Unity in Diversity

[Guest guest]

Greg,

 

Thanks for your comments, it is not my intention to indicated that Five

Element Acupuncture is any way superior to TCM. To me, it is ALL Acupuncture

and really should not be separated. There are so many ways of interpreting

what we see, hear, touch...and they are all valid. I guess this was just a

knee-jerk response to attacks on Dr. Worsley's approach. In Hawaii, a

dominant TCM environment, not Five Element theory, but Dr.Worsley's Five

Element is sometimes attacked, I believe a bit unjustly, by those not

familar with his work.

 

Janine

[Guest guest]

>Thanks for your comments, it is not my intention to indicated that Five

>Element Acupuncture is any way superior to TCM. To me, it is ALL Acupuncture

>and really should not be separated. There are so many ways of interpreting

>what we see, hear, touch...and they are all valid. I guess this was just a

>knee-jerk response to attacks on Dr. Worsley's approach. In Hawaii, a

>dominant TCM environment, not Five Element theory, but Dr.Worsley's Five

>Element is sometimes attacked, I believe a bit unjustly, by those not

>familar with his work.

 

 

And my intention was definitely not to attack Five-Element Acupuncture,

an approach which I have a great deal of respect for. I sometimes get a

knee-jerk reaction too. One time a massage-therapist friend of mine, who

had never received an acupuncture treatment, attended a weekend workshop

given by a 5-E practitioner for massage therapists. My friend returned

from the seminar and lectured me on how there was this special kind of

acupuncture called Five-element that actually worked on an emotional

level, not just treating pain, and was based on patterns found in nature.

Of course I was a bit miffed and tried to explain to her that what she

was describing was true of all acupuncture, not just 5-E. I encounter

this mentality from time to time and sometimes become defensive around

it. Sorry if I put you, or anyone else on the defensive.

 

--Greg