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The first students to study alternative medicine at university level in Australia began their four-year, full-time course at the University of Technology, Sydney, in early 1994. 1994年初，澳大利亚第一批另类疗法学生在悉尼科技大学开始了他们为期四年的全职课程。 Their course covered, among other therapies, acupuncture. 除了学习其他的一些疗法之外，他们的课程还包括针灸术。 The theory they learnt is based on the traditional Chinese explanation of this ancient healing art: that it can regulate the flow of Qi or energy through pathways in the body. 他们所学的理论基于中国古代对这么古老疗法的解释：那就是针灸可以调节“气”或能量在人体神经系统中的流通。 This course reflects how far some alternative therapies have come in their struggle for acceptance by the medical establishment. 这门课程足以反映另类疗法在争取医疗机构认同的斗争中所取得的成果。 Australia has been unusual in the Western world in having a very conservative attitude to natural or alternative therapies, 由于对自然或另类疗法所采取的极端保守态度，澳大利亚在西方国家中独树一帜。 According to Dr Paul Laver, a lecturer in Public Health at the University of Sydney. Weve had a tradition of doctors being fairly powerful and I guess they are pretty loath to allow any pretenders to their position to come into it. 悉尼大学公共健康系博士Paul Laver评价道：“我们有个传统，医生是相当权威的，我猜他们很不愿意让那些觊觎他们位置的冒牌货得逞。” In many other industrialised countries, orthodox and alternative medicine have worked hand in glove for years. 在其他许多工业化国家里，正统医生和另类医师早已亲密无间地合作很多年了。 In Europe, only orthodox doctors can prescribe herbal medicine. 在欧洲，只有正统医生才可以开草药。 In Germany, plant remedies account for 10% of the national turnover of pharmaceuticals. 在德国，草药占了药品销售额的10% Americans made more visits to alternative therapists than to orthodox doctors in 1990, and each year they spend about $US12 billion on therapies that have not been scientifically tested. 1990年美国人去看另类疗法医师的次数比去看传统医生的次数还多。而每年，他们花在未经科学测试的疗法上的钱竟高达约120亿美元。 Disenchantment with orthodox medicine has seen the popularity of alternative therapies in Australia climb steadily during the past 20 years. 在过去的20年中，由于人们对传统医疗不再迷信，另类疗法在澳大利亚慢慢流行起来。 In a 1983 national health survey,