Jingduan Yang
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Title: Integration of acupuncture with modern healthcare
Biography
Biography: Jingduan Yang
Abstract
Acupuncture is one of the major therapeutic modalities of traditional Chinese medicine. It is based on unique body of knowledge from this ancient medical system on the balance and imbalance of human energetic systems in the process of human health and illness. It presents barrier for modern healthcare system to include acupuncture due to the fact the energetic system is invisible this far too human eyes and imaging technology. However, it is human energy, a life force called Chi in Chinese medicine, that drives biochemical and physiological process of human body that maintain our mental and physical function and anatomical integrity. Therefore, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine should be an essential component of the modern health care practice, which has strength in taking care of human structural and biochemical health, but weak or absent in understanding and treating human energetic dysfunctions. The increasing clinical evidence shows that adding acupuncture in the treatment protocol for chronic illness and pain has significantly improved the quality of care.