A student stands over a patient, needle poised. They have a “perfect” prescription: a textbook combination of points harvested from a lecture slide on chronic lower back pain. But as the needle meets the skin, the student hesitates - the symptom of a quiet habit that has taken hold of our profession. We routinely say we “prescribe” points. It sounds efficient. It echoes the authority of biomedical culture and fits neatly into the insurance field. But vocabulary is never neutral; repeated long enough, it dictates behavior.
News
Acupuncture Collaboration with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines
(Published Jul 31, 2009)
UCSF Medical School Offers Traditional Chinese Medicine Elective Course
(Published Jul 31, 2009)
Acupuncture Scores Home Run With SF Giants
(Published Jul 31, 2009)
From an Acupuncture Patient's Perspective, Part I
(Published Jun 30, 2009)
The Path to Acupuncture Legislation
(Published Jun 30, 2009)
Acupuncture Found Effective for Back Pain
(Published Jun 30, 2009)
Obama Positive Toward Acupuncture
(Published Jun 30, 2009)
Lone Star State Shines for Southwest Symposium
(Published May 31, 2009)
News in Brief
(Published May 31, 2009)
Integrative Medicine and Public Health
(Published May 31, 2009)
CCAOM Convenes National AOM Organizations Meeting
(Published May 31, 2009)
Acupuncture Falls Victim to California Budget Crisis
(Published May 31, 2009)
Lasers and De Qi
(Published Apr 30, 2009)
News in Brief
(Published Apr 30, 2009)
NCCAOM Helping Promote Your Practice
(Published Apr 30, 2009)
AOM Integrates Wellness on Capitol Hill
(Published Apr 30, 2009)