Traditional Medical practitional recognised by Australia government

Malaysia government has recently approved the establishment of integrated hospitals, which integrates the practice of traditional and complementary medicine (T/CM) to the current national health system. The Health Ministry will set aside an initial sum of RM1.5mil for a pilot project of incorporating traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) in three government hospitals.

The Ministry Of Health has selected three hospitals to implement this integration, namely Hospital Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Hospital Putrajaya, and Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor. Some of the T/CM practices that would be introduced in phases with these hospitals include acupuncture, reflexology and masseur, just to name a few.

“The plan now is to have a division for TCM, so that patients can either opt for the Western or traditional medicine division.

“In time, we hope to have a better integration system, where both disciplines can be practised together,” said Health Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon

China and India are two countries that have established education and training system in the field of T/CM, in particular the Chinese medicine, acupuncture and ayurveda.

Lee said that based on the World Health Organisation’s findings, 75% of people in developing countries and about 50% of those in developed countries used TCM.

In fact, other than China and India. Western country like Australia also recognised TCM. On 12 April 2007. Nanyang published an article by a reader written from Melbourne. He claim that in a state where he stay, Victoria. Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner (Sinseh) was recognised by the state and they can carry Dr. title in front of their name. This is first time I heard such story.

On 5 March 2007, The Star feature article on Young people study the course " Traditional Chinese medicine is no longer dominated by greying sinsehs in old shoplots. Small groups of young practitioners are being trained in this age-old practice." write The Star.

Now, Tung Shin Hospital at Jalan Pudu in Kuala Lumpur was the only Non Profit Private Hospital that provided both traditional and western medicine in Malaysia.

Recently, Nanyang feature article on Tung Shin Hospital. 80% of patient in TCM division are stroke patient. Others included cancer patient.

Nanyang and Tung Shin Hospital would provided health talk (In Mandarin) and free medical consultation (limited to first 72 register) this Saturday 21 April 2007, 3.00pm to 7.00pm

First 300 participant also free blood pressure test.

OSIM also provide free gift to first 300 participant

Patient can fax their name, tel, new IC no,male/Female, address to 03-78726921 to Nanyang's Business Development Department. Inquiry03-2072 1655 Etx 265

Link: African that practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine in French

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Skincare product for hand?

After sending SkinMDNatural's sample for me to test. Mr Pete Grimaldi send offer of another product. This time a skincare product for hand call Gloves in a Bottle.

AllergyBestBuy.com has recommended Gloves in a bottle as one of it Eczema Best Buy products on it website.

Actually I do not have problem with my hand. I give some of the sample to my sister. Her few years old son's elbow and knee have some skin problem as he always get injury and difficult to heal. After few days, feedback from my sister is good.



Unlike SkinMDNatural only sending the product(Sachets) only.The sample I received complete with a sample card with description(beside). It look nicer and presentable and more informative.




Singapore: Life Inspires



Unlike SkinMDNatural, Gloves in a Bottle actually available for sales in Singapore. The distributor in Singapore call Life Inspires...... the company that market Slim Delices slimming chocolate in Singapore but Gloves in a Bottle was not available in Malaysia yet. Anyone interested to become distributor?

Unlike other skincare product available at major retail outlet. Glove in a Bottle sold via clinic in Singapore. This marketing strategy is similar to Loreal's La Roche-Posay brand that only target professional like dermatologist

Blogger in Malaysia Paris Beaverbanks also received a sample from Mr Pete and has write a review on it after testing the product. I recommend you read her review as I am not going to repeat what she has said in her blog. Another Singapore base blogger vivawomen also claim received sample from Mr Pete but I unable to find her review on her blog.



Taiwan : Star Like
In Taiwan, the product market by Star Like . Star Like also market SkinMDNatural in Taiwan. It is not sure why Singapore's Life Inspire only market Gloves in Bottle in Singapore but not SkinMD Natural.




