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Completed Interview - Peter Deadman

Peter Deadman studied acupuncture at The International College of Oriental Medicine in East Grinstead, England, from 1975-1978, graduating as a Bachelor of Acupuncture, and was in practice in Brighton for 25 years. In 1979 he founded The Journal of Chinese Medicine which he publishes, edits and to which he contributes. The Journal of Chinese Medicine is one of the principal international English language journals of Chinese medicine (www.jcm.co.uk).

In the winter of 1981-82 he attended for three months the First International Course for Further Studies in Acupuncture and Moxibustion at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China. In 1991 he qualified at The London School of Chinese Herbal Medicine and in 1992 he visited Nanjing, China, for five weeks of clinical studies in herbal medicine at the Affiliated Hospital to the Nanjing College of TCM, specialising in gynaecology.

In 1998 he co-authored and published the major acupuncture textbook A Manual of Acupuncture. This is now the primary acupuncture points text throughout the English-speaking world and its locations form the basis of examinations in most schools. He has taught Chinese medicine and acupuncture since 1979 all over the world.

In this interview Peter shares his huge experience of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, covering the following subjects:

  • Early training in the UK and revelations in China
  • The importance of correct needling
  • What acupuncture can and cannot treat
  • Chinese style clinics and the inherited Western clinical model
  • The challenges facing new practitioners
  • The importance of having realistic expectations
  • Should acupuncture hurt?
  • The over-intellectualisation of acupuncture
  • Making a living from acupuncture
  • Acupuncture and the spirit

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This interview is 59MB in mp3 format, so is probably not suitable for download via a dial-up connection.