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KEYNOTE & INVITED SPEAKERS AND SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS
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Keynote Speaker - James Flowers
Keynote Speaker - Dr Seung-Hoon Choi
Keynote Speaker - Dr Volker Scheid
Keynote Speaker - Prof Jun-Ling Liu
Keynote Speaker - Greg Bantick
Keynote Speaker - Prof Alan Bensoussan
Keynote Speaker - Hoc Ku Huynh OAM
Keynote Speaker - Dr David Legge
Keynote Speaker - Jane Lyttleton
Keynote Speaker - John McDonald
Keynote Speaker - Paul Movsessian
Keynote Speaker - A/Prof Xianqin Qu
Keynote Speaker - A/Prof Caroline Smith
Keynote Speaker - Prof Charlie Xue
Keynote Speaker - Dr Chris Zaslawksi
Invited Speaker - Peter Ferrigno
Invited Speaker - Judy James
Invited Speaker - Stephen Janz
Invited Speaker - Richard Li
Invited Speaker - Henry Liang
Invited Speaker - David Halstead
Invited Speaker - Damien Ryan
Invited Speaker - Paddy McBride
Invited Speaker - Dr Yufandi Sujudi
Invited Speaker - Dr Koosnadi Saputra
Invited Speaker - Mary Elizabeth Wakefield
Invited Speaker - Sean Walsh
Invited Speaker - Hong Xu
Invited Speaker - Shulan Yang
Invited Speaker - Yifan Yang
Invited Speaker - Xiaoshu Zhu
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS & POSTERS
 President of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Ltd, AACMAC Sydney 2008 Conference President, and Vice-President of the Australian Council for Chinese Medicine Education Ltd (ACCME), James is a regular keynote speaker at AACMA conferences. James is also Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) and President of the NSW Branch of the Australia-China Friendship Society.
Keynote Presentation: Chinese Medicine Reoriented
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Dr Choi is the Regional Advisor on Traditional Medicine for the World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office in The Philippines. He has a PhD in Oriental Medicine from Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea and is the author of several publications on oriental medicine. He has extensive experience in Chinese Medicine in Korea and China including Vice President for the Korean Oriental Medical Society, President for the Korean Society of Oriental Oncology and Visiting Professor for the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.
Keynote Presentation: Standardization with evidence-based approaches
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 Volker Scheid grew up in a family engaged in the cultivation of medicinal herbs. Following an apprenticeship as a gardener, he came to England to study phytotherapy and Chinese medicine, which he has practised for 25 years. He soon became aware of the many problems associated with practising so-called traditional medicines in a (post)modern society, leading him to engage with anthropology, science studies, and history. A PhD in medical anthropology in Cambridge, was followed by a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The former focused on exploring the diversity of Chinese medicine in modern China, the latter on its historical transformation from the twelfth century to the present. The results of these research projects have been published as Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China (Duke UP 2002) and Currents of Tradition: Chinese Medicine 1626-2006 (Eastland Press 2007), as well as numerous articles in both academic and clinically oriented journals.
He is currently senior research fellow at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, funded by a Department of Health fellowship. His research focuses on developing new strategies of integrating East Asian medicines into western health care. In this role he is taking the strategic lead in developing EASTmedicine (East Asian Sciences and Traditions in Medicine) a new research centre at the University of Westminster. He is the president of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicines (IASTAM), and was recently awarded a visiting professorship by the Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, China. He continues to practice in London, and to lecture on Chinese medicine in the UK, Germany, and the US.
Keynote Presentation: Lost in Translation? On the (im)Possibilities of Integrating Chinese Medicine into Modern Health Care.
Keynote Presentation: Treating Hypertension with Chinese Medicine - From clinical experience to political engagement.
Post-Conference Workshop: Qi Transformation and the Qi Dynamic: Late Qing understandings of the body for present day practice.
