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Traditional Chinese or Tibetan Medicine courses?

Hi all,I'm currently a 1st year medical student and am looking to do some traveling in Asia over the summer. I was hoping to find a good 4 week or so course somewhere in southwestern China or in Tibet on traditional medicine techniques (acupuncture, etc)... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Thu, Jan 25 2007

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