Participants learn biomedical and Chinese medicine diagnoses and treatment protocols for complications associated with menopause. Biomedical topics include the risks and benefits of bioidentical hormone therapy, phytoestrogen supplementation (e.g. soy products), and conventional hormone replacement therapy. Chinese medicine topics include acupuncture and herbal medicine for perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. Two important acupuncture point prescription research papers are included. Download the course, complete the online quiz and receive immediate acupuncture license credit.
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Purchase the course and it will be downloaded to your computer in PDF format. PDFs work on Apple Mac, Windows PC, iPad, iPhone, Android and other platforms. After reviewing the course, take the online quiz and a certificate of completion will be automatically generated for INSTANT credit. You may re-take the quiz as often as is needed and there is no time limit.
Continuing Education Credits
15 NCCAOM Diplomate PDAs (15 core: AOM-BIO)
15 California Acupuncture Board CEUs (category 1)
15 Texas CAEs (3 herbs, 2 biomed, 4 gen. acupuncture therapies, 2 ethics/safety, 4 general)
15 California Board of Registered Nursing contact hours
15 Florida Board of Acupuncture CEs (5 biomed, 10 general)
15 CCHPBC British Columbia acupuncture CEs
15 BCNA & CNPBC (British Columbia Naturopathic Assoc.) credits
15 CAAA Alberta CEUs
15 CTCMPAO (Ontario, Canada) continuing education credits
15 OAQ CEUs (Board of Acupuncturists of Quebec)
15 NZASA Chinese Medicine CPDs, Category 2 (New Zealand Acupuncture Standards Authority)
15 Acupuncture NZ (NZRA) New Zealand CEUs
15 NS-CMAAC Nova Scotia acupuncture CEUs
15 CMBA CPDs/CEUs (Chinese Medicine Board of Australia)
15 IVAS CEs (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society)
Massachusetts: applicable towards the acupuncture & herbs requirements
Good course, I find many more patients come to me to address menopause symptoms.
Very informative!
The course was very interesting,
great course
Interesting and informative. Great review of herbal formulas.
Great refresher on herbs and learned a lot of new information about menopause.
Wonderful course!
Very helpful, great resource.
A good course to review.
Great, comprehensive course! Thanks!
It was thorough and I appreciated the use of current knowledge and studies.
Good, easy resource to have in your office for reference
good herbal review
Very useful!
Useful information
very informative
I loved it! so thorough and interesting
It was a great course, very detailed and informative
Informative course
good!
easy to follow and straight forward
Very good to excellent. I will use the information in the course.
great course. useful information
very thorough
Very straight forward and clear.
A real refresher!! Useful.
Good, basic info.
Very imformational and organized for reference later
Awesome
Great!
Great course
Excellent, very useful information .
Good content!
It is very easy to learn and make so knowledgeable.
Very informative
great course!
Clear. Great info
loved this course! highly recommend it.
This was a great course - lots of useful information to use in my practice!
This was a really helpful course, and so important to have a number of studies showing the benefits of acupuncture. Thank you.
good for recert
good formula and point review for menopause
happy with course
It is a good review.
meet expectations, would recommend
Great specifities esp with the formulae. It will be an ongoing re-read and reference for me in diagnosis and treatment.
The research supporting acupuncture's effects to help menopause was nice to read
Helpful review of acupuncture and herbal protocols for menopause management. Dietary information would be a great addition to this course.
Good information on current research, treatment recommendations for patterns in TCM
It met the basics for covering menopause.
Very helpful for what i want to know.
very good
Learned a lot. Good blend of eastern and western knowledge
Great course with great practical applications.
Clearly presented information and I liked the discussion of individual herbs.
Good - comprehensive West and East paradigms
Very good summary of both Western and Chinese Medicine perspectives of Peri-menopause, menopause and post-menopause. I especially enjoyed the herbal and acupuncture protocols and the supportive evidence based research articles.
Very informative!
great
Excellent. Very useful information and well organized.
