| HERBAL MEDICINE | OPTIMIZE YOUR CLINIC | TECHNIQUES & TOOLS | CLINICAL CARE | RESEARCH | ||
| JAN | Strengthening Winter Herbs | Keeping Schedules Smooth | Balancing the Channels | Managing Seasonal Fatigue | Insights Into Immune Resilience | |
| FEB | Gentle Adaptogens | Organizing Patient Records | Cupping Considerations | Helping Patients With Stress | Heart Health: Circulatory Perspectives | |
| MAR | Herbs for Digestion | Build Referral Habits | Moxibustion in Clinical Practice | Digestive Comfort | Pain Relief Updates | |
| APR | Liver-Clearing Blends | Streamlining Clinic Tasks | The Power of electroacupuncture | Easing Headaches | Neurology in Focus | |
| MAY | Women's Health Remedies | Tips to Cultivate the Loyal Patient | Optimize Your Point Location Skills | Women's Health: Cycle Support | The Endocrine System at Work | |
| JUN | Cooling Summer Herbs | Keep Your Clinic on Track | Auricular Techniques | Improving Sleep | What Research Says About Sleep | |
| JUL | Recovery-Support Herbs | It's Time to Add Fresh Services | Using Gua Sha Effectively | Getting Involved in Sports Care | Muscle Recovery in Focus | |
| AUG | Heart-Friendly Formulas | Boost Practice Compliance | Scalp Acupuncture: Applications | Managing Hypertension | Cardiac Research: The Latest | |
| SEP | Immune Tonics | Keep Your Revenue Growing | Heat Therapy: The Why, When and How | It's All About the Breathing (Technique) | Immune Pathways | |
| OCT | Herbs for Acute and Chronic Pain | Checking Clinic Results | Refining Your Technique | Chronic Pain Solutions | Neurochemical Insights | |
| NOV | Seasonal Transition Blends | Planning Ahead | Mastering the Art of Palpation | Finding Digestive Balance | Inflammation Perspectives | |
| DEC | Restorative Herbs | Look Back to Look Forward | Year-End Safety Reminders | Integrative Approaches | Annual Literature Review | |
NOTE: The 2026 Acupuncture Today Editorial Calendar is flexible and subject to change based on editorial contributions.
Fertility acupuncture sometimes gets presented as a narrow protocol: a handful of reproductive points applied uniformly across patients. What this case reinforced for me: The most powerful work happens when we read the whole picture. The hormone data, the constitutional tendency, the sleep, the digestion, and the menstrual pattern, so we can treat the environment the ovaries live inside.
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) affects more than 15% of the U.S. population but evades most practitioners’ radar. Just five years ago, it wasn’t even on my radar, despite already having 20 years of experience as a clinician at that time. The more I dug (similar to leaky gut and post-COVID syndrome), the more I found my patients were suffering from this disorder.
The motivation behind our practice of medicine is important, impacting not just our experience but also the experiences of those we treat. It is perhaps for this reason that the aspiration to help not just some, but all beings heal, has historically been an important part of the medical tradition. To explain this, we need to consider how medicine is interwoven with other social domains.