Felix Mann | |
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Born | 10 April 1931 Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
Died | 2 October 2014 83) Shropshire, England | (aged
Nationality | British |
Education | Malvern College, Christ's College, Cambridge and Westminster Hospital |
Occupation(s) | Medical Doctor and Acupuncturist |
Known for | Publications and innovations in the field of acupuncture |
Spouse | Ruth Csorba v. Borsa |
Children | Dr. Maria-Ruth Morello (stepdaughter) |
Website | http://www.felixmann.co.uk (archived version) |
Felix Mann (10 April 1931 – 2 October 2014) was a German-born acupuncturist. [1] He devised the system known as Scientific Acupuncture and was the founder and past president of the Medical Acupuncture Society (1959–1980). He was also the first president of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (1980), and the author of the first comprehensive English language acupuncture textbook Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing first published in 1962. In 1995, he received The German Pain Prize. Mann, who was based in England, also lectured internationally on medical acupuncture. [2] [3] [4] Mann distanced himself from traditional beliefs in the existence of acupuncture points and meridians. [5]
Mann distanced himself from traditional beliefs in the existence of acupuncture points and meridians. He stated in his book Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine:
And regarding meridians…
Regarding the whole meridian system:
In his later years, Mann introduced some new acupuncture concepts he found important.
He regarded a significant part – perhaps as much as 50% of the patients – as strong reactors:
Mann introduced a new acupuncture method that he regarded as stronger than traditional skin acupuncture: Periosteal acupuncture. (p. 91) This involves inserting the needles into the periosteum – almost all the way down to the bone.
Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, and it has been characterized as quackery.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action.
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Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy which consists of burning dried mugwort on particular points on the body. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia. Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a cigar-shaped stick. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or burn it on the patient's skin.
Auriculotherapy is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a micro system and a external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear. Conditions affecting the physical, mental or emotional health of the patient are assumed to be treatable by stimulation of the surface of the ear exclusively. Similar mappings are used by several modalities, including the practices of reflexology and iridology. These mappings are not based on or supported by any Western medical or scientific evidence, and are therefore considered to be pseudoscience.
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Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. Its practice mainly occurs in Asia but also in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Cupping has been characterized as a pseudoscience and its practice as quackery.
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Regulation of acupuncture is done by governmental bodies to ensure safe practice.
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Hara. In the Japanese medical tradition and in Japanese martial arts traditions, the word Hara is used as a technical term for a specific area (physical/anatomical) or energy field (physiological/energetic) of the body. An alternative Japanese reading of the character is Fuku, the Chinese reading is Fu.
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A British doctor who specializes in acupuncture stood before a packed auditorium at Brooklyn's Downstate Medical Center yesterday and explained how he, like the Chinese who originated the ancient healing art, sticks needles into his patients to cure them of dozens of afflictions. Speaking in soft, measured tones, Dr. Felix Mann...
The demonstration featured Dr. Felix Mann, whose busy London practice is devoted almost exclusively to acupuncture....