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Welcome to ICANM - the most comprehensive certificate course on Acupuncture on the web! We have developed the course to help you learn acupuncture with the utmost ease unparalleled by material in acupuncture texts and titles. This has been done by our amazingly clear conceptualizations and animations that appear in all difficult topics through the course to give you a clear understanding of the subject matter. We have used the latest technological tools to develop these learning aids specially for you. View our sample pages to get a feel of our excellent illustrations.

We take special care of solving any doubts you might have through our instant feedback mechanism. You can just send in your queries and doubts using our online contact form and we will get back to you to help you understand and clarify your concepts in acupuncture.

So give your career a boost by taking our course in Acupuncture, one of the most popular forms of alternative medicine in the world today!

Password Activation
After you registered for the course and your payment has been processed, your username and password will be activated. With the help of this password, you will be able to access the contents of course A.

Exams
For all the courses, you will be required for a mid-term and a final exam. Only when you have passed the final exam for a course will you be provided access to successive course material.

Queries
While taking the course, if you have any difficulty, you are free to send in your queries to us through the query form, to which we shall reply promptly.

Practical Training and Final Exam
After the successful completion of all the five courses, you will be required to join us in New Delhi, India, for one week of practical training. At the end of the practical training, you will have to appear for a practical exam.

Successful students will be awarded a "Certificate of Training".

Course Fees
The fees for the entire course is Rs. 12,000 (for people residing in India) or US $750 (for people residing outside India). The fees is segregated as follows:

For people residing in India:

  • Rs. 8,000 for the Theory Module of the course presented online. This amount is to be paid in full for registration and password activation.
  • Rs. 4,000 for the Practical Training. This amount is to be paid in full prior to the beginning of the Practical Training.

For people residing outside India:

  • US $500 for the Theory Module of the course presented online. This amount is to be paid in full for registration and password activation.
  • US $250 for the Practical Training. This amount is to be paid in full prior to the beginning of the Practical Training.

Please note that all the fees mentioned above is non-refundable.

Use of Cookies
In order to minimize unauthorized access to a student's account, we have adopted a system of placing a cookie on the student's computer from where the student logs in for the first time after account activation. A cookie is a small file that is kept on the student's computer to identify the student every time he/she logs in the next time. In case a login attempt is made from a different computer than from where the cookie has been set, login will not be allowed.

In this case, the student can send a Reset Cookie request to the ICANM course administrator who will then reset the cookie for the student. There is a charge for resetting the cookie everytime. The charge is Rs.1,000 for resetting the cookie for the first time and Rs.1,250 every subsequent time. This charge will be payable using the Mode of Payment below.

Mode of Payment
The fees will be payable through a demand draft, money order, or banker's cheque, drawn in favour of "International College of Acupuncture and Natural Medicine", payable at New Delhi.
Please note that personal checks will not be accepted.

Registration
To register for our course and give a boost to your medical career, visit our registration page.

(for sample pages click here)

 

The course is divided into 5 sub-courses:

Details of the courses follow:

  • Theory of Yin-Yang
  • Theory of 5 Elements
  • The Five Zang-Fu Organs
  • The Six Fu Organs
  • Qi (Vital Energy)
  • Blood and Body Fluids
  • Meridians and Collateral System
  • Etiology (the Causes of Disease)
    • External Causes (wind, fire, summer heat, dryness, dampness and cold)
    • Internal Causes (the 7 emotions)
    • Miscellaneous Causes (eating habits, trauma, fatigue, lack of exercise and sexual habits)
  • Pathogenesis
  • Prevention of Disease
  • Principles of Treatment
   
   
 
 
  • The Four Diagnostic Methods
    • Inspection
    • Auscultation and Olfaction
    • Inquiring
    • Palpation
  • Detailed Tongue Diagnosis
  • Detailed Pulse Diagnosis
  • Differentiation of Syndromes According to Eight Principles
  • Differentiation of Syndromes According to Zang Fu Organs
 
   
 
 
  • Introduction to Meridians and Collaterals
  • Fourteen Principle Meridians
  • Meridians Travelling Routes
  • Specific Acupoint Groups
  • Methods of Locating Acupoints on the Body
  • Acupoints on Regular and Extra Meridians
  • Point Selection and Point Formula
  • Filiform Needle and Treatment Techniques
  • Moxibustion and Treatment Techniques
 
   
 
 
  • How to Treat about 50 Common Diseases and Symptoms using Acupuncture and Moxibustion:
    • Diseases of Internal Medicine
    • Surgical and Dermatological Diseases
    • Gynaecological Diseases
    • Pediatric Diseases
    • Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat
 
   
 
 
  • Scalp Acupuncture
  • Ear Acupuncture