Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine CONTENTS 01 Editorial 02 Guest Editoral V Lin 06 Letters to the Editor 07 Does Acupuncture Improve the Endometrium for Women Undergoing an Embryo Transfer: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial CA Smith, M Coyle and RJ Norman 14 On the Psychological Significance of Heart GoverningShen Ming LF Qu and M Garvey 23 Farewell to Chinese Medicine? The Future of Traditional Chinese Medicine SF Zhou Some Thoughts on Medicine as a Science – A Layperson’s Contribution to the Controversy Over TCM B Butcher Farewell to Professor Zhang Gongyao’s Ideals B Xu and CH Ju 30 Interview with Professor Zhou Zhongying of NJUTCM, Nanjing, China MW Zhu and Z Zheng 34 Current Research and Clinical Applications Response to: Madsen MV, Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A. Acupuncture Treatment for Pain: Systematic Review of Randomised Clinical Trials with Acupuncture, Placebo Acupuncture, and No Acupuncture. BMJ 338:a3115, doi:10.1136/bmj.a3115 (Published 27 January 2009) Z Zheng 37 Book Reviews 39 Upcoming International Conferences 40 AJACM Instructions for Authors 2009 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 1 Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Zhen Zheng, PhD, BMed RMIT University, Australia The Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (AJACM) is the official journal DEPUTY EDITOR of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Ltd (AACMA). It is Christopher Zaslawski, PhD, DipAcu, PGDipCHM, BAppSc(Physio), MHlthScEd Australia’s only peer-reviewed journal for the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia acupuncture and Chinese medicine profession. 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In the next three years, much work needs to be done to prepare for national registration. In response to your wishes, we publish our first interview of a prominent 80-year-old Chinese medicine doctor in Nanjing, The opening ceremony of the Australasian Acupuncture China, Professor Zhongying Zhou. In this interview, we and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) in ask him how to understand modern diseases with Chinese Melbourne on 23 May 2009 was specifically dedicated to medicine theories, how to improve our clinical practice, and celebrate this breaking news. In her keynote presentation if we need to understand western medical science and modern following the Conference Opening Ceremony Dr Louise research methods. Professor Zhou gives detailed accounts of Morauta, Project Director of the National Registration how he used Wei-Qi-Yin-Xue theory to understand epidemic and Accreditation Implementation Project, outlined the haemorrhagic fever and develop treatment approaches. He process leading up to that time and how registration would shares with us his personal experience of studying Chinese be implemented. She also pointed out three main issues that medicine. We hope you will find this article helpful for your would be mandatory for all nationally registered professions: personal development. professional indemnity, continuing professional development and identity checking. Professor Vivian Lin, President of the As usual, there are reviews of recently published Chinese Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria, shared medicine books and a current research report. Some of you with us the Victorian experience, the challenges that national might recall a systematic review published in the British registration would face and the balance between the registration Medical Journal early this year. It found that real acupuncture board, the association and the universities. You will find more was as good as sham acupuncture in relieving acute and chronic in her guest editorial in this issue. pain. This review has received wide publicity on the radio, in newspapers and on the web. In Current Research and Clinical Not everyone recognises the contribution of Chinese medicine Applications you will find an analysis of the deficiencies of the to human health or understands its philosophy. In 2006, an review and