Gim Shek Ju: A Pioneer in Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Education in the United States.

Fan AY. Gim Shek Ju赵金石. Chinese Medicine Culture 2016;1, 58-61

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Citation: Fan AY. Gim Shek Ju: A Pioneer in Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Education in the United States. Journal of Chinese Medicine Culture 2016; 1:58-61.

 

Gim Shek Ju: A Pioneer in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Education in the United States

Arthur Yin Fan

McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, PLC. Vienna, VA 22182, USA

KEYWORDS: acupuncture; Chinese medicine; United States; Education; history of medicine; Gim Shek Ju

Correspondence: Arthur Yin Fan; Tel: +1-(703) 499-4428; E-mail: ArthurFan@ChineseMedicineDoctor.US

 

Several stories of pioneers establishing acupuncture and Chinese medicine (ACM) practices in the United States (U.S.) have been documented. However, the establishment of actual schools for acupuncture and Chinese medicine is one of the key signs that ACM has become an established profession. One of the first people who wanted to set-up a school for Chinese medicine in the United States was Dr. Tom Foo Yuen (谭富园, 89, Aug 7, 1858 – Jul 10, 1947) during the late 1800s in Los Angles, California. However, it was not until the time period of 1969-1970 that the first ACM school was established in the U.S. The school was called the Institute for Taoist Study in LA, with Dr. Gim Shek Ju as the only teacher.

Based on the recollection from some of his students, Dr. Gim Shek Ju (Gim, in short; 赵金石) was impressed by a group of Tai Chi students, most of them students at the University of California in Los Angles (UCLA).  At the urging of his friend’s Tai Chi students, he used acupuncture to treat these students and some of their relatives during a Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown, LA  in 1969. It was after these acupuncture treatments that these students became interested in ACM and had their Tai Chi teacher, Master Marshall Hoo, a close friend of Gim, persuade Gim to teach them ACM. Gim broke the old Chinese tradition (that means only teaching to those within the family) and taught two classes of non-Asian students ACM during 1969 to 1970. These two classes of students became the key people in ACM development in the U.S., both in acupuncture or Chinese medicine legislation and professional development of Chinese medicine in the U.S. The classes taught by Gim were the origin of three professions: acupuncture and Chinese or Oriental medicine (for licensed acupuncturists, LAc or Oriental medicine doctors, OMD), medical acupuncture (for MD acupuncturists) and animal or veterinary acupuncture (for DVM acupuncturists) in the U.S.

Figure 1. Dr. Gim Shek Ju with a Shaolin Monk.

Dr. Ju arrived in the U.S. around the 1950s (Dr. Fan notes: based on personal research, he should arrive in 1957).  He did not settle in Chinatown, LA until the 1960s (around 1968).  He was still traveling back and forth to Hong Kong at that time because his own family was there.  He practice in LA was funded and organized by his third wife, Helen Robertson.  The clinic was in the apartment that they lived in. Helen was a veterinarian from Downey, CA and a former patient of Dr.Ju. She had suffered a debilitating trauma from a car accident that damaged her spine to the point that she could not stand up, but remained bent at a 90 degree angle.  After finding Dr. Ju via word of mouth, she was able to improve her condition.  Most of Dr.Ju’s patients were Caucasian, and not Chinese.  In fact, very few Chinese came to see him (the author notes: it is opposite to our “common sense”—many people believe Chinese medicine had its market because Chinese people, or say, Asian community uses it more).  Most of his patients were extremely ill, and suffering with debilitating pain.  Dr. Ju was able to treat patients with very little communication.  According to his daughter, Mamie Ju, Dr. Ju’s powers of intuition and understanding or hearing the body was probably daunting to many…even modern-day TCM practitioners.  But it was the “old” way, and in Mamie opinion, the right way to practice.  “Ancient TCM practitioners were most likely practicing Shamans, and I believe my father was a Shaman by birth”.  This is what made him very special. But it is difficult to explain this, even to other TCM practitioners.

Figure 2. Dr. Gim Shek Ju practice Tai Chi with a friend.

