Rooting the Spirit: Clinical Application of the 13 Ghost Points
This course is a personal summary of almost thirty years of experience treating numerous patients suffering from diseases of ‘ghost possession’. We explore the points' names and energy, deepening our understanding of the classical indications and their clinical relevance for modern-day patients.
Rooting the Spirit: Clinical Application of the 13 Ghost Points
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- Deepen your understanding of the 13 ghost points by understanding their names and energy.
- Review the classical and modern indications for point selection.
- Apply the 13 ghost points in your clinic.
十三鬼穴: The Thirteen Ghost Points – Course Overview
“Withdrawal and mania disease can manifest as deep silence or excessive and reckless speaking. Laughing, crying, singing, falling asleep while sitting, wanting to eat filth or excrement, running around naked or at night, manic yelling, chaotic gesturing….For this kind of patient, use acupuncture and moxibustion in your treatment. When a hundred evils cause illness, there are thirteen points you can needle.”
Sun Simiao – “Essential prescriptions worth a thousand gold coins.”
In 500 B.C., the legendary doctor Bian Que revived a patient from a state of convulsions by needling the point Gui Gong – Ghost Palace. This is the first documented treatment of a Ghost possession. A thousand years later, Sun Simiao summarized the information and the clinical protocols for thirteen ‘ghost points’, indicated for extreme clinical situations such as neurological disorders, Shen / psychiatric disorders, growths, and tumours.
This course is a personal summary of almost thirty years of experience treating numerous patients suffering from diseases of ‘ghost possession’. We explore the points’ names and energy, deepening our understanding of the classical indications and their clinical relevance for modern-day patients.
This course has been produced from materials recorded at the ICCM Congress. The ICCM arranges a yearly outstanding international TCM gathering held in Tel Aviv during Vernal Equinox in March.
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3 Hours | Home Learning
Group 1 | 3.5 hours
3.5 CEUs/PDAs AOM-AC
2.5 PDA
Course Content
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Course Includes
- 2.5 Hours Course Duration
- Course Certificate
- Course Credits
AACMA2.5 CPD's 
ACICertificate 
AGTCMCertificate 
CALIFORNIA3 hours 
FLORIDA2.5 CEU's 
NCCAOM3 CEU's 
TCM FACHVERBAND3 Hours Course Reviews
very informative
May 14, 2021The course has been very informative and has helped clarify the usefulness of ghost points in acupuncture treatment. The audio has been grainy at times and there have been some slip-ups in the quizzes. But on the whole, a very good course indeed.
Special Teaching
August 14, 2020Wow! I was always afraid of using these points, they seemed to be needing special teaching. Rani’s teaching is this teaching. I feel not only as I can now use these points in my clinic but also that I better understand my own patience and Chinese Medicine. Thank you.
