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COPE: A Strategy INSIDE THIS ISSUE.... PAID PRSRT STD PRSRT U.S. POSTAGE Bolingbrook, IL PERMIT NO.932 for Turning Burnout 3 Moving the Needle 3 Diagnostic Ashi Points: A into Breakthrough Focus on Muscle Motor Points By EAST PHILLIPS, DAOM, LAc 4 Treat Women’s Diseases with 11.06 Return to the Nest and 11.24 Gynecological Points ou’re driving down the road, to work. You might hear yourself say and your check engine light things like: Yuval Ron: Sound is the comes on. “Hmm, that’s “Ugh, I have to go to work to- 6 Y Future Medicine strange,” you might say to yourself. morrow,” instead of “I get to go to What do you do? If you’re like most work tomorrow.” of us, you probably just ignore it. “I hope my patient(s) cancel 8 Sulfa, Sulfite, Sulfate and Maybe it will go away, right? Then tomorrow,” instead of “I hope more Sulfur: True Allergy, you start to hear some weird noises people schedule with me tomorrow.” Cross-Allergy or No Allergy coming from your engine. Clonk, You might start experiencing bonk, rattle, bump. “Hmm. So odd,” headaches, insomnia, or body aches 10 Supporting Ovarian Reserve you ponder. Solution? Turn up the and pains. Your burnout is getting with Chinese Medicine radio, of course. Then, a little further worse when you find yourself com- down the road, steam comes out plaining more frequently and making The Lymph System: Our from under the hood of your car, statements like these: 11 and you are forced to pull over be- “Oh, my Gosh! My patients are Silent Protector cause you can’t even drive with bil- driving me crazy!” lowing smoke blocking your view. “I can’t stand working when so 12 Classical Five-Element So how does that look for us, the and so is in the office.” Acupuncture: Two More practitioners, students, business own- “I don’t even have time to think Powerful Treatment Strategies ers, and educators of complementary anymore.” and alternative medicine (CAM)? “I’m getting so out of shape. I 17 Pacific Symposium 2019 Well, just like your car, the warn- feel crappy.” ing signs start off soft and subtle and “I don’t have enough money.” Lyme Treatment Success get louder and louder until you are “I can’t remember the last time I 31 forced to address the problem. got a treatment for myself.” with Chinese Medicine It starts when you no longer look forward to treating people or going continued on page 9 32 Our Congee Calling 7445 Mission Valley Rd., Suite 105 San Diego, CA 92108 www.PacificCollege.edu 800-729-0941

Moving the Needle

By JILL BLAKEWAY, DACM

switches them off again once the was the impetus needed to produce The following is an excerpt from Jill Blakeway’s new book, tasks are complete. The scientists in life struck me as meaningful: an Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing, published by Edinburgh realized that they had the electrical energy that was a vital ani- Harper Collins in April 2019. ingredients for creating life within mating source sounded a lot like the their grasp—if they could unlock this Chinese concept of qi to me. cell’s potential, making it behave as The idea that the body has elec- n 1996, scientists at the Roslin DNA of a sperm to create an embryo. if it were young again. In an inspired trical properties dates back to 1789, Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, In lieu of sperm, however, the re- move—and employing a somewhat when an Italian physicist, Luigi Gal- I were keeping a radical project searchers removed the egg’s incom- Frankenstein-like concept—they in- vani, made a discovery while dis- under wraps. Unbeknownst to the plete DNA and replaced it with a full troduced a tiny electric charge into secting a dead frog. He touched the rest of the world, including their col- set of DNA taken from a cell of that the process. Amazingly, this was the frog’s exposed sciatic nerve with a leagues in the scientific community, same adult female sheep’s body. spark needed to bring the egg to charged metal scalpel and noticed they were attempting to clone a And then the researchers hit a life. Thus Dolly the sheep, the first that the leg flexed as if the frog were sheep. Their plan was simple—or so wall. The DNA from a mature cell mammal ever to be cloned from the alive. (The word, “galvanize”—mean- they thought. First, the team removed is technically complete, but it has cell of an adult animal—and our first ing to stimulate, or stir to life, with an unfertilized egg from an adult fe- also lost some of its capacity. As it ovine celebrity—was introduced to electricity—was coined in tribute male sheep and extracted its DNA. ages, an adult cell switches on the the world in 1997. to Galvani.) Two years later, he re- Thanks to a process called meiosis, parts of its DNA necessary to fulfill I was a student at Chinese medi- ported these findings in an academic the DNA of an egg is incomplete, a specific function, such as creating cal school at the time, and the news which allows it to combine with the a bone or even a freckle, and then intrigued me. The idea that electricity continued on page 5

