Chinese/Oriental Medicine Practitioner

Duties and responsibilities:

 Chinese or oriental medicine is one of the very old types of medicine in the world. This type of medicine restores health and balance by treating illnesses and diseases through; acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, oriental nutrition and dietary therapy, tuina or oriental bodywork, also tai chi and qi gong.

Salary: $52,000 a year

Education:

·        Bachelor’s  Degree

·        Associate’s Degree

·        3 years acupuncture education

·        4 years of combination acupuncture and oriental medicine

·        Master’s degree

·        Learn Chinese and Korean

·        Graduate from AOM school

I would not want to be a acupuncture/oriental medicine practitioner because I would feel like once I do the acupuncture I will mess up using the needles and hurting the patient.