This was a very well researched course. Enjoyed learning about both Western and Chinese aspects of menopause.
excellent
Adequate.
great clinical reference material and information, very concise and to the point
Useful and well in accordance with Western Medical stereotypes of the avoidance of estrogen for menopause.
useful
Wonderful
Great course! Good info on treatment with herbs and acupuncture. Great info on phytoestrogens and current research on hormone replacement
Great
Good basic course
Excellent
Very helpful
Very interesting topic. I appreciated both the Western medicine information as well as the Chinese medicine information.
Information is very useful
It was a great review and reminder of acupuncture points and formulas for the various conditions.
Excellent
Great course. Lots of supportive research material.
Useful information!
Great course and well balanced with western biomedicine and TCM.
Good
Good course, a good combination of herbs and acupuncture
very useful info
Very useful, and will use info!
good
Excellent
Great
It was great!
good
It's usefull for our practice. Many women come for menopause symptoms.
informative
Overall not bad course for the beginner. Too basic if one wants to gain more advanced skills.
Great Information
An amazing class! Good western medical information and an excellent TCM and herb review as well. Easy to read and then use this information clinically.
Clear overview of menopause and the use of TCM to treat symtpoms
explained the process of menopause and the treatment from both Western and Chinese medicine perspectives
Information is very clearly laid out...well organized!
Very good course. A lot of very useful information.
loved the easy to understand content and lay out of course
Good clear presentation and outline
recommend
Great and helpful information
Overall good; yet surprised that there was no research perspective on using topical bio-identical progesterone cream used safely and effectively to balance estrogen dominance
Very good information!
very informative
good review of menopause issue which includes symptoms, pattern differentiation and treatments.
Informative!
informative
Informative on both Western and TCM research on menopause. Good review of TCM patterns and treatment methods for menopause.
It was an informative and interesting course.
This course was very thorough. I appreciated the background information in western understanding of hormonal changes during menopause. The TCM approach was comprehensive and provided treatment approach from both the acupuncture and the herbal medicine branches. Very good course.
Great course for overview of menopause and how treat it with acupuncture and herbs.
great informative course
Very informative
Very informative course... Thanks
Great info, very organized
good
Excellent, concise andinformative
Good course.
Great way to fill in CEU's for license renewal at your own pace.
Excellent course.
Very useful intreating women over 40.
great details
Very Good
it's great
Very clear, straightforward information. Good for an entry into the topic, or for a valuable review for seasoned professionals.
very informative course in both western and eastern medicine. I enjoyed reviewing both allopathic and Chinese med causes and treatments
Course covers the basics and is well organized with a nice table of contents so you can easily find a page you read and want to re-read
Well done
Very good course
good class!
What a great refresher course!
great content
great info
Very detailed.
great refresher course
Excellent course!
Very efficient for some of us that live too far to travel for continuing education courses.
I found it useful and concise!
Excellent review of both Western and Chinese medicine research, patterns and syndromes, and treatments.
Good basic info backed by scientific studies
Great useful and practical information.
Great course! Highly recommend it!
Best one yet!
Good course
good information
Thanks for another informative CEU course.
Love this course!
It was informative & relative to my practice & a good review.
This is an excellent, clear summary of menopausal treatments, both biomedical and Chinese medical.
Very easy to follow and pertinent information.
SOME ASPECTS ARE GOOD
Informative. Very well organized.
It is a helpful review for menopause !
Thorough
Organized, informational.
Very informative, good to review information and very well organized.
It was very good
Great quiz
An worthy review!
It helped me to refresh what I learned at school about menopause. It has additional information about published research.
concise, informative
Really well-done
Lots of very useful information!
nice refresher.
good
Great! It is uesful
Very useful information--thanks!
good
Great course--lots of useful info.
Very easy to follow. Great research analysis.
Informative
excellent.
GREAT!
pleasant and informative
Great course
Covered bio symptoms, western, and Chinese medicine aspects.
fantastic course!
Excellent information
loved it! very comprehensive and balanced
It was very informative.
good and helpful
Excellent course for bio-medicine and TCM
super helpful
Helped western and OM Dx and Tx. Thourough
Great course!
Great class - Thoroughly presented material - organized well - covers all aspects of menopause
Information provided in this course is is beneficial to any health care provider that treats menopause.
excellent
This course went above and beyond with information. I thought it was extremely helpful not only for TCM purposes but also for the biomedical side of menopause.