Richter Smart Acupuncture

Diagnose. Needle. Retest.

Precise diagnosis. Targeted acupuncture.

Every course gives you at least one acupuncture skill you can use with your next patient.

In each course a clear diagnostic sign tells you where to treat, and the treatment uses only the points that sign calls for. I teach only what I use with my own patients in a busy clinic in Poland.

  • 25 years of acupuncture practice
  • 500+ practitioners trained in 17 countries
  • 14-day guarantee on every course

Where to start

Pick the patient you want to help next. Each line takes you to the course built for that situation.

Pain or tension that limits how a patient movesThe Chain → You want the pulse to tell you where to treatPulse Diagnosis → A nervous system that needs to come back to balanceDynamic Acupuncture → A patient stuck in high gearBack Shu Points → A symptom that returns at the same hour of the dayThe Organ Clock → A patient who reacts to stress the same way every timeStrong and Weak Meridians → Treatment fitted to the person, from the date of birthStems and Branches → Choosing the right five element pointFive Elements in the Pulse → Excess and deficiency in the same patient2-Point Acupuncture → Point combinations on paired meridiansLuo Points →

Diagnosis by movement

The painful movement shows you the meridian

For pain and movement disorders. You test the movement before and after two points, and the patient feels the difference in their own body.

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The Chain: Movement Diagnosis and Two-Point Treatment

This course teaches you to treat movement disorders: pain and tension that limit how a patient moves. You find the cause by analyzing the painful movement in six phases, and you treat it with two precisely chosen acupuncture points.

Diagnosis
Movement analysis in six phases for each region of the body. The phase that fails shows you the sinew meridian.
Treatment
Two points on that meridian.
Result
The change is often felt within a minute, before the patient gets up. You confirm it by repeating the same movement test.

16 video lessons, about 70 minutes, a printable workbook.

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Diagnosis by the pulse

The pulse tells you where to treat, and confirms the change

Pulse Diagnosis is the foundation. The other four courses in this group build on the same twelve positions.

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Pulse Diagnosis: The Twelve Positions

This course teaches you to read the pulse in twelve positions and turn what you feel into a treatment decision.

Diagnosis
Twelve positions on the wrist, each assessed for strength, tension and filling.
Treatment
What to strengthen first and what to reduce, in what order.
Result
You check the same position after needling and feel whether the treatment changed it.

17 video lessons, just over one hour, a printable workbook.

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Dynamic Acupuncture: How to Use the Yuan Points

This course teaches you to regulate the nervous system with the yuan source points.

Diagnosis
The pulse in twelve positions: which one is the weakest right now. That is where you start.
Treatment
Yuan source points that bring the nervous system back to its baseline settings.
Result
Patients often feel the change after a few minutes. You confirm it with a re-test and on the pulse.

8 lessons with filmed sessions from the clinic and the workshop, a cheat sheet, an 18-page workbook.

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Back Shu Points: Wei Qi, the Pulse and the Overstimulated Patient

This course teaches you to calm a patient stuck in high gear.

Diagnosis
Two pulse signs show you the level of the agitation.
Treatment
One level of back shu points chosen for this patient, with one Du Mai point between them.
Result
Signs on the table that wei qi has settled, often during the same visit.

9 lessons from a live webinar, about 45 minutes. The first two lessons are free to watch.

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Five Elements in the Pulse: Reading the Constitution

This course teaches you to feel a patient's dominant element in the pulse and use it to choose the five element point.

Diagnosis
The dominant element, felt in the pulse as one of five distinct sensations.
Treatment
On the meridian you want to strengthen, the point that balances the dominant element.
Example
Excess water with a weak small intestine leads you to SI 5, SI 8 or SI 3.

5 lessons, 17 minutes. The first two lessons are free to watch.

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2-Point Acupuncture: Excess and Deficiency in Two Needles

This course teaches you to treat excess and deficiency with two needles: one point reduces the excess, the other strengthens the deficiency behind it.

Diagnosis
The excess the patient shows you, and the deficiency behind it at one of four levels.
Treatment
Two points, one for each side of the imbalance.
Result
You feel the change in the pulse during the treatment, and patients often feel it on the table.

6 video lessons, 29 minutes, the course script with all the balancing tables.

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Diagnosis by time and date of birth

The hour of a symptom and the date of birth point to the meridian

Treatment fitted to the rhythm and constitution of one particular patient.

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The Organ Clock: Treating Symptoms That Keep an Hour

This course teaches you to treat symptoms that come back at the same hour of the day.

Diagnosis
The hour a symptom appears points to a meridian on the 24-hour cycle.
Treatment
Two points: one tonifying, one reducing, added to the treatment you already give.
Result
The hour itself shows you whether the treatment worked.

5 lessons, about 15 minutes, a printable point table. The first lesson is free to watch.

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Strong and Weak Meridians: The Patient Who Reacts to Stress the Same Way Every Time

This course teaches you to read a patient's strong and weak meridian from the year of birth and know where to start.

Diagnosis
The strong sign shows what the patient overuses under stress. The weak sign shows where to start.
Direction
A few minutes of history-taking and you know which meridian to work on.
For the patient
A simple daily exercise for each of the twelve signs, small enough that patients actually do it.

12 video lessons, about 75 minutes. The first lesson is free to watch.

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Stems and Branches Acupuncture: The Complete System

This course teaches you to treat the whole person by reading a birth chart on four levels. The pulse confirms which level needs work today, and each level has its own points.

Read
A date of birth gives you four levels of the chart: the great movement, the stem, the branch and the division.
Treat
The pulse tells you which level to work on today, and you choose the points for that level.
Advise
For every element, stem and branch you hear what I tell the patient, so they leave with one thing to practice.

77 lessons, 10.7 hours, in six modules. Take the full course or start with one module.

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Point combinations

Paired meridians and the signs of a good treatment

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Luo Points: Point Combinations and the Luo Cycle of Consciousness

This course teaches you to combine Luo and Yuan points on paired meridians, and to recognize the signs of a good treatment while the patient is still on the table.

The patient
The twelve Luo meridians as stages of consciousness, and what excess and deficiency of each look like in a patient.
Treatment
The Luo point for each stage, and five ways to combine Luo points with each other and with Yuan and Xi-Cleft points.

9 lessons from a live webinar, about 85 minutes, the slides as a PDF.

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How well does it work?

Sometimes acupuncture creates change during the treatment itself, though not in every patient. That is why most methods come with their own check, done in the same visit, so you see the result instead of hoping for it.

The movementThe same movement test, repeated after two points.
The pulseThe same position, felt again after needling.
The tableSigns that the treatment has landed while the patient is still lying down.
The hourThe symptom's own time of day shows whether it changed.
“I believe you can learn pulse diagnosis from an online course, although I used to think it was impossible.”Iwona · Pulse Diagnosis
“The online format is enough.”Tomek · Pulse Diagnosis
“Thanks to this course, everything I knew finally came together.”Bartosz S. · Stems and Branches
“After this course, acupuncture will never be the same again.”Sylwia D. · Stems and Branches

These students took the same courses in Polish. The English versions are dubbed with an AI version of my own voice, with English subtitles throughout.

Use it with your patients for 14 days

If a course does not help you in practice, write one email within 14 days and you get a full refund.

If you are not sure where to begin: for pain and movement, start with The Chain. For everything that works through the pulse, start with Pulse Diagnosis.

The Chain Pulse Diagnosis

Dr. Michal Richter, MD · About me

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