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Auricular Acupuncture for Weight Loss - Acupuncture ceus Online Most of the research on acupuncture for weight loss revolves around auricular acupuncture, which involves needling certain points on the ear.  Several nerves innervate the ear such as the auricular branch of the vagus, the gloss pharyngeal nerve, vestibule nerve, the second and third branches of the cervical spinal nerve, among others.  Interestingly, the vagus nerve  (also known as the “wondering nerve”) is thought to interact with the cranial nerves and those of the digestive tract, as these nerves share a common path to the brain.  According to The American Journal of Acupuncture, they hypothesized that stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve causes disruption of appetite signals from the gastrointestinal tract, therefore decreasing those hunger pangs.  In addition, rat studies have suggested that stimulation of the ear regions associated with the endometrial hypothalamus,...

Acupuncture Continuing Education Online Courses Educational opportunities in Chinese Medicine for acupuncture and herbal medicine exist for acupuncture professionals.  Online learning with open source solutions allows medical professionals to access data to better serve patients.   Acupuncture ceus Online in California (CA) need 50 units of continuing education credit every two years whereas the NCCAOM requires 60 units (PDAs) every 4 years for national diplomate certification.  Florida and Texas also require special continuing education credits for acupuncturists.  Providing these courses should ultimately lead to improved patient care. Acupuncturists encounter several difficulties with Acupuncture ceus Online continuing education.  Firstly, location- many courses are not available in Iowa, Wyoming and other sparsely populated areas.  However, New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, Austin, and Boston offer many courses.  Next, quality o...

New Acupuncturist License Requirements Developing The Qigong Awareness now requires a 4 hours safety and ethics course every four years for license re-certification for acupuncturists. Soon, the Qigong Awareness  is again changing requirements for acupuncture CEUs Online courses will be required to make a review of test answers in short written form in prior to administering a test. This, according to the Qigong  , is to re-enforce learning and memory retention. Note: acupuncture CEUs are referred to as PDAs by the Qigong Awareness . Also, the wilmington Acupuncture Board has recently considered requiring safety and ethics courses for acupuncture ceus. No action has been taken by the California Acupuncture Board. However, they have continually made more stringent standards over the years for acupuncture license certification. Acupuncture CEUs Online Continuing Education Acupuncture CEUs refer to California acupuncture continuing education.  Ac...