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A shortcut to TCM masteryPosted by Joel Martinsen, August 15, 2007 5:45 PM
![]() From this week's Oriental Outlook magazine, a short anecdote about SMS spam offering fake certificates in spinal alignment: Instant Doctorby Li Aizhen / OOThis morning I received an SMS message: "Hello! On 8 August, our institute will hold a special training class for X Family Pelvic and Spinal Straightening for neck, upper- and lower-back, and leg pain! You are welcome to come study. Teacher X." I called up with questions about the fee, and received the following answer: "Five days, 3,000 yuan tuition. We will issue a certificate that acknowledges you have a master-apprentice relationship. From then on you can claim that you are a disciple of this school." What sort of talent can be fashioned in five days? In comparision, our studies followed a much more arduous road. From last September we have spend day and night with the master. When there were patients we saw how to treat them; when there were none, we listened to the master's sermons. Going to bed at eleven or twelve at night was a frequent occurrence. The majority of the time we practiced on the master's own body; he would give us affirmation when we performed well, and instruction when we were insufficient. After a half year of this, the master finally believed that we could work on mildly ill patients. He would stand aside, watching us work and pointing out any inadequacies. By this May, when we had seen the master treat cases of high blood pressure, decade-long migranes, and black eyes, after we had throroughly mastered his theories, did he say we could go out on our own. But he still cautioned us to be especially careful with small children and the elderly. I don't know, does five days worth of studying deserve the title "master"? Links and Sources
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Comments on A shortcut to TCM mastery
Heck yeah, if I was getting paid by 10 students $$...Add under the table to that then hell yes!
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Then again it depends on the master. If this guy is backed up by a large estate, then yeah, it may be worth it, if your goal is to cheat others.
I say either way go for it man, just be prepared for major dramas down the line.
[joined multiple posts. -JM]
Oh no! How will we distinguish these charlatans practising fake medicine from the properly qualified people practising fake medicine?
There is not that much of a difference than the correspondence courses that Sally Struthers used to advertise for, or the University of Phoenix online...buying credentials is not a uniquely Chinese phenomenon. And Jim, I think you should read some of the work of Doctor Yan Jwing Ming, particularly the parts detailing ECT and MRI scans of accupuncture pressure points before dismissing an entire industry as charlatans.