Star Like initially market UK's Eyeko cosmetic product in Taiwan. Then, it market Pinkie Swear, a brand co-found by TV producer Stephen Robinson, his wife and photographer Rhonda.

It added Dermactin-TS and Daggett & Ramsdell (DR) on it portfolio of brand and later, of course, SkinMDNatural and Glove in a Bottle.

Apparently, Taiwan marketing strategy and distribution chanel does not similar to what practise in Singapore, target professional and dermatologist like Loreal's La Roche-Posay .

Other than Star Like. Glove in a Bottle also market via Vivo.com in Taiwan


Despite SkinMDNatural and Gloves in a Bottle operated under two separated company. The person behind the two brand apparently under the same team. Both Mr Pete and Mr Dan Mueller contact me on both of the above brand. Their webpage and their marketing strategy is similar, Their marketing strategy like those recomended by Regis Mckenna. Both brand also market by the same distributor in Taiwan.

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Direct Selling stockist that threatened by gangsters in Sarawak

Last Monday, The Star reported that Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing had made a strong point when highlighting Sibu’s( Sarawak) security problems in Parliament.

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said "Gangsters are getting more deeply involved in running illegal logging operations due to the lucrative returns from trading in unlicensed logs in the black market" in Miri, Sarawak on Tuesday.

Inspector-General of Police ( IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan flew to Sibu to check on the claims last week.

Musa said he was displeased with the crime situation, and action taken by the Sarawak police although they had arrested several kingpins and gang leaders. “I have also warned my officers and men that severe action will be taken against them if they are found to be involved with the gangsters,” Said the IGP.

Actually, prior to that. Media has reported that a direct sales stockist Wong Teck Seng, 38,his wife Lily Tiong Siew Lee, 28, and three children – aged between two and seven forced to flee their home after getting death threats from gangsters in Miri, Sarawak.

“We cannot return to Sarawak because the gangsters are so powerful there."
“They destroyed my home,''

Wong said his nightmare began after a dispute with another stockist over commissions.

He reported the matter to the company management who terminated the stockist's licence in August.

“Two months later, a group of gangsters beat up one of my subordinates and extorted RM15,000 from me. "

He then went into hiding in Kota Kinabalu, while his wife returned to her parents' home with the children.

“On Nov 10, a group of men stormed into my house and smashed everything, including the windows, furniture and home appliances.

“My house is in a mess now with shattered glass everywhere,'' he said.

Fearing for his life and the lives of his family members, Wong flew his wife and children to Kota Kinabalu. Together they came Kuala Lumpur.

A friend, who picked them up at the KL International Airport described the family's situation as “devastating and dreadful”.

“It was horrible to see them wearing pyjamas and slippers, with several boxes around them at the arrival hall,'' said the friend, Simon Yew.

Last week, Wong Teck Sing and his business partner Wong Sing Tung, caused a stir at the central police station here in Miri when hold protest at Miri police station.

Both men were ordered by policemen at the station to stop their protest or else they could be arrested for illegal demonstration.

The duo then left.

The Direct Selling company call Sweblink Global Network Sdn Bhd.

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Who else get Geneva awards?

Member of Parliament, Dr Wee Ka Siong (BN - Ayer Hitam) question the rational of Universities forking out millions for dubious awards

He said Geneva-based international science exhibition, where Malaysian universities have won numerous awards, are not judged by a panel of experts but by the exhibition organisers themselves.

“Hence, it’s no surprise that each year, more than half of the participants receive awards,” he said during the motion of thanks on the Royal Address at the Dewan Rakyat.

“I met a professor from a renowned European university while on an overseas trip."

“He laughed and told me that such awards offer no academic merits,” said Dr Wee, adding that most of the products showcased in these exhibitions were from Malaysian universities

He singled out the Geneva exhibition as a favourite among Malaysian universities.

“It is embarrassing that our universities are spending millions to participate in these low-standard award competitions.”

Dr Wee alleged at one foreign exhibition, the organisers imposed 650 euros (RM3,200) for participants who had yet to commercialise their products, 180 euros (RM831) for each metre of exhibition space used and 370 euros (RM1,709) to rent a display counter.