Diagnostic Ashi Points: A Focus on Muscle Motor Points

By MATT CALLISON, LAc

Points That Reflect the Status of the rate motor point locations for precise This article is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published textbook Sports Zang Fu.” Figure 2 summarizes the electrode pad placement.2 Motor Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach to Combining Sports types of points within each of these point locations are also important for Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. categories. neurological interventions such as botulism injection for spasticity due For the purposes of this article, to cerebral palsy and for the loca- he Chinese term ashi, trans- obstruction syndrome, muscle imbal- we will now focus on a common di- tion of efficient nerve block injection lated as “that’s the point” or ance, and acute or recurring injury, agnostic ashi point: the muscle motor sites.3-4 T sometimes as another exple- the channels and collaterals respond point. The following information on The electrophysiological defini- tive, indicates pain upon palpation in a predictable manner by manifest- muscle motor points is a cumulation tion of a muscle motor point is still of the tissue. Ashi points were first ing ashi tenderness. For example, of the author’s 20+ years of experi- not universally agreed upon and mentioned in the Tang Dynasty text front-mu and back-shu points become ence in combining Western research, finding precise motor point locations Thousand Ducat Prescriptions and tender from organ pathology, while extensive cadaver dissection, and has proven challenging.5 In fact, the they are still used today to treat mus- a cleft-xi point becomes tender from TCM theory. number of motor points per muscle culoskeletal pain. Early Chinese phy- an acute injury. Tenderness of diag- can vary from subject to subject: sicians observed that points of ten- nostic ashi points indicates that they MOTOR POINTS some individuals have predictable derness in the muscle were legitimate should be included in the treatment The quest to find the optimal lo- muscle motor point locations and sites for acupuncture and moxibus- protocol. In addition to locating ashi cation on which to use electricity in other subjects do not have the same tion and thus included them in point points, the practitioner will determine the muscle tissue for diagnosis and motor point location at all.6-8 prescriptions to relieve pain. Many of the palpable quality of the point, such treatment has been underway for This confusion is due in part to these points of tenderness responded as: excess, deficiency, cold, damp, or well over a century. Between 1850 the various definitions of a motor very well to acupuncture treatment heat. Figure 1 summarizes the palpa- and 1930, Duchenne de Boulogne, point. The motor point has been de- and were subsequently recorded and ble qualities of diagnostic ashi points. Jean-Martin Charcot, and Joseph scribed as the zone of innervation, added to the traditional list of 365 We must remember, however, that the Babinski were some of the first pio- which in turn can be defined both as acupuncture channel points. Some of palpable quality of the diagnostic ashi neers in neurological medicine to where the motor nerve first pierces these points were also categorized as point as excess or deficient does not apply electricity to muscles to better the muscle belly (also known as the “Extraordinary Points” or simply necessarily mirror the excess and de- understand and treat motor coordi- motor nerve entry point or MEP) and “Extra Points”. Ashi points may be ficient diagnosis of the patient’s organ nation and neuromuscular disease as the location of the terminal end located anywhere on the body and pathology or musculoskeletal injury. processes.1 Just as technology has of the motor nerve at the motor-end they become tender when qi and In treatment, the quality of the ashi advanced over the years, Western plate (also known as the intramuscu- blood are unable to move adequately point will guide the practitioner in biomedical research on muscle mo- lar motor point).9-11 The motor point through the channels and collaterals. choosing the appropriate needle tech- tor points has also evolved since the has also been defined as the cutane- nique, angle of needling and depth of 1930s and has accelerated in the past ous point, located on the skin above “Tender points can be used as insertion for that specific point. 30 years. The specialties of neurol- the MEP. Researchers agree that this acupuncture points.” There are many different diag- ogy and physical therapy have put cutaneous point has the lowest re- — Ling Shu, Chapter 13 nostic ashi points and for the pur- considerable effort and research into sistance to electrical conductivity in poses of this book, the author has finding the most accurate locations the entire muscle.12-13 The cutaneous In the presence of any combina- divided these points into two larger for these points. Transcutaneous point is popularly used for detecting tion of organ disharmony, spondy- categories, “Ashi Points That Reflect nerve stimulation, a common physi- losis, facilitated segments, painful the Status of the Jing Luo” and “Ashi cal therapy modality, requires accu- continued on page 16

