Re: Not so fun! TCM Acupuncture Textbook is mistranslated

[Dave Paris <dparis () w3works com>]

This does not surprise me in the least.  I've been an advocate of 
acupuncture since my first session 16 years ago.  I've been to Korean, 
Chinese, and American practitioners.  (in NY, all must be state licensed)

I have /NEVER/ had a good experience with a Western-trained 
practitioner.  At this point, I will only go to a multi-disciplined 
Chinese practitioner - one with both formal medical training and classic 
Eastern acupuncture training.  My current (and will be for as long as 
he's in practice) is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon (and former 
head of the Orthopedic Department when he was a surgeon in China) and 
has exceptional talent with acupuncture.  His wife is also a formally 
trained herbologist - they make an exceptional combination.  The Korean 
practitioner I went to was trained in China and was rather good, but not 
as good as the one I have now.

The fact that there is a mistranslation is quite understandable.  Many 
of the Chinese medical texts are written in *classic* Chinese (as would 
be written/spoken in Taiwan), and *not* the current "simplified" Chinese 
that mainland China uses now.  As a medical practitioner, my 
acupuncturist was required to take a *two year* course on learning 
classic Chinese so he could fully understand the material.  (ironically, 
we were just discussing this at my last session)

He's trained me to the point where I have my own set of needles and 
electro-stimulator (the same make and model used by trained 
practitioners, not some knock-off PoC), so if need be, I can perform 
_VERY_ simple procedures *ON MYSELF* (I would _never_ touch another 
person) and hit the correct spots accurately with the correct needle 
depth (up to a 2", 34ga needle fully inserted in the anterior section of 
my leg, just below the knee, above the calf and slightly to the outside. 
 This, in combination with other placements, does a wonderful job of 
freeing up a shoulder that tends to bind occasionally from an old 
injury).  That takes some getting used to, but by-and-large, like any 
other needle placement, it's painless past that first little prick.  I 
would *NOT* recommend doing this unless your acupuncturist has sat with 
you *many* times, watching your meridian point detection and needle 
placement, until he is satisfied you will not cause yourself harm. (and 
no, he does not provide the needles - I procure those on my own)

Caveat Pincushion! ;-)

Best~
-dsp

Robert Kim Wireless Internet Advisor wrote:
> I'm a wireless network integrator with a passion for all things
> natural healing... I just got back from a TCM Acupuncture class and
> was told that the main textbook for all acupuncture schools in english
> speaking countries is mistranslated! Scary! Spreading the word...
>
> videos: 
> http://www.meditation-mantra.com/tcm-acupuncture-moxibustion-five-elements-errors.html 
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