Approved For Release 2000/08blkipbAFM6-00792ROO0500*2~'00bl*3* SG1 I SEQUENCE NR: C'0-389-/03815 USER- _D: 57452-90NOV29/17.03.18/z" TITLE: .-jGRESS -.N SYSTEMATIZING STF_.;'DZ OF FOLK MEDICINE, A. ZAPR S=iArr' ILI ISSLEDOVAT? pRiN0~7N E H i. 41 '7KS-PASENSY-KRUPNYM PLANOM DOC REF: GAZETA (MECZA), 890903, NR 1-06, 1 INF CTY: R IT TP tNF DATE: 3~ i~ ~_) 1) 3 COSATI: __3_'.)L0GICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES -'06) CLASSIF: ':r-'LASSIFIED RELEASE: X) TEXT: ABS'P~e-. CONTAINS 6 PHOTOS. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUF3LT'_'.'_TE:'~' IN 'HE 'L9, 1989 ISSUE OF THE DAILY SNAP. THE' _-~'~JGTHLY ARTICLE RECORDS A,ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF THE STAT"s OF ;~L2~TTnm".-MEQTMNP TM TNP- THE EXTENT TO WHICH SF_ r - _7 RBA L_ -1 OF FOLK PRACTITIONERS, HE LISTS AND POSSESSORS EXT! ~~'-~ENSORY CAPABILITIES CAN OR SHOT)TLD BE EMPLOYED IN 14EDrt-,- L DITAG",'" AND THERAPY. WAS A MAIN 5T(j-PTC OF THIS DISCUSSION. , 01,) - - PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED -ORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCT ATfON (Jk-YARA7SYCHOLOG'STS AND AN HONORARZ MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH C-F P-P n 1P INSTRUCTOR OF THL PROBLEMS; LENINGRAD STATE INSTITUTE FUR_ ADVANCED TRAINING OF PHYSICIANS; L. V. k'PAVC_14F.NK00 SENIOR SCIENCE ASSOCIATE OF MOSCOW MEDICAL INSTITUTE NUMBER 1 IMENI SECHENOV AND A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE EASTERN MEDICINE; V. I. POKRYSHKIN, SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY OF THE PHARMACOLOGY COMMITTEE OF THE USSR MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MINZDRAV); L. G. GERTSIK, HEII-D OF THE MOSCC-W CITY NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY CENTER; E D. DROZDOV, CHIEF NARCOLOGIST MOSCOW; 0. N. BAKUSHKINA, CURATOR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS INTERCHANGE OF ENERGY AND INFORMATION IN NATURE UN rDER THE BOARD THE UNION OF SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING SOCIETIES; A. V. IGNATENKOf A SPECIALIST IN PSYCHOENERGOSUGGESTION FROM NIKOLAYEV: AND 3IOENERG'_,' THERAPT-STS YU. F. VOROBYEVA AND MARIYA PATRONOVA. WITH '17e PROGRESS IN WINNING -_~r_r_7__r-'_7ANCE _111CuN'7FNTI(_`-' METHODS IN ~"_AiNSTREAM SCIENCE AND MEDICINE RECAr-LED THATI HERBALISTS AND :)THER FOLK HEALERS WERE AiLLOWED TRLAI` SECONDARZ ILLNESSES -,F Ai_'_f,_',)HO1TCS AND NARCOTICS ADDICTS AT NARCOLOGIC HOSPITA.L NUMBER _7 YEARS AGO. EDUARD SEMENOVICH DROZDOV, CHIEF PHYSICIAN "-'F THE HOSPITAL, GAVE THEM "-'HIS OPPORTUNITY. BALLYUZEK REPORTE'D A'J FOR,'~IED RECENTLY IN LENINGRAD 7 MEDICAL PERSGNNrE'1 f D 713=NG 10 1J BIOLOGISTSr -eriybicISTS AN THIS GROUP. IT IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM