Lyme disease seminar in NM

[Guest guest]

INTEGRATIVE

MEDICINE FOR

LYME DISEASE

AND CHRONIC

ILLNESS

October 15-16, 2011

9:00- 5:30

at

Golden Flower Chinese Herbs

2724 Vassar Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87107

Presenter:

Quattro,

PA, DAOM, LAc

Sponsored by the

New Mexico Society for Acupuncture and Asian Medicine

NMSAAM

PO

UNDERSTAND "KNOTTY" DISEASES

Lyme and other infectious diseases can become chronic and complicated to treat. Learn how to recognize and apply multiple treatment strategies to unravel the layers of these illnesses. Biomedical, herbal, nutritional, and acupuncture strategies will be presented in reference to TCM syndromes and symptom stages seen in chronic illness.

Cost

By 9/24:

NMSAAM Members $200

Non-members $250

After 9/24:

NMSAAM Members $250

Non-members $275

Students $150

15 NCCAOM PDAs

For credit card payments, please visit www. nmsaam.org. Checks should be sent to:

NMSAAM, PO Box 91353,

Albuquerque, NM 87199

Questions? Call Buckley, DOM at

Printing by Golden Flower

Day 1

–Recognizing "knotty" disease patients

–Epidemiology and pathophysiology of Lyme disease

–Acute vs chronic Lyme disease;

symptoms and signs

–Differential diagnosis: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, yeast, and CNS syndromes

–Laboratory testing for Lyme disease, and related testing

Lunch (1 hour)

–Co-infections; diagnosis and complications

–Treatment choices for Lyme disease

–Medical emergencies and referrals

–Acupuncture therapy in chronic disease; pathogen layers and progression

–Case studies in chronic diseases

Day 2

–Concepts in healing

–Blood coagulopathy and blood stasis

–Gu syndromes and "knotty diseases"

–TCM syndromes and pathology in Lyme disease

–TCM patterns in chronic disease

–Classical texts: Shang Han Lun

–Lyme disease progression and pathology

Lunch (1 hour)

–Herbal therapy strategies

–Formulas and herb combinations; following disease progression

–Integrative medicine treatment methods

–Nutrition, detoxification and chronic disease

–Acupuncture; penetrating the layers of chronic disease

–Case studies and discussion