A Brief Background My friend VS recently attended a seminar on “alternative” medicine and sent me a message, which I then quote slightly edited: I just wanted to share with you a rather interesting experience. I attended this free introductory talk on (alternative medical system). I have very keen on learning this but it was only now that i had this opportunity to have a live interactive lecture. It was quite enlightening to learn how (alternative medical system) remedies are

Just about a month ago, I had written a blog entry entitled “Five Questions to Ask Your ‘Acupuncturist'”.  (link)  The purpose of formulating those questions was to try to probe the minds of practitioners to see how deep is their acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine knowledge.  Here are some more. 6) What are the Four Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine? Chinese Medicine is not the product of one or two folks recording their observations.  It is the fruit of thou

In the Philippines these days, it seems that the number of people proclaiming themselves acupuncturists is growing faster than Pinocchio’s nose on prom night.  There are some authentic acupuncturists who are thoroughly trained in Oriental Medicine theory and there are the wannabes who think that by knowing how to insert a needle into five or six points they can be qualified to call themselves “acupuncturists”.  I have often blogged about this topic and so I have been asked, “