My Journey of becoming a TCM Physician Chapter 29: Humans VS Machines
Xiang Jun Dr Lim
Singaporean-born Doctorate PhD for Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Biomedical Science at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, NTU (SG)
I remember when I was studying in China, my usual mornings before I head over to my mentor’s clinic was to go sit in the building which held most guests that visited the school or some important meetings. On the second floor where there was a sofa was where I usually sat on to do my memorizing or simply chill out with my China version crepe as breakfast. Facing me was a line of headshot photos of the key TCM physicians that have made their mark in the industry all the way from the 1800s. And as I sat on the sofa, sometimes I would find myself staring at the photos and simply drawn to the charisma of these people in the photos. I might not fully know what they have done but I could literally feel their work, their contributions, their effort over years and years of practice that made them deserved to be honored and remembered.
In my practice now, I have seen and heard many practices that use machines in the name of being able to cure certain illnesses, fast. And a very expandable business indeed. All you have to do is go through a few days training then train up a bunch of minions to press the right buttons or tune to the right frequency and voila! a treatment is done and magically you are cured. While that is advocated by some doctors, I could only assert that that is not Traditional Chinese Medicine and definitely not a real TCM doctor or any real doctor even would advocate. Here’s why:
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