An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States

This article details a public acupuncture demonstration that took place on May 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California. It was conducted by two traditional Chinese medicine doctors Pien Bae Chi (卞伯岐) and Leung Kok Yuen (梁觉玄), and was observed by 500 American medical doctors. This was an important publ...

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Main Authors: Sam Xian Sheng Huang, Jun Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Chinese Medicine and Culture
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Online Access:http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2020;volume=3;issue=4;spage=241;epage=244;aulast=Huang
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spelling doaj-dd6dcfa425ce40349f41353bb5147a5e2021-07-27T04:18:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsChinese Medicine and Culture2589-96272589-94732020-01-013424124410.4103/CMAC.CMAC_38_20An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United StatesSam Xian Sheng HuangJun HuThis article details a public acupuncture demonstration that took place on May 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California. It was conducted by two traditional Chinese medicine doctors Pien Bae Chi (卞伯岐) and Leung Kok Yuen (梁觉玄), and was observed by 500 American medical doctors. This was an important public acupuncture demonstration in the early history of acupunccture in the United States (US). It directly promoted the passage of the first acupuncture bill by California government and had a significant impact on the legalization of acupuncture in California.http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2020;volume=3;issue=4;spage=241;epage=244;aulast=Huangacupunctureleung kok yuen (梁觉玄)legalizationhistory of chinese medicinejames restonpien bae chi (卞伯岐)
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An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
Chinese Medicine and Culture
acupuncture
leung kok yuen (梁觉玄)
legalization
history of chinese medicine
james reston
pien bae chi (卞伯岐)
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Jun Hu
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title An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
title_short An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
title_full An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
title_fullStr An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
title_full_unstemmed An important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the United States
title_sort important acupuncture demonstration in the history of legalization of acupuncture in the united states
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Chinese Medicine and Culture
issn 2589-9627
2589-9473
publishDate 2020-01-01
description This article details a public acupuncture demonstration that took place on May 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California. It was conducted by two traditional Chinese medicine doctors Pien Bae Chi (卞伯岐) and Leung Kok Yuen (梁觉玄), and was observed by 500 American medical doctors. This was an important public acupuncture demonstration in the early history of acupunccture in the United States (US). It directly promoted the passage of the first acupuncture bill by California government and had a significant impact on the legalization of acupuncture in California.
topic acupuncture
leung kok yuen (梁觉玄)
legalization
history of chinese medicine
james reston
pien bae chi (卞伯岐)
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