1. Chinese Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Diagnosis & Microsystems Acupuncture Degree Level Diploma Course (2 year)

2. Orthopaedic Acupuncture with Microsystems Acupuncture Diploma Course (1 year)

In Edinburgh

Online Options Available

Please text 0773 4668402 to arrange a Callback

All theory classes on Zoom on one Saturday afternoon per month, (these are recorded for those unable to attend).

One Monday and Tuesday per month: all day clinical practice

(Prospective Students who are interested in joining this course can attend Open Days on the following Mondays/Tuesdays free of charge by prior arrangement, to see how you like the course. Email Paul to book your Open Day attendance: acusoc@yahoo.co.uk).

Location: Gathering Essence

10a Broughton Street Lane
Edinburgh
EH1 3LY
http://g.co/maps/8sj4k

Winter 2025 Break

Feb 10/11 2025
Mar 17/18 2025
Apr 21/22 2025
May 19/20 2025
June 16/17 2025
July 07/08 2025

Summer 2025 Break

Sept 15/16 2025
Oct 13/14 2025
Nov 17/18 2025
Dec 08/09/2025

Winter 2026 Break

Feb 16/17 2026
Mar 16/17 2026
Apr 13/14 2026
May 11/12 2026
June 15/16 2026
July 06/07 2026

Next Monday/Tuesday Course and Admission Dates

Summer 2026 Break

Sept 14/15 2026
Oct 12/13 2026
Nov 9/10 2026
Dec 07/08 2026

Zoom Theory Dates at 2pm
on the following Saturday afternoons:

Winter 2025 Break
8 February 2-6pm
15 March 2-6pm
19 April 2-6pm
17 May 2-6pm
14 June 2-6pm
5 July 2-6pm

Summer 2025 Break
13 September 2-6pm
11 October 2-6pm
15 November 2-6pm
6 December 2-6pm

Winter 2026 Break
14 February 2-6pm
14 March 2-6pm
11 April 2-6pm
9 May 2-6pm
13 June 2-6pm
4 July 2-6pm

Summer 2026 Break
12 September 2-6pm
10 October 2-6pm
7 November 2-6pm
5 December 2-6pm

For more information and to arrange an interview (by appointment only):
Contact Paul Robin acusoc@yahoo.co.uk txt or call 07734 668402

CCM Teaching Clinic, Supervised Subsidised Treatment by Students

Contact Paul on 0773 4668402 or acusoc@yahoo.co.uk

Subsidised Treatment Fees

£20 Acupuncture and or Chinese Herbal Medicine with 1 week supply of herbs and £50 with one months herbal supply

Here are the main course options:

1: 2 year Degree Level Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Microsystems & Diagnosis Diploma Course (option to cover acupuncture or herbal only) 20 x 1 Monday/Tuesday per month course over 2 years £2500 per year

2: 1 year Orthopaedic Body with Microsystems Acupuncture Diploma including Auricular Musculoskelital Acupuncture, Korean Hand and Chinese Scalp Acupuncture, Cosmetic Acupuncture, Facial Cupping and Gua Sha 10 x 1 Monday/Tuesday per month course over 1 year £2500

3: 2 year Degree Level Acupuncture and Diagnosis Diploma Couese for £2500 per year 20 x 1 Monday/Tuesday per month course over 2 years

4: 2 year Degree Level Herbal Medicine and Diagnosis Diploma Course for £2500 per year 20 x 1 Monday/Tuesday per month course over 2 years

2018 – 2 Year Degree Level Course Modules

Course Transcript Click Here

Mornings are Chinese Herbal and TCM Diagnosis

Afternoons are All Types of Acupuncture

This two year degree level course with and optional 3rd year clinical attachment and Tuina Training, is a practical professional training course to enable students to achieve high standards of competence, safety and confidence as practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

There is a further option to do this course as an Acupuncture and TCM Diagnosis course without Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Students will be applying TCM diagnosis and practising on each other under supervision in a clinical environment from their very first lesson as well as being taught the theoretical understanding of what they are learning because TCM is a practical subject and is best learnt in a practical way.

There are 10 weekend modules (20 contact days) in the first year and the same in the second year. Students can begin the course on any module and provided that all 10 (2 day) modules are successfully completed they can then proceed to the second year which has a similar continual arrangement.

The ‘Ethos of the College’ is to ‘fit treatments to patients’ rather than ‘patients to treatments’ thus depending on Traditional TCM diagnostic skills to make patient assessments rather than follow theories which may pre anticipate a patients condition. Accurate assessment is the key to successful and effective treatment, this is confirmed through Pulse, Face, Tongue, Eye and other Traditional Chinese methods of examination with targeted questioning about the patients condition and medical history.

The Clinical training aspects of the course are taught by Paul Brecher BA FAcS MPCHM Principal of The College of Chinese Medicine on Wednesdays and by Paul Robin Head TCM at The College of Chinese medicine and Chairman of the Acupuncture Society on Thursdays.

The weekend 1st and 2nd year classes in Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine and Diagnosis are run by Paul Robin

This object of this course is to achieve standards set out by the Acupuncture Society Accreditation process and is a professional training diploma course in Chinese acupuncture, herbal medicine and diagnosis, the emphasis is on achieving set standards of practical and clinical training. Students will be treating each other during the modules and through clinical experience combined with TCM theory to learn practical clinical skills in there correct setting.

The course will cover Chinese anatomy, meridians and points, pathology, pulse reading and analysis, tongue, face, Chinese Sclerology and skin diagnosis, TCM traditional, Auricular, Orthopaedic, Para spinal, Hand and Abdominal Microsystems, and Cosmetic Acupuncture, knowledge of around 200 herbal medicines and their appropriate use in clinical practice. Students will be tested on the contents of each module.

This course is taught in the same practical way that a practitioner would treat their patients, this is the way masters taught students in china through the centuries.

We hear the patient describe their symptoms and explain any western medical diagnosis they may have been given, then we use traditional Chinese diagnostic methods to identify signs and formulate acupuncture and herbal formulas appropriate to the condition, either herbs, acupuncture or both.

The whole process is discussed in depth during the session.

Treatment formulations take into account what the patient has told the practitioner and what the practitioner has discovered through TCM diagnosis. By being taught how to incorporate all this information together the student can see the big picture from the onset.

There are 20 Lessons grouped together into 10 modules in each of the first and second years. The lectures are on one Monday and Tuesday per month, each lesson lasts 6 hours, from 9 am till 4 pm with a one hour break for lunch.

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