Addiction: Drs Wen & Patterson

August 25, 2005

Hi & All, & Doc,

Doc wrote:

> Modern TCM treatments for addiction stem from the treament of former

> Kuo Min Tong soldiers who were opium addicts. When they joined the

> Maoist 8th route army and were later wounded it was dicovered that

> patients who recieved Ac analgesia had a lessened drug craving. Later

> Drs at Kwang Wah developed a further refined protocol and from this

> the current Lincoln Hospital / NADA protocol was developed.

The first publication on AP / Electro-AP in addiction that I know was by

Drs HL Wen & SYC Cheung, Neurosurgical Unit, Kwong Wah Hospital,

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Howloon, Hong Kong : Treatment of

drug addiction by acupuncture and electrical stimulating. (1973) Asian J.

Dr. Meg (Margaret) Patterson worked with Dr. Wen in HK. When she

returned to UK, she developed the method further, using ball-electrodes

on the ear, or electrodes attached to the mastoid area.

She described her methods in Patterson,M.A. (1975) " Addictions can be

cured " . The Treatment of Drug Addictions by Neuro-electric Stimulation.

Berkhamstad, Herts, UK: Lion Publications and personal communication

(1975-1980).

Meg ran a clinic in UK for addicts. Unfortunately, she died recently after

a long illness.

See: http://tinyurl.com/976yj Effects of neuro-electric therapy (N.E.T.) in

drug addiction: interim report Sections Abstract Discussion Details

Author: Margaret A. PATTERSON, Pages: 55 to 62 Creation Date:

1976/01/01 Effects of neuro-electric therapy (N.E.T.) in drug addiction:

interim report Margaret A. PATTERSON,1 M.B.E., F.R.C.S.E.,

M.B.Ch.B. London, England

Best regards,

Tel: (H): +353-(0) or (M): +353-(0)

Ireland.

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