234 What It Means to Be a Chinese Medicine Doctor • Annie White
Practitioner Cultivation & Development Acupuncture is technique, a method, a way to send the body a message. But the message we send— that comes from the long tradition and practice of the medicine that originated in China. Do you consider yourself an acupuncturist, or a doctor of East Asian medicine? Do...
233 Teaching, Learning and the Music of Medicine • Etienne Simard
Acupuncture “The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, in Apollo, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harpof man’s body and reduce it to harmony.”― Francis Bacon Music and Medicine have a lot in common. In the deepest sense, medicine is a kind...
232 Transition and Value, Considerations in Buying and Selling a Practice • Jason Luban
Business & Practice Management Most of us typically devote our time, focus, and resources to building a successful Chinese Medicine practice. But how often do you take a step back to think about what will happen when you need to make a move, or stop practicing? We have to come to terms with the...
231 Hospital Handbook Project • Megan Kingsley Gale
Business & Practice Management Western medicine and East Asian medicine have often been seen as two completely different ways of approaching health and well being. Can they be blended together for the benefit of our patients? It has taken time for the Western world to familiarize itself with the...