Unusual remedies for common ills offered by school
The thought of attending
■lied Ion I school does not nor
rniilly bring to mind images of
pins and noodles. Hut the
Oregon College of Oriental
Medicine In Portland does not
instruct students to offer tradi
tional remedies.
The college offers a three-year
program that covers all aspects
of acupuncture theory and prac
tice, including traditional
Chinese diagnosis, needling
< techniques, Chinese herbolngy*
a related western medical cur
riculum and an approved
acupuncture clinic internship.
Philip Himburg, executive
director of the college, said the
school was established in 1983
by a licensed acupuncturist to
meet the “growing need for
well-trained, qualified people
in the field," The school cur
rently has an enrollment of
about 75 students, he said.
Acupuncture is a practice
gaining acceptance in the
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United States, Himburg said.
Many states now provide for the
licensing of acupuncturists
through state boards of medical
examiners, he said, although
some states have no such
provisions.
Oregon was one of the first
two states to license the practice
of acupuncture in 1973, he said.
The Oregon Hoard of Medical
Examiners charges a filing fee of
$ 125 to take the Iicensi ngexam.
and $50 fr>r initial registration
of the license. Acupuncturists
must renew their- licenses aii1
dually for a fee of $50.' •
Acupuncture is a completely
different system „of medicine,
• said Mimbtirg,/ who.. Has been,,
practicing acupuncture fon.two
years. Acupuncture, theory. is
iiaSed on the 6>cisfence'of chaii-;^
nels of energy, that flb'w.'through
the. body.'' When.xathining 'a v;
patient who'.is ill. the diagnostic
cian looks fcir.ah imbalance in
the energy flow, he,said... " . v
Once the diagnostician /has
pinpointed the- proiileric- he
.mdkes'thfe selection anjd inserts
,• the needles- for ’about 20To 30
. minutes, Himburg said.»"We
use gs-few needles as posstble.
. So me peo p je haV.ev, t he
• misconception that hundreds of
! needles are used.” * ' .'
The isfrategically placed
needles rebalance the energy
fl&wfnt h e body fby stl m tila t in g
the bodyrs, energy in - the 'right
direction/ H imburg said. •
• Although' licensed acupunc
turists don't possess the title
. "Doctor.” they are independent
practitioners and don't need a
. referral from a traditional
- Western doctor to treat so
meone, Himburg said. They do
need to request the medical
records from the patient’s doc
tor. he said.
In some states, such as
California where (here are a
number of schools of Oriental
medicine, the acupuncturist is
the primary health care pro
vider. Himburg said.
Traditional doctors view
acupuncture with mi*ed feel
ings. Himburg said. . "Some
doctors think the whole thing is
real ridiculous. Others refer pa- ,
tients to us.’’. . ..
The school will lie dispensing
diplomas to the first graduating
class this year, Himburg said.
About eight to 10.students will
be graduating. ; / N • 7
Jeff ’Weihi; ' .one of those
‘igraduating. - carii;e to Portland
from Iowa to Study liaturtipaithic
mediciiie.'throeyearsago. The
riaturopathictmflege. which
shares 'a. campus with; the col
lege.ajf‘Oriental medicine, was
urie’ of two an t lie nat ion at tHe
ti’nve; > V
y *** &“•. . t. .»s
Vyhile. studyiuHi .naturopathy.
' VVi;i h • .becante ' - i nterested i n
acupuncture . and decided to
study.it; he.-said; Weih has com
pleted :V45. of thd 'requjred 350
-treatment hours: of his; intern
ship, he said. ••
; ■ .
vi,,’ ' According to; .state law.
K.upunctunt;v .students must
complete’ a clinical ’ internship
before, they ‘.may receive their
licenses.
"Acupuncture can take care
of a great many, if not most, of
the problems that Western
physicians are faced with, ex
cept for advanced serious il
lness or trauma.” Weih said.
"Then it would work better in
conjunction with Western
medicine."
Other illnesses With which
acupuncture can be effective in
clude: gynecological ir
regularities.- gastro-intestinal
disease,.; respiratory arid im
munological problems, and
headaches/Himburg said. - ' .
Although Weih is . finishing
his internship,with a licensed
acupuncturist in Portland, he
spent four months interning for »
• Malvin Finkelstein, a local
acupuncturist.
Finkelstein, who studied
acupuncture at the New
England School of Acupuncture
and at the Shanghai College of
Traditional Chinese Medicine
in San Francisco, taught at the
Oregon college during 1984. He
is one of.four licensed acupunc
turists in the Eugene area!
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MEETINGS
Student Senate meets today
at 3:30 p.rn. in Century Room F.
EMU,
The Latin American Support
Committee meets today id 5:30
p.m. ut the Council for Human
Rights in Latin America, 1230
Kim aid St
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The OutdiMir Program will
sponsor a slide show and lec
ture by freelance writer
William Sullivan about his
1,300-miie solo backpacking
Irek tonight ill 7:30 p m. in
Room 107 taiwrence Hall.
"Recent Discoveries in Mi
noun Crete" is the topic of a le«
lure by Jeffrey Soles, associate
professor of classics from the
University of North Carolina,
Greensboro. The lecture will be
at 8 p.m. in Room lt»t> Lawrence
Hall
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Wednesday in Room 244 Hen
dricks Hall for the following
recruiters:
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I levelopment (micro-computer
programmer); Stockton Unified
School District (education/spec
educ positions).
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