Chinese Medicine in Ilula, Tanzania: An Experience in Learning
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Chinese Medicine in Ilula, Tanzania: An Experience in Learning
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EJOM (2012), Rossi, Elisa.
Abstract
A fascinating account of a Chinese medicine training course given by the author and a colleague, Giovanni Giambalvo Dal Ben, to a group of health workers in rural Tanzania, on behalf of Agopuntura Senza Frontiere (Acupuncture Without Borders). In a journal-style report, the author shows how the group, who knew nothing of Chinese medicine and who had very limited experience of studying, got to recognise the basic pathological patterns without any previous knowledge of wu xing, jing luo, zang fu. In her view, it was deeply reassuring that Chinese medicine is so close to reality that a theoretical model is not strictly necessary to be able to use it, at least in the first steps of the learning process.
Alternative Title
EJOM
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Date
Date Created
3/2/2015
Language
English
Type
Journal Article
issn
1351-6647
issue
2
volume
7