Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well. It’s been awhile since my last update, and its been a bit of a wild and crazy time for many! An interesting day for me was Election Day, which also happened to be the day I started work in a new way in Portland, so I’ll…
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)…
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…