While many are keen on looking to “science up” acupuncture and squeeze it into the thinking and theories of conventional medicine, others are quite content with the weirdness of it. And enjoy playing around in the territory that’s off the radar of Western science.
Julian Scott is one of those pioneering acupuncturists whose background in theoretical physics primed him for the strangeness of the world of acupuncture.
In this conversation we explore how healing and science don’t always go together. His surprising introduction to treating children, and the weirdness that is inherent to both physics and healing.
Listen into this discussion on root causes, developmental stages, the influence of vaccines, along with the role of mind-to-mind connection and emanation in healing.
Set aside time for yourself, to nourish your soul
Julian Scott, L.Ac, Ph.D
I went to Cambridge university and obtained a PhD, and it was a natural progression that my first career was as a research physicist. I was then fortunate enough to come across Chinese medicine, and learnt the rudiments from Dr. van Buren at ICOM, graduating in 1976. After visits to China in 1982, 1983 and 1984, I set up a low-cost children’s clinic in Brighton, which gradually grew into the Dolphin House clinic, which is still a centre for children’s health.
Various events, and a warm welcome from Dan Bensky, led to me Seattle, where I opened a children’s clinic with my wife Teresa Barlow, and taught at NIAOM and SIOM, as well as giving courses in paediatrics in many other colleges.
Returning to UK, I practiced in Bath, where furthered my interest in treating eye conditions. I am now in semi-retirection, splitting my time between the UK and Greece.
Julian’s publications include Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children, written in conjunction with Teresa Barlow, and Acupuncture for the Eyes, which he is now editing for a second edition.