He described such exhibitions as “profit making shows.”

The international 72-member jury judges each invention on its own merits, which means that there is not just one gold, one silver and one bronze medal per category of invention.

Other than local University, did you remember any local company that get such award?

The answer is Mesdaq listed INS Bioscience Bhd's wheatgrass.

The wheatgrass products of the company get The Geneva International Invention Award in 2000. It is not sure such award is the one claim by Dr Wee. However, the sales of the product has lifted the company into next level after getting such award. The product has get another award in Hong Kong and the company has listed on Mesdaq.

This award lead to a legal battle between it's ex-staff, now rival Yigaho.

Yigaho lead by ex-actress Miss Lim Chew Yin, who was a spoke person for INS and her brother who was a researcher of wheatgrss in INS.

INS has diversified into other product like bitter gourd extract for diabetic call Insupro forte and Bloodstream Super 2 to mitigate it effect on increase competition on wheatgrass market.

There is at least a few rival product for it diabetic product. INS, however claim that other bitter gourd's products do not contain certain extract in their products.

A weekly Mandarin health newspaper in Malaysia, Mingguan Kesihatan stated that bitter gourd may have some side effect on certain people on one of it issue. The paper claim that people might have to go to toilet after taking bitter gourd.

It is not sure how INS's Bloodstream product in the market. This is a product base on your blood type: A,B,AB and O etc. Less marketing activity have been seen on such product. The company marketing aggressively it bitter gourd product on various health magazine in Malaysia recently.

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我也谈江湖有异人

南洋商报
张齐清 2007/04/12


我在澳洲要知道大马讯息，只有上“南洋网”上去看。3月15日在〈商余〉版看到小黑写的〈江湖，真有异人在〉这篇稿时，我忽然也想写我的一位朋友丁医生，他是中医师，在我住的维多利亚州，中医师是受承认的，同时可在名字前头加上Dr.称号。

约20年前，朋友告诉我丁医生医德很好，道行很高，是少见的高明医生，我听了也没放在心上。直到有一天，朋友聊起80年代初期，丁太太来墨尔本大学进修药理系，他来陪读。因为闲着无聊，他便到唐人街一家中医诊所看诊赚一些钱，没想到经常门前冷落的诊所，不到一个月，病人竟然要拿病号才能轮到看诊。3年后他太太毕业，他们又回到北京干他中医师的老本行去了。

治好瘫痪卫生厅长夫人

1986年他申请移民澳洲，推荐人是当时的卫生厅长。原来丁医生在陪读的日子里，曾经医治好瘫痪在床多时的卫生厅长夫人，厅长答应他，若将来申请移民时，愿意当他的推荐人。

据丁医生说，厅长夫人是脊椎骨问题，经常疼痛，又不肯接受开刀，有将近3个月时间只吃止痛药，每天大部分时间都躺在床上，经丁医生两个多月的治疗，终于复原，卫生厅长夫妇都对丁医生的高明医术大为赞扬。

在我家，孩子对传统中医有不同看法。记得老么在90年代末期，每到晚上右眼睑便自动下垂和颤抖，我们夫妇俩起码带他去看过3个专科医生；一个是眼科专家，一个是神经系统专家，另一个是牙科专家（家庭医生说，牙齿神经也可能造成上述影响），连续3个月的折腾，都找不到病因。

最后想起丁医生，我们便带着老么去看他。我们只是简单地告诉他晚上脸部和眼睑的情况。丁医生便开始把脉，跟着又把手按在后脑颈部，他不断地查问我家老么，有没有摔倒过？而且后脑勺先着地，或且被人重击过后脑等等，老么的答案是否定的。丁医生说，我老么后脑部分断了一根血管，通常如果不是外力重击造成，便是中风造成，但是廿出头的年轻人不应该有这种现象。