 

Figure 3. Dr. Tin Yau So in classroom of New England School of Acupuncture.

Dr.Ju and Dr. Tin Yau So (苏天佑) were colleagues at the Hong Kong College of Acupuncture; Dr. So was the founder. Dr.Ju strongly recommended Dr. So as the best teacher in ACM and let his students resume ACM under Dr. So; he flied with his student Steven Rosenblatt, as well as Steven’ s wife Kathleen, to Hong Kong to meet Dr. So, where these two American students actually studied there for one year in 1972. Per the invitation and handling of a visa by the National Acupuncture Association (founded by Dr.Ju’s students Bill Prensky, Steven Rosenblatt, etc.) , Dr. So arrived in LA in October,1973  as an acupuncturist in the UCLA acupuncture clinic.

Dr. So was one of the most influential individuals of the 20th century by formally bringing acupuncture education to the United States. He established the first acupuncture school in the U.S., the New England School of Acupuncture in Newton, Massachusetts in 1975 with the help of his (also Dr. Ju’s) students Steven Rosenblatt, Gene Bruno, Bill Prensky, etc. after overcoming great difficulties. To some extent, I could say that it was Dr. Gim Shek Ju who brought Dr. So to the U.S. that allowed him to become the father of Acupuncture and Chinese medicine education in the U.S.

Dr.Ju had a very thriving acupuncture practice treating patients inside his three bedroom apartment. He used one of the bedrooms as his main office and treatment room.  His living room was the waiting room.  There were people there from 8AM until after 5PM, but usually no later than 6PM. He often worked six days a week and was always busy doing something. He rarely rested.  He kept a very strict schedule.  He got up every morning before dawn and practiced Tai Chi. No-one knows when he learned Tai Chi.  Then he started his working day at 8AM.  He took a lunch break exactly at noon every day, and ate lunch in Chinatown with friends, probably his students too, and sometimes with his children on the weekends.  Dr.Ju was usually in bed by 8PM unless he had other things to do.  His students were not around regularly… or at least not on a regular basis.  Dr.Ju never really grasped the English language. His daughter often had to translate for patients who were trying to book appointments over the phone. Mamie often had to schedule appointments for him when he was out. His daughter…making trips to the herbal store to get formulas, and helping him in the room with some of the female patients.  Dr.Ju took many patients, the apartment was filled with people non-stop, and he accepted treatments outside of the clinic as well.  It was not unusual for his daughter to come home and find a limousine parked outside our apartment either waiting to pick up Dr.Ju or to drop him off. Dr. Ju never spoke about who his patients were.  He kept many of those things very, very private. He would not discuss many cases or anything in great detail.

His daughter remembers, when he was still involved with his American students, “I remember accompanying my father to UCLA where he gave a lecture about meridian/channel theory and how acupuncture worked.  Another thing my father did that was rather record-breaking at the time was perform anesthesia on a wisdom tooth patient using acupuncture.  I was maybe about 11 years-old at the time (1975) and I remember watching him do this on our old black and white television”.  It was all over the news in Los Angeles.

His daughter continued helping Dr.Ju with his practice on-and-off until age 14 (this was around 1978, when Gim was about 61 years-old).  At that time, Dr. Ju’s local practice had really slowed down.  He was traveling more than he was working at home.  He was invited to many places…particularly Mexico to perform acupuncture, and he had relationships with high officials and wealthy people there. He often stayed in Mexico for weeks at a time.

Dr. Ju died in Hong Kong in 1987, when he was 70 years old.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Ms. Mamie Ju providing her father’s stories and reviewing the draft.

Reference

Fan AY. The earliest acupuncture school of the United States incubated in a Tai Chi Center in Los Angeles. J Integr Med 2014. J Integr Med. 2014 Nov;12(6):524-8.

Fan AY. The legendary life of Dr. Gim Shek Ju, the founding father of the education of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the United States. J Integr Med. 2016 May;14(3):159-64. doi: 10.1016/S2095-4964(16)60260-1.

