358 History Series: Remember, Acupuncture is Fantastic • Julian Scott
History Series 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. ...
354 History Series: In the Footsteps of a Compleat Acupuncturist • Peter Eckman
History Series In the late 60’s and early 70’s of the last century East Asian medicine began to emerge into mainstream culture. The Reston NY Times article is often cited as a catalytic moment that put the idea of Chinese acupuncture into the minds of Americans. But other streams of...
349 History Series, There’s No End to The Study • Stuart Watts
History Series The 1960’s and 70’s saw an explosion of alternative health and lifestyle practices appear at the edges of culture. It was a time ripe with possibility and fraught with peril, after all there was a war going on. The kind where men were drafted. As with any troubled...
345 History Series – Things That Don’t Make Sense Will be Helpful to You Later • Ted Kaptchuk
History Series It was challenging enough for me in the 1990’s to set myself on the path of learning acupuncture. and by then, we had established schools and clear pathways to licensure and a livelihood. But back in the early days it took a rare kind of individual with a big spirit...