SC~ENTISTS OF THE INSTITUTE OF PRECISION MECHANICS AND OPTICS WHO HAVE UNIQUE EQUIPMENT AT THEIR, DI§P2SA NAUMOV NOTED THAT SIMILAR WORK IS BEING DONE AT THE CI'V)(qM _~T.ngv C-ENTER IN MOSCOW. GERTSK UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 94 k * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Approved For Release 2000/08/15: CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0500270001-3 Approved For Release 2000/081,~lf),,"P#rgDf~96-00792ROO0500270001-3 SG i I SEQUENCE NR: ICSB897038151 UJSFR~~~ --,D: b-7 t' ; 2 - L-1 MENTIONED THAT THIS CENTER IS DRAFTING VARI~_)' TS 1-1,ROGRAMS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ONES, AND 'THAT ACTED AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, RESERVES OF THE HUMAN, AS P.A 17 1) TTH C _U1, ly I F, E -ON THE V; 'y ~F QNP S T Z nrTHOD OF UAL I NP S X STZM,. ~E F-QSQ S LONG BEEN EMPLO-Y-'7-- =i- BRITAIN GGZSTIQN- H& 'AND T HE ~ZEr_,) 'RAINING OF ma +S_ BUT H~ BEEN W6- _Ift~-,~--!_ _Wlt _ ;S ~ _~- T HO THERAP IETS IN THE SOVIET UNION. t .6 AKES ONLY A APPR(~,X 'N OF COVD, HE CLiNIMED. '19 PERCENT OF PEEOPILE 3ECOMIE SUG_qESTIBLE DURI~G A POWER _C.. ICT, EVEN IF T,HE~R NAIT-RA SUGGESTIBILITY IS ~OW OR AVERA'_'_-. SUGG ESIrT - ~~`JNS WERE MADE FOR FURTHERING THE JF F(ILK MEDICINE AND UNCO \T ._ I 'THERAPEUTIC --E- '-\TED THAT HE IS VENTTONAL METHODS. '-I, - THE CHATRMAN OF A FOLK MEDICINE FUND '1 HTCH Wt'-' -\R-ANf ZED RECENTLY TO L -I GATHER -c,,r,K HEALERS TOGETHER, TEST TPETR COME TO THEIR SOCIL"_j AND LEGAL DEFENSE IF NECESSARY AN7 IN'_RODUCTION OF THEIR METHODS. A SYSTEM, ALBEIT A RATHER 1_-__YPLE ONE, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND INSTRUCTIONS PREPARED FOR OBJEC~_~iV_Eif._" 'EVALUATING THESE METHODS; THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE BASED ~JN )NES WHICH ARE USED FOR EVALUATING NEW PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATONS. --)EALLZ, TH__RE_ZZL9JLD BE A UNIFIED SISTEM, W"FIVITF COITERIA- AZIM f0lK HEATlFqq TECHNIQUES, IN POKRYSH-9=-S OPINION. LACK OF SUITAff1_,Y QUALIFIED PERSONNEL HAS PREVENTED USSR MINZDRAV FROM STUDYING THE QUESTION OF FOLK MEDICINE, HOWEVER. BALLYUZEK AND GERTSIK FELT THAT OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND __ARGE GROUPS OF PROFESSIONALS ARE NEEDED FOR SYSTP-MAfICALLY T-NVESTC-7GATING THE CAPABILITIES OF PROFESSED FOLK HEAL-MRS. '!AT_;MOV _.~__!`3 7-N FAVOR OF GRANTING REPRESENTATIVES OF FOLK MEDCINE '-HE JPP0R'_TJ1NL'_-' -'(-' WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH PHYSICIANS IN ORD-TNARY HOSPITAL.-- AND =NICS, AS IS BEING DONE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS CALLED A STEP TOWARD _'TT91aP_T_M7\MTT,-,_ (1711irri'MD pnv EY-PT-PT PYAMTMATTnM QP ALT, T