Best TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture degrees, Australian Universities
Australia offers some of the best places to study at university. A bachelor university degree in Acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM ) will offer career opportunities in the alternative health care industry, and allows one to practice as an Australian certified Acupuncturist or Herbalist or Chinese Naturopath. You may need further accreditation from ANTA or TCMA or AACMA. Chinese medicine, unlike western medicine, addresses health from a prevention and wellness strategy. It uses food as the main medicine to deal directly with the causes of diseases and maladies. In the old days in China, rich families would pay a doctor to keep the family healthy, and STOP paying the doctor should anyone fall ill. Preventative measures would include regular check ups, recommendations to take herbs, acupuncture to unblock stagnant Qi ( energy) flow along the meridians, changes to diet and Qigong energetics practice. TCM can also be used to treat symptoms of disease in similar manner. Chinese pulse diagnosis is unique in that there are some 22 qualities to a pulse, and each quality addresses a certain condition of a specific organ .
The 4 main branches of TCM are : Acupuncture, Herbal medicine, Tuina massage and Qigong energy practice.
Study Acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine degrees at university in Australia
Top Australian universities that offer Acupuncture or Traditional Chinese Medicine are :
Click on Australian Universities in the list below, visit faculty pages to see courses on offer :
New South Wales : NSW
- Master of Herbal Medicine degree courses at University of Sydney
- Traditional Chinese medicine degree at University of Technology, Sydney : UTS
- Bachelor of Health Science, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine at University of Western Sydney : UWS
Victoria : VIC
- Chinese Medicine and Human Biology course at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology : RMIT
Queensland : QLD
Tasmania : TAS
South Australia : SA|
Northern Territory : NT
Australian Capital Territory : ACT
