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An Introduction to Basic Chinese Medicine: Kitchen Medicine

Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)


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Birthing Hands of DC

Birthing Hands of DC SM offers a full range of birthing care and related services to women preparing for birth and motherhood.

We follow time-honored traditions of total birthing care, coupled with sound medical protocols.

Our caring team of professionals ensures that all women and families receive the highest quality of available birthing options that meet their wellness, lifestyle and cultural preferences as a precious new life is brought into the world.

We sponsor workshops, classes and special events on issues of interest to soon-to-be expectant mothers, expectant mothers, mothers, birth care service providers and the local birthing community.

Birthing Hands of DC Presents

"An Introduction to Basic Chinese Medicine:
Kitchen Medicine"

Instructor: Diane Gioioso
Certified by National Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) as a Diplomat in Acupuncture

Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Great Falls, Virginia
Address given with registration

Who Should Attend?  
 Class will be of special interest to doulas, midwife birth assistants, massage therapists, other birth care service professionals.

What Will Be Covered?
Using the principles of Chinese Medicine, we will look at how to use substances to help improve and restore a woman's health during the childbearing year. The class will introduce foods, herbs, and external applications to help a woman maintain her health and to correct imbalances. We will look closely at these to know how to choose which of these "kitchen medicines" are appropriate for different circumstances.   Also we will discuss which food and substances to avoid and how they negatively impact health.   We can also answer questions about herbals and demonstrate "mother roasting", if there is interest.  

Topics will include:

    • Pregnancy Problems and Discomforts
    • Postpartum Recovery
    • Scar treatments
    • Breastfeeding
    • Postpartum Recovery
    • Scar treatments
    • Breastfeeding
    • Helping a woman regain her cycle and return to the fertile state

Diane Gioioso has studied and practiced acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine for the last 10 years. She holds a Master of Acupuncture degree and Certificate in Chinese Herbal Studies from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture. She completed training in Shiatsu and Jin Shin Do at the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, CA. She has a special interest in how Chinese medicine can improve women's health through the life cycle. She has a concentration on fertility and peripartum care in her practice and has worked locally at Genetics and IVF using acupuncture with assisted reproductive technology. She maintains a private practice in Great Falls, Virginia.

Registration Fee:
$50.00

B.Y.O.L.

 

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Space is Limited. Early Registration Recommended.

A Certificate of Attendance will be presented for use
with ALACE and ICTC CEUs.

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