Patterns and Syndromes?!

[Guest guest]

Hello to all,

 

Even though I am not completely new to this list I have not yet

introduced myself properly. Here it follows:

 

I am a L.ac from Denmark partly trained partly at Dongguk Royal

University in Los Angeles, partly at the School of Acupuncture and

Traditional in Copenhagen, Denmark. My training is

primarily in Traditional . I have been fortunate and

priviliged to have experienced quite extensive internships at both

private and university clinics in USA, Japan, Korea and Denmark. I am

currently working fultime treating out-patients here in Denmark.

 

I hope the following will not make me look pretentious or arrogant in

any way: I have been reading the posts on this group with interest and

something strikes me. More often than not somebody asks how he/she can

treat his/her patient who suffers from seminal emssion, backache –

whatever the problem, but never states the pulse and tounge images,

syndromes and patterns of imbalances. How can this be? And how can we as

TCM students, professionals, Ph.Ds etc. give advice without knowing

which organs etc is involved?! We don’t know to whom we give this advice

because people do not introduce themselves properly before asking

questions or presenting treatments for a given problem. In my opinion we

should be careful to give the best advice possible to people who are

asking how to help themselves through TCM. I feel that we should also

observe strict ethical codes when we give advice on proffesional

treatments and likewise it is of great importance to ophold the

integrity in this particular discussiongroup since we are dealing with

people’s health and wellbeing! We have to know that there’s still a lot

of people around the world – especially in Europe – that practice

acupuncture without proper formal training. So for the safety of

patients and for the integrity of TCM I believe it is of utmost

importance that we only give good quality advice.

 

Best regards,

 

Thomas Boegedal Soerensen

L.Ac. & TuiNa Massage Therapist