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2019 3 Treat Women’s Diseases with 11.06 Return to the Nest and 11.24 Gynecological Points By SUSAN JOHNSON, LAc, and ERIC RENAUD, MAc, LAc, Degrees

Meridian: San Jiao • Avoiding blood vessels: It is This article is an excerpt from Tung’s Magic Points, Volume One: A Reaction Area: Liver, Kidney important to look carefully for Definitive Clinical Guide. blood vessels, as they are fre- INDICATIONS: quently found in the area of this • Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) point. Vessels may not be obvi- sed primarily for women, 11.06 Return to the Nest • Menopausal hot flashes, night ous, but I have learned an effec- 11.06 Return to the Nest and (Huan Chao) sweats, irritability and depression tive way to identify them. Blood 11.24 Gynecological Points • Gynecological issues (due to liver vessels beneath the surface cast U LOCATION: are combined to treat all gynecologi- qi stagnation) a shadow, which causes the skin cal diseases, such as premenstrual • This point is located on the ulnar • Menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea) to appear slightly darker than syndrome, menopausal hot flashes side of the middle phalange of the • Excessive or scanty menstrual the surrounding area. If we look and night sweats, infertility, ovarian ring finger, centered between the bleeding carefully and choose the more disease, cyclic migraines, PCOS, and second and third finger creases, • Infertility pink or white skin (relatively endometriosis. just palmar to the intersection of • Blocked fallopian tube (often speaking, considering skin tone), the red and white skin. due to phlegm) we are far more likely to avoid • Habitual miscarriage blood vessels. If the patient feels • Ovarian disease a sharp burning sensation when • Irregular menses Return to the Nest is needled, • Cyclic migraines (may have nau- you have struck a blood ves- sea, vomiting, photophobia) sel. Remove the needle and start • Polycystic ovarian syndrome again. If you should hit a blood (PCOS) vessel, note its location in your • Uterine disease chart so you can avoid it in the • Liver qi stagnation in the uterus future. • Uterine tumors • Pegging a tendon: You have • Uterine pain following abortion pegged a tendon if you see a or miscarriage small depression around the • Tipped uterus leading to back needle where it enters the skin. pain and frequent urination It will not be particularly sen- • Leukorrhea with red or white dis- sitive, but the finger will not charge (if leukorrhea persists for be able to move at all and the 10 years or more, consider the needle will not rotate easily to possibility of cancer) stimulate the point. If this hap- • Vaginal swelling especially dur- pens, withdraw the needle until ing prolonged labor (with excess its tip is just under the epider- liver or high blood pressure) mis and redirect it slightly. Also • Abdominal pain due to reproduc- see “Introduction to needling tive issues finger points”. • Yang deficient prostatitis (Liu, 2010) • Needle stimulation: I often apply strong stimulation to the needle NEEDLING NOTES: once it is in place, rotating • Needle unilaterally only: It is fine quickly, clockwise and counter- to needle either side (usually clockwise, carefully watching the combined with 11.24 Gynecologi- patient’s eyes for any sign of dis- cal Points on the opposite hand). comfort (hard blinking). As this • Needle size and gauge: I use a point is used to open blocked 15mm x 0.16 needle (Japanese fallopian tubes and stop men- 1 gauge or Chinese 40 gauge), strual cramps immediately, strong inserted just palmar to the inter- stimulation is required. section of red and white skin in • Needle retention: Retain the nee- order to avoid immediately strik- dle for 45 minutes to one hour or ing the side of the phalange. In until you recognize that the treat- order to wrap the needle under ment is complete. the bone, I use a curving needle • Combining points for gynecologi- technique, inserting the tip and cal issues: 11.17 Wood (Anger) is then introducing a curve in the frequently used in combination shaft by holding the handle at a with Return to the Nest and 11.24 90-degree angle to the tip. The Gynecological Points. When goal is to insert the needle be- combining these points, first tween the bone and the tendon, needle 11.17 Wood (Anger) and as this provides a kidney func- 11.24 Gynecological Points on tion by contacting the palmar the patient’s left hand, followed surface of the bone (bone treats by 11.06 Return to the Nest on bone) and a liver function (ten- the right hand. This arrangement don treats tendon). See the dem- allows you to best position the onstration DVD, Master Tung’s patient’s hands after needling, Magic Points: Point Location and because the Gynecological Points Needling Technique, for curving needle technique on this point. continued on page 10

