Hocus Pocus?

May 11th, 2004

Today for ICM we went to the Emperor’s College, which is both a school and clinic that practices alternative/Eastern medicine, and it was like entering into a weird new world. Even though their goal is to heal people, the language and explanations they used were just bizarre. Heartbeats were wiry or slippery. Illness and stress were the result of unbalanced energies or channels. Patients’ tongues represented their livers. Their knees affected their shoulders. Their fires inside are weak. And if your yin doesn’t match your yang…well, good luck.

Overall it was a very interesting experience. We also got to observe some accupuncture sessions. Even though I am convinced it’s a good complement to modern/normal/western medicine, I don’t “believe” enough for it to work, so I’m not sure if I’ll ever resort to it…that, and I don’t like needles in my head.

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