"Acupuncture, Paradigm Shifts, and Placebos"

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:00pm
STEPS 101
"Acupuncture, Paradigm Shifts, and Placebos" 
 
Dr. Kin Cheung 
Assistant Professor of Asian Religions
Moravian College
 
Are Acupuncture and other aspects of Chinese medicine merely using the placebo effect to promote healing?  Dr. Cheung argues this common question does not lead to better understanding of health. A more insightful approach examines how the placebo effect is still a mystery in the contemporary bio-medical paradigm of "Western" or allopathic medicine. The Chinese medical arts provide an explanation of how psycho-physical energy, better known as qi (ch'i) 氣, connect mind-body and healing. 
 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
4:10 p.m.
STEPS 101