Jeremy Lin’s Masseuse Accused of Practicing Secret Medicine with Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Taiwanese-American star Jeremy Lin recently played well in the Taiwan PLG Professional Basketball League. He not only helped the team win 8 consecutive victories, but even scored 50 points in the game yesterday (23). The cooperating physical therapist (massage) actually has acupuncture and moxibustion. Such behavior must be a doctor with a professional license to perform it. It is a medical behavior, but the medical license record of the masseur cannot be found. In the theory of esoteric medicine, heavy punishments should be accompanied by criminal responsibilities.

When Jeremy Lin used to play in the NBA, he was found with cupping marks. At that time, there was a lot of discussion, and he was called the “Oriental Mysterious Power”. , and even followed him in the past to help as an exclusive masseur. In his self-introduction, he wrote that he was the team doctor of the Beijing Shougang basketball team. Jeremy Lin and the masseur used to post pictures of their interaction and treatment on social networking sites. But now some netizens discovered that Jeremy Lin posted a video of acupuncture and moxibustion a few days ago, but the masseur surnamed Luo is not a legally registered medical professional, and should not perform acupuncture medical practices, and he couldn’t find it in the “Medical Query System” of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. to his profile.

He Shuan, chief of the Medical Management Section of the Taipei City Health Bureau, said that acupuncture is a medical practice of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. As long as acupuncture is not performed as a doctor, it can be treated as secret medicine. Argument. According to Article 28 of the “Physician Law”, he can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 6 months but not more than 5 years, and may be fined not less than 300,000 yuan but not more than 1.5 million yuan.

Jeremy Lin’s agency issued a statement, saying, “Thank you very much for your concern. Jeremy Lin will definitely be more cautious in taking care of his body in the future.”