脑部少了一根主血管

我再去见家庭医生，告诉他丁医生的诊断，希望他介绍去看血管科专科医生做血管显影。这一次报告出来，老么确是少了一根主血管。但教授说，那是先天性少了一根血管，脑部供血全靠另外一根，因为驮荷太重，造成血管膨大，碰到旁边的脸部神经系统才有颤抖的现象出现，他建议我家老么考虑动手术来根治。

老么动了手术，安全OK，一切恢复正常。老么事后常告诉朋友，非常神奇，几个专科医生都检查不出来，中医把脉却能诊断出病情来。

其实丁医生是擅长多方面的医术，更是脊椎骨的高手。

他后来经营羊皮出口生意到中国，经常中澳两地飞，诊所看诊时间都在晚上，而且每周只有3个晚上，因此他的诊所经常客满，病患得排队轮候，有些病患老人他也免费施诊赠药。

记得90年代中期，大马一家上市公司的老板，从吉隆坡打电话给我，说他的机器供应商扭伤了腰躺在家快一个月，问我能不能叫丁医生上门看诊。坦白讲，丁医生就是因业务繁忙奔波，才把看诊时间缩短，哪里有时间上门看诊。我既然开了口，丁医生也曾经治好过这位老板，当时他来旅游时扭伤了脚踝，也算是相识，既然老远来电话相托，也便答应下来。

机器供应商是一位七十高龄的长者，身体硕壮，是因为帮忙搬动机器时扭伤了腰脊。有人曾经介绍一位会说英语，移民自斐济群岛的郎中给他治病，大概看他是老板，便狠狠敲了他一笔，背痛却依旧不消。

背椎骨出问题

我陪丁医生上门看诊时，老先生态度很差。他太太从床上扶他起来，丁医生说床垫太软，要他睡在客厅餐桌上。从老先生脸部表情上，确是疼痛异常。丁医生在老先生背椎处推压试探，说是尾脊三和四关节处出问题。老先生不相信，认为只用手在脊骨上乱压了几次便指出毛病，他叫老太太去拿出医院照的X光片，片上清楚注明是三和四之间的尾椎骨出问题，老先生这时才肯让丁医生针灸，之后再做指压推拿，大约前后花了一个多小时。

4天后，老太太又给我电话，说老先生很想再见丁医生，我又再次陪了丁医生上门看诊，应门的是老先生，显然他病情好多了。丁医生给他针灸和推拿完毕，他要丁医生无论如何都得留下来喝杯咖啡，他说老太太特地烘焙了蛋糕，要请丁医生吃。他还告诉丁医生：“我听您的指示，已经换了硬床垫。”态度前后判若两人。

老先生夫妇送我们出门，老先生说：“丁医生，你两次看诊总共多少钱？”丁医生说以后再算(其实冲着我的面子，后来也没收钱)。

约半年后，大马老板忽然来墨尔本并给我电话，说老先生患了肺癌末期，离开医院后呆在家中，不肯吃药，不肯再回去看医生。老先生说，别的医生他不要见，他只想见丁医生。结果大马老板载丁医生去看老先生，回来之后，丁医生给我电话说，从老先生的脉象来看，肾脏功能几乎完全丧失，他已经告诉大马的吴老板，老先生最多能再活10天。

第六天传来老先生的噩耗。

最后我再谈谈大马的吴老板。那次他伤了脚踝，我带他去看丁医生，这是小毛病，当然很快妙手回春。但是让吴老板惊叹佩服的是，丁医生看他的气色不很好，给他把了脉，然后告诉他，他的肝脏有毛病，吴老板说他知道，目前正在治疗中。

这就是吴老板信服丁医生的最大原因。

（寄自墨尔本）

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Another MLM company list on Bursa Malaysia

ZHULIAN Corp Bhd, a direct selling and multi-level marketing company, has on 17 March 2007 hired CIMB Investment Bank Bhd to help arrange its listing on Bursa Malaysia's main board.

The group is involved mainly in the manufacturing and direct selling of costume jewellery, nutritional products, food and beverages, water purification systems, mattress pads and pillows, and other consumer products.

