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- The Anglo-Dutch Institute for Oriental Medicinebv
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- IJmuiden
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The study, critical examination and practice of the traditional medicine of East Asia in the Occident, provides a series of rare opportunities. Oriental medicine is a valuable health promoting system that facilitates a person finding relief, repair or even reconciliation. Oriental medicine can be a crucial ingredient to mend the disruptions of illness or to maintain vitality of health. Included under the rubric of Oriental medicine are many routes: acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, dietary recommendations, exercise, mindful self-control and self-examination methods. All these methods provide the tools for profound possibilities in healthcare.
Oriental medicine is also a way to have a living relationship with the past. Ancient methods, old manuscripts and even unresolved historical debates all demand our attention, consideration and delibaration. The past makes an important claim on the present through Oriental medicine. The past is a living presence in Oriental medicine, but Oriental medicine also points towards a new future. The adaption of this medical tradition to serve the health needs of people requires adaptability and vision. New diseases, new healthcare expectations, new delivery systems, new possibilities of cooperation and research all require more than just imitation of the past. Oriental medicine has an important stake in the future.
Finally, in addition to the negotiating with past and future, Oriental medicine is especially demanding in the present. In the clinical encounter, Oriental medicine is a vessel that allows and demands understanding, acute sensitivity and compassionate resonance. Oriental medicine in its approach to people is a method of skills and attentiveness that ensures relationship to the immediate wholeness of another human being. Oriental medicine demands an receptivity to the immediacy of another person that is all inclusive. Oriental medicine for its practioners is a possibility of encounter with skill, confidence and finally humility.
