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- From: phoffman@orac.holonet.net (Paul E. Hoffman)
- Subject: Re: TCM
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 02:41:30 GMT
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- cycy+@cs.cmu.edu (Cowboy) writes:
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- >As a start, I want to point out the accupunture is a technique of Traditional
- >Chinese Medicine, not separate from it.
- Quite right. In fact, most US acupuncturists would say that they practice
- traditional Chinese medicine, not something called "acupuncture." For
- example, most of them use herbs as much (if not more) than needles for
- common problems.
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- >Also included would be different types
- >of massage and Chinese herbal formulae. It is a system which is in common use
- >throughout Asia, including in Japan, along with western medicine, and I believe
- >it is the oldest medical system in existence. It can also be very complicated.
- Some would argue about "oldest", but some would argue about anything. :-)
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- >>Paul Hoffman
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