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[David Magier]

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                         Asia Society
                     in cooperation with
    the Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center at Columbia University

                           presents

ASIAN MEDICINE GOES MAINSTREAM IN THE WEST
A three-part lecture series exploring the growing use
of Asian medicine in Western healthcare

*Wednesday, February 21 - 6:30pm
New Age Ayurveda or What Happens to Indian Medicine
  When it Comes to America?
    by Kenneth G. Zysk, NYU and Columbia's Hinduja Center,
    disucsses the adaptation of traditional Indian medical
    practices in the West.

*Wednesday, February 28 - 6:30pm
Integrating Chinese Medicine into a Conventional Medical Practice
    by Woodson C. Merrell, MD, Columbia University College of
    Physicians and Surgeons, examines how acupuncture, herbs,
    homeopathy, and nutrition are currently being used in
    conventional medical practice.

*Wednesday, March 6 - 6:30pm
Compassion is Our Business? A Tibetan Buddhist Medical Perspective
  on Modern Halthcare
    by Eliot Tokar, Asian medicine practitioner, explores how
    a healthcare system could be created that emphasizes freedom
    of choice based on Tibetan Buddhist and other ancient medical
    practices.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++        Asia Society
Individual Lectures:              +        Where Asia and America Meet
   $7 members; $10 nonmembers     +        40th Anniversary  1956-1996
Series:                           +
   $19 members; $27 nonmembers    +        725 Park Avenue
Student and group rates available +        (at 70th Street)
                                  +        New York City
FOR TICKETS and INFORMATION, call +
212-517-ASIA                      +
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