Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the acupuncture community on the front lines for addressing this epidemic.
Linying Tan, PhD, LAc
Dr. Linying Tan has a PhD from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China) and is currently a faculty member and Director of Research Program at Texas Health and Science University (Austin, TX). She plans to continue her research into moxibustion therapy.