Dr. Edmunds Grey Dimond: first foreign doctor to visit China for investigating acupuncture anesthesia.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241125-0002
- Author:
Run HONG
1
;
Zheng SUN
1
;
Zilong ZHU
1
;
Kuang YU
1
;
Haitian SUN
1
;
Jianbin ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210017, Jiangsu Province, China; Chengjiang Acupuncture-Moxibustion School, Jiangsu Institute of TCM Schools, Nanjing
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
Edmunds Grey Dimond;
acupuncture anesthesia;
acupuncture humanities;
international dissemination of acupuncture
- MeSH:
China;
Humans;
History, 20th Century;
Acupuncture Therapy/history*;
Acupuncture/history*;
Acupuncture Analgesia/history*;
History, 21st Century
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(5):688-693
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The international dissemination of Chinese acupuncture represents a successful model of medical and cultural exchange between the East and the West, as well as an exemplary case of Chinese culture going global. In 1971, following the announcement by Xinhua News Agency that "acupuncture anesthesia technology had achieved success", American medical educator Professor Edmunds Grey Dimond became the first foreign doctor to visit China for an investigation of acupuncture anesthesia. His efforts significantly contributed to the promotion of Chinese acupuncture within western medical communities. From the perspective of acupuncture humanities, this article reviews and analyzes Dimond's academic background, his journey to study acupuncture anesthesia in China, and his unique insights into acupuncture, exploring how his open-minded and objective approach facilitated the acceptance and dissemination of acupuncture anesthesia and acupuncture techniques in the West.