4 SUMMER 2019 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu MOVING THE NEEDLE continued from page 3

journal, Proceedings of the Bologna tion of the acupuncture treatment, Academy1; out of this simple ob- causing chemical changes at a cel- servation grew the modern field lular level that increase electrical of bioelectromagnetism, the study conductivity.5 of electrical and electromagnetic Connective tissue, long under- phenomena, such as the electric played by Western medicine and currents that flow in our nerves science, has recently become of and muscles, that are crucial to our interest, particularly among molecu- body’s ability to function. lar and physiological researchers, In terms of human physiology, as new evidence has demonstrated the basic unit of bioelectromag- that such stimulation to the connec- netism is the cell. Most types of tive tissue can be sensed at a cellu- cells exhibit some form of polar- lar level, decreasing chronic inflam- ity, which means that there is an mation, reducing pain, and even electrical difference across the cell potentially inhibiting the growth of membrane, creating a voltage gradi- cancer cells or fibrotic tissue. ent, also called an electric potential. Connective tissue is everywhere Some cells, including neurons and inside of us—“one could draw a muscle cells, have particularly high line between any two points of the electrical potential due to electrical- body via a path of connective tis- ly excitable membranes whose pur- sue,”6 Langevin points out. And it pose it is to transmit the electrical has many functions: it holds organs impulses that send signals around affect the reproductive organs, so 6 point, when accompanied by a in place, offers a path for nerves our bodies. it is used to calm uterine pain and strong needle sensation, increased and blood vessels, stores energy Qi is not unlike this electrical menstrual cramps as well as speed contraction strength and frequency and attaches muscle to bone, and, activity in that it, too, is invisible up labor. Once I had the needle in, in addition to dilating the cervix yes, conducts electricity. The latter and understood mostly by its ef- I would “put some qi on it”, as I more quickly. ability is thanks to a critical compo- fect. But there is this distinguishing like to say, which meant stimulating It is always a relief to have nent of connective tissue: collagen. factor: science believes in one and it by twisting it slightly with my fin- instinctual practices verified in a There are layers of water bound to not the other. That may be because gers for about a minute. I knew that concrete way, and yet, despite the collagen fibers that form a uniquely the concept of qi, to scientists, can I was done when I would feel the fact that we’d been able to track conductive pathway, allowing an seem too abstract. The word is of- needle grab—that is, I would feel the success of the de qi sensation at electrical charge to travel rapidly ten translated into English as “ener- a tug, almost like a fish taking the this acupuncture point, I still didn’t throughout the body, just as it did gy”, although qi doesn’t really cor- bait. The Chinese call this sensation have a clear idea of what was oc- when Dolly the cloned sheep was relate to the scientific definition of de qi; patients can feel it on their curring internally. That is, not until suddenly brought to life. energy. The literal translation of qi end, too, sometimes as a tingling nearly a decade later, when I came I felt vindicated in a new way is “breath” or “air”, and the Chinese or deep ache around the needle. It across new research that specifically when I discovered this research. I character represents the vapor that was in doing this, time and again investigated this phenomenon and was feeling qi in the needle grab, I rises from a pan of rice, signifying for these women in urgent need of the physiological effect it has on the thought, and it was not only activat- the way food becomes energy. But, a remedy, that I came to realize that body. ing the connective tissue but also as I’ve discussed throughout, qi is the needle grab was essential. Helene M. Langevin2, a clinical conducting electrical energy, send- also far more than this. Qi is the When I did feel that satisfying endocrinologist who was curious ing a message of relief throughout body’s intelligence and its organiz- little tug, the pain would not only enough about her patients’ inter- the bodies of those women at ing system— and it links us to the begin to ease more readily, but est in acupuncture that she took Lutheran, allowing them to relax, greater field of the Tao. these women’s cervixes would also a course in Chinese medicine and at least for a little while, as they en- When I was part of the acu- dilate more quickly— there were then carried her newfound skills tered motherhood. OM puncture program in the labor and midwives, nurses, and doctors ex- into the lab with her at the depart- delivery wing of Lutheran Medi- amining them after the treatment to ment of neurology at the University REFERENCES cal Center, I learned an important confirm this. 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Writes Langevin: “Even of Yinova in New York City and the au- thor of three books on health and heal- point known as “Spleen 6”, which down on the contractions graphs a small amount of rotation caused ing. For her latest book Energy Medicine: is about three fingers’ breadth up when we’d treated with acupunc- the connective tissue to wrap The Science and Mystery of Healing, Jill from the medial malleolus, the ture, at what point we felt the around the needle, like spaghetti travelled the world meeting with scien- knob-like bone of the ankle. Spleen needle grab, and the effect on the winding around a fork.”4 Langevin tists and healers to better understand the 6 is a crossing point of three acu- patient. In doing so, we created a also found that the tissue remains body’s own intelligence and the variety of prompts that promote self-healing. puncture channels, all of which clear record that treating the Spleen stretched in this way for the dura-