Its products are also exported to Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.

Zhulian group managing director Teoh Meng Keat said Zhulian has over 649 product lines marketed under 28 brands, with the jewellery segment contributing about 30 per cent of revenue.

Over the past few years, he said, the group has diversified into nutritional products, food and beverage products and a wide range of other consumer products.

The company will joint other MLM compnay that listed on Bursa Malaysia like Amway, Cosway, CNI, DXN, Liqua Health, Hai-O and INS.

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江湖 真有异人在

南洋商报
2007/03/15
小黑

江湖何其大，而且中华文化博大精深，能人异士隐居其中原是极可能的事。

守卫员哈欣夜晚骑摩多回家，路上被一辆将相碰倒。他老人家是敢死队出生，地面上翻滚两下站立起来，扯紧对方的衣襟要打人。对方说：“我们报警吧。”哈欣这才想起，自己既没有驾照，摩多也无路税，马上放了对方一马，逃之夭夭。这时候，他肩膀开始激烈作痛。进入医院检查，原来不止肩胛骨断了，而且肋骨也折了两根。

怎么办？哈欣抬头望主治医生查卡里亚。医生半开玩笑，“我可以为你包扎。不过你还是去金宝找“sinseh”(先生)吧。”哈欣寻到跌打医师简陋的木屋，只见屋前已经有好几人在等候。道明来意，接受医师治疗，果然两个月后就康复回来上班。谈起“sinseh”，哈欣竖起大拇指，赞不绝口。“只有一项不好，”他说。“没有证明书，不能向公司索讨赔偿。”

哈欣不知道，在我们华裔圈子内，常有这类江湖异人隐姓埋名，匿藏在红尘之中。有一天朵拉和我黄昏运动，她不小心扭了脚，次日肿胀如红面龟。我得到高人指点，摸到红土坎杨亚武师傅家。师傅五短身材，声若洪钟。我们相见甚欢。谈话间他以迅雷不及掩耳的手法，在肿胀处按了一下，次日即恢复如常。那已经是10年前的事情了。从此以后，学生若有扭闪了手脚，只要提起小黑的学生，师傅必然免费治疗。10年来，师傅盛名远播，门庭若市，每星期都有新加坡、吉隆坡、吧生、槟城、亚罗士打的病黎专车前来候教。

新年期间拜访二叔，他回忆童年往事，犹记得有一回左边牙齿疼痛，3日不能消退。正苦恼中，恰好碰上一位束高髻、缠小脚的老太太经过。老人家将他拉到身边，在右颚底下摸出一颗疔，以银针一扎，牙疼马上消失。此后二叔有牙疾，依样画葫芦，任是扎了十几下，都不成功。

理性的二叔碰上北方高人

二叔虽然在童年遗失了缠小脚的老太太，近年来却认识了亚罗士打另一位高人。二叔晚年患眼疾，恰好碰上北方高人。第一次拜访，对方取出2寸银针一枚，由眉毛上方向下扎，然后不休止地抖动不下300次，如此往返数回，视觉果然有很大改善。二叔是理性的人，居然如此信服，真叫人另眼相看。

孩童时期，祖母重复提起乡下一座寺庙的住持，手按地面一腾跃，就可以挂上屋梁。更有邻居患白喉，在生死之间。经人介绍，寻获双溪巴呷医师。医师就在草屋前面采摘一些叶片藤蔓，研磨成汁，灌入病患口中。果然救了一命。

江湖何其大，而且中华文化博大精深，能人异士隐居其中原是极可能的事。有一件不能理解的现象是，为何先生们都各有个性？有一些不爱说话，有些最不喜欢读书人，有一些专说反面话，有些则不愿意回答问题。虽然如此，一般上只要摸对了他们的脾气，就会对病黎伸出援手，没有辜负悬壶济世的神圣职责。只是随着时代进步，医疗设备越来越先进，类似的绝技渐渐已无传人。这是何其可惜的事呀。

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