Philip Trubshaw MSc, PGdip, BSc MRCHM MBAcC
I decided to study Chinese Medicine in 2008, now over a decade later I have years of clinical experience working across a broad spectrum of health concerns with people in Greater Manchester. As a clinician, I focus on treating internal and external conditions utilising the broad scope of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I have continued in academia, researching Chinese Herbal Medicine with a special interest in how herbs affect the brain and psychology. My academic work extends to teaching Philosophy and Context and Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Northern College of Acupuncture in York. I am particularly interested in how classical Chinese philosophical thinking can inform modern clinical practice.
I grew up in the countryside of Staffordshire, with a family of keen gardeners, who loved cooking and eating nice food and the great outdoors. As my interests developed I trained to be a chef and developed an interest in natural remedies and martial arts, the progression to studying acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine felt like a natural one.
I began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester, graduating with a BSc honours degree. I then studied Tui Na Massage with one of my supervisors John Gradwell, at his clinic in Stockport, achieving a postgraduate diploma. This was followed by the study of Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Northern College of Acupuncture in York where I achieved a post graduate diploma before going on to carry out research into the psychopharmacology of a category of herbs which traditionally influence the mind or shen. I completed my MSc study in 2020.
During my time studying Chinese Herbal Medicine I became the stream leader and principal lecturer of Philosophy and Context on the acupuncture course at the Northern College of Acupuncture. Having completed my studies I also began lecturing in Chinese Herbal Medicine and am now module leader for Herbs and Formulas and Managing Diseases and Conditions and lecture in several area including treatment of Headaches and Migraines and Emotional Disorders with Chinese Herbal Medicine
I currently practice acupuncture and Chinese medicine at the Manchester Movement Unit, part of Manchester Metropolitan University in Hulme where I have a general practice accepting people for support with a range of ailments and illnesses.
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