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 Professor Liu is a graduate of the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and School of China Academy of Medical Sciences. He has undertaken a number of studies including "effects of acupuncture on cardiac activities and its neurobiological mechanism" and "mechanisms of the accumulative effect of repeated acupuncture in relieving chronic pain". He is currently a Professor at the Institute of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
Keynote Presentation: The neural mechanisms of auricular acupuncture for high blood pressure, diabetes and epilepsy
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Greg Bantick was in the first cohort of students to graduate from the Brisbane campus of Acupuncture Colleges (Australia) in the late 1970s. He has since obtained a US Masters Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine. After 20 years teaching and working in the US, Greg returned to Australia. He is a lecturer at the Australian College of Natural Medicine and conducts Chinese medicine professional education seminars and workshops for Health World. Awarded Best Paper on Clinical Practice at AACMAC Brisbane 2007
Keynote Presentation: Using mindfulness meditation with Chinese medicine for the treatment of chronic unhappiness
Workshop: Simple and effective external Chinese herbal treatments for local pain and skin conditions
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 Alan Bensoussan is Professor of Chinese Medicine and Director of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine at the University of Western Sydney. Alan has been in clinical practice for 25 years and is an active researcher, attracting funds from the US NIH, the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council, AusIndustry, DEST, State governments and industry. He is a member of the Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, and has frequently served as a short-term consultant to the World Health Organisation. He has published two books including a review of acupuncture research (1990) and a substantial government report on the practice of traditional Chinese medicine in Australia (1996), which has led to the passage of the Victorian Chinese Medicine Registration Act.
Keynote Presentation: Towards a National Research Strategy in TCM
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Hoc Ku Huynh is the Secretary of the AACMA, Chair of the AACMA NSW State Committee and Executive Council Member for The World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS). He holds a Bachelor of Acupuncture and Master of Health Science in TCM and has 30 years of clinical experience. He is an Honorary Clinical Associate of the University of Technology Sydney, Honorary Clinical Supervisor of the University of Western Sydney and Honorary External Clinical Supervisor of RMIT. In addition Hoc Ku has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal and is a Life Member of the Order of Australia Association.
Keynote Presentation: Treatment for intervertebral lumbar disc and pain with acupuncture, moxa and cupping
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 David Legge has been in practice for more than 25 years and specialises in the treatment of painful musculoskeletal conditions. He trained simultaneously in osteopathy and acupuncture, graduating in 1981 and completed post graduate training in Nanjing PRC in 1982. David has taught extensively in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK and the USA to postgraduate acupuncturists and is the author of Close to the Bone — the treatment of musculoskeletal disorder with acupuncture. The third publication of this book will be released in 2009.
Keynote Presentation: Jingjin - the muscle meridians: A new look
Workshop: Specific needle techniques for the treatement of low back pain
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After pursuing a career in scientific research in NZ and London, Jane struck out on what was then a radical limb when she enrolled in a course to study TCM in the seventies. Thirty years on, having had the privilege of working in TCM gynaecology departments with some of China's best known specialists and with many years of clinical practice under her belt, she sits comfortably with the logic of both Chinese medicine and western science and feels both can contribute greatly to positive therapeutic outcomes for the patient.
She works in an inner city medical centre seeing gynaecology and infertility patients, and lectures at universities in Sydney and internationally.
She is author of The Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine published by Elsevier and co author of Clinical Handbook of Internal Medicine published by UWS and Pangolin Press, both of which have been translated into other languages.
Keynote Presentation: One patient - Two approaches Can East meet West in the infertility clinic?
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John McDonald is President of the Australian Council for Chinese Medicine Education Ltd (ACCME). He is also a lecturer in acupuncture at the Australian College of Natural Medicine. John has over 30 years experience as a clinician, researcher and author in the field of Chinese medicine. In 2006 , he was a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) on the standardisation of acupuncture point locations. Awarded Overall Best paper at AACMAC Brisbane 2007
Keynote Presentation: The effects of acupuncture on the immune system.
Workshop: Acupuncture treatment for computer-related musculoskeletal disorders.
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 Paul Movsessian is widely regarded in Australia as both practitioner and teacher in Manaka and Toyohari acupuncture techniques and conducts regular seminars and workshops around Australia on these topics.
Keynote Presentation: Sensitive patients, stubborn cases and overdosing in acupuncture treatments.
Workshop: Japanese acupuncture strategies for asthma
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 Xianqin Qu holds the position of Associate Professor in Chinese Medicince at the University of Technology Sydney. Dr Qu has obtained her clinical qualifications in both Chinese medicine and Western medicine (China), and PhD in Pharmacology (Sydney). Currently, her research interests and clinical practice are focusing on Chinese medicine therapy to metabolic disease and type 2 diabetes.