 

 

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卢觉愚（1897-1981）出身中医世家，其祖以医名世，其父亦曾修药济人。幼年曾就读于香港公立英文学校，因此不仅中文造诣很深，而且精通英文。17岁时，因母亲患热病吐血不治，遂虔遵父命，拜师学习中医，四年卒业。1926年考入香港东华三院，担任中医内科医生。1932年参加承淡安创办的研究社函授学习。1938年出任东华三院首任中医长。卢觉愚不仅是一位伤寒名家，与谭次公、张公让同为20世纪30年代粤港地区中医科学化运动的先驱，而且也十分热衷于研究与传播针灸。1934年，他在《针灸杂志》创刊号上发表了题为“突眼性甲状腺病针效之研究”的论文，是香港针灸界公开发布的第一篇学术论文。同年，他还根据承淡安编著的《中国针灸治疗学》，结合西医脊椎神经起止循行形状的插图，制成《关系针灸学术之经穴神经表解》，在医刊上发表。有学者因此认为，将针灸经穴与神经系统做出比较精细的对照，全中国以卢氏为第一人。依据研究社分社章程，1935年12月卢觉愚筹备并设立了研究社香港分社。这也是香港历史上第一个针灸学术团体。 淞沪会战后，设在无锡的研究社暂停了一切业务活动。卢觉愚在香港设立了“实用针灸学社”，通过开办针灸讲座和培训，为港粤两地培育了不少针灸专才。 1970年，为继承承淡安弘扬针灸之遗志，传承其治学之精神，扩大针灸学术在境外的传播，部分澄江针灸学派传人在香港重组中国针灸学研究社，由卢觉愚任名誉社长，承门弟子谢永光任社长。该研究社不仅沿袭承淡安的办社模式，出版《针灸医学》会刊，开设针灸专修班，面向全球培育针灸英才，而且主动适应时代潮流，积极扩大与各国针灸同行的学术交流。1979年，该社改名香港中国针灸协会。 薪火传承，铸香港针灸中坚 承淡安再传弟子苏天佑、梁觉玄等学派后续传人，主动接棒，再传薪火，构铸了20世纪下半叶香港针灸的中坚。 新中国成立后，中医工作受到ZF高度重视。特别是承淡安陆续当选为第二届全国政协委员、中科院学部委员、中华医学会副主席，折射出ZF对针灸的肯定与重视。内地对针灸的积极态度，也影响到香港。在此期间，陈存仁创办了中国针灸学院、邓悟隐主办的广中中医学院、方德华主办的汉兴中医学院，以及其他或独立设置、或由各中医师公会附设的中医学院，都先后开设了针灸班，加上一直存续的香港针灸专科学院（苏天佑创办于1940年）、邓昆明针灸学院（邓昆明创办）等传统针灸培训机构，香港针灸教育呈现百舸争流的热闹局面。而这些针灸班的师资，多为澄江针灸学派传人。以最具规模的中国针灸学院为例，该学院虽由陈存仁主办，但院长及主讲教师则由邓昆明弟子梁觉玄担任，学院还同时聘请了香港针灸界的精英谢永光、邓昆明、苏天佑等担任特约讲师，他们俱为澄江针灸学派传人。由于师资力量较为雄厚，因此海内外学员纷至踏来。后来组成的中国针灸学会（香港），其早期会员多为该学院历届毕业同学。 在20世纪80年代前叶，香港针灸学术研究团体主要有中国针灸协会、中国针灸学会、香港针灸协会、香港针灸师会、香港中华针灸医师学会等，这些团体多由承氏亲传或再传弟子主持。因此有学者追本溯源，认为香港针灸界实为由承淡安一脉繁衍起来的。也有专家指出，承淡安的精神和学术，一直对香港针灸的教育、医疗和研究起着重要而积极的影响。 辐射近邻，在台湾、澳门生根开花 由于香港的特殊地理位置与文化渊源，20世纪50年代初至70年代末期，欧美、东南亚人士学习针灸，大多以香港为首选之地。他们或远赴香港，或请名师到本地开课授徒、设馆行医，进一步促进了澄江针灸学派在境外的广泛传播。特别是临近的澳门、台湾地区，前往求学的弟子亦当不少。此外，上世纪五十年代，承淡安亲传弟子申书文（贡噶老人）前往台湾，一边弘扬藏传佛教，一边传播针灸医术，并出版了承淡安编著的《中国针灸学》（1969年）。1962~1972年期间，承淡安再传弟子苏天佑，曾往台湾，设班授徒。