New treatment shakes up medicine

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DOING THE ROUNDS: `Energetic medicine' has created a buzz in
international medical circles and doctors at the TMU hope it will
help break new ground in pain relief
By Melody Chen
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Jan 19, 2003,Page 2
"According to our clinical experiences over the past three years, 92
percent of the diseases treated by energetic medicine have been
healed."

Mao Ching-jan, director of the Universal Medical Technology &
Instruments

The Taipei Medical University (TMU) showcased yesterday a new take
on traditional Chinese medicine that can heal various kinds of
diseases without requiring patients to pop pills or have injections.

Dubbed "energetic medicine," the new treatment is mainly divided
into sound energy, light energy and electricity, said Mao Ching-jan
(�ш�`R), director of the Universal Medical Technology & Instruments
Corp, at a press conference.

According to Mao, energetic medicine is an effective alternative
treatment for pain and chronic diseases such as gout, rheumatic
arthritis, hepatitis, asthma, incontinence and Parkinson's disease.

"Energetic medicine is closely associated with traditional Chinese
therapies such as acupuncture, massage, finger-pressing and qigong,"
Mao said.

Energetic medicine employs ultrasonic waves, infrared, ultraviolet
and laser and bioelectricity to expand the limitations of
traditional Chinese therapies, Mao said.

Mao exhibited several sets of such facilities and demonstrated how
the treatments are applied during the process of traditional Chinese
therapy.

"According to our clinical experiences over the past three years, 92
percent of the diseases treated by energetic medicine have been
healed," Mao said.

Energetic medicine applies the effects of sound, light and
electricity to the parts where patients' diseases are located,
according to Mao.

"The causes of sickness around the body will be broken into small
pieces by the effects of the energies and discharged from the
patients' bodies gradually," Mao said.

Mao added that although energetic medicine has no side effects, it
is not suitable for patients with metal implants in their bodies.

Research and applications of energetic medicine are still rare in
Taiwan. "Currently we only have seven or eight specialists in this
area," Mao said, adding that many overseas medical institutions are
very interested in the new treatment.

To promote energetic medicine in Taiwan, the primary task is to
train more specialists in this area, Mao said.

Mao called for the National Health Insurance Program to pay for
energetic medicine treatments.

The TMU will launch an intensive energetic medicine program starting
from Feb.23, the first of its kind in Taiwan.

Tan Kai-yuan (杊J��), head of the Department of Health's Bureau of
Medical Affairs, also attended the press conference to oversee the
contents of energetic medicine.

Tan is scheduled to give lectures on Taiwan's medical policies and
future medical direction during the TMU's energetic medicine
program.
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