Keynote Presentation: Chinese medicine approaches to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
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Caroline Smith is Adjunct Associate Professor at the CompleMed Research Centre at UWS, and was previously Associate Professor of Complementary Medicine at UniSA. She is also a researcher at the University of Adelaide and has undertaken leading research in acupuncture for women's health. Caroline's qualifications include a PhD, MSc, and BSc(Hons). She is also a member of the AJACM Editorial Board.
Keynote Presentation: The use of acupuncture and the older woman.
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 Charlie Xue has been a regular speaker at AACMA conferences. He is Head of the Division of Chinese Medicine in the School of Health Sciences at RMIT, which is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine. He is also a member of ACCME. His TCM qualifications include a PhD, MMed and BMed.
Keynote Presentation: A profile of Victorian registered Chinese medicine practitioners.
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Chris is Head of the UTS College of TCM, a Member of ACCME and Deputy Editor of the AJACM Editorial Board. His qualifications include a DipAcu, BPhys and a PhD. Chris has been a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) on a number of projects including acupuncture clinical guidelines.
Keynote Presentation: Referral practices and the Australian Chinese medicine profession
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 Peter lectures in Chinese medicine at Victoria University, is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and has been in practice since the mid 1980's. Special interests include; the transmission and reconstruction of Chinese medical ideas; exploring ways of accessing Chinese medical ideas and how practitioners attach meaning to Chinese medical ideas in a local context; the clinical experience and the therapeutic alliance.
Presentation: Research and being in a world of qi
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In addition to primary qualifications in acupuncture, AACMA CEO, Judy James, has a BA (majoring in Chinese language and literature) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Queensland.
Presentations: TCM Endangered Species Certification Scheme - a joint profession-government approach and Regulation of the TCM profession in Australia - current status and emerging issues.
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 Stephen Janz is an AACMA Past-President, Chair of the National Academic Standards Committee for TCM. He is a popular presenter at AACMA conferences and was winner of the WFAS 2004 Best Paper on Clinical Applications for his lecture on the acupuncture treatment of plantar fascitis. Stephen has also undertaken extensive study and practice in auricular acupuncture and auricular medicine and, with Jim Chalmers, has conducted training workshops in this area.
Presentation: The three phases of auricular acupuncture - diagnosis and treatment: An outline according to Nogier with insights into TCM concordances
Workshop: Effective treatment of plantar fasciitis
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 Richard Li is Australia's representative (Vice-President, Oceania region) on the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) Executive Committee, as well as past Vice-president of AACMA. WFAS is the official NGO adviser on acupuncture to the World Health Organization. Richard is also a Director of the Australian Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Accreditation Board (ATPAB).
Presentation: Use of acupuncture and massage in the treatment of the aged
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 Dr Henry Liang graduated from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in China, and was awarded Bachelor and Masters Degrees of medicine (Chinese medicine) in the Eighties. Henry has since been working on research and clinical practice of Chinese medicine for complementary management of cancers, and has extensive experience in teaching and clinical practice. He was awarded his PhD in 2004 at RMIT University and is currently the head of the Chinese Medicine Program at the University of Western Sydney.
Presentation: Clinical application of blood de-stagnating Chinese herbal medicine in cancer management
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David Halstead was appointed as legal member to the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria from its inception and subsequently as Deputy President. He is a solicitor with a background including personal injury law and medico-legal issues. He was for many years the senior partner and managing partner of the law firm Maurice Blackburn. He retains a part time role with that firm assisting management with a variety of issues including compliance and client relations. In addition CMRB he is a member of several boards and committees in the not for profit area.
Presentation: The advance of national registration - where to from here for registration in Australia of Chinese medicine?
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 DR DAMIEN RYAN PhD is a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Foreign Editor of the Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Honorary Professor of the Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang. He has taught and practised Chinese Medicine at Victoria University (Melbourne) and the University of Technology, Sydney. Damien is currently Manager of Health and Community Services for the Riverina Institute, New South Wales.
Presentation: Client and health worker perceptions of the benefits of acupuncture in a hospital basd drug detox program
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Paddy McBride is President of the New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists and is fast becoming an AACMAC regular. She has Masters degree in TCM from the University of Technology, Sydney and practises in the South Island town of Nelson.
Paddy's presentation will be on of Integration with the mainstream.
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Dr Yufandi Sujudi is Secretary-General of the Indonesian Association of Medical Acupuncture, a consultant to the Indonesian National Narcotic Board, the Director of Finance, Foundation and External Affairs of the Indonesian National Institute on Drug Abuse, a researcher in Acupuncture in Basic Medical Science in the Acupuncture Research Laboratory in Health Services Surabaya, and a Medical Acupuncture Specialist in Internasional Bintaro Hospital, to name a few.