原澳门中医学会会长谭伯铭曾师事王珩光学习针灸，王珩光也是研究社的早期社员。这些事实，虽属鳞爪，但也可管窥澄江针灸学派对这两个地区的影响。此外，邱茂良、程莘农等承氏亲传及再传弟子，也都不乏源自这两个地区的衣钵传人。 拓荒新加坡，传播针灸术 针灸疗法是随着中国移民而流传到新加坡的。李金龙教授认为，针灸在新加坡的传授，始于上世纪三十年代。当时，方展纶与陈志群（勉之）合创新加坡耀华针灸学社（1936年）、何敬慈创办针灸治疗院（1937年）、萧憬我创办中国针灸医学总院（1938年）。据谢永光先生考证，新加坡耀华针灸学社是香港总社在新加坡设立的分社。据现任职新加坡中华医院樟宜分院的林英医师介绍，方展纶师从承淡安亲传弟子陈惠民先生。因此，作为新加坡第一家针灸传播机构的耀华针灸学社，与澄江针灸学派可谓血脉相连。另外，何敬慈为承淡安亲传弟子，并于1937年开设研究社“新加坡大坡分社”；同年5月，承淡安另一亲传弟子邓颂如开设了研究社“新加坡小坡分社”。而萧憬我，则是承淡安再传弟子。 除了办学之外，承淡安亲传弟子刘致中，于1938年出版了新加坡第一本针灸专著——《针灸经穴图考》。作者在自序中写道：“致中世家业医，侧身南洋教育界多年，课余辄涉猎医典，尤好研针灸之术而无良师指导。岁丙子，决然弃教鞭回国，就学于吾国惟一之针灸医学专门校，校为吾师淡安所手创，师于针灸之学深通三昧，致中苦心研究，复蒙其悉心指导，自信颇有心得。” 除新加坡本地华人外，也有原本身居内地的该学派传人，因各种原因来到新加坡，同时也将针灸带到了新加坡。如新加坡中华医院第一分院原院长符伯华，1937年师从承淡安，后因抗日战争爆发移居新加坡。 设立针灸总院，构建传播针灸学术阵地 由萧憬我在新加坡实龙岗545号创办的中国针灸医学总院，是上世纪30年代末期直至70年代前期新加坡传播针灸医术的主阵地，影响遍及新、马以及东南亚甚至中东地区。 针灸总院是一个融针灸教育、医疗于一体的针灸专门机构，经十余年的不懈耕耘（日据时期停办三年余），于上世纪五、六十年代发展到鼎盛时期，并曾是马来西亚唯一传授针灸医术之机构（新加坡中兴日报，1955年3月22日第五版）。该社通过面授（学制一年）、函授等不同途径，培养了一大批针灸专才，其中谢斋孙、陈必廉、李金龙等一大批优秀学员逐步成为新加坡中医界之栋梁。其中，谢斋孙曾任新加坡中医师公会会长、中医学院院长；陈必廉教授曾担任新加坡针灸研究院院长、中华医院院长、中医师公会长等职；李金龙教授曾任新加坡中华针灸研究院院长、中医学院院长、中华医院院长等职。此外，针灸总院还培养了大批活跃于新、马两国，甚至东南亚、欧美等地区的针灸英才。 1976年1月1日，萧憬我谢世后，针灸总院由其二公子萧永煌接掌。虽然该院于1977年停办教学，但子承父业的萧永煌，针灸医术声名远播，曾多次应邀赴沙特、苏丹等中东地区为王室成员治病，并为当地媒体所报导。该院院址院舍至今仍保留如初。 开办中医教育，培养中医人才 1953年元月3日，由新加坡中医师公会举办的新加坡中医专门学校（1976年易名为新加坡中医学院，以下一律统称中医学院）开学，揭开了新加坡中医药人才培养的新篇章。该院办学之初，针灸课程以《承淡安针灸学检要》为教材。1966年后，中医学院开始将针灸列为必修科目，并逐步明确学习要求。自上世纪70年代起，在新加坡中医学院主讲针灸课程的老师有李永升（1960年考入厦门大学境外函授学院中医专科学习119，主持针灸教学的是承淡安亲传弟子陈应龙教授）、简健全（1960年考取厦门大学境外函授学院中医专科学习 245）、戴崇武、谢斋培与陈必廉等等。 1980年5月，新加坡中医师公会成立了新加坡中华针灸研究院（以下简称研究院），对外负责联络各国针灸界，对内致力于推动本地针灸的研究和发展。首任院长由澄江针灸学派弟子李永升担任，后历经陈必廉、谢斋培、李金龙、庄或勋、黄进来、陈楷华、刘嘉扬、冯增益、郭忠福等诸任院长。