Subject: Acupuncture Discussion

From: [email-masked] (Romel Cordeiro)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:09:31 -1000

I hope we all understand the purpose of these questions that my friends in
this study group are raising.  We have in the group some people who like to
stir things up, and this brings up many subjects and details in the
Acupuncture field.  We learned to raise these arguments and to talk about it
without being disrespectful to our own field of medicine.  We have come a
long way for this understanding.  In fact, everything started when we went
to one seminar done by a doctor in acupuncture where many times he
mentioned, "Acupuncture is not Scientific; that the way things work is
inexplicable.  The western world just has to accept it".

We were astonished at all of those statements; and that night was the
beginning of our challenge: the challenge of reviewing and researching with
our understanding and clinical practice for clarification in response to
those ignorant statements.  We thought, no wonder many healthcare providers
think acupuncture is nothing but MYSTICISM.  We are not trying to get
accepted by ALL, but we are interested in bringing up what is alredy there
and the rest will follow.
Thank you for giving us this oportunity.

Romel