Dr Tan's Balance Method · Melbourne 2026
Master Treating All Conditions With Just One Simple Method
Three intensive days with Dr Eileen Han — Dr Richard Tan's closest living disciple — across the foundation of Balance Method Acupuncture in Melbourne.
You Became an Acupuncturist to Make a Real Difference.
Some Patients Still Walk Out Unchanged.
You have the training, the needles and the clinical intent. But when a complex pain case presents with minimal progress, or a chronic patient arrives without a clear pattern, the gap between what you know and what you can confidently do feels significant. The difference between Acupuncturists who reliably produce clinical change and those who quietly struggle isn't talent — it's method.
One Method Isn't Enough for Every Patient
Standard Acupuncture training gives you point combinations, but rarely a complete system of relationships. When the first approach only partially works, most Acupuncturists are left starting over instead of pivoting.
Distal Treatment Requires a Clear Framework
Knowing distal points exist is not the same as knowing which one to choose, why, and what to do when the pain moves. Without a framework, distal selection becomes guesswork.
Lineage Transmission Is Disappearing
Most Balance Method teaching today is two or three generations removed from Dr Richard Tan himself. Subtleties of imaging, mirroring and system selection get lost without direct transmission from the source.
Balance Method, taught from direct lineage, is designed to close this gap.
Five Complete Treatment Pathways
For Any Condition That Walks In
The Balance Method gives you five complete treatment systems for any condition, plus holographic imaging and minimal-needle distal selection. That changes everything in the treatment room. When one approach only partially works, you don't start over and you don't lose the patient's confidence — you pivot to the next system and keep chasing the result.
The Five Systems
Five complete Balance Method systems for any condition — each built on a different meridian relationship. You'll learn when to use each system, how the systems interact, and how to combine them for layered presentations.
Holographic Imaging & Mirroring
The imaging and mirroring techniques that let you treat any region of the body through distal points alone — minimal needles, no exposure of the affected area, and clear clinical reasoning behind every point.
What separates Balance Method from other distal systems is the completeness of the framework — not just which points, but why, in what order, and what to do when the pain moves.
Meet Dr Eileen Han
Dr Eileen Han (PhD) is the closest living link to Dr Richard Tan's clinical method. For 20 years she worked directly under Dr Tan — running his clinic, assisting at his seminars worldwide, and continuing to treat his patients after he passed.
She treats 50–70 patients daily using Balance Method exclusively, and teaches with the high-energy, anecdotal storytelling style that made Dr Tan's own seminars unforgettable. What she transmits is not an interpretation of the Balance Method — it is the method itself, drawn from two decades of direct lineage transmission.
This is why lineage matters. You are not just learning a technique — you are receiving a method, complete, from the source.
- PhD · 20 years working directly under Dr Richard Tan
- Ran Dr Tan's clinic and assisted at his seminars worldwide
- Continues to treat Dr Tan's patients to this day
- Treats 50–70 patients daily — using Balance Method exclusively
- Designated direct-lineage holder for Dr Tan's clinical method
The Direct-Lineage Transmission Behind This Training
Balance Method is not a generic distal-acupuncture style. It is a complete clinical framework developed by Dr Richard Teh-Fu Tan over decades of practice — and refined through tens of thousands of patient cases by his closest disciples.
Dr Richard Tan — Architect of the Balance Method
Born into a family of TCM practitioners in 1950s Taiwan, Dr Richard Tan inherited and then systematised the classical relationships between meridians into what he eventually called the Balance Method — a complete framework for treating any condition through distal points using five interlocking systems, holographic imaging, and mirroring.
When Dr Tan brought this method to the United States and taught it worldwide, Acupuncturists began achieving results that had previously seemed inconsistent — chronic pain responding where other approaches had not, complex presentations finally shifting under treatment. The framework's strength is that it is reproducible: not dependent on intuition, but on a system of relationships that any trained Acupuncturist can apply.
Dr Tan taught his complete method to only a small number of direct disciples. Dr Eileen Han is among the most senior of them, and this training transmits that framework directly — Module 1 of the three-module Core Essentials progression Dr Tan himself laid out.