其中，谢斋培师从李永升，之后还随陈应龙学习针灸和气功；刘嘉扬是南京中医药大学李玉堂教授的学生，郭忠福是王玲玲教授的学生，而王玲玲、李玉堂都是邱茂良先生的高足。因此，包括陈必廉、李金龙在内，研究院院长多为该学派传人。 中国改革开放后，中外针灸交流趋于活跃。新加坡中医学院早于上世纪90年代即与澄江针灸学派重要传承地——南京中医药大学签署合作办学协议，该校本科毕业生全部发放南京中医药大学文凭。特别是2004年，两校进一步签署协议，将该院招收的硕、博士研究生全部接受南京导师的培养，从而为更好地扩大澄江针灸学派在新加坡的传播提供了组织保障。 在东南亚其他地区不断拓展 上世纪80年代前，东南亚华裔中医不少是在厦门大学境外函授学院主办的“针灸专修科”或“中医专修科”出身，在该院主持针灸学教学工作的陈应龙教授，是承淡安亲传弟子。历任菲律宾中医师公会主席的高达三，是研究社第二期毕业学员。另一位在菲律宾行医数十年的著名老中医关飞雄，则是曾天治的弟子。 1962年起十年间，该学派第三代传人苏天佑，怀着一颗推广针灸、布施福音之心，开始到日本、韩国、菲律宾、新加坡、马来西亚、文莱、泰国、越南、缅甸、印尼等地施诊、讲学，又培养了众多针灸传人，如马来西亚吡叻州的名中医幸镜清、招知行、丘荣清等。幸镜清还曾在2009年11月获评为“大马国际名医贡献奖”得主。 1976年3月12日，由卢觉愚、谢永光主办的香港中国针灸学研究社，在 汉城设立韩国分社，金容基博士被委任为分社社长。第一批社员共53人，全部系韩国人。 此外，曾先后担任福建中医学院针灸系主任的黄宗勖、俞昌德师徒，先后主持泉州中医院针灸科工作的留章杰、张永树师徒，利用福建独特的地理区位优势，在积极开展与东南亚地区针灸学术交流的同时，亦为该地区培养了不少针灸英才，拓展了澄江针灸学派在该地区的传承范围。 澄江针灸学派躬垦美国 澄江针灸学派传入美国，有案可据的可以追溯到1936年。是年《针灸杂志》第4卷第2期，刊有鸣谢美国罗省社员方复兴捐助出版经费的启事一则。同时，该刊同期还刊载了方复兴撰写的两篇文章，据此可以推算，方复兴是在1936年前即已参加研究社学习的承门传人。方复兴在美国的进一步发展，有待进一步考证。 1972年，尼克松总统访华后，美国掀起针灸热。华盛顿大学首次开设介绍针灸的课程，主讲教师许密甫，是曾天治再传弟子。许氏原居香港，1960年移居美国后，多次在电视上宣传并展示针灸疗效。七十年代初期曾出任俄勒冈州针灸考试委员会委员。 澄江针灸学派传人中，在美国影响最大的当属苏天佑（1911-2001）。1973年，他应华盛顿美国针灸中心及美国南加州大学（UCLA）针灸痛症研究所之邀请，来美工作。同年7月，美国ZF批准的第一间针灸诊疗所在华盛顿正式成立，苏天佑被聘为这家诊所的针灸治疗的主持人。这家诊疗中心还开办学习班，训练美国医生使用针灸医术，有学者认为苏天佑是第一个在美国公开传授针灸的专家。1974年，他加入美国针灸公会（National Acupuncture Association，NAA），并来到麻州创办了两家针灸诊所，分别位于肯莫尔区（Kenmore）和乌士打区（Worcester）。 苏天佑也是第一个在美国开办针灸专科学校的学人。1975年3月，他与两名美国弟子在波士顿共同创办了新英格兰针灸学校“New England School of Acupuncture”，并任首席教授。经该校培训的学生毕业后参加各州执业考试，通过率非常高。后来他的弟子在加利福尼亚州等地开设针灸学校，也都用苏氏编写的讲义作为教材，并在课堂上常常介绍苏氏及其治病方法，因此学生们对苏氏名字大多耳熟能详。1986年2月举行的麻省针灸学会第六届会员大会上，特颁赠他“美国针灸之父”（Father of Acupuncture in America）的称号。2001年8月，苏天佑病逝，而由他创办的新英格兰针灸学校，作为澄江针灸学派在美国的延伸，至今仍在为美国培养针灸人才。 