Presentation: Effect of acupuncture for narcotic abuse after detoxification program
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 Dr Koosnadi Saputra, is a radiologist, researcher on acupuncture and Chair of the Acupuncture Research Laboratory in Health Services - Centre of Research and Development of System and Health Policy, Department of Health, Republic of Indonesia. His work includes research and development in the areas of integrated acupuncture in health services, acupuncture appropriate technology in health services, investigation on the nature of acupuncture points and applied research on clinical and animal acupuncture. Dr Saputra has worked in the field of acupuncture research 1990.
Presentation: Anatomy-Physiology-Acupuncture correlation is scientifically based on clinical acupuncture
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 Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, AAOM Educator of the Year, is an internationally-recognized author, teacher, Oriental medical practitioner and musician - licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, Zen shiatsu and cranio-sacral therapist, and an opera singer. An outspoken and articulate advocate of Oriental medicine, she is a creator of innovative treatment protocols and writer for acupuncture periodicals - including a regular column in Acupuncture Today - and has contributed significantly to raising public awareness of facial acupuncture as a viable, holistic treatment modality.
Mary Elizabeth's system of Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™ was recently highlighted in an article on facial acupuncture that appeared in the Style section of the New York Times, and highlighted her Diamond Acupuncture Facial™, created for the Oscars in 2005. She has been featured on Fox News, ABC-TV, the Discovery Channel's Fit Nation, in a number of periodicals including Luxury Spa Finder, American Spa, Spa Asia, Spa Arabia, Dining Out, and Les Nouvelles Esthetique, and in newspapers - Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Seattle Times, etc. Mary Elizabeth has contributed to and/or been interviewed for articles in Alternative Medicine, Qi Magazine, Oriental Medicine Journal, and CA Journal of Oriental Medicine, and has trained over 2,500 practitioners in her unique philosophy and treatment protocols.
Presentation: Constitutional Facial Acupuncture Renewal™: "Changing the Face of Aging"
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Sean is a health Sciences graduate from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) specialising in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine. He gained his PhD in 2003 researching the efficacy and reliability of Chinese pulse taking methods. Sean is a senior lecturer in Chinese medicine in the Department of Medical and Molecular Biosciences at UTS as well as maintaining a busy practice in Chinese medicine with several GP's in Enmore, in Sydney's Inner West.
Presentation: Clinical pulse diagnosis: Issues of reliability and validity
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 Hong is a Senior Lecturer and registered PhD supervisor at Victoria University and holds a Bachelor of Medicine and PhD. She has supervised over 15 postgraduate students and conducted over 10 funded research projects as chief investigator in the recent years.
Her achievements include patents in the field and over 40 publications. Hong was the Chinese herbal medicine program coordinator and Chinese medicine discipline coordinator at Victoria University during 2001-2006; and has been a member of the Australian Council for Chinese Medicine Education since 2003. In 2005 she was appointed as a Guest Professor of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Visiting Professor of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Australian Director of Sino-Australia TCM Female Health Co-Research Centre.
In 2007 she was appointed as Council member of Specialty Committee of Gynaecology of World Federation of Chinese Medicine. Before joining Victoria University she was a Lecturer, Physician and Dietician at Beijing University of Physical Education and a visiting scholar of Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her particular interests are Chinese Medicine research, teaching and practices. Areas including food as therapy for preventing and treating chronic diseases, Chinese medicine modalities for enhancing women's health and sports' performance.
Presentation: Analysis of elements in Chinese herbs
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 Dr Shulan Yang is the Head of Faculty of Acupuncture for the Australian College of Natural Medicine. She has a PhD from Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Western Medicine & Chinese Medicine. Her special interest areas are traditional Chinese medicine methods for enhancing health including dietetics, exercise and life style.
Presentation: Introduction and application of basic paediatric Tuina techniques
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 Yifan Yang graduated from Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China with a Bachelor and Masters Degree. He was a Doctor of the Affiliated hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, has 25 years clinical experience and took part in the first medical clinical trial in an Australian hospital using Chinese medicine. He was also a member of the AACMA national board. Currently, Yifan is the principal of Sydney Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a visiting professor of Guangzhou university of TCM and an AACMA NSW State Committee member.
