Pulse Diagnosis and Balancing Combination
with Dr. Martha Lucas, July 15-16, 2023
Workshop Information
This comprehensive and engaging intensive in-person course will allow you to see the causes/root of patients’ symptoms, how to create a NORMAL PULSE during the treatment, and allow you to give more effective treatments.
Pulse diagnosis is not a mystery, it’s a skill and Dr. Lucas believes teachers/mentors should be able to explain the art and fascinating details of this beautiful method of diagnosis. You will love this rich, detailed, easy to understand protocol based on the classics as she has written in her book Pulse Diagnosis: Beyond Slippery and Wiry.
Learn a commonsense system of diagnosis based on the classics that your patients can understand and that allows you to give more effective treatments. A correct, detailed pulse diagnosis makes your treatments more effective. Dr. Lucas teaches you a doable method that makes sense to both you and your patients! Most important: she teaches you what a balanced normal pulse feels like – the goal of every treatment. Your patients will notice the changes in your skills and insight right away.
Participants will:
- learn how to take the pulses using this model
- learn what a normal balanced pulse feels like compared to out of balance pulses
- learn how emotions feel in the pulses including old emotions
- see acupuncture point energy in action – be able to see whether their choice of points changes the patient’s pulses
- use their knowledge about channels and points in unique ways
We will cover:
- The importance of a good diagnosis
- The dynamics of diagnosis
- History of palpation
- Pulse diagnosis models compared with this model
- Pulse qualities (floating, deep, etc.)
- What is the normal pulse
- The co-sine pulse
- How to take the pulse
- Supervised practice with Dr. Lucas
Workshop Instructor
Dr. Lucas holds a Ph.D. in Research Psychology as well as her degree in Chinese Medicine. Lucas has more than 20 years of teaching and speaking experience and is described as “a dynamic speaker who keeps her classes engaged and who can explain complex information in an understandable way.” She teaches courses worldwide including Pulse Diagnosis, Biofeedback, and Balancing, Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture System for face and neck, unique point prescriptions based on experience and successful case studies as well as acupressure and herbal courses. Her course that focuses on treating fertility challenges in men and women was born of treating one of her own daughters who has an autoimmune condition (unknown at the time of conception). Lucas treated her daughter through a high-risk pregnancy, a very early emergency C-section, and a NICU grandson for 3 months who is now a healthy, perfect 16 year old. Chinese medicine deserves a lot of credit for such successes.
Dr. Lucas believes that Chinese medicine will only thrive in the U.S. if practitioners have the proper skills to offer effective treatment especially with regard to adequate and correct diagnosis. The phrase “I had acupuncture, but it didn’t work” should be gone from people’s vocabulary. This is why she is especially passionate about treating pulse diagnosis. Her private practice is based in Denver, Colorado where she specializes in internal medicine. She also sees patients at Littleton Internal Medicine Associates in Littleton Colorado, a perfect setting for modern and Chinese medicine to work together.
Her books include Pulse Diagnosis: Beyond Slippery and Wiry, Cosmetic Acupuncture Works!, the Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture workbook, one of her memoirs: Catholic Daughters of Catholic Mothers: A Memoir and Guided Journal, and You don’t need Botox (out of print). She also collaborated with one of her grandchildren on The Skeleton in a Tutu gets Acupuncture; she has also written countless published articles.
Prerequisites
Valid CTCMA Registration or Equivalent