此外，学派第五代传人、梁觉玄亲传弟子周敏华女士，是美国头皮针专家，曾任加州医学院教授、加州ZF针灸执照考试官。1975年，她团结针灸同道共同推动针灸医疗合法化，并时至今日仍能保留中文考试，厥功甚伟。她先后获评为美国加州执针灸医师会杰出领袖奖、中国国家中医管理局特殊贡献奖，又与赵小兰、陈香梅等同列“美国硅谷60经典女性”前十名。 澄江针灸学派深耕法国 澄江针灸学派与法国结缘，当始于上世纪30年代，当时研究社编辑的《针灸杂志》已经发行到法国，证明承门弟子已经分布到法国。 虽然针灸传入法国应不晚于17世纪，但由于法国针灸具有“最好还是让发明针刺疗法的人亲自去操作”的传统，并认为欧洲针灸并非正宗的中国针灸，因此，上世纪五十年代，随着香港针灸教育蓬勃兴起，也吸引了一批批法国学生前来学习、研究中国古老的针灸医术。 Charles Laville-Méry是于上世纪50年代初入学中国针灸学院（香港）的法国人。该学院院长、针灸主讲老师即是承门再传弟子、祖籍广东顺德的梁觉玄。Charles Laville-Méry毕业回法后，以针灸行世并设帐授徒。其徒弟中André Faubert、Jean Louis Blard二氏，在其支持下，亦于50年代末赴港入梁氏门下，前者学成回法后亦从事针灸教育，培育数十名针灸人才，社会影响较大。 1977年，André Faubert的一名弟子Michel Picard在巴黎开办“传统医学研习社（GERMT），后移师斯特拉斯堡，并先后更名为“欧洲中医大学（UEMTC）”、“汉生物学大学（USB）”，请梁觉玄执掌教鞭，授课内容包括针灸、中药、气功等。是时的梁觉玄已经移居北美。在北美、法国之间往返奔波了3年后，梁氏渐感年事已高，不宜经常远游，遂改用录像授课，而他本人则改为每年亲往讲学1次，为学生释疑解惑。该校于1994年停办，毕业生中更有继续办学者，如Fran·ois Marquer创办法国杵针中医学院（始于1993年，现有在校学生约120人，包括10余人的全日制班，在欧洲绝无仅有），该学院也是通过梁氏录像带教授部分课程。又如Patrick SHAN POTAUFEU创办了慈善团体humanitrad，旨在训练针灸医师以免费帮助世界上穷困地区居民，每月安排一个周末授课，每班学生约20人。经上述教育机构培养的学生，皆对梁氏十分敬重，执礼如父。梁觉玄对法国乃至欧洲针灸教育的影响不可谓不大。 在欧美其他地区广泛传播 澄江针灸学派的第四代传人梁觉玄，不仅在香港和法国颇有声誉，而且在北美地区也曾声誉隆盛。1969年，他迁居温哥华后，凭借精湛的业务，很快病患盈门，较之在香港有过之而无不及，甚至有的病人需预约到2年之后。美国兴起针灸热后，他亦曾前往美国，应邀参加加州医生协会召开的年会，为500位美籍医生作即席医疗示范。1973年，梁觉玄获得第一批美国针灸医师执照，此后直至退休，他一直在临近加拿大的美国西雅图设馆行医，并于1986年成为美国Oregon教育部注册针灸教师。 近30年来，身处国内的澄江针灸学派传人邱茂良、杨甲三、程莘农、杨长森等，也为欧美乃至全球培养了大批针灸英才。其中包括许多国内门人，远涉重洋，或医或教，传播针道。香港传人谢永光的门生程在洋、黄煌等，还于上世纪80年代末在纽约创立了“美国中医针灸师联合总会”及“国际针灸学院”。此外，作为该学派传承重镇的南京中医药大学，利用WHO传统医学合作中心和卫生部国际针灸培训中心这两块优势平台，为欧美地区乃至世界各地培训数以千计的针灸英才，被誉为“欧洲针灸教父”的英国人Giovanni  Maciocia便是其中之一！ 历史洪流，浩浩汤汤。诞生于学科危机时刻的澄江针灸学派，矢志于针灸学术的推陈出新和发扬光大，主动顺应时代发展潮流，苦心孤诣，筚路蓝缕，薪火相传，形成了蔚为壮观的针灸复兴大潮，并且洋溢于境外，为中医针灸走向世界起到了推动作用。

