http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/11/medical-acupuncture-courses-are-not-producing-fully-trained-acupuncturists/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:43:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/11/medical-acupuncture-courses-are-not-producing-fully-trained-acupuncturists/comment-page-1/#comment-99 GOFORTH Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:22:08 +0000 http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/?p=130#comment-99 I love Missouri, there are more Chiro's doing acupuncture than there are licensed L.Ac's. D.C's own it! You jealous bastards !!! I love Missouri, there are more Chiro’s doing acupuncture than there are licensed L.Ac’s.
D.C’s own it! You jealous bastards !!!

]]> http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/11/medical-acupuncture-courses-are-not-producing-fully-trained-acupuncturists/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Trevor Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:57:43 +0000 http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/?p=130#comment-36 There is a case for international as well as national standards for acupuncture and other forms of alternative or complementary medicine There is a case for international as well as national standards for acupuncture and other forms of alternative or complementary medicine

]]> http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/2008/12/11/medical-acupuncture-courses-are-not-producing-fully-trained-acupuncturists/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Karen Lynette Bauer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:32:21 +0000 http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com/?p=130#comment-31 Yes, I don't believe they should be allowed to practice with such a short course. That doesn't even give them time to understand the most basic underpinnings of the paradigm upon which acupuncture is based. How can you possibly use it effectively without fully understanding Oriental medical theory? It's impossible. They might be able to practice some very shallow techniques, based strictly on formulas, what I call "cookbook medicine," but since that is the sort of medicine most physicians practice, I suppose it's not surprising they think nothing of practicing something they barely understand. I can talk about this because not only was my father a physician, so is my brother, and several of my cousins, and virtually all of my high school friends and half of my college friends. There is an arrogance to MDs that is unwarranted. They may know anatomy and physiology, but they really understand nothing else. Chinese medicine is a broad and deep subject, going back 5,000 years, and while TCM is a simplification of this tradition, it is still based on this ancient and highly developed and long-recorded medicine. There is no way they could have more than a superficial understanding of the use of acupuncture points in only 300 hours of coursework. Ridiculous! Yes, I don’t believe they should be allowed to practice with such a short course. That doesn’t even give them time to understand the most basic underpinnings of the paradigm upon which acupuncture is based. How can you possibly use it effectively without fully understanding Oriental medical theory? It’s impossible. They might be able to practice some very shallow techniques, based strictly on formulas, what I call “cookbook medicine,” but since that is the sort of medicine most physicians practice, I suppose it’s not surprising they think nothing of practicing something they barely understand. I can talk about this because not only was my father a physician, so is my brother, and several of my cousins, and virtually all of my high school friends and half of my college friends. There is an arrogance to MDs that is unwarranted. They may know anatomy and physiology, but they really understand nothing else. Chinese medicine is a broad and deep subject, going back 5,000 years, and while TCM is a simplification of this tradition, it is still based on this ancient and highly developed and long-recorded medicine. There is no way they could have more than a superficial understanding of the use of acupuncture points in only 300 hours of coursework. Ridiculous!

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