Autoimmune Series - Full Course
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Course: Autoimmune Series - Crohn’s Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Instructor: Ivan Zavala Target Audience: Acupuncturists and CM practitioners/students Duration: 1 class (3 hours total) Language: English Dates: June 2, August 18, November 24 of 2025, and February 9 and May 11 of 2026, at 7 pm (Lisbon / London Time) Location: Zoom Online classes Minimum number required of enrolled students: 20 This 5-course program, if taken in its entirety, offers a comprehensive approach to autoimmunity. Not only will CM approaches be discussed, but the effects of Western treatments and their physiological impact on the disease will also be analyzed. The most common autoimmune treatments include long-term steroids, biologics, and immunosuppressants, which alter the course of treatment and its outcomes. Instructor: Ivan Zavala, founder of Cloudgate Acupuncture, specializes in autoimmune diseases and internal medicine. Former Department Head at Chicago College of Oriental Medicine, he developed and taught advanced herbalism, acupuncture methodologies, and diagnostics. As an international lecturer in Latin America and Europe, he focuses on Shang Han Za Bing Lun and Classical acupuncture, treating severe and complex diseases using insights from Chinese medical classics. General goals: - Learn CM equivalents of different autoimmune diseases - Understand the Pathophysiology of Autoimmunity - Understanding the pathophysiology of different autoimmune diseases Specific goals: - Learn specific strategies in sequential order for the treatment of autoimmunity - Understand the different presentations of the same autoimmune condition and how to approach them - Learn protocols that can be individualized and the logic behind them, as autoimmune diseases cannot have a cookie-cutter approach Program: - Rheumatoid Arthritis & Fibromyalgia - Lupus Erythematosus & Sjogren Syndrome - Multiple Sclerosis & Myasthenia Gravis - Scleroderma, Granuloma, Psoriasis & Reynaud - Chron's disease & Ulcerative Colitis Certification: At the end of the course, a training certificate will be issued with the number of hours spent, if the student attended at least 80% of the live classes. This course will be recorded and you will have lifetime access to it.
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