Hungry Ghosts – The Acupuncture Treatment of Addictions and Dependency - Online

In Classical Chinese medicine, dependency and addictions relate to the concept of Gui (Ghosts), which describes any compulsive behaviour that the person feels urged to maintain regardless of consequences.

In this webinar we will explore the root causes of these addictive attitudes, often related to early childhood trauma or neglect, which later lead to patterns of compensation and dependency.

Acupuncture and therapeutic strategies are proposed for helping and accompanying some of the most common addictive patterns which also include co-dependency and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Goals and learning objectives:

1. Hungry Ghosts: concept of Gui ≈ Ghosts

2. Neuro-physiology of dependency and addiction

3. Trauma & defence mechanisms in Chinese medicine

4. Extraordinary vessels and psychology; compensation issues

5. Co-dependency and addiction

6. Nicotine addiction

7. Substance addiction

8. Behavioural addiction

9. Bulimia; anorexia; orthorexia

10. Obsessive-compulsive disorders

11. Treatment strategies

12. Case studies