This does not surprise me in the least. I've been an advocate of
acupuncture since my first session 16 years ago. I've been to Korean,
Chinese, and American practitioners. (in NY, all must be state licensed)
I have /NEVER/ had a good experience with a Western-trained
practitioner. At this point, I will only go to a multi-disciplined
Chinese practitioner - one with both formal medical training and classic
Eastern acupuncture training. My current (and will be for as long as
he's in practice) is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon (and former
head of the Orthopedic Department when he was a surgeon in China) and
has exceptional talent with acupuncture. His wife is also a formally
trained herbologist - they make an exceptional combination. The Korean
practitioner I went to was trained in China and was rather good, but not
as good as the one I have now.
The fact that there is a mistranslation is quite understandable. Many
of the Chinese medical texts are written in *classic* Chinese (as would
be written/spoken in Taiwan), and *not* the current "simplified" Chinese
that mainland China uses now. As a medical practitioner, my
acupuncturist was required to take a *two year* course on learning
classic Chinese so he could fully understand the material. (ironically,
we were just discussing this at my last session)
He's trained me to the point where I have my own set of needles and
electro-stimulator (the same make and model used by trained
practitioners, not some knock-off PoC), so if need be, I can perform
_VERY_ simple procedures *ON MYSELF* (I would _never_ touch another
person) and hit the correct spots accurately with the correct needle
depth (up to a 2", 34ga needle fully inserted in the anterior section of
my leg, just below the knee, above the calf and slightly to the outside.
This, in combination with other placements, does a wonderful job of
freeing up a shoulder that tends to bind occasionally from an old
injury). That takes some getting used to, but by-and-large, like any
other needle placement, it's painless past that first little prick. I
would *NOT* recommend doing this unless your acupuncturist has sat with
you *many* times, watching your meridian point detection and needle
placement, until he is satisfied you will not cause yourself harm. (and
no, he does not provide the needles - I procure those on my own)
Caveat Pincushion! ;-)
Best~
-dsp
Robert Kim Wireless Internet Advisor wrote:
I'm a wireless network integrator with a passion for all things
natural healing... I just got back from a TCM Acupuncture class and
was told that the main textbook for all acupuncture schools in english
speaking countries is mistranslated! Scary! Spreading the word...
videos:
http://www.meditation-mantra.com/tcm-acupuncture-moxibustion-five-elements-errors.html
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