One of the most fascinating aspects about being a TCM practitioner is the ability to learn a whole different set of norms that not only characterize medicine but culture, as well. This is most clearly identified in the language. Any TCM practitioner will tell you that to truly learn the science of Chinese Medicine is… Continue reading The Chinese Language

How regulated is your medicine? When I first started in TCM, I was asked this question often by the patients who I treated. A decade ago, a TCM practitioner had to be licensed and apply for recertification every two years; this hasn’t changed. To get a license, an aspiring TCM practitioner had to pass the… Continue reading TCM’s Regulatory Environment

What is the biggest crisis facing Americans today? It is the Opioid crisis that we are facing. I’m, sure many of you are disagreeing with this as we are facing unprecedented times in our American politics. Biden or Trump? To me, it choosing a different side of the same coin, but I digress.   Most… Continue reading The Opioid Crisis

A growing trend in TCM concerns utilizing Auriculotherapy in the treatment of ailments. Obviously, the ear is at the focus of this field of treatment. I would say that this part of the human anatomy is very valuable in today’s TCM treatment plans. I use the Auriculotherapy often in the treatment of my patients.  … Continue reading AuriculoTherapy

One of the most fascinating aspects of TCM is the variety of treatment modalities that are available. Here, I am not talking about the specific modalities of treatment, like Acupuncture or Cupping. What I am noting regards the distinctly different fields of TCM treatment approach. This encompasses the steps from diagnosis to actual treatment.  … Continue reading Fields in TCM

One of the most gratifying aspects of TCM is the variety of disorders that this medicine allows me to treat. Obviously, most in the West associate Acupuncture with Pain Management. I am not saying that this is a bad thing. However, this notion does, in itself, limit the true capacity behind the modalities in the… Continue reading More than Pain Management

Many of my patients ask me about the response to the COVID virus in China. At first, I was taking back by their inquiries. I simply did not think about how the people of China were handling their COVID problems. So, the first thing I did was to ask my TCM colleagues who still either… Continue reading China’s COVID Research

I have treated hundreds of lower back/sciatic pain cases in my career as a TCM practitioner. As I have discussed before, I am trained to treat conditions, especially conditions relating to pain, by way of treating the Meridian. In the field of TCM, this method of diagnosing and treating is categorized as Meridian/Channel Theory. Lower… Continue reading Ling Gu and Da Bai

Yes, I am talking about the new reality we live in, post COVID. To say that every segment of Western society has bot been affected or even changed with the onset of COVID is not an exaggeration. Going to a restaurant or picking up groceries is now a whole different experience than just six months… Continue reading The New Norm

Deficiency is a term that is often used in our communication. There is a certain accepted meaning attached to this word. The synonyms often associated with it are depleted or lacking. Again, these words are used in various contexts in the English language. Even in Western medicine, the term deficiency is often used to convey… Continue reading A “Deficient” State