Food therapy guru under fire
By Wang Qingchu |
December 31, 2010, Friday
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A GURU of traditional Chinese medicine who claimed he could cure fatal diseases and diagnose them from photographs faked his credentials and medical experience, state television reported.
Liu Fengjun, 58, president of the Dadaotang Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute in Beijing, had boasted he could make a diagnosis for 254 people in only three hours based on the I Ching - the Book of Changes, one of the oldest Chinese classics of divination. He said he could even diagnose based on photographs of patients' faces or tongues, China Central Television said.
He reportedly sees more than 400 patients every Saturday morning.
Patients have to book a week in advance, register their ID information and sign a contract stating Dadaotang isn't a medical institution and the products they sell are food rather than medicine.
After diagnosis, Liu recommends a food therapy called Yangshengbao (which translates roughly as Health Boost), which Liu said could cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases. The therapy costs 22 yuan (US$3.30) a day. Dadaotang says the therapy is food, but there is no food production license on the pack.
However, the scope of Dadaotang's business license only includes traditional Chinese medicine training, consultation and service. Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment are not covered.
Liu's profile described in a book sold in Dadaotang was found to be full of loopholes, the report said. Liu said he received higher education in traditional Chinese medicine, but didn't mention where and when. Liu joined the army when he was 18 and retired at 42. There was no record of any kind of medical education during his service in the army.
Liu claimed he was hired as the dean of the regimen department of Guangming Traditional Chinese Medicine University in Beijing. However, the university no longer exists and there never was such a department, Yan Xiaocheng, former president of the university, told CCTV.
In an earlier similar case, Zhang Wuben, a health expert, shot to fame by prescribing cheap food recipes to improve people's health but it was discovered he had made up his medical background.
Liu Fengjun, 58, president of the Dadaotang Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute in Beijing, had boasted he could make a diagnosis for 254 people in only three hours based on the I Ching - the Book of Changes, one of the oldest Chinese classics of divination. He said he could even diagnose based on photographs of patients' faces or tongues, China Central Television said.
He reportedly sees more than 400 patients every Saturday morning.
Patients have to book a week in advance, register their ID information and sign a contract stating Dadaotang isn't a medical institution and the products they sell are food rather than medicine.
After diagnosis, Liu recommends a food therapy called Yangshengbao (which translates roughly as Health Boost), which Liu said could cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases. The therapy costs 22 yuan (US$3.30) a day. Dadaotang says the therapy is food, but there is no food production license on the pack.
However, the scope of Dadaotang's business license only includes traditional Chinese medicine training, consultation and service. Traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment are not covered.
Liu's profile described in a book sold in Dadaotang was found to be full of loopholes, the report said. Liu said he received higher education in traditional Chinese medicine, but didn't mention where and when. Liu joined the army when he was 18 and retired at 42. There was no record of any kind of medical education during his service in the army.
Liu claimed he was hired as the dean of the regimen department of Guangming Traditional Chinese Medicine University in Beijing. However, the university no longer exists and there never was such a department, Yan Xiaocheng, former president of the university, told CCTV.
In an earlier similar case, Zhang Wuben, a health expert, shot to fame by prescribing cheap food recipes to improve people's health but it was discovered he had made up his medical background.
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