Happy Chinese New Year of the Earth Dog to all our students, teachers, friends and colleagues in Ireland and across the world.
We wish you all a prosperous and healthy New Year.
Tom Shanahan and Mary Plunkett
Irish College of TCM
http://www.chinesemedicine.ie
Happy Christmas from ICTCM
The Irish College of Traditional Chinese Medicine wishes a very Happy Christmas and a joyous, healthy and prosperous New Year 2018 to all our staff, students, friends and colleagues in Ireland and across the world.
Tom Shanahan
and Mary Plunkett
December 2017.
Qigong Conference in Italy
Professor Tom Shanahan and Registrar Mary Plunkett have each been invited to make a presentation at the Nei Dao Qigong Symposium being held in Rome in October 2017.
Each presentation will reflect our experience of practising Qigong as a Medical treatment option of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) within the wider and generally more well-known context of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
Tom and Mary have been practising and subsequently teaching Qigong for Health and Well-being and Medical Qigong since 2000 and regularly visit China presenting papers at conferences and supporting the promotion of authentic, traditional Medical Qigong as taught to us by our Qigong masters in China.
We look forward to meeting fellow Qigong Masters and Presenters from around the world at the Symposium in Rome.
ACUPUNCTURE TCM FOR INFANTS
Acupuncture TCM is a treatment method of Traditional Chinese Medicine which can be effectively used to treat pregnant women and small infants.
The photograph shows one of the new graduates from the Licentiate in TCM Professional Acupuncture Training programme (on the left) and her recently born daughter who is helping students to learn how to make a TCM diagnosis on an infant.
This little child already has more than 9 months’ experience of Qigong practice as her mother conceived her while she was a student on the Certificate in Medical Qigong course.
Recruitment for both the Acupuncture TCM and Qigong programmes is currently on-going.
Congratulations to Daisy Xia
Congratulations to Daisy Xia – Daughter of our Qigong Masters Professor Song Xinhong and the late Professor Xia Shuangquan- on her graduation with a DACM from the Southern California University of Health Sciences.
Professor Song is the Honorary Head of the Medical Qigong Department of the Irish College of TCM.
We first met her daughter Daisy in 2002 on one of our regular (one month every year) visits to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, where we intensively studied Medical Qigong with Prof Song and Prof Xia.
Daisy (Guangyu) was taught Qigong by her parents from an early age and, once she had become a university student in her home town of Guangzhou, she frequently assisted, and acted as the official translator, for the ICTCM Director and Registrar during Medical Qigong conferences which we attended in China.
We are delighted that she has fulfilled her ambition to join the field of TCM as a professional and we wish her every success in the future.
Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Medical Qigong Prospectus
A oolour Prospectus with general information about the Irish College of TCM and our programmes:
- Acupuncture TCM Professional Training (Licentiate in TCM) – undergraduate level
- Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Qigong
- Postgraduate Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine
is available once more.
If you would like a prospectus to be posted to you please contact us and send us your postal address, and tell us which course you are interested in.
Those who have already requested a Prospectus should be receiving it soon.
We are currently accepting applications for the above courses.
For information on each of these programmes please look at our website.
(Applications for the Master and Doctoral degrees for 2017 have now closed.)
Qigong for Health and Wellbeing and Medical Qigong
We have been running Health-promoting and Medical Qigong Workshops at our college in Dublin 3 since 2002.
Our first Introductory Qigong Weekend this year, takes place on:
Saturday and Sunday 22 and 23 April 2017.
Please go to our website to obtain a course leaflet, Booking Form and Fee information for the Spring Qigong Workshop.
The whole weekend costs €170 if you book before 7 April 2017.
- Open to all adults, no interview needed.
- Places must be booked and paid for in advance.
- No prior experience required.
Anyone interested in attending our Certificate programmes in Qigong or Medical Qigong must first attend this introductory weekend.
HAPPY NEW YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
Happy New Year of the Rooster to all our Students, Staff, Colleagues and Friends at home and abroad.
新年快乐
Wishing you all a happy, productive and healthy year ahead.
Tom Shanahan and Mary Plunkett
Irish College of TCM, Dublin, Ireland.
The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Palliative Cancer Care
The Founder and Director of the Irish College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ICTCM), Prof. Thomas Shanahan, recently had great pleasure in accepting the position of Vice-chairman of a Specialist Committee looking into the role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the provision of Palliative Care for Cancer.The invitation came from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (GUCM) with whom the ICTCM has had a formal affiliation since the early 2000s.
The invitation was as follows: “In order to strengthen communication and cooperation in the field of palliative care for cancer between countries (region), The World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies WFCMS has authorized Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (GUCM) to set up the Preparatory Group of “The Specialist Committee of Palliative Care for Cancer of WFCMS”. The Chief (Chairman) of the Specialist Committee is Prof. LIN Lizhu, Director of the Tumor Department of the NO.1 Affiliated Hospital of GUCM.We think it is a good opportunity for our university to work with you in academic communication about cancer treatment, so we would you like offer you the post of Vice Chief (Chairman) of the Committee.”
The preparatory meeting took place in Guangzhou on December 26th, 2015.
Spring Qigong Workshop Early Bird Discount
The Spring Qigong Workshop at the Irish College of TCM, in Dublin 3 will take place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March 2016, from 10.00 to 4.30 each day.
Some places are still available.
The weekend is only €170 if you book and pay before 4th March.
The normal course fee is €190.
It is essential to Book in advance.
Please go to our website to obtain a course leaflet, Booking Form and Fee information for the Spring Qigong Workshop.
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