World Indigenous Medicine Network
(WIMN)
Introduction
One of the main global concerns
is health care in underdeveloped countries. There is a cost effective way to
address this issue. It is Acupuncture. Acupuncture has been demonstrated to
assist with a great array of health concerns and is so cost effective that it
makes sense to adopt it as a world healing practice on an organized level.
Objective
Modern acupuncture is an
amalgam of many indigenous healing practices from Asia. It therefore lends
itself to facile integration with other traditional healing systems. One of the
goals of this project is not only to preserve native indigenous healing
practices, but also to spawn hybrid-healing systems and to facilitate dialogue
between these systems on a global scale.
Our objective is to address
world-health issues in a cost effective way and at the same time create a forum
that:
· Archives indigenous
medicinal and healing practices.
· Creates a database for the
success of acupuncture in treating various health-related disorders on a global scale.
· Teaches indigenous people
the value of their own native healing systems.
· Teaches indigenous people
acupuncture.
· Teaches indigenous people to
become medically self-sufficient.
· Participate in a global
information and materials exchange via an annual international indigenous
medicine forum, resource center and World Indigenous Medicine Network.
· Our team of trained
acupuncturists take up residence in indigenous communities around the world.
· Go where the need is
highest.
· Only go where we’re
invited.
· Create and maintain a
database that catlogues the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating the
presenting illnesses.
· Create a database of
existing native medicines and medicinal techniques.
· Create a database of hybrid
acupuncture/native techniques.
· Create a database of native
diagnoses. This is a very important tool in understanding the illnesses we
treat. Different cultures perceive the causes of illness in different ways.
This has a profound impact on the effectiveness of treating these illnesses.
For example, Modern Medicine has no way to treat the Latin American illness
known as Mal Ojo, even though it may present with a number of symptoms
and signs that would seem to be readily treatable.
· Funding comes from the
countries we go to, from donations to Heart Dawn Pacific and from revenue
generated from the project itself. If host countries aren’t willing to give
money, then we use what resources can they offer in terms of land, real estate,
staffing, food, etc.
· Students who have just
graduated from acupuncture colleges have lots of theoretical knowledge but
little practical skill. They want to be challenged with difficult cases and
work with large numbers of people. Our program helps them do just that with our
residency programs.
· Many veteran acupuncturists
are looking for a change in venue and a way to generate life purpose. Our
programs can help them do just that.
· Compile observations at a
central database.
· Sponsor a forum where
participants present their findings.
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