Presentation: TCM support treatment on the management of cancer patients
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 Xiaoshu (Sue) is an academic and researcher at Center for Complementary Medicine Research, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia. She graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China with awards of Bachelor's Degree (Medicine) in 1984 and Master's Degree (Medicine) in 1989. She has just recently completed her PhD (Health) study at University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Presentation: Is Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea effective? An Australian case of evidence based practice in complementary medicine
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In addition to the above keynote and invited speakers, the following abstracts will be presented during the conference.
Byeongsang Oh (University of Sydney)
1. Randomized clinical trial: The impact of non-pharmaceutical intervention (medical qigong) on fatigue, quality of life and mood status of cancer patient
2. Doctor-patient communication the use of complementary medicine by cancer patients
David Tai (Director, David Tai Acupuncture Services)
Hemiplegia: A neuroanatomical approach to acupuncture treatment
Yim Tong Savio Szeto (Macau University of Science & Technology)
Genoprotective effect of a famous classical Chinese herb formula 'Liu Wei Di Huang' (Poster)
Hae Lee (University of Sydney)
Quality analysis of Hypericum japonicum (Tian Ji Huang) by HPTLC, CAE, HPLC and LC-MS (Poster)
Christiana Chau-Yang
Diet therapy in Chinese medicine
Ian Dummett (Tasmanian Chinese Medicine & Injury Clinic)
TCM for the elderly: an unmet demand
Mary Garvey (University of Technology, Sydney)
The yi jing and the methods of Chinese medical knowledge
Daniel Deng (Sydney Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Mirror X therapy the way to manage pain and balance the body qi (Workshop)
Kirk Wilson (University of Technology, Sydney)
Acupuncture and major depressive disorder: is pattern differentiation necessary? A preliminary report
David S White (University of Technology, Sydney)
Chinese medical thought & the modern day practitioner: The mind behind the needle
Karen Bilton (Dragon Rises Seminars)
1. Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis™
2. Practical Aspects of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis™ (Workshop)
Keith Foley-Chell (Canberra Institute of Technology)
One cause of disease: A clinical exploration
Yanyi WANG (RMIT University)
Acupuncture for migraine: A randomised, single-blind, sham-controlled trial
Yuling Chen (University of New South Wales)
Investigation of the effects of extractys from rheum officinale of proliferation of human ovarian cancer cell line SK-OV-3
Glen Gillard (Premalife Pty Ltd)
O2xygen therapies - an introduction to oxygen as a dietary supplement (Poster)
Clive Powell
Evidence - Who are we trying to impress and why?
Philip Vanderzeil (Acupuncture & Natural Therapy Centre)
Review of current practice for the induction of labour with acupuncture
Andrew Stranieri (University of Ballarat)
The development of an intelligent learning environment for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students
Christine Berle (University of Technology, Sydney)
An acupuncture pilot study using pattern differentiation in the treatment of hepatitis C virus
Yun-Fei Lu (AACMA Research Committee)
Effect and safety of herbal medicine application in IVF: A review of current status
Gregory Williams (Owner/Practitioner, Ki Health Acupuncture)
1. The spirit centres and the 5 elements
2. 8 Extraordinary vessels in clinic (Workshop)
Sue Cochrane
Sussing the social: Who uses Chinese medicine and how?
David F Mayor (London College of Traditional Acupuncture)
Electroacupuncture clinical studies database: An ongoing project (Poster; Presented by Chris Zaslawski)
Meikin Li Rees (Director, Laser Therapy & Natural Medicine P/L)
The benefits of cosmetic laser acupuncture
Warren Cochran (Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney)
The pivotal role of the Pi Wei Lun or treatise on the spleen and stomach
Christine Cui
Clinical prevention and management of miscarriage with Chinese medicine & acupuncture
Heather Bruce (Proprietor, Easy Babies)
Periods/fertility, pregnancy and loving - the missing link (Workshop)
Thomas Sui Leung Wong (Lecturer, Ancient Balance Medicine Education Centre)
1. The development of cold and flu into nasal and skin allergies - the insight with good and evil yin-yang chart (Poster)
2. A methodology for the integration of ancient and modern system theories - the portal for the 2000 years old Taichi yin-yang system theory (Poster)
3. Over-control vs regulation in traditional Chinese medicine differential diagnosis-cure process - the aim of control, the aim of life (Poster)
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