Having traveled throughout China to the point he has lost count of just how many places he has visited, Michael Cherney enjoys nothing more than capturing snapshots of the country s natural landscapes on black and white film.
/PRNewswire/ The College of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) introduces a Master of Acupuncture (MAc) degree.
/PRNewswire/ The College of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) introduces a Master of Acupuncture (MAc) degree.
In mid-February 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, Liu Lihong, a slight man with a wispy beard, made his way into Hankou Hospital No. 8 in Wuhan. Dressed in an all-white infectious disease suit, the only equipment he carried was a small box of acupuncture needles.
By Militant Agnostic (not verified) on 17 Dec 2014 #permalink
Regarding acupuncture anesthesia:
An anesthetist colleague witnessed one of these procedures - abdominal approach to remove uterine fibroids.
He reported the acupuncture was assisted by intravenous pethidine, a prilocaine rectus sheath nerve block and peritoneal irrigation with prilocaine.
He commented that, with some oral sedation as a premed, there was no need to add the magic touch of acupuncture.
By Stuartg (not verified) on 17 Dec 2014 #permalink
The desire to see science and medicine as being every bit as culturally specific as food and music is strong. People want their tribe to have their own ways. Couple this with the tendency to lob religion and spirituality into the mix and view these systems as primary explanations for a holistic system and you ve got a recipe for disaster.