THE BATTALION
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1978
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If the
handful of patients seated in the
waiting room recognized him as the
serious-minded older brother in the
"Leave it to Beaver’ television
series, few made a point of showing
it.
Tony Dow, who played the
character of Wally Cleaver nearly 20
years ago, was just one of several
patients waiting for Dr. Richard
Yennie — a specialist in the Orien
tal art of acupuncture — to treat
their aches and pains.
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He'll never know for sure if Yen-
nie’s 4-inch needle on his head
and hack and hand were solely
responsible for relieving his ills,
hut he’s willing to undergo more
treatments.
The 33-year-old actor appearing
this month in an area production of
“Barefoot in the Park ”, said in an
interview he was not enthusiastic
about trying the ancient art of using
needles to cure pain.
"I was really skeptical of all that
stuff.
But Dow says he badly needed re
lief from throat and lung congestion
and a cough that was hampering his
performance. A doctor, medicines
and assorted other traditional means
of medicine during the previous
three weeks had failed to arrest the
problem, so on the advice of a
friend, he decided to see Yennie.
After two treatments under Yen-
nie’s non-piercing needle, Dow said
his ongestion has started to lift and
his delivery on stage has improved.
Dow’s skepticism of the virtually
painless procedure has not entirely
vanished — he says he’ll never
know for sure if Yennie’s 4-inch
needle on his head and back and
hand were solely responsible for re
lieving his ills — but he’s willing to
undergo more treatments.
Dow is not the only celebrity who
says Yennie has improved his
health.
Houston Oilers quarterback Dan
Pastorini — who led his team to vic
tory in Sunday’s game against the
Kansas City Chiefs — credited Yen
nie with keeping him on the playing
field.
Pastorini, who was one of five
Oilers receiving treatment from
Yennie the night before the game,
said Sunday T think it helped me
get well a lot faster — an injury
where I might be out three to four
weeks. I was feeling a lot better in a
week. I’m convinced it works.”
The quarterback had suffered a
deep chest contusion a week ago
and hamstring difficulties, Yennie
said, and it was doubtful whether he
would start in Sunday’s game.
“He’s been playing. And he was
supposed to be out for six weeks,”
Yennie says.
Hypnosis? Positive thinking? Or
“black magic,” as Oilers player An
thony Davis said team members had
called it?
Hardly, says Yennie.
Acupuncture, or “meridian
therapy, he explains, is a ‘“natural”
method of healing without drugs or
surgery. The needle is simply used
to stimulate a point of the skin that
corresponds to another area of the
body. The different points of the
body are divided according to
Chinese guidelines, he says.
Two emergency kits to be marketed
include supplies, reference manual
He has convinced many doubting
Thomases, including “People who
say T know this BS cant help me.’ ”
Yennie says he does not recom
mend that acupuncture replace
traditional forms of medicine. The
two practices should work hand in
hand, he says.
He adds there are some ails he
can and will not treat, such as cancer
or a severed organ. For those, sur
geons are the best solution.
But he claims a 9 in 10 success
rate among the some 15,000 pa
tients he says he has treated in 20
years of practice.
He says he has convinced many
doubting Thomases, including
“People who say T know this BS
can’t help me.”’
That list of patients incudes some
area physicians, he says. Some area
doctors have come to him for treat
ment and left satisfied, he says.
Moreover, Yennie says with
acupuncture, there are no side ef
fects. The worst that can happen is
“nothing at all.”
United Press International
NEW YORK — Two new medical self care kits are to be intro
duced shortly, according to the manufacturer.
Dr. Keith W. Sehnert, a pioneer in America’s self care medical
movement, helped design the Auto Trauma Kit and the Burn Trauma
Kit, both made by Marshall Electronics Inc., Skokie, Ill.
The kit meant to help deal with injuries and other aspects of auto
accidents includes: red flares, four ‘“help” flags to hang from the car
windows or hold up so visible to oncoming traffic.
Also: an emergency blanket to wrap under and around the victims
to treat shock; muslin triangular bandages to use as slings or tour
niquets, adhesive bandages, compresses, wound cleansing pads,
adhesive tape, and wound scrubbers. On a stick-on sheet, about the
size of the glove compartment door, there is listed an inventory of
contents, instructions for use, and references to pages in the kit’s
selfhelp manual.
The burn trauma kit contains instructions, topical anesthetic,
medicated ointment, bum ointment, bandage and tape. The initial
instructions:
—Flush burn with cool water. If small, wash with soap.
—If burn is large, call for aid.
—Tell doctor cause of burn
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