Oriental Therapy in the UK

14/03/2008 by Maria.

Cultural and clinical acupuncture experience in China

I have just returned from taking a group of my acupuncture students to China.

We all travelled to the hospital in Jinan where really serious acupuncture and Tui Na can be seen in action. This is the teaching hospital of the Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine – (TCM ) I am delighted that they have entered into a formal association with us.
Believe me, their new campus is quite fabulous - really state of the art.

Can you imagine 11,000 students plugging into their heritage and learning TCM. These people study acupuncture, Tui Na, Herbs, martial arts, qigong and diet.

My students revelled in the clinical experience. They were amazed at the variety of conditions being treated and the sheer numbers of patients passing through. Here in England, patients often expect one or two treatments to cure their problems. Not so in Jinan. The patients have a serious commitment to getting better and are happy to have 20, 30 or more sessions of treatment to get better. And they pay for it as well!

I long ago came to the conclusion that acupuncture is the only real alternative to drug therapy. It works well and the Chinese certainly know it. They use it as frequently as we in the West take pain killers !!!! I have been having acupuncture for my hip problem and energies almost as often as they do.

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