional and Chinese Medical Style Deep Needling Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Diagnosis and complex Chinese Herbal formulations.
He represents the Acupuncture Society in the Acupuncture Stakeholders Group which is working with leading members of the profession toward the future regulation of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and preparing for the professions inclusion into the NHS.
Paul lectures at the College of Chinese Medicine and is also a specialist TCM consultant at the Clinic of the College of Chinese Medicine in Harley Street.

Read more of Paul Robins News Comments on:
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5374291/NHS-to-promote-acupuncture-for-back-pain.html
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1187098/Back-pain-patients-offered-acupuncture-NHS.html
- http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/science-proves-acupuncture-is-sound-medicine-1644893.html
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article4294839.ece
- http://www.healthypages.co.uk/newsitem.php?news=5994
- http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_13522.asp
- http://pureinsight.org/node/3826
- BBC Radio Interview Paul Robin on Youtube
Application FormReturn to Top ↑
Please submit this form and the course tutor will respond to your email to inform you of whether you have been accepted. If you have any queries about this course please contact
Paul Robin on 0773 466 8402 or email: acusoc@yahoo.co.uk
Acupuncture Society membershipReturn to Top ↑
Successful graduates from this course can apply for membership of the Acupuncture Society are entitled to use the abbreviations MAcS after their names the society can also arrange professional indemnity insurance at a very competitive members preferential rate
all members must be insured and log 15 hours of CPD per year (8 hours courses/seminars/workshops and 7 hours home study/research)
Acupuncture Society Application Formif they join the Society and adhere to its code of ethics rules and regulations and supply copies of their insurance.
Acupuncture Society members are exempted from Local Authority Licensing in many areas including Greater London please check with your local authority.
The annual membership to the Acupuncture Society is £50
Thank you for your application!
Your course tutor will contact you as soon as possible.
If you do not receive a reply within the next few days please call the course tutor.