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2019 5 Yuval Ron: Sound is the Future Medicine

Interviewed by KARA JOHNSTAD

This interview was originally published in the April 2019 OMTimes Magazine and is republished here with permission.

have with me in the studio the the dream that you carry within you world-renowned musician, com- for our world, where your music is in I poser, educator, producer, and that dream for our humanity? peace activist Yuval Ron for a discus- sion about divine attunement and Yuval Ron: Yes. I used to say to sound consciousness. Yuval Ron be- many of my friends that I feel very gan composing professionally for the- fortunate, because I realized all my ater and contemporary dance in Is- dreams. I have been very lucky and rael in the early 1980s. In the late 80s very fortunate. Dreams that I have to early 90s, he worked as a com- had since I was a teenager, I man- poser for promotional videos, theater, aged to realize in this lifetime. television, and dance in Boston and I am in my mid-50s, and I felt New York. He scored his first feature that when I was 40, and one great film, Urban Jungle, produced in New dream still is on my list. It’s not about York, in 1990. In the mid to late 90s, my personal life but the life of hu- Yuval Ron was a composer for the manity, it’s about the world, and it’s Fox Kids network in Los Angeles, about peace. So that’s the one dream CA. In 2006, he composed music that is on my lap, and that’s what I’m The Foundation has its base in tion of his book about the mysticism for the short film West Bank Story, a focusing on, and I’m trying to ad- Los Angeles, but it’s working all over of music: Sufism that developed for musical spoof of West Side Story that dress that—and not just in my work the world. It’s about bringing educa- hundreds of years in India finally features two rival gangs of fast food as a peace activist. tion through music, dance, and sto- came to the West. employees, the Israeli “Kosher King” I created the Yuval Ron En- rytelling to schools that have no arts I studied the Jewish Kabbalistic vs. the Palestinian “Hummus Hut”. semble, with musicians and dancers programs, in difficult neighborhoods rabbis as well. Their practice goes West Bank Story won the Academy from the Muslim and Jewish and and struggling communities where back to 11th century Egypt, where Award for Best Live Action Short Film Christian faiths. We have been work- the youth are at risk. We are trying there was an ecstatic Kabbalistic rab- in 2007. Other notable scores include ing together for 20 years, touring the to inspire those communities to rise bi named Rabbi Abraham. scores for PBS Nova (“Breaking the world and teaching and performing, above the difficult reality, like a lotus Maya Code”), Proteus, Oliver Twist, ensuring that we can create more flower that grows out of the mud: Kara Johnstad: Yuval, talking The Spiral Staircase, Golda’s Balcony, harmony and more beauty when we that is the dream. about sound healing and the mys- and Road to Victory. Among Yuval’s work together, when we respect each tery schools: because the sound is so many honors, Yuval was invited to other and our musical and sacred Kara Johnstad: A dream that I powerful, and mindfulness can also perform for the Dalai Lama and has traditions, our poetry and music and think is feasible. I think that it takes be such a powerful place; do you collaborated with the Sufi leader Pir sacred dance. courage to speak, to say “I believe”, think this is why these tools were Zia Inayat Khan and the master musi- So, I’ve been doing this work and live world peace. You have had kept a secret? For example, if some- cian Omar Faruk Tekbilek. which is specifically addressing many experiences with different mys- body who is the enemy or is perhaps peace in the world and encouraging tery schools: we have the shamans in not conscious, sees such powerful Kara Johnstad: Yuval, your first dialogue, and I’ve done that not just South America, the Sufis, and many tools, that it might bring more harm book, Divine