Essential Oil Acutherapy for Children
Date(s): 16 October 2025
Time: 10am - 5pm
Eligibility: Qualified acupuncturists
Venue: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading
Essential oils are a non-invasive, well-tolerated and extremely effective way of addressing common imbalances in children. As acupuncturists, we can use essential oils on acupuncture points and channels. This provides an instant synergy beyond what acupuncture and herbal medicine can each provide separately.
During the day, we will look at how to use essential oils in your practice safely according to their Chinese medicine properties. You will leave confident to incorporate essential oils into your practice in order to support children with conditions we commonly see in clinic, including:
- Digestive issues
- Respiratory and allergic conditions
- Mental-emotional difficulties
Essential oil acutherapy is a wonderful way to begin working with children. They have a rapid and profound effect on different levels of qi: wei, ying and yuan, as well as on the shen/spirit. We will explore and get to know a key collection of the most commonly used oils. Children will love their treatments and you will be amazed by your outcomes!
Rebecca teaches paediatrics both at undergraduate and post-graduate level, in the UK, online and internationally. Her clinical work is solely with children, both in her private paediatric practice and a low-cost community clinic for children. She is the author of the textbook Acupuncture for Babies, Children and Teenagers, which is now used in colleges all over the world. She has also written a book for parents and practitioners called Chinese Medicine for Childhood Anxiety and Depression. Rebecca is also the founder of The Hub Of Paediatric Acupuncture – an online, worldwide community for paediatric acupuncturists. Rebecca is known for her clear and warm teaching, which is informed by her experience of working with hundreds of children and their families.
