August news – Center for Chinese Medicine

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well!  It’s been a year now since my family’s move to Portland, and a few months since the last newsletter from the Center for Chinese Medicine. 2016 has been the ‘Fire Monkey’ year in the Traditional Chinese Calendar.  Not only that, but the Fire Monkey month (7th moon)…

Oregon Health Care to include acupuncture coverage more fully

huge news for acceptance of acupuncture by Oregon –  realization that opiates aren’t doing it: “starting next month, Oregon’s Medicaid program will provide acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, and cognitive behavioral therapy to patients with chronic back pain if such treatments are deemed appropriate after an initial evaluation. Patients with back pain may also include…