MAOM Degree Catalog

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Table of Contents

A Message from the President2

WMI-Tai Hsuan Foundation History6

Song of Discovering Taoist Discipline 7

Recent Developments 7

Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Degree Program8

Purpose8

Mission8

Educational Objectives8Accreditation8

Degree Requirements9

Curriculum Guidelines9

Credit/Hour Ratio9

Program of Study10

Full-time Program10Half-Time Program10

Part-Time Study10

Accelerated Full-Time 10

Four Year Program11

Three Year (Accelerated)

Schedule12

Academic Calendar13

Registration Deadlines13

Course Descriptions14

Trad. Chinese Medicine:14

*Chinese Medicine14

*Treatment and Needling

Technique15

*Taoist Medicine16

Herbal Medicine18

Clinical Training & Internship:

Clinical Training & Internship Classifications20

*Clinic Observation21

*Clinic Intern 23

Ethics & Prac. Mgmt.25

Biomedical Clinical Sciences26

Textbooks28

Sug. Rdg. Prior to Admission28

Required Textbooks28

Recommended Reference29

Admissions30

Non-Discriminatory Policy30

Educational Requirements30

Application Deadlines30

Application for Admissions30

English Language Competency31

Transfer Credit31

Prior Learning Assessment31

Semester Registration32

Financial Aid32

Educational Costs32

Payment Policy32

Refund Policy32

Academic Policies and Procedures33

Student Handbook &

Clinic Handbook33

Attendance33

Grading System34

Satisfactory Academic Progress34

Incompletes34

Failing Student Policy34

Leave of Absence & Withdrawal34

Exit Interviews35

Graduation35

NCCAOM Exam/Licensure35

Student Code of Conduct36

Professional Ethics36

Student Grievance Procedures36

Policy of Drug-Free Campus37

Student Services37

Semester Orientation37

Student Records & Transcripts37

Student Academic Counseling38

Campus Housing38

Off-Campus Housing38

Student Health Care38

Student Counseling38

Facilities39

WMI Business Office39

WMI Clinic39

WMI Classrooms39

Library & Library Policy39

Herbal Garden39

Tai Hsuan Foundation Temple39

Holidays39

Governance39

Board of Directors39

Faculty40

Traditional Chinese Medicine40

Herbal Medicine41

Biomedical Clinical Sciences41

Clinical Training & Internship41

Message from the President

I am a native of Shang Ching, Lung Hu Shan, Mountain of Dragon and Tiger, Jiangxi. Not only was I born and educated in a very blessed land, but also I grew up surrounded by fields of herbal plants. It was so rich in the healing arts, culture, spirituality, and understanding. During my childhood, I learned a lot about herbal medicine. I lived in a big house with a huge garden. There were fruit trees, flowers, vegetables, and many medicinal plants, such as dalbergia hancei benth, a very spiritual tree that aids in meditation and the practice of Chi Kung. It is a warm analgesic that relaxes muscles and promotes blood circulation. It is used in the treatment of pain, especially chest pain and stomach aches. As children, we often collected antidesmaburius (L.) sprays, a good neutral, sour tasting berry that looks like baby grapes. It is used to quench thirst, to treat inflammation and cough, to prevent colds, or externally for traumatic injury, boils, and abscesses when made into an herbal pouch. At other times, at day break, I would collect banyan leaves that fell in our court yard, picking seven leaves at a time and using only those leaves that naturally fell upside down, not the leaves that were already on the ground or that blew over. This herb is specially collected to treat asthma. It can be either used alone or with sophora root and ginseng to make a tonic.

Sometimes before daybreak, I collected a fragrant Chinese flower called Yu Lan, literally "Jade Orchid", a tall Chinese medicinal tree, a family of the magnolia. The flowers are steamed and preserved in rice wine with honey or rock candy. This is used for children's stomach flu and digestive disorders. Ginger root is added for cold stomach and chronic diarrhea. We also had honey suckle hedges growing alone or with hypericum chinese (L.) We would collect a seven inch branch of honey suckle and a seven inch root of hypericum and prepare them with mung beans and sugar cane to clear heat when someone had acute pharengytis, conjunctivitis, hepatitis, hepatosplenomegaly with painful cramps, rheumatic joint pains, insect sting or traumatic injury.