This page contains book and product reviews and other current updates to the quarterly Traditional Health Practitioners Journal periodical.

Traditional Healers Fellowship Seminars:

Please note that seminars listed under this heading are only open to currently accredited Chartered Traditional Healers.

July 5th. 2011. Commences at 6:30 p.m. Duration± 2½ Hrs. Venue: CNT.
Subject: Breaking the Devil's Pact. The use of recreational and illicit drugs represents a growing problem in our society. In many cases these are taken to self-medicate an underlying mental illness. But whatever the reason for use may be, when discontinued most drugs leave a bitter legacy of disturbed brain chemistry that ruins the person's life, often engendering a return to drug use. Acupuncture can in these cases help to improve and correct brain chemistry. This session looks at case histories and presents some approaches. Lecturer C.X. Discipline: TCM.
 

August 2nd. 2011. Commences at 6:30 p.m. Duration± 2½ Hrs. Venue: CNT.
Subject: Climate Change and Disease. Global warming has been much in the news of late; this guest lecturer looks at the history and some of the modern myths associated with climate change, and explores the challenges we will face due to a changing natural environment.  Lecturer K.M. Discipline: General.
 

September 6th. 2011. Commences at 6:30 p.m. Duration± 2½ Hrs. Venue: CNT.
Subject: Advanced Muscle Testing. Many of our members use muscle testing for diagnostic purposes. This session will present a number of lesser well-known tests that can be used to quickly diagnose a range of different diseases. Lecturer S.H. Discipline: General.
 

October 4th. 2011. Commences at 6:30 p.m. Duration± 2½ Hrs. Venue: CNT.
Subject: Science and Fact. Modern science has become mired in a large amount of unproven hypotheses and hypotheticals. This applies to science in general and not just to medical science. This session explores some of these with some humor and explores an approach that balances pure scientific fact with our traditional store of evidence-based knowledge. Lecturer P.H. Discipline: General.
 

November 1st. 2011. Commences at 6:30 p.m. Duration± 2½ Hrs. Venue: CNT.
Subject: The Great Portal. Traditional Healing has had, since time immemorial, an integrated view of life in this world and that in the next. This session explores these concepts and discusses how these may be used to counsel and help those facing their ultimate mortality. Lecturer S.H. Discipline: General.
 

December 4th. 2011. End of year Social: commences at 11:00 a.m. Venue: to be announced.
Please note: there will be no seminar this month..
 

If you are prepared to give a lecture, demonstration or organise a workshop for any of our update sessions in 2011, please contact Paul by telephone or email.

College of Natural Therapies (S.A.) Courses:

Enrolments for the 2011 Graeco-Arabic Medicine update course are now closed.
 

International Seminars and Congresses:

Important notice: The listing of an event under this heading does not imply any recommendation or endorsement by the Traditional Medicine Network or its affiliates.

The 16th International Congress of Oriental Medicine, Seoul, Korea will be held on the 14th, 15th and 16th. of September 2012.
Contact details: Association of Korean Oriental Medicine. Email: akom@icom2012.org Phone: 82-2-2657-5064; Fax: 82-2-2657-5005.

Book and Product Reviews:

From time to time we are asked to review books and products related to the profession. These reviews are available in PDF format from our site and may be obtained by clicking the relevant link on this page.
Please note that all reviews are presented from a traditional healer's perspective and may therefore contain information and points of view that are not relevant to non-traditional healers.
 

Book reviews:
Please click on the images of the books to download a PDF file of the book review.