CONNECTING WITH CHI (NEWS ARTICLE WASHINGTON POST)

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Connecting
With Chi
.East Meets A~est in `Energy Medicine'
By Margaret Mason
Special to The Washington Past
"He's ari example of a man who really
tries to understand the best from
ancient and modern culture:'
As does Eisenberg. "I am breathing
life into a bridge that has been there a
" he says.
long time
,
An internist at Beth Israel Hospital .
1'aseriberg is director of
iri Boston
,
.a. ~ i
stroke. exchange activities between Harvard
"It was the most ancient charac- Medical School (where he is on staff),
ter for a bird," says Eisenberg. "He the Peking Union Medical College and
gave it to me as a symbol, encourag- the Chinese Academy of Medial Sw-
ing me toflyand to befree and to try ences: He ado is 1 ~ NIiis Officeo
and let my mind .and my sense of hoc advisory 1~
wonder explore like a bird." Alternative Medicine.
Fortunately for the rest of us, Ei- You'll meet him in'?flte Mystery of
senberg never has forgotten that gift, Chi; Monday night's first eal-
nor the giver, Wang Jinhuai: under thefive-part PBS documentary,
whom Eisenberg studied calligraphy ing and the Mind With BiIl Moyers." I
iri 1979.80 asthefirstAmerican med- met Eisenberg in his book, "Encroun-
ical student sent by the National tern With Chi," and in several tele?
Academy of Sciences to the People's phone conversations, which helped me
Republic of China. They continue to grasp some of the profound, yet sub?
be very close friends. tle, differences in Chinese and West-
"'A teacher for one day; " Eben? ern medlCrne.
berg quotes a proverb, "'is hke a In the exchange on film between
parent for a lifetime.' Eisenberg and his alligraPhY teacher,
"He's a great mentor of mine, about for example; I understood for a mo-
chi [from the word, Q-, forvital ener- rnent .the Chinese adt