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Chinese acupuncture is very different from the type of
acupuncture used by Dr Pardoe. Although part of his early
training was in Traditional Chinese Medicine (at the Guanzhou
College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1984), his practice
now concentrates fully on Western medical techniques.
Chinese acupuncture is based upon a very different philosophy,
where point selection is undertaken in a very different way
from Western acupuncture. Point selection (i.e. which parts of
the body are needled) is guided by pulse taking and tongue
diagnosis, and not by specific examination of muscle groups.
The pattern of pain referral is considered very important
indeed in Western acupuncture, but plays little part in
Chinese acupuncture. The underlying guiding
principles are therefore very different in the two different
medical systems.
No controlled clinical studies have been undertaken to compare
the two methods of acupuncture i.e. East vs West, so it is
impossible to say which method gives the superior results. For
the foreseeable future at least, it is likely that the two
methods will exist side-by-side. |
