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Article: Rise of Chinese medicine
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- The Press
- Article date:
- May 20, 2008
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Jeff Silver started life as a lawyer before discovering his
passion for Chinese Medicine.
These days the Californian father of two inspires others at the
New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM), where he has been
teaching since last July.
Silver's speciality is Chinese Herbal Medicine, but he also
teaches in the acupuncture diploma, and is a supervisor in the
college clinic.
" While most students are focused on becoming acupuncturists,
almost half have also enrolled in the latest programme, Chinese
Herbal Medicine, part-time.
Like acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine is "coming in from the
cold" around the Western world. Acupuncture has been reclassified as
a profession by the ...