Tui Na Foundation Level Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Alan Orr is the only practitioner under Maria Mercati to be currently teaching the Tui Na Foundation course. The course Alan runs is to the guidelines and standards set out by the BODYHARMONICS® Centre of Oriental Medicine. Once you have the foundation level you can then also go on to study the Master Practitioner Course and Acupuncture.

Tui Na which means to ‘push and grasp’ is a medical treatment related to acupuncture.

Tui Na aims to facilitate the flow of Qi (pronounced ‘chee’) through a system of channels called ‘meridians’. Stimulation of specific combinations of Qi-points on these meridians regulates and balances the body’s internal organs.

The Tui Na course is based on classical Chinese medical theory. This places emphasis on function and wholeness. Tui Na is a division of Traditional Chinese Medicine and ranks equally with acupuncture, herbal medicine and Qigong. The techniques of Tui Na and details of its uses in treating a range of health problems were already documented in a vast treatise - The Yellow Emperor’s Classics of Internal Medicine, written about 2500 years ago. After such a lengthy period of development and evolution, modern Tui Na is the most tried and tested hands on therapy in the world.

Anyone who wishes to learn the art of hands-on healing either for their personal development or for the well-being of their family can do the course without taking any exams. Those with no special prior experience who would like to develop a career in the fields of oriental hands-on medicine. Those professionals already involved in complementary and medical fields such as Aromatherapy, Swedish massage, Reflexology, Sports and Remedial massage, Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Physiotherapy and Osteopathy who seek new and more effective hands-on treatments to relieve the forms of chronic pain.

• Tui na is effective in maintaining good health and treating a huge variety of pathological conditions:
• Tui Na speeds up healing in the musculo-skeletal system treating all chronic and acute neck, shoulder, back and joint pain, sciatica and arthritis.
• Tui Na even promotes healing in the most inert connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments. Uniquely effective techniques quickly release fibrotic myofascia.
• Tui Na is the most effective means of treating sports injuries
• Tui Na treats all common chronic conditions such as headaches, migraine, IBS, insomnia, tension, restlessness etc.
• Tui Na treats all conditions that in the West would be treated by osteopaths, chiropractors and physiotherapists plus many that would require drug therapy.

• Tui- Na Techniques – Soft Tissue Skills, Point Manipulations
• When not to use Tui Na Massage
• Yin and Yang
• The Four Yin and Yang Pathologies
• Qi
• The Functions of Qi
• Qi Pathologies
• Blood
• Functions of Blood
• The Qi Blood Relationship
• Blood pathologies
• Diagnostic Methods
• The Eight Principles
• The Five Elements
• Pathologies of the Five Phases
• The Zang Fu
• Meridians and the Number of Points
• The Extraordinary Meridians
• Times of Qi Flow
• Basic Pulse Diagnosis
• Basic Tongue Diagnosis
• The Six Evils
• The Seven Emotions
• Meridians and Points
• Bodyharmonics Tui Na Foundation Routine
• Certification Course Cost £995
  - PAY NOW
• Exam with 12 day course
• 180 contact hours 200 non contact hours

Yes. Students who have gained the Tui Na Chinese Massage Bodyharmonics massage certification (diploma) can have membership & insurance from the Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council which is a voluntary regulatory body with a rigid code of safe and effective practice

Going forward for Massage Certification

After completing and passing Acupuncture Course Module 1 which is based on a foundation in TCM & Tui Na, you are in a position to start your new career!

Then you can start the Master Practitioners Course. Learning advance Manipulations, Diagnostic Methods, Protocols for Orthopaedic Assessment , TCM Syndromes, Pathological Conditions and much more.