Re: [Gnumed-devel] Usage of GNU-med for TCM

[Karsten Hilbert]

> Karsten Hilbert schreef op di 28-02-2012 om 12:56 [+0100]:
> > > I have been using GNUmed for my acupuncture practice for a while,
> which
> > > I wouldn't consider "alternative medicine", but well...
> > 
> > There's certainly strong evidence for (even sham-) acupuncture
> > in chronic back pain and arthrosis related pain of the knee.
> > 
> > Also, since China has not become depopulated over the last, what,
> > three thousand years, there's at least strong indications of
> > usefulness for TCM (full TCM, that is, not westernized parts thereof).
> 
> I appologize if the meaning of what I wrote was unclear. I practice
> Traditional Chinese Medicine myself, although I specialize in a specific
> branch, and have not doubts at all of it's usefullness. 
> 
> What I meant to hint at is, as you rightfully pointed out yourself, TCM
> in it's many forms and varieties has been used for a long, long time and
> in a great area and on a great many of people. So to call it
> "alternative" is a bit odd to me, that is all. 
> But yes, I know and understand that in some countries (including my own)
> it is often grouped under that label.
> 
> Sorry for the confusion.

No problem. I just wanted to point out the level
of evidence I am aware of.

Karsten
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