Belgium 
Symposium C
Saturday, September 21, 1996

EDUCATION OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IN BELGIUM

Wilfried LEGEIN, Rik DELIL, Danny VAN LAETHEM, Ludo KENENS, Tjeu AQUARIUS College for Traditional Chinese Medicine(OTCG vzw). Kerkgate 89, B 9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium.

The College for Traditional Chinese Medicine (OTCG) was established in 1990 to offer a License of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The college is registered by the Belgian Acupunctors Federation (BAF).
The intent of the college is to provide an 8-year part-time academic program in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including the theoretical foundation of TCM, Chinese acupuncture, Chinese herbs and Tuina (Chinese massage and manipulations).
The College of TCM accepts applications from all persons with a minimum of medical (doctor) or paramedical education (physiotherapist, nurse, etc.) or equivalents (such as chiropractor).
Part-time students attend 125 hours of instruction in one year. An 8-year part-time program means 1000 hours, which include clinical training. There are three specialties in the college: Chinese acupuncture, Chinese herbs and Tuina (Chinese massage and manipulations).
The program is made in cooperation with the China Academy of TCM, after many visits to the International Acupuncture Training Center in Beijing and Nanjing. The purpose of this training program is to develop many medical workers who combine both Traditional Chinese Medicine and western medicine.
The college is staffed by a number of distinguished and well-known teachers and doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, and is considered to be one of the major institutions in Europe in teaching TCM. The college has set up two central clinics in Belgium, where students can do clinical practice under the supervision of Belgian and Chinese teachers. The college also has a library, several rooms for demonstration and teaching, and other audiovisual facilities.
In the future, when a Belgian or European law is established, the college will start a full-time of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in cooperation with other European institutes.


Workshop IV
Sunday, September 22, 1996

A TREATMENT OF WHIPLASH WITH ACUPUNCTURE, TUINA AND CHINESE HERBS

Danny VANLAETHEM, Wilfried LEGEIN, Rick DELIL, Ludo KENENS, Tjeu AQUARIUS College for Traditional Chinese Medicine(OTCG vzw) kerkgate 89-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium.

Aim: "Whiplash" of the neck is a controversial term. Symptoms attributed to this syndrome are vaguely described, the etiology is badly explained, the mechanisms of injury are poorly understood, and the treatment is empirical at best. The use of the term "whiplash" indicates that a diagnosis has been made. But, this is not so; "whiplash" is merely a statement on how the injury was caused.
Treatments usually involve repeated radiography, physical therapy, injections, tractions, etc. In most cases the results are not successful.
Methods: We see in our clinic that the use of TCM gives good results. We combine acupuncture, Chinese herbs and tuina to treat whiplash.
In our symposium we will give an overview of the anatomical and physiological structures of the neck. Also the neurological and the mechanical changes by whiplash will be introduced.
We will demonstrate also the TCM-differentiation and the affected meridians.
Afterwards, we will propose our treatment with acupuncture, herbs and tuina.


Literature Review & Acupuncture Theory
International Survey

THE SITUATION OF MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE IN BELGIUM

Bruno BRAECKMAN, Michel M. SCHOTTE
Belgian Acupunctors Federation. Visserij 155, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.

In Belgium, as in many other Western countries, the authorities hesitate to recognize Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a valuable contribution to the public health.
A possible explanation for this restraint is the ignorance about the grand possibilities of TCM as a therapeutic concept. On the other hand there is the overall influence of the scientific world, which is engaged in the unlimited promotion of Western medicine, supported by the interested pharmaceutical industry.
Well convinced that medical acupuncture has a future in Western countries and in Belgium in particular, the Belgian Acupunctors Federation (BAF) (i) makes the benefits of TCM known to the general public, (ii) tries to draw the attention of the authorities to this valuable medicine, (iii) by uniting those TCM-practitioners who are properly educated, gives the public the security of a qualitative treatment by her members, (iv)promotes international exchange and contacts.
In order to offer the possibilities of TCM to the widest public possible, the Belgian Acupunctors Federation strives for the legalization of the practive of medical acupuncture in Belgium as well as in the European community.
To make this legalization credible the BAF emphasizes the importance of high quality schooling, for which comparable scientific, clinical and pedagogical criteria should be applied as is done for the schooling in Western medicine. The Belgian Acupunctors Federation, in consultation with the present TCM-Colleges, develops teaching schedules to make the transition from post-academic teaching to able-bodied academic education, including clinical training, thesis and scientific research. The BAF is convinced that this will appear the most fruitful way to bear the comparison with Western medical science.

