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February 2016 (Vol. 17, Issue 2)

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Interprofessionalism: What it Means and Why You Should Care
Martha Brown Menard, PhD, LMT

Chinese & Asian Medicine
Integrative Medicine Can Shape the Profession
Stacy Gomes, EdD, MAEd

Marketing / Office / Staff
How to Humanize Your Content to Create Stronger Relationships
Stephanie Beck

General Acupuncture
Window of the Sky Points
David Twicken, DOM, LAc

Herbal Medicine
Forgotten Options for Musculoskeletal Health
Christopher Oswald, DC, CNS

Chinese & Asian Medicine
East Meets West
Marilyn Allen, Editor at Large

General Acupuncture
From Antiquity to Modernity: Huang Qin Tang at Yale Medical School, Part 1
Changzhen Gong, PhD

Acupuncture & Acupressure
Percussion Therapy: An Experiment
Kimberly Thompson, LAc

Chinese & Asian Medicine
Changing the Cultural View of Medicine
The Success of the Herbal Medicine Program at the Cleveland Clinic
Shellie Rosen, DOM, LAc

General Acupuncture
The Roots of Insomnia
Craig Williams, LAc, AHG

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Billing and Coding for Moxibustion
Samuel A. Collins

General Acupuncture
Ethics: The Glue That Holds Us Together
Amy J. Sear, AP, Dipl. OM

General Acupuncture
Yo San University Helps Make LA Communities Healthier
Scott Sivley

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Asking the Insurance Rep the Right Questions
Lawrence Howard, DAc, LAc

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Your Practice / Business
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling

People today want convenience, whether it be from their bank, credit card, favorite retail store, or restaurant. They demand it from the companies who hold their loyalty, including their health care providers (you). They don’t want to call and possibly be put on hold, and they want to use an app or schedule an appointment on your website. Here are three reasons your practice can gain by switching to online appointment scheduling.

Antonio Arias
Chinese & Asian Medicine
Fire and the Pelvis
Fire and the Pelvis

While there aren’t any meridians associated with fire that cross the pelvis, that doesn’t mean the lower tan tien is void of fire. Fire has a more ethereal quality to it in relationship to the pelvis and can be connected through discussion of the lower tan tien, the lower san jjao, the ming men, and the bao mai. In this article, we’ll journey through the anatomy of subtle fire in the pelvic bowl and look a bit at how it is kindled, carried and cultivated.

Krystal Lynn Couture, DPT, LAc
News / Profession
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S. (Pt. 2)
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S.

In 1997, the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health convened a multiday conference on acupuncture to evaluate its clinical utilization and mechanisms of action. The resultant document recommended acupuncture for a wide variety of clinical issues; and also recommended acupuncture be taught in medical schools and brought into mainstream medicine.Twenty-eight years later, acupuncture is far from integrated in the way that the document portends.

Clasina (Sina) Leslie Smith, MS, MA, LAc, MD, Dipl. Ac., FAAMA; Bill Reddy, LAc, Dipl. Ac.