tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1250480 2008-07-10T09:25:32-07:00 History, research and practical application of traditional Chinese medicine. TypePad tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-32106 2009-12-01T12:00:32-07:00 2009-12-01T12:00:07-07:00

One reason I admire Mr. Zion Yu is that he is able to treat extremely complicated cases very simply and directly. His life-long study of acupuncture has led him to many discoveries and inventive ways to share this healing system. Zion has worked diligently at eliminating meridian theory and replacing it with nerve theory. This allows modern medical doctors to relate to the mechanism of acupuncture much more easily. This interview is excerpted from a medical memoir about Zion Yu entitled Welcome the Pain: Transformation with a Master.

By Jennifer Waters, LAc, Dipl. Ac One reason I admire Mr. Zion Yu is that he is able to treat extremely complicated cases very simply and directly. His life-long study of acupuncture has led him to many discoveries and inventive ways to share this healing system. Zion has worked diligently at eliminating meridian theory and replacing it with nerve theory. This allows modern medical doctors to relate to the mechanism of acupuncture much more easily. This interview is excerpted from a medical memoir about Zion Yu entitled Welcome the Pain: Transformation with a Master. tag:mpamedia.com,2008:post-32074 2009-11-01T12:00:32-07:00 2009-11-01T12:00:07-07:00

After reading "Is Most of Acupuncture Research a Sham?" in the August 2009 issue, I feel compelled to respond. I was disappointed in the emotional tone of Dr. Amaro's article. Instead of the article being a scholarly critique of the study's design flaws and offering suggestions for improvement, it sounded like complaining about how Western researchers "don't get it." I see this same reaction among my peers in the research course at my school. While I strongly believe in the role of vigorous debate and constructive criticism to push research to the highest level, I think the overall negative attitude towards Western medical institutions doing this type of research hinders our field more than it helps.

By Ann M. Deas, MSPH After reading "Is Most of Acupuncture Research a Sham?" in the August 2009 issue, I feel compelled to respond. I was disappointed in the emotional tone of Dr. Amaro's article. Instead of the article being a scholarly critique of the study's design flaws and offering suggestions for improvement, it sounded like complaining about how Western researchers "don't get it." I see this same reaction among my peers in the research course at my school. While I strongly believe in the role of vigorous debate and constructive criticism to push research to the highest level, I think the overall negative attitude towards Western medical institutions doing this type of research hinders our field more than it helps.