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Article: Chinese herbal medicine gains degree of respectability
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- March 6, 2004
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James Reed Education Correspondent
THE first masters degree in Chinese herbal medicine in the country
is to be offered by an independent Yorkshire college.
From September students at the Northern College of Acupuncture, in
York, will be able to enrol on the four-year course.
The creation of a significant academic qualification in Chinese
herbal medicine is a sign of the growing popularity of alternatives
to conventional medicine.
Tutors also hope it will help give doctors confidence to work with
those practising alternative treatments.
College principal Richard Blackwell said: "It is a rapidly
developing field...
"The most ...