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September 9, 2025

Jump Start: Saam Acupuncture for TCM Practitioners, with Andreas Brüch

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July 22, 2024

Qiological Sponsored Saam Courses with Toby Daly

We have moved the two day courses and 90 minute Qiological Live talks on Saam with Toby to the Net of Knowledge. You'll be able to now receive CEU's for attending these on-demand offerings.

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May 30, 2024

Saam Chautauqua

Qiological is delighted to offer you this unique summertime experience. Join us for our virtual big tent revival focused on ALL THINGS Saam! We hearken back to a pre-pandemic era when you’d go to a workshop and enjoy not only the subject matter but the lively schmoozing amongst colleagues. It helped ground the material and …

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March 26, 2024

Introduction to Saam, NESA, June 2024

Learning the basics of promoting or controlling the flow of qi through the Five Phases is an elemental part of every acupuncturist's training . We learn how the antique points can be used to nudge a response or invite a different kind of resonance into a patient's life. The Korean Saam acupuncture tradition has been …

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March 20, 2024

Saam Acupuncture Tradition: Herbal Analogs for the Twelve Primary Channels, Part Two
Toby Daly

Formulating a diagnosis in the Saam system requires meticulous observation, a thorough medical interview, and a careful synthesis of these findings. These painstaking efforts allow practitioners to safely apply the potent four-point combinations of the tradition. The heavy lifting required for a correct diagnosis can not only inform our point selection but can also guide …

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February 4, 2024

Saam Acupuncture Tradition: Herbal Analogs for the Twelve Primary Channels, Part One
Toby Daly

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April 2, 2023

Qiological Live
Saam Acupuncture Tradition, Focus on Gynecology • Toby Daly

his 90 minute Qiological live discussion will begin with an overview of the Saam acupuncture tradition’s individual primary channel qualities and how they relate specifically to gynecological applications. We will look at strategies for pairing channels together if complex clinical presentations require a bilateral approach. We will then move from theory to focus on the …

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February 1, 2023

The 12 Channels of Saam: Essential Qualities

This course provides a deep dive into the nature of the 12 channels of Saam. Whether you have been practicing Saam for several years or you have just taken Saam Level 1 with Toby Daly, this class will improve your diagnostic skills and further fuel your love of this powerful system. Using Toby Daly’s teaching …

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September 11, 2022

Qiologcial Live The Bright and the Dull: Eye Observation for Saam Acupuncture with Kristin Wisgirda

Observation is a key technology of our low-tech, sophisticated medicine. Recognizing the level of brightness or dullness in the eyes is critical to accurately diagnosing the San Jiao/Liver balance in Saam. This very practical class will define what bright and dull mean specific to the Saam tradition while helping you weed out factors that are …

September 11, 2022

Saam Acupuncture, Clinical Edge Cases

This one day course provides information on recognizing and then navigating clinical edge cases that lie just outside the standard guidelines of the Saam acupuncture tradition. Case studies will be presented to illustrate clinical presentations that require the transition from clinical heuristics to the use of a unique set of guidelines. Special attention is given …

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August 11, 2022

Qiological Live
Illuminating Clinical Failures with Toby Daly

Successful case studies illustrate the critical importance of appropriate diagnosis and suitable treatment strategies. But can unsuccessful clinical interventions offer something as well? In this live discussion we will explore recent case studies from the Saam acupuncture tradition that failed to produce clinical results. These explorations will examine errors ranging from missed opportunities to misinterpreted …

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May 18, 2022

Revealing the Workings of the Saam Acupuncture Tradition Through Case Study

In this Qiological live discussion, we will examine the symptoms and signs of a recent case. Each symptom and sign will be explored in detail to determine their diagnostic salience. We will focus on navigating the difficult terrain of seeking reliable pattern constellations while avoiding apophenia. Throughout the discussion of this case a special emphasis …

February 22, 2022

Qiological Live
Saam Point Location and Needle Technique • Toby Daly

Accurate point location and appropriate needle techniques are essential aspects of the Saam acupuncture tradition. In this live discussion, we will explore best practices for ensuring correct point location. We will then look at applying the precise needle techniques required for each acupuncture point. This will be done for the supplementing four-point combinations for all …

February 10, 2022

Qiological Live
Anatomy of Meridian and Point Energetics • Thomas Sorensen

This is the third in a series of Qiological Live Sessions introducing a simple, systematic and comprehensive model for diagnosis and treatment. This model is based on classical principles, Saam Acupuncture organ relationships and Meridian Therapy diagnosis and needling techniques. In the first installment, a simple method for pulse- and abdominal diagnosis was introduced. In …

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January 29, 2022

Interviewing from the Heart
Toby Daly

The medical interview is the practicing physician’s essential tool for developing a diagnosis and establishing rapport with the patient. In this live discussion we will explore the Saam acupuncture tradition’s heart centered approach to the medical interview. These explorations will include guiding principles, techniques, and reliable questions to facilitate this approach.

