When the Ten Thousand Things are seen in their Oneness, We return to the Origin where we have always been. - Sengtan

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March 14, 2008
For More Information Contact: Kathleen Rushall Phone: (800) 729-0941

PCOM Hosts Japanese Students

Pacific College was happy to host ten Japanese exchange students from Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences on March 12- 18, 2008. Students were accompanied with Morinomiya President, Shungo Mori and his wife Kieko, faculty member Minakata Katsuyuki, and translator Yoshida Michiko.

Students spent the week learning about acupuncture in America with Joe Douat, acupuncture techniques with Allen Stovall, treatment of orthopedic disorders with Josh Eha, integrated medicine with Mike Spatuzzi and facial rejuvenation with Yuan Wang. Students were particularly interested in observing how we integrate acupuncture and sports medicine.

The students spent two days at the Pacific College off-site orthopedic clinic at University of California San Diego RIMAC athletic training along with observing interns at San Diego Rady's Children's Hospital and the UCSD medical school student run senior's clinic. Pacific College looks forward to hosting Morinomiya students in the future and having mutual collaboration in Osaka, Japan.

Oriental medicine includes both Chinese and Japanese methods of healing, and they differ slightly in their approaches. For example, Japanese acupuncture uses different points (places to apply the needles) and different needles than Chinese acupuncture. In the Chinese system, the points are known by exact locations that are the same on each person. In the Japanese tradition, the points are seen to be more of living entity. The anatomical location is considered to be only a starting point; to find the actual point the practitioner must be able to feel where it is. The needles used in Chinese acupuncture are thicker (although still extremely thin by Western standards) and applied a little deeper than in Japanese acupuncture, which uses surface application.

Both acupuncture treatments seek to serve the entire being, and to find a balance between alleviating the patient's specific compliant and providing overall wellness. In the Japanese tradition, this balance is called 'root' and 'branch' healing. Serving the 'root' refers to the patient's overall health, while the 'branch' is a term for a part of the whole, or the specific problem. Each acupuncture method has is benefits, and patients are encouraged to try both in order to find a healing style that best suits them.

For more information on Chinese and Japanese acupuncture, please contact, please call(800) 729-0941, or visit www.PacificCollege.edu.

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