The Skeptic’s Look at Acupuncture

Great post! I think Will Morris is just great and does a tremendous service to our profession, don’t you? I’m looking forward to reading more from you.
Thank you.
Tamara ZumMallen, Licensed Acupuncturist
Beverly Hills, CA

Thanks Tamara! I appreciate your comment, and will keep an eye out for Will Morris doing more with CAM in the future.
-amy

I studied TCM at Beijing University, where I lived for 6 years. I am fluent in Chinese and was the only Caucasian (or non-Chinese for that matter) in my class of 41 students. Although China has gone through major social changes throughout its long history, the foundational philosophies of Yin-yang, Wu-xing and Jing-qi-shen are still alive and well in the culture today; they are not, however, associated with spirituality or religion as much as they are simply the underpinnings of the Chinese world-view. TCM is a science in its own right, based on natural laws, just as is Western science. It is simply the way of conceptualizing that makes them different. TCM has always been an applied science. I feel it is important for practitioners of TCM to portray the medicine from its strong points of radial thinking and synthetic analysis, rather than a more nebulous spiritual viewpoint.
Warren Fischer, Dr. TCM
Dean, Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences http://www.acos.org

I agree that there are many different aspects of TCM, and that it is important for both practitioners and patients to see all of them. Thank you for your comment.