HONG Run, SUN Zheng, ZHU Zilong, et al. Dr. Edmunds Grey Dimond: first foreign doctor to visit China for investigating acupuncture anesthesia[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(5): 688-693.
DOI:
HONG Run, SUN Zheng, ZHU Zilong, et al. Dr. Edmunds Grey Dimond: first foreign doctor to visit China for investigating acupuncture anesthesia[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(5): 688-693.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241125-0002.
Dr. Edmunds Grey Dimond: first foreign doctor to visit China for investigating acupuncture anesthesia
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.
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