Attunement: Music in the Middle East. I went to Korea, others that work with sound. Would than harmony to our world? as a Path to Wisdom, won the gold and I’ve done peace projects with you like to share a little bit more medal for the best book in the spiri- the Korean governments on the bor- about what it’s like to gain that wis- Yuval Ron: Yes, part of the rea- tuality category at the Indie book der between South Korea and North dom from ancient practices? son that it was kept a secret is that awards. I feel blessed to have you Korea. people could get hurt—and some here with me. I have done the same in India, Yuval Ron: Yes, the Sufi tradition people did. Some people lost their and Cuba. It was about bringing peo- from India is a very rich, very inter- minds, some people got injured, Yuval Ron: Thank you. It’s won- ple together. esting lineage. I’ve been involved both body and mind, and the teacher derful to talk to you, Kara, as always, I became involved in music heal- with the order of a saint that lived in had to sort out who is responsible, because we have a conversation from ing and healing sounds, and that is, India—in Europe and North America because any tool can be used for the inside, as you are a musician. for me, work on this same dream. It it’s called the Inyati order—that good or for bad. Television can be a You know what I’m experiencing is about bringing peace to this world, started about a hundred years ago, wonderful educational tool too, but and what I’m talking about so it’s through healing the mind and the with a great teacher who was also a television can be a horrible tool. The great to have this exchange of ideas. body. We are doing that through master musician. He came to America same is true of sound healing. Teach- contemplative music, meditative and Europe and gathered many fol- ers had to select pupils that would Kara Johnstad: I love your music, music that is rooted in the medical lowers all over the world. His grand- use it responsibly and respectfully, and I know you have many fans in traditions of China and India and son is the leader of the order right and I still say this to my students Europe. Now I think you have even neuroscience. Music therapy stud- now. He became a friend of mine when they come to study with me. more fans because I’ve been listening ies come mostly from the West, and and a collaborator back in 2004, to your music over the last months, so it’s based on both Eastern and and since then I’ve been involved Kara Johnstad: So we’ve sensed and there’s such a healing quality. Western wisdom traditions, science with their teachings and their work. that there is a shift happening on It’s not just serene; there’s a rhyth- and ancient shamanic wisdom. This I have studied some of the works of planet Earth, and I see that across mic pulsation. They are such diverse combination is meant to create inner his grandfather, who wrote a classic the board. I see that with Native woven tapestries. I wanted to start peace in each listener, and through book called The Mysticism of Sound American teachers here in America, in a different place today, this inter- that, I hope to achieve peace. and Music. teaching traditions and wisdom that, view: a dream seems so ethereal, and One more element in my work The book was a cult classic in in the past, would be entrusted only yet a dream, if it’s remembered and to try to promote that one last dream the 60s, influencing John Coltrane, to four people from the tribe, but manifested, creates millions of op- is a charitable foundation that I Carlos Santana, and many other jazz are now taught to those who are portunities. So today I would like to founded, called the Inspired Sound musicians. In a way I see my book start with your dream. Can you name Initiative. Divine Attunement as a continua- continued on page 13

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By JOHN K. CHEN, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc Reviewed by TINA T. CHEN, LAc; DONNA CHOW SANCHEZ, LAc; ANITA CHEN MARSHALL, DAOM, PharmD, PhD, LAc

