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| "Han dynasty, 154 BC, North China. A peasant works in the millet fields in springtime. A bitterly cold North wind is blowing. In the afternoon, after work, she has an itchy throat, a runny nose, a cough and a severe stiff neck and headache. She visits the local acupuncturist who diagnoses an invasion of exterior Wind-Cold. The acupuncturist inserts a few needles in the peasant's hands and applies cupping to two points in the upper back, which produces a marked improvement after a few hours. AD 1988, London, England. A fund manager from the City of London suffers from anxiety and insomnia. He works long hours under considerable pressure as he is responsible for the management of several million-pound funds. A colleague at work had tried acupuncture to stop smoking and recommends him to his acupuncturist who diagnoses a case of Liver-Qi stagnation from the pressure of work. He inserts a few needles to remove the stagnation of Liver-Qi and calm the mind. After a few weekly treatments there is considerable improvement. Such is the awesome power of Chinese medicine that, even if it originated thousands of years ago and came to maturity a few hundred years before Christ, it can successfully diagnose and treat twentieth century health problems generated by a life-style which is light-years away from that of the ancient peasant society from which Chinese medicine originated." --Giovanni Maciocia, The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, 1989 |