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…
In Portland there was a place I was briefly practicing at that had a “Whiskey Kitchen” across the street, Many people liked to go and sit outside and drink across from my window view. Looking to get some notice, I went over to tell them I had raw herbs that could be soaked in the whiskey to make a…
The journey continues! I’m heading back to Ashland this Wednesday through Friday – and have been coming back and seeing clients twice a month now since July and, for the most part, it seems to be working well. For the most part we’ve been able to maintain a bi-weekly continuity with many of you –…
What the 2015 Nobel Prizes mean for traditional Chinese medicine COMMENTARY by Marta Hanson OCTOBER 6, 2015 Scientist Youyou Tu’s Nobel Prize is a sign that Western science has changed how it perceives alternative systems of medicine — but only slightly. I’m sure I’m not the only one surprised by the announcement that half of…