Kaleb Montgomery, DTCM, has maintained a successful practice in Toronto, Canada since 1999. After graduating from the University of Toronto, he graduated from the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Vancouver, followed by an internship at the Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Changsha, China. In addition to the skills and learning acquired in Canada and China, he incorporates Buddhist healing and meditation into his practice, combining all of these experiences to help patients use illness and injury as tools for healing and personal growth. He can be reached via his Web site, www.bringingconsciousness.com.
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In the past five years of my clinical practice, I have seen an astonishing upsurge in the chronic use of proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medications for the gastrointestinal issue diagnosed by allopathic medicine as GERD. It is not uncommon to encounter patients taking these prescriptions for five-plus years.
Working with chronically ill patients entails acknowledging the reality that not all patients will survive their diagnosis. Chinese medicine and acupuncture play a crucial role in palliative and end-of-life care, addressing medication and disease side effects, alleviating pain associated with death, reducing anxiety and stress, and helping patients find peace during the dying process.
