--- In acupuncture@yahoogroups.com, Berns <bernard_m_kim@y...> wrote:
> > I strongly recommend that you find
> > another
> > practitioner, this time one that has enough clinical
> > experience, who
> > is NOT an M.D. as well, and that you can hear
> > recommendations of his
> > skill.
> > Shmuel Halevi Ph.D
> > http://www.acumedico.com
>
> Just curious, why do you so strongly recommend against
> seeing an MD? Also, what about an MD-acupuncturist?
> Just curious.
>
> Bernard Kim


I probably didn't phrase it right. I recommend seeing a Chinese
medicine practitioner who is not an M.D. Not that I am against seing
an M.D., of course. The reason is that most of them, in my
experience, have a problem interpreting medical disorders into
Chinese medical concepts and understanding. They usually define the
problem in Western terms, i.e. cystitis and not Damp-Heat pouring
into the bladder for instance, and treat it symptomatically. I also,
unfortunately, did not meet an M.D. who practices acupuncture that I
could say: ah, this guy meets the standards of practice and results
that I expect of Chinese medical practitioner per se.

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