 

 

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苏天佑

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针灸在美国的流行是20世纪70年代。此前在美国华盛顿、洛杉矶、旧金山等地虽然有不少中医，但精通针灸者未曾有闻。文献记载，早在30年代，有无钖中国针灸研究社社员方复兴移民美国，在罗州开展针灸活动。1947年美国医学界曾在学术讨论中论及中国的针灸术。1955年斯坦福大学曾邀请日本针灸专家赴美讲演，但尚无针灸研究。

1972年2月21日至28日，美国总统尼克松访华，随行记者500名。记者中詹姆斯·罗斯顿（Jame Reston）患阑尾炎，在北京协和医院做阑尾切除术，应用针灸疗法消除术后疼痛，取得成功。在华期间詹姆斯还参观了针刺麻醉，回国后即在7月2日《纽约时报》撰写有关报道，以大幅醒目标题刊于头版，在美引起了轰动效应，从而促使国立卫生院（NIH）注意到中国的针灸疗法。

美国政府批准的第一个针灸诊所于1973年7月在华盛顿特区正式成立，由格里戈里奥·柯斯医生当主任，澄江学派传人苏天佑被聘为这家诊所针灸治疗的主持人。苏天佑原名苏佐仁，1911年生于广东阳江县，幼年随父到香港受教育，后来受业于曾天治学习针灸。曾天治是澄江学派创始人承淡安的高足。苏天佑除行医外，还开办学习班，培训针灸人员。1975年3月，苏天佑和美国弟子在波士顿创办“纽英伦针灸学传到美国以后，又与美国的科学文化相结合而有所创新。

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James Tin Yau So.

Monday, October 6, 2008;

original from: http://uoftmed.blogspot.com/2008/10/james-tin-yau-so.html

 

Dr. James Tin Yau So, N.D., LAc., also known as Dr. So, was one of the most influential individuals of the 20th Century in bringing acupuncture to the United States.

