18 CEU Clinical Skills Training Summit Asheville 2025!

Three Day In Person Training, September 12-14, 2025

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• By JulieAnn & Andrew Nugent-Head

Resident Training Programs at the Alternative Clinic!

This is a one-year, full time intensive residency program at the Alternative Clinic training under Andrew and JulieAnn Nugent-Head. A highly selective program, it is open to the brightest licensed practitioners who have already demonstrated their commitment to Chinese medicine. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE INFORMATION!

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• By JulieAnn & Andrew Nugent-Head

YSB Bodywork Techniques

​Having the skills to tangibly create and guide sensations of Qi in your patients is critical to increasing your effectiveness in a clinic setting.

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• By Xie Pieqi

Insomnia: Middle of the Night Waking–Real Protocols Real People Series (3 hours 15 minutes)

Filmed in London 2025, this course covers insomnia from different theory perspectives in Chinese medicine, includes an explanation the western medical cortisol HPA axis, then focuses specifically on middle of the night waking insomnia. It includes theory, treatment strategy, herb suggestions and physical treatment protocols. Andrew concludes with a walkthrough an actual treatment protocol, showing the needling and bodywork techniques he uses.

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Manipulating Qi with Acupuncture

Understanding the Foundations of Tangible Acupuncture

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

AUTO-IMMUNE JOINT PAIN: Real Protocols Real People Series

The most common symptoms of autoimmune conditions is joint pain. In this Real Protocols Real People seminar, Andrew lays out what autoimmune conditions are from the Chinese medicine perspective, covers the western understanding, provides herbal and physical treatment strategies the symptoms and underlying conditions, then demonstrates what a real treatment looks like for rheumatoid arthritis affecting the hands as an example case. Filmed in London, 2025.

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

LIVESTREAM FROM LONDON: MEN'S HEALTH SEPTEMBER 19TH!

For those who cannot attend in person, we will livestream this course direct from London. Video will be available to in person and online viewers after the seminar! Learn about the seminar here: https://yidaoclinic.co.uk/cpdfscm/

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Daoist Zangfu Acupressure

Daoist Zangfu Acupressure is a powerful bodywork treatment method to return fundamental health to very sick patients

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Back Pain: Orthopedic Acupuncture Series

Learn Clinically Focused Techniques & Strategies to Effectively Treat Back Pain

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

De Qi for Clinical Success

Understand How to Create and Maintain a Qi Connection When Treating Patients

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Full Strength Chinese Medicine: Treating the Gut

A Complete Online Training Course

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

The Classical Herbalist

Online In-Depth Herbal Training Program

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• By JulieAnn & Andrew Nugent-Head

Classical Theory in Clinical Practice

Physiology and Pathology in Chinese medicine

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Annual ATS Membership

ATS Annual Membership With CEU Approved Courses!

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• By Varied Presenters

Daoyin for Physical Development

Strengthening the Body, Forging the Mind

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Tangible Acupuncture for Internal Medicine ONLINE Edition

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

The Complete Shanghan Lun Translated & Explained (ONGOING)

A line by line, character by character translation of the entire original text and Cheng Wuji Commentaries with Explanation & Clinical Elucidation

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Chinese Bodywork for Clinical Practice ONLINE Edition

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Real Protocols for Real People: Heart Failure

Listen to acupuncture and herbal medicine treatment strategies for patients with heart disease from Andrew Nugent-Head, world renowned practitioner of Chinese medicine.

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Tangible Qi in the Clinic

Demystifying Qi, learning to manipulate Qi, and affecting Qi in your treatments

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Healing Without Medicines: Daoyin Practices of Yin Style Bagua

The Three Major Self Healing and Internal Cultivation Practices of Yin Style Bagua

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• By Xie Pieqi

Shoulder Pain: Orthopedic Acupuncture Series

Treating Shoulder Muscular-Skeletal Injuries with Chinese Medicine

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Single Herb Tasting & Discussion

Referencing the Shen Nong Ben Cao and major materia medica through history JulieAnn Nugent-Head investigates the quality of single herbs.

