Do you misunderstand acupuncture?
I can tell you about the experience !!
I have heard many people, and some of my classmates said that being an acupuncturist is easy to work and get a lot of money.
Before telling details of traditional Chinese medicine / TCM, I would like to tell you a bit about my background that I have good luck moved to live in Sweden in December 2012. If I still live in my country Thailand, I will not get chance att to learn a new thing when I am getting old. Moreover, in Thailand, I have to learn a lot of mathematics and have passed the test
( Entrance ) before studying acupuncture in university. That is so expensive and very hard work because I am not so good at Math.
Being an acupuncturist is not about mathematic at all, but are art and science. We work to heal the soul to support the body's treatment; that why we have to pay attention and take time for one treatment. Every client has a unique physiology and psychology. The same person can also change that depends on the climate change, environment change, relationship change, economic change, lifestyle change, disease cycle change, etc. So it is vital to listen to the client because there are many kinds of factors that make people sick.
Example
Comfortable physique, uncomfortable emotion
Cause disease in meridian/ treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion
Comfortable physique, comfortable emotion
Cause disease in muscle/ treatment with stone needle therapy
Uncomfortable physique but comfortable emotion
Cause disease in the sinew/ treatment with hot compression, breathing exercise
Uncomfortable physique and uncomfortable emotion
Disease in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, and gulping/ treatment with various medicinals.
Physique with fear and fright with obstruction of meridians because of the circulation in arteries and veins ceases/stopping.
Numbness disease/treatment with Chinese massage and medical wine.
Information from The Yellow Emporor Classic`s Of Medicine
TCM always combines with Qigong, herbs medicine, cupping therapy, moxibustion, acupuncture, etc. Because many diseases have the same symptoms, we have to be careful to make the diagnosis before giving the treatment. Sometimes we provide different therapies to clients with the same sign, and sometimes we offer the same treatment to clients with various symptoms. Everything depends on the client's energy and immune. Why is very important to understand basic of Yin and Yang and five elements. If one wants to work as an acupuncturist, can not skip these basic. Don't understand clear means can not move forward and hesitate for working. Typically, acupuncture doesn't give lousy side effect directly, but if the treatment goes in a wrong way can make patient getting worse in condition. It is crucial to take care of yourself in the right way, so it is easier to help another's people.
Being an acupuncturist is the last career in my life, and I am very sure that I was born to Be, so I try to do five things to complete my destiny every day.
First, doing Tai chi or Qigong.
Second, meditation before sleeping for at least 15 to 45 minutes.
Third, read many kinds of books about anatomy.
Forth, read a lot of books about acupuncture and moxibustion theory.
Finally, I usually give the treatment to my customer with a combination of massage and TCM methods.
For me, I get a lot of benefits from studying acupuncture. I can treat myself with a needle, moxa, cupping, and herbs sauna.
I get more customers with unhealthy both body and soul to help them a lot with my knowledge from TCM. My health is also better if I compare it with the past in 2016 to 2018. I always had a problem with high blood pressure, insomnia, and poor memory. The best thing is, I look younger than in the past.
Many people and some of my classmates gave up after they paid a lot of money for the course. Because of misunderstanding from the beginning, that is an easy course, have a good teacher, and precisely everything. But, on the other hand, it is not like they think, so they felt upset and discontent. Can you imagine if this happened to you?
MAKE SURE that you love some things in these ways like me before starting learning in TCM. It is challenging work, and you have to LOVE it, DO it with PASSION, Not patience.