Guest guest Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 >> Hello, >> My name is Marion and I live in England. >> I'm very interested in acupuncture. The first time I had acupuncture >> it was from an Englishman, but he trained in Beijing. I went to him >> for help in stopping smoking. He used electro-acupuncture, so while I >> was wired up to his box he had time to talk. >> He told me that acupuncture cured his baby son of paralysis many years >> before. He said he'd spent loads of money going to see English doctors >> to try and cure his son. They all took his money then told him there >> was nothing they could do. One day a friend of his told him that he'd >> read somewhere that the Chinese were using acupuncture to cure >> paralysis. He determined to take his family to China, and contacted >> the Chinese embassy in London to find out how he went about it. They >> told him - you don't need to go to China, we do it here. >> So he packed up his family and moved to London. He said his son had >> acupuncture once a week at the embassy for two years. At the end of >> that time he was running around like any other little boy. >> He was so impressed he trained as an acupuncturist himself, and went to >> Beijing every two years for the latest updates. >> The acupuncture didn't stop me smoking btw. What it did do was make me >> feel so peaceful and powerful I could have done anything, so not >> smoking was no big deal. Till the effect wore off. >> I have had acupuncture a few times since then from Chinese >> practitioners. >> My mother is currently using an electro-acupunture kit her >> physiotherapist loaned her for pain relief. >> I would like to learn acupuncture myself, so if anyone knows how I go >> about it........... >> Also, I would like to buy one of those black boxes the acupunturists >> use .... so I can stick the needles in my own ears >> So, if anyone knows where I can acquire one of those, plus instructions? >> >> Marion >> >> >> >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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