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The American Public Health Association (APHA) held its 138th annual meeting in Denver Colo., from Nov. 6 - 10 that included a summit on healthcare reform. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative.” A total of 12,000 delegates from throughout the United States attended…

Most of us have been daunted by pain at some time in our careers - either personal pain or a client’s unrelenting pain that defies all of our creative and intuitive diagnostic and treatment procedures. In Asian medicine, those of us who are avid readers of detective stories and murder…

Have you been intrigued by the use of color for healing purposes? Most of us have been fascinated by colors since early childhood, and color has provided a great deal of the backdrop, substance and texture of our lives ever since. Each time we choose clothes to wear, decorate our…

In 1973, Dr. Grossarth Meticek surveyed thousands of people in Heidelberg, Germany regarding their attitudes about life. The average age of the participants was 58. Twenty-one years later, he compared the attitude scores with health outcomes. Those with the 300 most positive attitudes were 30 times more likely to be…

A good practitioner-patient relationship is vital to effective healthcare. The quality of the relationship affects the quality and quantity of information that patients are willing to provide about themselves and their condition. It also determines the extent to which they are free to ask questions and be candid about their…

Medical education involves the development of cultural competencies. In this discussion, I present the idea of perspective as a tool for navigating complex cultural environments. Hopefully, this article will provide a consideration for coursework in U.S. schools of acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

Friedrich Nietzsche said, “At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.”

It’s that time again! Time to see how much of the money that you already sent to I.R.S. you will be able to reclaim, or how many additional funds you will have to send now. It’s a game that most dread, but with a little pre-planning, this can be more…

Charles Chace, who prefers to go by his nickname, “Chip,” is one of America’s foremost scholars and practitioners of classical Chinese medicine. He is the author and translator of numerous books on Chinese medicine including The Yellow Emperor’s Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Huang Di Zhen Jiu Jia Yi…

Physiological and emotional sensitivity causes and/or stems from an energetic condition. We are well positioned to have a strong positive influence on patients dealing with it. I was on a flight home after having given a lecture in Toronto when I met Suzanne. Dressed for business, dynamic and obviously accomplished,…

As a healer, one of the greatest rewards of practice is having someone get up from the table with a big smile and say: “I feel so much better.” Sometimes I joke with my patients; “well, what did you expect? You didn’t come here to feel worse, did you?” All…

Without question one of the most significant but overlooked functions of the human system is the vital role of the sphenoid bone in neurological and hormonal health issues. This butterfly-shaped bone, which makes up the floor of the skull, articulates with literally all of the bones of the skull.

As a licensed clinical social worker who worked as a psychotherapist for 18 years before I decided to study Chinese medicine, I spent years listening to people talk about the emotional challenges in their lives. Over the years I’ve been practicing Chinese medicine, I’ve treated a good number of people…

For the second time in the history of this country, CAM professions have the opportunity for a collective seat at the federal legislative table. The big question is, how the AOM profession will take part in this effort. A number of legislators who are favorable to AOM have recommended that…

What I’ve seen in my years of adding nutrition to my practice, is that a lot of people “know” certain things about food. “Know” in the sense that we don’t question the thought anymore. Like we “knew” that low-fat diets were healthy, right? (see my article titled “Big, Fat Lies”…

Even I had heard the rumor. I suffer a certain isolation from my co-workers and the clients who forgo acupuncture treatments, first by the things I don’t do: facilitate a group required for graduation or by the courts to stay out of jail; carry a one-on-one counseling case load; write…

Recently, I came to a stunning realization. The furniture from my childhood home, bought by my parents after they married in 1951, is considered antique. Herman Miller tables, a sideboard and china cabinet, somewhat scratched and stained, are now worth more because they have crossed a threshold of maturity. No…