MRA® At A Glance
The success of MRA® (Meridian
Regulatory Acupuncture) as a treatment modality is due to so many
individuals.
This year, we observe MRA's 30th year as a scientific discipline of
healing. Much has been achieved by way of demonstrating MRA®
Therapy's remarkable efficacy in severe specific pain problems and
body disorders—including many other conditions unresponsive to
standard treatment.
But Althea Gibson said, "No matter what accomplishments you
make, somebody helps you." The tribute for MRA's achievements
belongs to each MRA® Alumnus like you, and so many
friends and supporters who were generous in giving their time,
resources and efforts in advancing the study and practice of MRA®
Therapy.
The programs mark a significant milestone in the institute's 30th
year of continuing education, training, research and development in
acupuncture.
MRA® Practitioners and Beginners will greatly benefit
from attending the programs.
For the practitioners of MRA®, the new techniques and
the latest advances in acupuncture can be put to work immediately.
The MRA System of Therapy has shown
an impressive ability to muster the antinociceptive forces
of the body. This accounts for its high degree of efficacy
seen in three decades of clinical experience.
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If you are a Beginner, the program serves as a
foundation course that qualifies you for eligibility to the
Preceptorship—a separate, three-day, hands-on workshop that
immediately follows the Congress.
In the Preceptorship, you learn the simplified skills, so you can
start your own practice of MRA®—the moment you get
back to your office.
The MRA® System of Therapy addresses strategic body and
ear points to optimize the benefits of treatment.
MRA® Therapy is a simplified, effective and a highly
refined approach to acupuncture. It is safe, easy to apply, and has
no harmful side effects.
By restoring the balance of the
meridians in a scientifically-based approach, MRA
(Meridian Regulatory Acupuncture) aims to activate the
complex healing mechanisms of the body.
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There are many exciting things for us to discuss.
The presentations focus on the wide-ranging and apparently
all-pervasive healing properties of MRA® Therapy, as
seen by independent practitioners in three decades of clinical use.
Some applications of MRA® are revolutionary that they go
beyond the scope of conventional medicine. And could be life-saving
in the hands of trained and certified practitioners.
MRA® Therapy has shown beneficial results in the
treatment of severe and persistent pain problems, heart disease,
cancer, genetic disorders, nervous and connective tissue disorders—including
the ill effects of chemical and biologically-embedded toxins.
Topics range from fundamental knowledge and skills, to new insights
and innovative applications.
Meridians are invisible pathways of bioplasmic energy that
define life, health and disease. Like a symphonic
orchestra, these subtle energy fields must work in harmony
to maintain health. When this equilibrium is disrupted,
pain and/or disease result.
In order to retrieve health, the meridian must be restored
to a unified balance.
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During the practical demonstrations, you will see first-hand how
fast, precise and accurate the latest MRA® Ultramatic
works.
In the field reports section of the Congress, we will review an
outstanding list of actually treated cases that have positively
responded to MRA® Therapy. In many of these cases,
conventional medicine had nothing much more to offer.
In easy-to-understand terms, we analyze how the energetic and
subatomic forces interact in abating pain and disease.
We expound on the Bioplasmic Concept of Healing as posited in the
novel "Quantum Theory of Acupuncture." This postulate aims
to shed new light in the quest for longevity.
As we review the implications of this theory, it is central to keep
in mind that in the most fundamental way—energy creates matter.
In harnessing the healing principle of the body, the
"Quantum Theory of Acupuncture" explains how
Meridian Regulatory Acupuncture works from a scientific
perspective.
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Biology starts at the energy level. Not at the
protein, nor the DNA level. Energy initiates the primordial spark of
life. The integrity of every structure and function of the body—in
health and disease—quite simply, is the result of the ebb and flow
of bioplasmic energy—the life impulse itself.
The "Quantum Theory of Acupuncture" was originally
presented by this writer in 1976 at the International Acupuncture
Society convention held in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. It
explains how MRA® works in the primordial depths of the
energy compartment of the body. 
Biochemically, acupuncture works by releasing endorphins. We cover
the wide-ranging action of these pentapeptide (five-chain amino
acid) molecules. 
We discern why these neuro-mechanisms have elevated acupuncture to
its present level of scientific validity.
And explain how the ubiquitous distribution of endorphinominergic
receptors accounts for the effective relief of pain and the
favorable multi-systems effects afforded by MRA®
Therapy.
Endorphins exert their pain-relieving property and promote
homeostasis by their direct action on endorphinominergic
receptors that are widely distributed in the brain, spinal
cord and all throughout the body.
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"A journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first
step." The first step in the quest to unravel the science of
acupuncture began in 1974 with the founding of MARIA (Medical
Acupuncture Research Institute of America.)
This eventually led to the formulation of the "Quantum Theory
of Acupuncture," to posit the scientific basis of acupuncture.
Subsequently, the MRA® System of Therapy was developed
as an application tool to prove the validity of the "quantum
postulate" on acupuncture.
Seven years after the "Quantum Theory of Acupuncture" was
first presented in Taipei, I was invited in 1983 to present the
hypothesis and its clinical applications at the medical centers of
Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai. I will always cherish the undeserved
honor of being invited to lecture on the science of acupuncture—right
at the very heart of the roots of acupuncture itself.
From the start, MARIA has sponsored MRA®
Seminars, Preceptorships, Congresses and Symposia in different
cities across the U.S. and overseas.
Let me take the time to commend every physician who stood out of the
mold and took part in the MARIA-Sponsored education and training
programs in the last 30 years. Their encouragement and support
enabled me to accomplish many good things.
MRA® Therapy is now employed in well established
treatment centers—both in and outside the confines of academic
medicine.
Today, hundreds of trained and certified MRA®
Specialists are spread across the United States and abroad. All
successful practitioners doing their work in making sick people
well.
Pain is the number one reason Americans visit their
doctors. Its economic impact approaches $100 billion a
year in this country alone — through medical costs, lost
working days and compensation.
In 1976, Carlota posited the "Quantum Theory of
Acupuncture" and advanced the fundamental role of
bioplasmic energy in regulating pain and body disorders.
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Thousands of afflicted individuals, young and old,
have benefited from MRA®. Many of them were unable to
work due to crippling disabilities. Most of them have gone back to
work and are living normal lives.
These cases clearly show that MRA® works. And the
"Quantum Theory of Acupuncture," has significantly proven
its validity as MRA's scientific working model.
We have accumulated an expertise of blending new knowledge and
technology. And making it work. We now feel confident that we can
meet the challenge of effectively treating pain and disease with MRA®
Therapy.
An
official breakthrough for acupuncture came on November 5, 1997 when
a panel of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) endorsed its
use in the treatment of certain diseases. This landmark shift in
attitude has led to a much broader use of acupuncture in mainstream
medicine.
Today, more and more doctors are seen integrating MRA®
Therapy into their very own medical practice environment.
Thank you for joining us in celebrating MRA®’s 30th
Year in Bridging Acupuncture Science and Practice.
As we go through the year 2003, I do hope that one day soon—with
all of us working together—MRA® Therapy will succeed
in healing the world of the 21st Century—and the future
generations to come.
Lupo T. Carlota, MD, Dip Ac |
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