What You Will Be Equipped to Do After Three Days
By the end of the three days, you'll have a complete, systematic Balance Method framework you can apply with your very next patient.
Treat Across All Major Presentations
Apply Balance Method treatment protocols for stroke, allergy, pain, sleep and skin presentations — the same conditions Dr Tan demonstrated repeatedly throughout his career.
Use Kai He Shu and the Meridians
Apply Kai He Shu (Open-Close-Pivot) and the meridian relationships at the heart of the Balance Method — the structural logic behind every system.
Read the Eight Trigrams (Bagua)
Understand the Eight Trigrams and their symbolic role in Dr Tan's framework — the classical scaffolding that organises the systems.
Apply Zang Fu Bie Tong
Use the extraordinary Zang-Fu connections (Zang Fu Bie Tong) to open additional treatment pathways for difficult cases.
Expand Your Point Vocabulary
Add 60 additional Tung points to your clinical repertoire, with clear indications drawn from Dr Tan's own teaching.
Use Holographic Imaging & Mirroring
Apply holographic imaging and mirroring techniques to treat any body region through distal points — minimal needles, clear reasoning.
Master the Five Systems
Internalise the Five Systems of the Balance Method, when to use each, and how the systems interact for layered presentations.
Make Minimal-Needle Distal Decisions
Choose minimal-needle distal point selections with confidence — and pivot smoothly when the first approach only partially resolves the complaint.
Run the Clinical Encounter
Handle patient communication, complications and treatment frequency — the practical clinical skills Dr Tan modelled in every demonstration.
Identify Red Flags
Spot the red-flag presentations that require referral, and approach them with clear clinical reasoning.
How the Three Days Are Structured
Each day builds on the last — from Balance Method foundations, through the full five-system framework, into clinical application and pain-disorder strategy on the final day.
Balance Method Foundations · Systems One & Two
- Introduction and history of the Balance Method
- Holographic imaging, mirroring and imaging formats
- Systems One and Two — meridian relationships and clinical application
- Live demonstrations and case studies
Systems Three, Four & Five · System Interplay
- Systems Three, Four and Five
- When to use each system in clinic
- System interplay and integration for layered presentations
- Live demonstrations and case studies
Pain Disorders · Minimal-Needle Strategy
- Review of Days 1–2
- Clinical approach to pain disorders
- Case studies: shoulder, back/spine, Bell's palsy, shingles, nerve pain
- Minimal-needle and distal point selection
- Practical concerns and red flags
Language: English · Prerequisites: None · 9am – 5pm daily (AEST) · Recognised: AACMA, ACUNZ
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- ✓ 3 full days of training with a direct-lineage master
- ✓ 19.5 CPD points (AACMA, ACUNZ)
- ✓ 12 live patient demonstrations
- ✓ Small-group access (~35 Acupuncturists)
- ✓ Morning and afternoon tea included
- ✓ Foundation for Modules 2 and 3 in the Core Essentials progression
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- ✓ 19.5 CPD points (AACMA, ACUNZ)
- ✓ 12 live patient demonstrations
- ✓ Small-group access (~35 Acupuncturists)
- ✓ Morning and afternoon tea included
- ✓ Foundation for Modules 2 and 3 in the Core Essentials progression
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- ✓ Morning and afternoon tea included
- ✓ Foundation for Modules 2 and 3 in the Core Essentials progression
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- ✓ Morning and afternoon tea included
- ✓ Foundation for Modules 2 and 3 in the Core Essentials progression
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- ✓ Morning and afternoon tea included
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Venue
Adina Apartment Hotel (4.5★)
189 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Common Questions
Your patients are waiting for the Acupuncturist you're about to become.
The Acupuncturists who reliably produce clinical change with complex presentations didn't get there by chance. They made a deliberate investment in the method, the lineage, and the framework that most seminars don't transmit.
Three days in Melbourne. Direct from Dr Richard Tan's most senior disciple. The complete Module 1 framework — yours to apply with your very next patient.
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