Women’s Health – TCM Perspective for Health and Wellness Practitioners
A practical Traditional Chinese Medicine course exploring women’s health, life-stage changes, body constitution, menstrual wellness, emotional balance, and health betterment from the TCM perspective. Designed for wellness professionals and interested members of the public.
Course Reference Number: TGS-2023022237
Course Overview
Women’s Health – TCM Perspective for Health and Wellness Practitioners is a focused course designed to help learners understand women’s health through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In TCM, women’s health is often understood through the relationships between Qi, Blood, Essence, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, emotions, constitution, lifestyle, and life-stage changes. This course introduces learners to the core TCM concepts that can support responsible women’s wellness education and health betterment guidance.
The course is suitable for health and wellness practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of women’s wellness from a TCM perspective, including menstrual health, emotional balance, fertility-related wellness awareness, pregnancy and postnatal considerations, menopause, ageing, and daily self-care principles.
Why This Course Matters
Women’s health is not a single issue. It changes across life stages, stress levels, work demands, family responsibilities, sleep patterns, constitution, diet, emotions, and ageing. A responsible TCM perspective helps practitioners observe these patterns more holistically.
This course is not designed to replace medical care or clinical diagnosis. Its value lies in helping learners understand how TCM explains women’s wellness patterns and how health betterment principles may be communicated safely, clearly, and responsibly.
For the TCMandYou education pathway, this course strengthens the practitioner’s ability to translate TCM knowledge into practical women’s wellness education, corporate wellness programmes, community talks, and daily self-care guidance.
Course Objectives
This course aims to equip health and wellness practitioners with foundational knowledge of women’s health from the Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.
Participants will learn how TCM understands women’s body constitution, Qi and Blood, menstruation, emotional health, reproductive wellness, menopause, and lifestyle-related imbalances. The course also supports learners in applying practical health betterment principles within appropriate professional and educational boundaries.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
1. Understand Women’s Health from the TCM Perspective
Gain a structured introduction to how TCM views women’s wellness, body constitution, life-stage changes, and health betterment.
2. Understand Qi, Blood, Essence and Zang-Fu Relationships
Learn how TCM concepts such as Qi, Blood, Essence, Liver, Spleen and Kidney are commonly discussed in women’s wellness education.
3. Recognise Common Wellness Patterns
Understand general TCM pattern thinking related to menstrual wellness, fatigue, stress, emotional changes, sleep, and body constitution.
4. Appreciate Life-Stage Health Betterment
Explore TCM-informed wellness considerations across adolescence, reproductive years, pregnancy-related awareness, postnatal recovery, menopause, and ageing.
5. Apply Responsible Self-Care Guidance
Learn practical health betterment principles involving lifestyle, rest, diet, emotional regulation, acupressure awareness, and appropriate referral boundaries.
Course Details
Duration
9 hours
- 3 sessions
- 3 hours per session
Delivery Mode
- Online and/or classroom delivery
- Lecture and case analysis
- Practical wellness discussion and guided application
- Assessment of knowledge application competency where applicable
Course Fee
S$300
- SkillsFuture Credit eligible
- NTUC UTAP supported
- Includes course notes and online materials where applicable
Certificate
Certificate of Completion:
Women’s Health – TCM Perspective for Health and Wellness Practitioners
Course Contents
Module 1: Foundations of Women’s Health in TCM
- Introduction to women’s health from the Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective
- Qi, Blood, Essence, Yin-Yang and body constitution
- Key Zang-Fu relationships: Liver, Spleen, Kidney and Heart
- Understanding women’s wellness as a life-stage journey
Module 2: Common Women’s Wellness Patterns
- Menstrual wellness and cycle-related observations
- Fatigue, stress, emotions, sleep and lifestyle-related patterns
- Fertility-related wellness awareness and responsible boundaries
- Pregnancy-related and postnatal wellness considerations
Module 3: Health Betterment, Menopause and Daily Self-Care
- Menopause and ageing from the TCM wellness perspective
- Diet, rest, emotional regulation and daily health betterment principles
- Basic acupressure and lifestyle awareness for women’s wellness education
- Safety, suitability, contraindications and referral boundaries
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for learners and practitioners who wish to understand women’s wellness from the TCM perspective, including:
Health and Wellness Practitioners
Practitioners who wish to broaden their understanding of women’s wellness, health betterment, and TCM-informed education.
TCM and Complementary Health Learners
Learners interested in how TCM interprets women’s body constitution, Qi, Blood, Essence, emotions, and life-stage changes.
Yoga, Qigong and Mind-Body Instructors
Movement and wellness instructors who work with women and wish to understand TCM-informed wellness principles.
Beauty, Spa and Wellness Professionals
Professionals supporting women’s beauty, body care, relaxation, and lifestyle wellness who want a more structured TCM perspective.
Caregivers and Community Health Educators
Individuals supporting family or community wellness who wish to gain responsible knowledge of women’s health betterment.
Anyone Interested in Women’s Wellness
Learners who want to understand women’s health and life-stage changes through a practical TCM wellness lens.
Facilitator / Trainer
Dr Clement Ng Shin Kiat
Dr Clement Ng Shin Kiat is a registered Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and Doctor of Medicine in TCM from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. He is actively involved in TCM education, clinical practice, standards development, and professional wellness training.
- Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner
- Doctor of Medicine in TCM, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
- Chairman, Technical Committee on Complementary Medicine & Health Products
- President, Singapore Acupuncture Association
- Head of Delegation, Singapore, ISO/TC 249 Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Executive Director, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies 5th Executive Council
- Vice President, WFCMS Standard Construction Committee
- Committee Member, WFAS Standardization Working Committee
- ACTA Certified
Supporting Women’s Wellness with Responsible TCM Education
This course helps practitioners and learners understand women’s wellness in a more structured and holistic way. It connects TCM theory with daily health betterment, emotional care, life-stage awareness, and responsible self-care guidance.
For the TCMandYou education pathway, this course can support future public talks, women’s wellness programmes, corporate wellness initiatives, community education, and practitioner development.
Important Note
This course is designed for education, wellness development, and foundational understanding of women’s health from the TCM perspective. It does not replace medical diagnosis, gynaecological care, fertility treatment, pregnancy care, mental health care, nutritional therapy, or professional healthcare advice. For serious, persistent, worsening, acute, pregnancy-related, postnatal, medication-related, fertility-related, menstrual, menopausal, mental health, or complex health concerns, participants and clients should consult qualified healthcare professionals.
Register for the Course
Learn how TCM explains women’s wellness, body constitution, Qi, Blood, life-stage changes, emotional balance, and daily health betterment through this practitioner-focused course.
Course fee: S$300 | SkillsFuture Credit eligible | NTUC UTAP supported
Course Reference Number: TGS-2023022237