Live, Online Course for Acupuncturists · 4 CEU*
Integrative Treatment Strategies for Autoimmune Disease the TCM4.0+ Way
TCM4.0 and Lifestyle Medicine to Restore Immune Balance
Join Steve H. Liu, L.Ac., BSEE to explore practical autoimmune care pathways combining acupuncture, Chinese herbal formulas, photobiomodulation, and lifestyle medicine.
Live November 14, 2026
9:00 am – 1:30 pm PST
4.0 CEU
from NCCAOM or CAB*
Steve Liu, L.Ac.
Autoimmune diseases are a growing global health burden, affecting millions of people and rising in prevalence. For most conditions, there is still no cure, and many patients live with chronic symptoms, damage across multiple body systems, and reduced quality of life. Acupuncturists need practical, evidence-informed strategies to support these patients alongside their ongoing medical care.
A practical framework for complex autoimmune presentations
When a patient arrives with recurring flares, fatigue, and inflammation, you need a clear way to connect your assessment, treatment choices, and their ongoing medical care.
This course delves into protocols to apply the TCM4.0+ approach for acupuncturists addressing autoimmune conditions: bringing TCM, PBM, and lifestyle medicine together in a practical approach to autoimmune care.
Learn assessment and treatment pathways designed to calm dysregulated immune responses, reduce inflammation, and improve symptom control.
You’ll explore common autoimmune presentations, including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, and Type 1 diabetes, while considering how integrative care can work alongside conventional rheumatology and primary care.
What the TCM4.0+ Way brings together
- Traditional Chinese Medicine: TCM perspectives, diagnosis, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal formulas.
- Photobiomodulation: The evidence and biological mechanisms for PBM as an immunomodulatory adjunct within a multimodal treatment plan.
- Lifestyle medicine: Nutrition, sleep, movement, stress, and microbiome support – and their relationship to chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation.
The goal is a practical, patient-centered care pathway you can bring into clinical decision-making and coordinate with the patient’s conventional care team.
What you’ll learn
- Summarize current prevalence and trends in autoimmune disease and explain why integrative care is timely and necessary.
- Describe TCM perspectives on modern, complex autoimmune disease.
- Explain the biological mechanisms linking poor diet, microbiome dysbiosis, sleep, stress, and chronic inflammation to immune dysregulation.
- Describe the evidence and mechanisms for PBM as an immunomodulatory adjunct and its place in a multimodal plan.
- Describe a practical TCM4.0+ treatment framework combining TCM, PBM, and lifestyle medicine for common autoimmune presentations.
- Recommend a collaborative, patient-centered care pathway that integrates with conventional rheumatology and primary care.
Live course agenda
Saturday, November 14, 2026 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm PST
Four hours of instruction, plus a 30-minute break. All times below are Pacific Standard Time.
| Time (PST) | Topic |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Current status, prevalence, and causes of autoimmune diseases |
| 9:30 – 10:30 am | TCM perspectives, diagnosis, and treatment |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | Diet, microbiome dysbiosis, sleep, stress, chronic inflammation, and immune dysregulation |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Break |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | An integrative framework combining TCM, PBM, and lifestyle medicine for common autoimmune presentations |
| 1:00 – 1:30 pm | A collaborative care pathway with rheumatology and primary care |
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Get access to the live, online course: Integrative Treatment Strategies for Autoimmune Disease the TCM4.0+ Way, with Steve Liu, L.Ac., BSEE
- When: November 14, 2026, 9:00am–1:30pm PST
- Format: Live, online course
- CEUs: 4.0, approved by CAB and NCBAHM*
- Tuition: $197 (Standard) or $157.60 (ASLAT members)
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*Course Participant Attestation:
I understand that the information in this course presented by the Provider and/or Instructor(s) is for educational purposes only and should only be applied with appropriate clinical judgment and used by a trained and licensed practitioner. Governmental laws and regulations vary from region to region and the contents of this course vary in permissible usage. The participant is required to check their local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice requirements and scope of practice issues and the use of the information of this course including, but not limited to, theory, herbal medicine, and acupuncture.
I acknowledge that NCCAOM does not endorse any specific treatment regimens of any kind. Furthermore, if I use any modalities or treatments taught in this course, I agree to waive, release, indemnify, discharge, and covenant not to sue NCCAOM from and against any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action whatsoever, arising out of any injury, loss, or damage that a person may sustain related to the use of the information in this course. I understand that this Release is governed by the laws of District of Columbia, U.S.A. and shall survive the termination or expiration of this course.
Meet Steve Liu, L.Ac., BSEE
Founder of HanLin Center for Integrative Medicine and the co-creator of the FAST method
Steve Liu is a licensed acupuncturist from Tucson, Arizona. He was an electrical and laser engineer in Silicon Valley. He has combined photobiomodulation (formerly called low-level laser/LED) therapy with acupuncture to treat acute and chronic pain condition since 2000.
Steve is a member of the North American Association for photobiomoduLation Therapy since 2001 and became its president from 2008 to 2010. He was the President Emeritus of Arizona Society of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture. He also Serves as a board member of the International Society for Medical Laser Applications.
He founded American Society for Laser Acupuncture Therapy and serves as its president since 2006.
Besides practicing acupuncture, laser acupuncture, photobiomodulation therapy, Functional Medicine, and Chinese herbal medicine, Steve also coaches patients on whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. Steve is a vegan marathon runner, and he wishes to run his 100th marathon on his 100th birthday.
He has uniquely developed treatment protocols that integrate Chinese Medicine, Laser Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine to successfully treat chronic soft tissue pain, peripheral neuropathy, age-related macular degeneration, slow progression of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.