Chinese Face Reading
How to Read Health Conditions on the Face through Chinese Face Reading By Mieke Fraussen In general, a great deal can be said about a person’s...
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Discovering The Five Personality Types – Which one are you?
The theory of the five elements is one of the main tools an acupuncturist can use in order to understand a person’s nature, personality...
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Your First Year of Research at ICOM
What to Expect in your First Year at ICOM Part 3 – Research Joining our friendly Acupuncture college is an exciting time. In your first year...
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The Year of the Water Rabbit: Between Conflicts and Opportunities
by Elio Basagni Elio was asked to write a guest blog for the BAcC highlighting what kind of pathologies 2023 may bring, how to treat them and the...
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World Acupuncture Awareness Day 2022
It’s World Acupuncture Awareness Day! We are so proud that over the last fifty years, ICOM has produced many hundreds of brilliant...
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Winter Lights
by Elio Basagni Many human civilisations have regarded the time between Autumn and Winter as a time of cleansing and purification. It seems that...
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Fifty Years of ICOM Acupuncture College
In September 2023, ICOM celebrated its 50th birthday. Around ninety members of our alumni along with their guests and two former Principals Penny...
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Turn, Turn, Turn. The Tiger is Back.
by Elio Basagni Strings of heavenly stems and earthly branches, marking time and space with their shifting combinations, create recurring cycles...
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A 1988 conversation with Dr. Van Buren, founder of ICOM
Dr. Van Buren was a world renowned acupuncture master, healer and pioneer. Having practiced acupuncture for more than 50 years, he is the founder...
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A Beautiful New Print of the Neijung Tu 內經圖
When you visit Van Buren House you’ll now be greeted with a stunning red feature wall in the main entrance hall along with a beautiful new...
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ICOM Acupuncture Clinic is open again!
In this short video, Director of Clinic Sarah Major explains the new safety procedure for appointments at our clinic. You’ll see some changes, but...
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8 Healthy Tips for the Summer
Now that summer is well and truly here we want to be healthy enough to enjoy it to the fullest. Here are eight healthy tips to help keep you in...
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Myanmar 2020
For over 10 years, ICOM Graduates and Acupuncture practitioners have been involved in a charitable project in Myanmar training Doctors at the...
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The Year of the White Rat
January 25, 2020 is the start of the Chinese Year of the White Rat (or Mouse). The Rat is the first of the animals in the Chinese Zodiac and so it...
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Why Study Chinese Medicine? – A post by Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée
This post originally appeared on Asian Medicine Zone website and has been reproduced with permission. The original post can be accessed at...
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Chang’e (嫦娥), the Chinese Goddess of the Moon
In Chinese mythology, Chang’e (嫦娥) is the Moon Goddess. The ancient story goes that long ago, the earth had been scorched by ten suns that...
Read moreOn The Heavenly Truth of Ancient Times
The Yellow Emperor asked the heavenly teacher: “I have heard that people in ancient times had lived as long as one hundred and twenty years...
Read moreMyanmar Diary
For nearly 10 years acupuncturist Kirsten Germann has been involved in a charitable project in Myanmar training Doctors at the Watchet Jivita...
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Heaven and Earth
My God, it’s full of stars… (2001 Space Odyssey) separation at the same time as infinitely many without differentiation. The purpose...
Read moreA First Timer’s Experience of Facial Acupuncture
Have you ever tried facial acupuncture? As a young girl in my 20s I had never given it any thought. But following some recent coverage in the...
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