Volume 1 Issue 5 - October 2006

by Matthew Bauer

In my last article, I began explaining why I feel the traditional theories behind Chinese medicine are more at risk today than at any other time in the history of this medical system. I described three different groups of acupuncture supporters who are critical of the theories taught in most Chinese medicine training programs. I also mentioned that a fourth group - modern historians - represented another challenge of sorts to traditional theories. In this article, I will expand on why I feel the emerging consensus among historians of Chinese medicine should be cause for concern for the Chinese medicine community and compel us to pay more attention to questions regarding the roots of our beloved medical art.