Literature Review & Acupuncture Theory
International Survey

RECOGNITION OF CHINESE MEDICINE IN EUROPE

PROCOMED
Association for the Recognition and Promotion of Complementary Medicine in Europe.
Chauss e Saint-Pierre, 97, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

The Association for Recognition and Promotion of Complementary Medicine in Europe (PROCOMED) is a non-profit organization established in Brussels in October 1994 with the aim of being a proactive force for complementary medicine at European level. With the principal aim of promoting the recognition of complementary medicine at European level, PROCOMED is also working to ensure a greater understanding of the sector among decision-makers.
Bringing together all parties interested in complementary medicine, PROCOMED has a unique role to play in ensuring that its members are able to contribute in a positive and effective way to European-level decisions and thus more likely to have a direct impact on their interests. Specially, PROCOMED seeks to cooperate with the institutions of the European Union and the Council of Europe in drafting legislation and other measures affecting the different disciplines which constitute the sector, e.g. improving educational standards, ensuring the free movement of professionals, general health policy, research and consumer protection.
PROCOMED also wishes to work closely with other bodies with an interest in health care field to assist in the development of the best possible health care for all Europeans.
To achieve its objectives PROCOMED will:
monitor developments at European level which affect complementary medicine and health policy generally and provide to its members information on a regular basis with background papers, briefings, position papers and a regular quarterly bulletin.
defend the common interest of its members and ensure that the views of its members are taken into consideration in all European debates of interest by seeking consultation with relevant decision-makers.
assist its members in making direct representation to decision-makers.
facilitate cooperation among parties interested in complementary medicine in order to provide for mutual support and, where necessary, the information of coalitions on specific issues of interest.
organize conference and members' workshops.


Others

EARLY DIAGNOSIS BY IRIDOLOGY OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMY AND ARTERIOSCLEROSIS: PREVENT IF THERAPY BY TCM AND FOODSUPPLY

Pierre E.J. BURSENS
Belgian Acupuncture Federation. Gentsesteenweg 10, Dendermonde 9200, Belgium.

Iridology is a method of diagnosis dependent on markings and structures in the iris, pigmentation and color variations, which are bound to a definite devision of the iris into zones. By using an irismicroscope we are making an evaluation of the histology of the iris and depending on the structural elements we have 3 large groups of constitutions and their subgroups, but also a group of diathesis. One of this group is the Lipaemic diathesis, the anterior aqueous humour-contains an increased amount of lipid toxins and thus the grey ring organates on the inner surface of the cornea, but the texture of the iris is also affected (depositions phase of Reckeweg or the chaoyand phase in TCM as an indication of disease). From the age of 30 to 50 the cholesterol ring in the irsis is present in cholesterosis. The endogenous toxins can then cause an atheromatous sclerosis or alternatively can have endogenous toxic effects.
Disposition to disease: hepatopathy, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, sclerosis, cronary sclerosis, cerebral sclerosis.
In combination with sclera phenomena and pupillotonia it is possible to notice a disease like hypercholesterolemy arteriosclerosis in an early stage and even prevent an illness in the preclinical stage. Discussion and explanation of the function and effect of cholesterol in diseases of the Lipaemic diathesis (cholesterol and Lipoproteins, HDL, LDL, VLDL, chilomicrons and the IDL). Preventive treatment by TCM (acupuncture and Chinese herbs) and orthomo-lecular supplement will be explained.

 

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