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| Dr.Arindam Sinha* |
History of Acupuncture is a beautiful story of mankind, anthropology,
dynasties, roles of Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose , banning of
acupuncture in mainland China and its propagation in entire world by the
efforts of few lion hearted physicians.
Though believed to be originated in
China, origin of acupuncture and its concept is spread in a very big area, like
no one can claim about origin of agriculture same with acupuncture, Otzi the
mummy found in Italy is 8000 years old and has specific acupuncture points
tattooed on his body for specific diseases he had. India and Sri Lanka have
their claims.
But it flowered and reached its
zeniths under Chinese dynasties, the first written proof, can be called minutes
of the meeting between Yellow Emperor and his court physician Qi Bo, is featured in the medical text, the Huang Di Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine.
During Ming Dynasty acupuncture and
moxibution attained new heights but slowly started to wane away after that ,
after losing opium war Chinese culture was heavily influenced by western way of
lives, in 1920 Acupuncture and other Chinese cultural practices were banned in
china.
When General Mao Tse Tung/ Mao Zedong
started his long march Acupuncture came in handy for malaria and other
infections, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose sent an Indian Medical Mission to China
in 1938. Dr.Kotnis and Dr.B.K.Basu were part of the 5 doctor team. Dr.B.K.Basu
became the first acupuncturist of India. His pioneering efforts gave
acupuncture the foothold in India.
NADA History
NADA celebrated its 25th anniversary this
year. Incorporated in 1985 in the state of New York, NADA has helped spread acu
detox far and wide, nationally and internationally under the International leadership of Dr.Michael O.Smith .
In 1985, following 10 years of their
experience developing the basic three to five ear-points NADA protocol for treatment of
addiction, the staff and other professionals associated with the South Bronx's
Lincoln Hospital determined a need for a national-level organization to expand
training capacity and awareness of the value of acupuncture as a tool of
recovery.
NADA has since trained more than 10,000
health professionals, including counselors, social workers, nurses, medical
doctors, psychologists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, outreach workers, drug
court judges, corrections officers and others to use the protocol.
Dr.A.L.Agrawal, Dr.T.C.Tolia, Dr.A.K.Sinha, Dr.RamanKappor, Dr.Vinay Verma Dr.P.B.Lohiya laid the foundation of acupuncture in
different parts of India. History of acupuncture can’t be completed without
mentioning two names, first of Dr.Anton Jayasuriya from Sri Lanka, he taught
thousands of practitioners worldwide.
Today no textbook, course or program
is complete without the mention of NADA protocol for addiction treatment and
rehabilitation; this was developed and promoted across the diverse cultures & settings by Dr. Michael O Smith psychiatrist and acupuncturist from New York. He is working for the same since
1975.
Dr.Arindam Sinha*
MBBS (KGMC), DAc, PGDACP,
MD(Acu), NADA ADS, MISMA, MIAADS
Managing Director
Consultant Medical Acupuncture & Rehabilitation
Sinha Medical
Acupuncture
M-53 Kalkaji New Delhi-19