Acupressure and Cupping Association Performance Review
Lisa Hsieh, MD, PhD
20250228
Seven years ago, after repeated arguments with the Ministry of the Interior on the necessity of establishing an alternative medicine society, our "Acupressure and Cupping Association " was finally successfully established and became the first traditional Chinese medicine association in the country. Now, as we are about to hand over the chairmanship of the association to the third president, it is an opportune time to review the development track of the association along the way.
In the first two years, we held many Chinese and foreign alternative medicine seminars to present our research direction and share our results, and we look forward to exchanges and cooperation with various academic groups. Unfortunately, we were immediately hit by a several-year ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and seminars and meetings could only be conducted via remote video conferencing, which was not only ineffective, but video conferencing was also not suitable for the observation, diagnosis, and treatment of medical diseases. Therefore, our activities can only be carried out on a small scale, including: training to enhance personal Qi energy, research on clinical treatment techniques and benefits, and its function in preventive health care. In other words, the Association's main activities were focused on the research of the clinical application, technology and benefits of acupressure and cupping therapy, and the Association stopped its external expansion.