The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder with Chinese Medicine

Treating the Extremes: Chinese Medicine Approaches to Bipolar Disorder

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Taking this course you will

Apply specific acupuncture strategies and key point protocols
Prescribe herbal formulas for complex emotional conditions
Strategize long-term care for sensitive or resistant patients

Recognize the Western and Chinese medicine perspectives on bipolar disorder
Understand the classical disease of Dian Kuang and its application to modern cases
Diagnose key patterns behind manic and depressive phases

Gain the tools to treat bipolar disorder with clarity, compassion, and confidence.

Join practitioners worldwide applying the wisdom of Chinese medicine to one of the most complex conditions of our time.

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Course Overview

What do you do when a patient swings from deep depression to overwhelming agitation—and nothing seems to bring stability?

In Western medicine, this is bipolar disorder. In Chinese medicine, it echoes the ancient disease pattern known as Dian Kuang—translated as “dullness and raving” or “mania and withdrawal.”

In this in-depth course, you’ll learn how to bridge modern diagnosis with traditional understanding to offer grounded, effective treatment.

COURSE TOPICS

You will explore:

The roots and pathology of Dian Kuang
Pattern differentiation for both Dian (depression) and Kuang (mania)
Treatment principles using acupuncture and herbal medicine
Patterns including:
- Qi stagnation with Phlegm
- Heart and Spleen Deficiency
- Fire injuring Yin
- Gallbladder-Liver Fire
- Phlegm obstructing the Heart orifices
- Acupuncture points for treating manic states

For each pattern, the treatment with herbal medicine will be discussed. Particular emphasis is laid on how to strategize the treatment to treat the depressive and manic side of this disease. Apart from the acupuncture treatment according to patterns, a section of the course will also discuss the main acupuncture points for the treatment of mania.

Whether you’ve seen patients with formal bipolar diagnoses or simply those struggling with intense emotional swings—this course will help you approach them with clarity, confidence, and clinical skill.

Important Note on Medical Context:

This class was recorded a number of years ago. While the teachings on Chinese medicine remain timeless and clinically valuable, please note that some references to Western psychiatric terms or frameworks may reflect the understanding and language current at the time of recording. These do not always align with the most current psychiatric classifications or person-centered terminology used today.

We encourage viewers to approach this material as a historical and integrative perspective—and to complement it with updated biomedical knowledge where relevant.

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Unlimited Access & CEUS

This course will be availble for you for up to 7 years. See more on our Terms of Use page.

We encourage you to return to courses again and again as learning continues and in each view, we learn and understand new things.

CEU/PDA/CPD requirements need to be completed within 1 year of the purchase. You are advised to print and save your certificate for your own records. and in accordance with your association requirements.

Members of NCCAOM & Florida, need to fill in a form after completing their courses in order for us to submit the points.