Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 <<Someone pointed out that TCM practitioners in China can prescribe antibiotics. Do they do so based on the system of thought that proposes that infections are a result of bacterial attack and therefore an agent is required to battle this bug or do they do so thinking in terms of the cold nature of the agent, from a TCM point of view? >> TCM in China is in a sorry state. While it is obviously possible to find very good practitioners, the Universities do their best to educate a new generation of " Zhong-Xi Yi Jiehe " (Combination of Western and Chinese Medicine), which results mainly in students in e.g. the Beijing University of Traditional having to take up to 60% courses in Western Medicine. The outcome of this policy is: Western diagnosis and Chinese herbs. Or, as above, western diagnosis and Western drugs. When I did my clinical practice for acupuncture in the Dongzhimen hospital, I found many doctors not even feeling the pulse and placing needles " as in the book " , meaning according to fixed needle prescriptions without any changes according to the individual case. Then again, there are brilliant doctors. But they are mostly the old generation. Dagmar **************************************** ACUPUNCTURE courses & clinics in Beijing Hospitals. For more information, contact dagmar-riley **************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2000 Report Share Posted June 4, 2000 Dagmar, There seems to be something downright curious about you blasting Chinese medical education in China with broad generalities about what the Universities do. There are at last count three TCM universities in China, one in Beijing, one in Shanghai, and one in Chengdu. There are another thirty or so colleges and scores of other level institutes and training organizations. Are you familiar with the work being done at all of these? Are they all in a sorry state? Or are you only describing those ACUPUNCTURE courses & clinics in Beijing Hospitals for which you provide further information? I really don't get it. Is this reverse psychology advertising? General Maneuver > TCM in China is in a sorry state. While it is obviously possible to find > very good practitioners, the Universities do their best to educate a new > generation of " Zhong-Xi Yi Jiehe " (Combination of Western and Chinese > Medicine), which results mainly in students in e.g. the > Beijing University of Traditional having to take up to 60% > courses in Western Medicine. The outcome of this policy is: Western > diagnosis and Chinese herbs. Or, as above, western diagnosis and Western > drugs. When I did my clinical practice for acupuncture in the Dongzhimen > hospital, I found many doctors not even feeling the pulse and placing > needles " as in the book " , meaning according to fixed needle prescriptions > without any changes according to the individual case. Then again, there are > brilliant doctors. But they are mostly the old generation. > Dagmar > > **************************************** > ACUPUNCTURE courses & clinics in Beijing Hospitals. > For more information, contact > dagmar-riley > **************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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