INTRODUCTION due to the actions of sulfonamide isatidis), Da Qing Ye (Folium isatidis) tain one sulfur atom surrounded by Sulfa, sulfite, sulfate, and sulfur antimicrobials, not the actual sulfur. and Qing Dai (Indigo naturalis). 2 or 3 oxygen atoms. Sulfites occur are four terms that sound similar Though 3 to 4% of patients claim to naturally in some foods during the but have very different allergy pro- allergic to sulfa drugs, only 3% of SULFITE fermentation process, such as red files. As healthcare practitioners, it is these patients have a true allergy to wine. Sulfites, which can be added important to understand these four sulfonamide antimicrobials.,, True as preservatives to prevent food from terms to establish whether patients hypersensitivity reactions, such as turning color and bacteria from spoil- have true allergy, cross-allergy, or rash and hives, will generally resolve ing foods, are commonly found in no allergy among drugs, herbs and within two weeks after discontinu- Sulfite foods such as dried fruits (exclud- foods. ation of the drug. Severe hyper- ing dark raisins and prunes), bottled sensitivity reactions, such blistering Sulfites are molecules that con- lemon juice (non-frozen), bottled 1. SULFA (SULFONAMIDE ANTIMI- and mucosal reactions, may require lime juice (non-frozen), sauerkraut ,, CROBIALS AND SULFONAMIDE hospitalization. Table 1. Sulfonamide Antimicrobials (and its juice), grape juices (white, Sulfonamide non-antimicrobials white sparkling, pink sparkling, red NON-ANTIMICROBIALS) Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim include drugs such as furosemide, (Septra, Bactrim) sparkling), salad, and pickled cock- hydrochlorothiazide, acetazolamide, tail onions. Sulfisoxazole-erythromycin sulfonylureas, and celecoxib. Sul- Sulfites are also present in many (Pediazole) fonamide antimicrobials and sulfon- oral medications (adrenaline, iso- amide non-antimicrobials have differ- Table 2. Sulfonamide prenaline, isoproterenol, isoetharine, Sulfonamide functioning groups ent chemical structures, and there is Non-Antimicrobials phenylephrine, dexamethasone and no clinical evidence of cross-allergy., Celecoxib (Celebrex) injectable corticosteroids, dopamine, “Sulfa drugs” refers primarily Sulfonamides were originally de- Furosemide (Lasix) local anaesthetics, propofol, amino- to sulfonamide antimicrobials, such rived from red dye. There is no data Glimepiride (Amaryl) glycoside antibiotics, metoclopramide as sulfamethoxazole, sulfisoxazole, available to determine whether there and doxycycline) and topical creams Glyburide (Glynase, Diabeta) sulfafurazole, and sulfadiazine, con- is cross-allergy with Chinese herbs and ointments (antifungals and taining sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen and that have been used as blue/green Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) other groups. Allergic reactions occur dye, such as Ban Lan Gen (Radix Sumatriptan (Imitrex) continued on page 37

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8 SUMMER 2019 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu COPE: A STRATEGY FOR TURNING BURNOUT INTO BREAKTHROUGH continued from page 1

“I’m so tired. I’m tired all the time.” “I hate these insurance com- panies and all the BS (bureaucratic stuff, of course) that goes along with the system.” “Does this medicine even work?” “Am I really making a difference?” “My students are driving me insane!” “These homework assignments are so stupid.”

Here’s a final test to see if you are experiencing burnout. Which one best describes you lately? Question: When you drive to work or school, you: (a) Listen to music or inspiring e- books or podcasts; (b) Call friends or family to catch up; or (c) Yell at drivers to “Get the F out of my way, people!”

