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A BRIEF
HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE
 Traditional Acupuncture as it is
known in the Far East, has been practised in many countries China, Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam etc for about 2000 years of recorded history.
Some say as long ago as 3500 years ago. One of the first books still in
use today is “The Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine" which
dates from 300BC.
Traditional
Acupuncture developed an extensive anatomical, physiological and
emotional understanding of the health of the human being. This system of
medicine is rooted in the Daoist philosophies of growth, change, harmony
and balance, Daoism is a detailed study of the natural world and the
place of the human within creation, it includes the relationship of the
human to nature and nutrition, the cycles of the seasons, as well as the
more familiar biological functions of the body.
( British Medical Acupuncture as
practiced by GP’s, Physiotherapists, and some Osteopaths in this country,
has no relation to Traditional Acupuncture.
Traditional Acupuncture has continued
to develop over the last 2000 years; it remains a major form of medicine
in the East. It is practised in Chinese hospitals alongside what are
called “conventional western medicine and drugs” and Chinese herbal
treatments.
Ironically Traditional Acupuncture is
far older than most European drug therapies.
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STYLES OF ACUPUNCTURE
IN THE UK
Due the thousands of
years of development many styles of Traditional Acupuncture have grown up,
despite this they all have a common ancestor in Daoism, handed down from
generation to generation.
There are two primary
styles of Traditional Acupuncture that have come to the West in the last
100 years, and are practiced here.
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TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
TCM
is a Traditional Form of Acupuncture it’s treatments roots are based in
Chinese Herbalism. Acupuncture in this form, is the type largely practised
by the Chinese Medicine Shops that have sprung up everywhere in the last 10
years) However there are British TCM Acupuncturists who do not always use
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The Original Colleges for
Traditional Acupuncture in Great Britain started since the 60s and still in
existence today are
 1966 College of
Traditional Acupuncture (CTA) Leamington Spa moved to Hatton, Warwick in
2005.
1972 The International College of
Oriental Medicine, East Grinstead, founded by Dr Van Buren
1992 The College of Integrated
Chinese Medicine, Reading, founded by Giovanni Maciocia
A
number of other Colleges have sprung up since the inception of the above
Colleges. ( See
training page)
Traditional
Acupuncture has a long and distinguished pedigree in the East and in the
West.
Source P. Eckman 1996
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Source Books
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FIVE
ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE
Traditional Five Element
Acupuncture is usually done with needles,
but may also include
Moxabustion and Cupping therapies.
Five Element Acupuncture
is a combination of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean styles of treatment, which
treat all conditions but has a particular emphasis on the spirit of the
individual.
It is taught at the
oldest existing Acupuncture College in Great Britain, The College of
Traditional Acupuncture.
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HOW TRADITIONAL
ACUPUNCTURE CAME TO THE WEST
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Traditional Acupuncture arrived in
Europe in the 1918. it came to France, through George Soulie De Morant a
Frenchman who was also a fluent Chinese speaker. |
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Morant worked for the diplomatic
corps; he was sent to China where he saw a Cholera Epidemic in 1900 being
successfully treated with Traditional Acupuncture by a Dr Yang. |
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Morant decided to study Acupuncture
with Dr Yang then went on to study Acupuncture all over China including
Vietnamese styles. Morant also studied in Japan as well. In all Morant
spent 18 years in the China studying Traditional Acupuncture |
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Morant returned to France in 1918, and
by 1927 had been persuaded to translate Classical Chinese medical texts
into French, and train others in Traditional Acupuncture, his clinical
practice developed in hospitals, and private practice. The publication of
his book “Chinese Acupuncture” led to him being nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize in Physiology in 1950. |
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Morant’s work led to the growth of
interest and practice of Traditional Acupuncture in Germany, Austria, and
Great Britain in the 1940s and 50s. |
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Practioners in the fields of
Osteopathy, Chiropractic, Medicine and Naturopaths all took courses in
Traditional Acupuncture and also started professional Acupuncture
Societies and Journals. |
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Seminars in England were attended by
among others Jack Worsley, a Coventry born Osteopath who started studying
Traditional Acupuncture in 1962. He then went on with many others to study
with Acupuncture teachers of France, Japan, Germany, and China.( Eckman
1996) |
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JAN STILL CQSW. ASW. LIC. AC. MBAC Traditional
Acupuncturist Est 1997 