Conference Overview
Course Schedule
Start date: January 3, 2027
Format: Online via Zoom
Total: 12 credit hours over 4 weekends, 3 hours per weekend (Jan 3, 10, 17, 24)
Registration stays open with no deadline. Session recordings are available, so you can enroll at any time and watch on demand. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants a few days before the course begins; later enrollees will receive the link and recordings separately.
Course Outline
Week 1 | Foundations of Balance Medicine
A fresh perspective on the principles of Balance Medicine
Understanding the Balance Medicine approach to treatment
Functional assessment
Week 2 | Core Balance Acupuncture Protocols
Core protocols: Small Six Needles, Small Seven Needles, Small Nine Needles, posterior tilt, lateral bending, etc.
Muscle anatomy applied to Balance Acupuncture point selection
Week 3 | Stuck Points and Fascial Compartment Theory
Stuck Point theory and clinical applications
Fascial Compartment theory and clinical applications
Week 4 | Precise Point Location and Needling Technique
Hands-on practice: precise point location
Hands-on practice: needling techniques
Instructors
Peng Wang
Chief Promotion Officer (CPO), The International Tiaoheng Academy of Chinese Medicine
Academic Director, The International Tiaoheng Academy of Chinese Medicine
Vice Chairman, World Floating Acupuncture Society
1992 — Graduated from the Department of Acupuncture, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1992 — Clinical work at Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2005 — Founded a TCM clinic in the United Kingdom
Lijun Dai
Secretary-General, The International Tiaoheng Academy of Chinese Medicine
Heritage Instructor of Balance Medicine
Direct disciple of Mr. Zhang Wenyong, founder of Balance Medicine
Founder, Lovelytherapy Pain Relief Centre, United Kingdom
Course Fee & Organizer
Non-members: $495; ATCMA members: $450
Organized by the American TCM Association (ATCMA). Practitioners of Chinese medicine and acupuncture are welcome to enroll!