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They don’t mind being needled
XV estern-trained doctors may look askance at acupuncture — its needles, moxabustion, and Chinese herbs — but Jill Aickin has found many former patients who swear by the treatment. She says:
number of complaints, including asthma, migraine, sinusitis, bronchitis, lumbago, high blood pressure, ulcers, hay fever, and multiple sclerosis, but he says that most of his patients suffer from arthritis.
Treatment costs between $5 and $lO a visit and a cure, says Mr Chan, may take a year but in exceptional cases only one visit need be necessary. I visited Mr Chan’s rooms twice and each time was invited to talk to his patients and watch them being treated. No anaesthetics are used when the needles are inserted and I was assured by all patients that it is a painless process. One woman described the sensation as being like a fingernail pricking her skin. The herbs used are especially imported from Hong Kong, and Mr Chan says they are very expensive because of their increased popularity around the world. He may have to pay up to $5OO an ounce for some of the herbs he needs for his remedies. Mr Chan is a doctor in his own country where acupuncture has long been an accepted medical practice, but in New Zealand, as in other Western countries, his techniques are not regarded as orthodox medicine. Because of this he is not allowed to “claim” cures. However, Mr Chan showed me a file full of letters from patients saying that they have been cured after years of failure with Western medicine.
Al! of the patients I spoke to said their doctors had told them nothing more could be done: acupuncture for most was a last resort. Some said their doctors had advised acupuncture and had sent them to Mr Chan for treatment. Mr Chan trained for nearly four years in Hong Kong, first at a training school and then with a private tutor. Although he claims no knowledge of Western medicine, Mr Chan believes acupuncture can be of assistance to modern drugs. For example, he says acupuncture is proving a great success in the treat-
ment of drug addiction in America, and believes New Zealand should also try such treatment.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760604.2.69?items_per_page=10&page=7&query=chan+rotorua&snippet=true
PRESS, 4 JUNE 1976,
XV estern-trained doctors may look askance at acupuncture — its needles, moxabustion, and Chinese herbs — but Jill Aickin has found many former patients who swear by the treatment. She says:
number of complaints, including asthma, migraine, sinusitis, bronchitis, lumbago, high blood pressure, ulcers, hay fever, and multiple sclerosis, but he says that most of his patients suffer from arthritis.
Treatment costs between $5 and $lO a visit and a cure, says Mr Chan, may take a year but in exceptional cases only one visit need be necessary. I visited Mr Chan’s rooms twice and each time was invited to talk to his patients and watch them being treated. No anaesthetics are used when the needles are inserted and I was assured by all patients that it is a painless process. One woman described the sensation as being like a fingernail pricking her skin. The herbs used are especially imported from Hong Kong, and Mr Chan says they are very expensive because of their increased popularity around the world. He may have to pay up to $5OO an ounce for some of the herbs he needs for his remedies. Mr Chan is a doctor in his own country where acupuncture has long been an accepted medical practice, but in New Zealand, as in other Western countries, his techniques are not regarded as orthodox medicine. Because of this he is not allowed to “claim” cures. However, Mr Chan showed me a file full of letters from patients saying that they have been cured after years of failure with Western medicine.
Al! of the patients I spoke to said their doctors had told them nothing more could be done: acupuncture for most was a last resort. Some said their doctors had advised acupuncture and had sent them to Mr Chan for treatment. Mr Chan trained for nearly four years in Hong Kong, first at a training school and then with a private tutor. Although he claims no knowledge of Western medicine, Mr Chan believes acupuncture can be of assistance to modern drugs. For example, he says acupuncture is proving a great success in the treat-
ment of drug addiction in America, and believes New Zealand should also try such treatment.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19760604.2.69?items_per_page=10&page=7&query=chan+rotorua&snippet=true
PRESS, 4 JUNE 1976,