Internal Medicine & Supportive Cancer Care.
Advanced clinical strategies for internal and supportive care. For Acupuncturists who have completed Basics and see patients with digestive, heart and circulation, breathing or kidney concerns, or patients going through cancer treatment.
In developmentAfter Basics · Taught in Chinese with English translation · Dates, format and CPD to be announced
Every course you complete earns a stamp in your ZSA Clinical Passport. How it works
Five areas of internal and supportive care.
The course starts from conditions you meet in clinic and builds your Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture assessment, treatment strategy and advanced application around them.
Digestive
Irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, peptic-ulcer-related symptoms, dyspepsia and bloating.
Cardiovascular and circulatory
Chest tightness, palpitations and circulatory symptoms.
Respiratory
Asthma.
Kidney health preservation
Looking after kidney health as part of long-term internal care.
Supportive cancer care
Treatment-related symptoms, fatigue, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), pain management and post-operative recovery. Supportive care works alongside the patient's oncology and medical team.
Three days, one area at a time.
9am–5pm each day (to be confirmed). Every day mixes teaching, real patient demonstrations and supervised hands-on practice. This outline is our proposal for the teachers to correct; open slots are theirs to fill.
Principles & digestive conditions
- How the Advanced courses build on Basics
- Assessment and treatment principles for internal conditions
- Irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
- Peptic-ulcer-related symptoms, dyspepsia and bloating
- Real patient demonstration
- Session to be confirmed
- Group hands-on practice, Q&A and debrief
Heart, breathing & kidney
- Chest tightness, palpitations and circulatory symptoms
- Asthma
- Kidney health preservation
- Real patient demonstrations with attendee participation
- Session to be confirmed
- Group hands-on practice, Q&A and debrief
Supportive cancer care
- Working alongside the patient's oncology and medical team
- Treatment-related symptoms and fatigue
- Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN)
- Pain management and post-operative recovery
- Demonstration format to be confirmed
- Case studies, certificate presentation, Q&A and debrief
First taught with Professor Zhu in 2019.
An earlier version of this course ran in Melbourne in September 2019. Professor Ming Qing Zhu, the founder of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture, taught it over four days for Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture Research and Education Foundation U.S.A., and it covered internal medicine together with the five senses.
Today the Advanced courses are taught by Dr Ru Shan Shy and Dr Sheng Chun Chang, two of Professor Zhu's direct disciples. They have reorganised that material across the five courses. Internal medicine stays here, and supportive cancer care is new.
The topics are set. The detail is coming.
Dr Shy and Dr Chang have set what Advanced 04 covers. The rest is being finalised, and each part appears on this page as it's confirmed. Register interest and you'll hear as soon as it does.
Confirmed
- What it coversThe clinical areas, above.
- PrerequisiteBasics of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture.
- TeachersDr Ru Shan Shy and Dr Sheng Chun Chang.
- LanguageChinese, with English translation throughout.
Coming
- Dates and cityPublished with the first run.
- Days, hours and CPD pointsThe format of the course.
- The day-by-day outlineWhat each day covers.
- What you'll be able to doThe skills you take back to your clinic.
Choose by the patients you see most.
Take them in any order after Basics. See the whole journey →
When does it run next?
No date is set yet. Register interest and you'll hear first when it's scheduled. The dates, city, number of days and CPD points are published together.
What do I need before I come?
Basics of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture. The ZSA Lineage Internship is separate, and you can take it any time after Basics.
I took the 2019 course with Professor Zhu. Is this the same course?
It grew out of it. The internal medicine from 2019 is the starting point, taken further by Dr Shy and Dr Chang, and supportive cancer care is new. Eye, ear and skin conditions now sit in Advanced 05, and women's health and neurodevelopment in Advanced 03.
Where does supportive cancer care fit with the patient's medical team?
Alongside it. The course treats supportive care as work done with the patient's oncology and medical team, focused on the symptoms of treatment and recovery after it, never in place of cancer treatment.
How is it taught?
Dr Shy and Dr Chang teach in Chinese with English translation throughout, as on every Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture course.