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• By JulieAnn Nugent-Head

Dao De Jing Part I

Line By Line Translation & Discussion of Chapters 1-5

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• By Lao Zi

Nei Jing Herbal Medicine

The Nei Jing outlines the flavor and nature of herbs as the defining factor of prescription.

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• By JulieAnn Nugent-Head

Carpal Tunnel: Orthopedic Acupuncture Series

Perspectives & Treatment Methods from Eastern and Western Medicine

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• By David Trevino, LAc

Tangible Acupuncture for Orthopedic Injuries Online Edition

Treating Muscular-Skeletal Injuries with Chinese Medicine

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Penetrating Palms of Yin Style Bagua

The forms one learned 1st to understand Bagua and the forms practiced last after understanding the animal systems.

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• By Liu, Shichang

Shanghan Lun Preface

Zhang Zhongjing details what we must do to be ethical, honest and effective practitioners of Chinese Medicine.

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Dao De Jing Part II

Line By Line Translation & Discussion of Chapters 6-10

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• By Lao Zi

Dao De Jing Part III

Line By Line Translation & Discussion by Andrew Nugent-Head

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• By Lao Zi

Book Only: Daoist Zangfu Acupressure Digital Download

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• By Wang Jinhuai

Chen Xiuyuan 01: The Source and Flow of Medical History

The opening chapter of Chen Xiu Yuan's incredibly famous Three Character Classic Poems for the Study of Medicine

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• By Chen, Xiuyuan

Chen Xiuyuan 02: Struck By Wind

Struck By Wind from Chen Xiuyuan's incredibly famous Three Character Classic Poems for the Study of Medicine

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• By Chen, Xiuyuan

Chen Xiuyuan 03: Consumptive Diseases

'Consumptive Diseases' from Chen Xiuyuan's incredibly famous Three Character Classic Poems for the Study of Medicine

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• By Chen, Xiuyuan

Classical Theory in Clinical Practice Part 01 for Members

physiology & pathology in Chinese medicine

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Introduction to Daoyin

Guiding the attention, breath and sound to different areas of the body to aid circulation and prevent the '100 diseases'

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Yin Style Bagua Phoenix

The Phoenix System as taught by He Jinbao

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• By He Jinbao

Yin Style Bagua Dragon

Lion postures demonstrated and explained by Dr. Xie Peiqi & He Jinbao

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• By He Jinbao

Yin Style Bagua Lion

Lion postures demonstrated and explained by Dr. Xie Peiqi & He Jinbao

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• By Xie Pieqi

Yin Style Bagua Bear

Bear postures demonstrated and explained by Dr. Xie Peiqi & He Jinbao

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• By Xie Pieqi

Qinna Attack Methods

64 Qinna throwing techniques demonstrated by Dr. Xie Peiqi Himself

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• By Xie Pieqi

64 Attack Methods of Yin Style Bagua

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

8 Functions of Qi

For Diagnosis and Treatment

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Ma Danyang Heavenly Star Points in the Clinic

Like Hot Water On Snow

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

The State of Chinese Medicine In China Today

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

8 Storing Qi & Developing Sensitivity Exercises

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• By Xie Pieqi

YSB Large Saber Basic Training Practices

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• By He Jinbao

Ashi Points in Clinical Practice Article

Published in the February 2013 Journal of Chinese Medicine

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Heavenly Star Points of Ma Danyang Article

Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine February 2012

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

Returning Our Focus to the Flavour & Nature of Herbs Article

Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine June 2014

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• By JulieAnn Nugent-Head

Tangible Medicine; An Interview with Andrew Nugent-Head Article

Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine June 2012

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• By Andrew Nugent-Head

The First Materia Medica; The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing Article

Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine February 2014

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• By JulieAnn Nugent-Head

The Yin and Yang of Herbs Article

Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine June 2016

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• By JulieAnn Nugent-Head