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January 2, 2022

Qiological Live
Organs and Meridians, An Integration of Meridian Therapy and Saam • Thomas Sorensen

The sheer complexity of theory of how the Organs and Meridians work together to nourish and protect the body and mind can be overwhelming to think of. The theory we have been taught at school can be difficult to translate into something instantaneously useful in clinic. And at times it seems as if there is …

December 22, 2021

What I’ve Learned from Practicing Saam Acupuncture
Toby Daly

In this Qiological live event, Toby will present key concepts gleaned from his nearly twenty-five-year engagement with the Saam acupuncture tradition. These concepts will include: the benefits of clear and exact diagnosis, the preference for supplementing vs draining strategies, deep listening as a diagnostic aid as well as a treatment strategy, the importance of careful …

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October 21, 2021

Deconstructing Points Q&A and Case Consultation – Recorded Saam Discussion

Join us for this one hour session with Toby to ask questions the deconstructed point combinations now that you've had some time to work them in clinic. Or bring a case where you've used these new clinical ideas and have some questions.

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July 30, 2021

Saam Advanced Case Studies (Draining Strategies & Bilateral Combinations) – On Demand

Gain skill in using the dynamics of the four-needle technique and the elemental transport points to create safe and effective treatments. Learn to diagnose and treat through model case studies and live presentations of student cases.

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July 8, 2021

Saam Deconstructing Point Combinations

In this class we will move beyond the standard four-point combinations and begin to explore the use of deconstructed point combinations in the Saam tradition. We will identify clinical situations for modifying point combinations to more exactly match patient presentations. We will then explore the strategies the Saam tradition employs for points along the Ren …

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June 28, 2021

Further Study of Observation in the Saam Tradition

A second presentation and discussion of observation skills to assess treatment effectiveness

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June 28, 2021

Observation in the Saam Tradition

A presentation and discussion of observation skills to assess treatment effectiveness

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June 28, 2021

Saam for Self Care and Covid-19

We’re in this together. We hear this often nowadays but what does it really mean? How can we truly be in this together? How can we each care for ourselves so that we can be here better? How can we support those going through the season of coronavirus with us? Let’s explore this together from …

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June 28, 2021

Saam and Oncology

A discussion of the Saam Acupuncture in the treatment of cancer

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June 28, 2021

Saam Clinical Case Discussion Mar 2020

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June 28, 2021

Saam Clinical Case Discussion March 2019

Discussion and application of Saam acupuncture principles and practice through the lens of practitioner case presentations and questions.

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June 28, 2021

Saam Clinical Case Discussion July 2019

Discussion and application of Saam acupuncture principles and practice through the lens of practitioner case presentations and questions.

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June 28, 2021

Saam Clinical Case Discussion February 2020

Discussion and application of Saam acupuncture principles and practice through the lens of practitioner case presentations and questions.

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June 28, 2021

Saam Clinical Case Discussion, April 2019

Discussion and application of Saam acupuncture principles and practice through the lens of practitioner case presentations and questions.

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June 18, 2021

Digital Internship

The Digital Internship presents an intake, diagnosis, treatment, and discussion of a patient in real time. This presentation will allow participants to sharpen their observation skills as well as discuss with the presenter and their colleagues all aspects of a clinical encounter, from start to finish.

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June 7, 2021

Introduction to Saam, The Acupuncture of Wandering Monks

Wandering monks aren’t doctors; their job is to help alleviate suffering with whatever means they have. And some of them learned a stream of acupuncture that came from the meditative attainment of a Buddhist monk 400 years ago in Korea. Saam acupuncture relies on the dynamics of the Five Phases, but it goes beyond our …

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Description	Amount
Jump Start: Saam Acupuncture for TCM Practitioners – Payment	$250.00
Total	$250.00