Dr. So’s teacher was Tsang Tien Chi who studied under Ching Tan An. He graduated from Dr. Tsang’s College of Scientific Acupuncture in , China, in 1939. During the same year Dr. So opened his medical office in Hong Kong. In 1941 he opened his own school, The Hong Kong College Acupuncture. For the next thirty years, Dr. So established himself as one of the most successful and well-respected acupuncturists throughout Asia. Practitioner came from all over Asia and Europe to study at his college.

Several acupuncturists from the National Acupuncture Association sought Dr. So’s assistance in 1972. At the time the NAA offered Dr. So a position as acupuncturist at the UCLA Acupuncture Pain Clinic, the only legal acupuncture clinic in California at that time. Dr. So accepted and joined the NAA staff of acupuncturists and the UCLA Acupuncture Pain Clinic in 1973.

In 1974, Dr. So was part of the NAA group that traveled to Massachusetts and opened the first acupuncture clinic in Boston and a second clinic in Worcester. In the fall of 1974, Dr. So founded the New England School of Acupuncture. Karen Freede and John V. Braga assisted Dr. So in the translation of his three books on the points of acupuncture, the techniques acupuncture and treatment of disease by acupuncture. . Dr. So, with the help of his students Arnie Freiman and Steven Breeker, founded the first school of acupuncture in the US, the New England School of Acupuncture , in 1974 With his approval Dr. Gene Bruno and Dr. Steven Rosenblatt founded a second school in the US, which became the California Acupuncture College, located in West Los Angeles.

A majority of the acupuncture schools in the U.S. were founded by students of Dr. So. This legacy of acupuncture in North America is unparalleled.

Dr. So was awarded the Acupuncturist of the Year in 2001 by the American Association of Oriental Medicine. In 2007, Dr. So Tin Yau was among the first four acupuncturists to be inscribed on the Founders of the Profession Honor Roll by the American Association of Oriental Medicine.

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James Tin Yau So (1911-2000). One of Four important, earliest acupuncturists in USA

James Tin Yau So

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tin_Yau_So

Dr. James Tin Yau So, N.D., LAc., (1911–2000) also known as Dr. So, was one of the most influential individuals of the 20th Century in bringing acupuncture to the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Dr. So’s teacher was Tsang Tien Chi who studied under Ching Tan An. He graduated from Dr. Tsang’s College of Scientific Acupuncture inCanton, China, in 1939. During the same year Dr. So opened his medical office in Hong Kong. In 1941 he opened his own school, The Hong Kong College Acupuncture. For the next thirty years, Dr. So established himself as one of the most successful and well-respected acupuncturists throughout Asia.^{[citation needed]}

Several acupuncturists from the National Acupuncture Association (NAA) sought Dr. So’s assistance in 1972.^{[citation needed]} At the time the NAA offered Dr. So a position as acupuncturist at the UCLA Acupuncture Pain Clinic, the only legal acupuncture clinic in California at that time. Dr. So accepted and joined the NAA staff of acupuncturists and the UCLA Acupuncture Pain Clinic in 1973.^[1]

In 1974, Dr. So was part of the NAA group that traveled to Massachusetts and opened the first acupuncture clinic in Boston and a second clinic in Worcester. Dr. Steven Rosenblatt and Dr. Gene Bruno assisted Dr. So in the translation of his three books on the points of acupuncture, the techniques acupuncture and treatment of disease by acupuncture. Dr. So, with the help of Dr. Rosenblatt and Dr. Bruno founded the first school of acupuncture in the US in 1974.^{[citation needed]} Dr. So, with the help of his students Arnie Freiman and Steven Breeker registered this school the next year and changed the name to the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA), in 1975.^[2] With his approval Dr. Gene Bruno and Dr. Steven Rosenblatt founded a second school in the US, which became the California Acupuncture College, located in West Los Angeles.

Dr. So was posthumously awarded the Acupuncturist of the Year award in 2001 by the American Association of Oriental Medicine at their national conference in Hawaii. In 2007, Dr. So Tin Yau was among the first four acupuncturists to be inscribed on the Founders of the Profession Honor Roll by the American Association of Oriental Medicine.^{[citation needed]}

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