When I was in Chinese medical school, I was a massage therapist. I worked for a chiropractor who booked me eight one-hour, back-to- back massages every Tuesday and Thursday. At first, I loved it. I had showing exuberant passion flow- Let’s break C.O.P.E down a little Maybe your burnout causes are zero experience with bodywork or ing in all directions, burnout is more further and begin the transformation present in the list above, or perhaps massage before Chinese medical common than you may think and process. It would be helpful to re- you have your own specific reasons school, so this was an excellent way not many people are willing to ad- cord your answers to each step as we for feeling crispy. In any event, the for me to obtain practice in massage. mit it. They are afraid people will go along. first step is to determine and ac- After about six months of this, I real- think they are a bad practitioner, C is for Cause. What is the root knowledge the root cause(s). ly started to feel the toll of the excess or that they are a bad person who cause of your burnout? Is it originat- ing from your practice or another part one-on-contact with patients. I first doesn’t want to help people. Let me Step 1 of the 4-step COPE process: noticed that after massaging eight tell you something: I have two kids of your life and bleeding into your Write down all the potential causes people in a row I left work with that I love more than anything in this career? Just like when we are work- of your burnout headaches. Then I started having a world, but there are times when I ing with a patient’s health, it’s essen- hard time sleeping and began to be- fantasize about running away to live tial that we determine the exact root O is for Options. Think of all come aware of many aches and pains next door to Kate Hudson and Shaki- cause of the problem: only then can the possible options for correcting in my neck, shoulders, and back. But ra in Ibiza. These feelings or thoughts we create an effective treatment plan. each of your burnout-causing prob- I didn’t truly admit to myself that it don’t make me a bad mom or mean The Mayo Clinic website (2019)2 lems. Your choices can range from was time to quit until… that I don’t love my kids. They are published a list of possible causes for easy-to-implement actions to a more Red Flag#1: I purposely left simply gauges telling me that my sys- career burnout, which I have summa- complicated treatment plan that will my eighth massage patient of the tem needs attention—much like the rized below. See if any of them feel require several steps, detailed plan- day face down for an extra twenty gauges of your car. When my kids like your situation. ning and a specific amount of time to minutes because I couldn’t stop cry- and the chaos they bring make me implement. ing while massaging her back and I feel like running away, that’s when • Your practice or business has The last time I got my oil didn’t want her to see my tear-stained I know I need to make some shifts become monotonous or chaotic. changed the technician came to me face; and; to get myself back in balanced and You find that you need to exert in the waiting room with my dirty air Red Flag #2: One day before aligned with my true self otherwise I constant energy to remain focused filter in his hands and a readout of work, I was cutting fruits and veg- am not good to anyone. or engaged. my car’s overall health report which etables for my lunch. The entire time So, what do we do once we have • You feel isolated at work or in listed all issues found during the in- I kept thinking to myself, “I honestly determined that we are in a state of your personal life, with no sense spection. He went over my options, don’t know if I can do it today. This burnout? Well, what do you do when of community or belonging. advising that while I could safely job is exhausting me.” That’s when I your car breaks down? You take it to • Your work-life balance is more choose to just go with the oil change cut my finger so badly that I had to a mechanic. like a work+work+more work = and put off the air filter replace- get stitches. And, since you cannot Please consider me your practice no life equation. You no longer ment for a year, my tire tread was massage with stitches—guess what? mechanic. Having been in practice energize yourself with quality dangerously low, and I was risking a No work for me. nearly 20 years and counseled hun- time with loved ones. blowout. Does any of the above resonate dreds of students and practitioners, I • You have painted yourself into a Similarly, in Step 2 of COPE with you? Has your check engine am an experienced, skilled and repu- corner and feel that you have no — Options, you list out all of your light turned on, yet you have chosen table mechanic that works from a way out or control over your own options for each of the problems to ignore it? Most likely it has, given space of integrity, and with your best life. You are forcing yourself to discovered and identify the “must do recent statistics that suggest that more interest in mind and at heart. work on days or in ways that make now” and “can wait” items. than half of U.S. physicians are expe- I propose that it’s time to COPE you resentful and/or unhappy. To get you started with your own riencing professional burnout1. with your burnout. In this sense, • You share your office with, or list of options, I’ve provided some If you suspect or know without COPE is an acronym for Cause, Op- rent space from, someone nega- options for you to consider below. I a shadow of a doubt that you have tions, Pick/Plan, and Execute. It tive, too loud, disrespectful or list them in order of magnitude with burnout, please understand that it’s has been my experience that by fol- toxic in such ways that it makes the quick fixes listed first and the ok. In fact it’s not only normal—it lowing this 4-step process, you can working with them a bummer. more extreme corrections listed to- may just be a blessing in disguise. transform your negative state of mind • You try to be everything to every- wards the end. Despite your fellow practitioner’s into one that re-aligns you with your one and/or do too much of the Facebook and Instagram profiles passions, joys, and peak state. things you do not enjoy. continued on page 34

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2019 9 Supporting Ovarian Reserve with Chinese Medicine

By ANN WANG, CMD, LAc

ithout a doubt, the work spleen as well. The treatment is to comprised of fifteen herbs: Tu Si University of Traditional Chinese that has brought me the invigorate the kidney, fill the vital es- Zi, Sha Shen, Shou Di Huang, Ren Medicine were divided into two W most joy in my 39 years sence, tonify the blood, and regulate Shen, Sang Ji Sheng, E Jiao, He Shou groups: 20 patients in the Chinese of practice has been helping my menstruation. Wu, Ai Ye, Bi Ji Tian, Bai Zhu, Dang medicine group and 20 patients in patients to conceive and to bring In this article, I will discuss a Chi- Shen, Lu Jiao Shuang, Gou Qi Zi, Xu the Western medicine group. The healthy babies to term. Fertility has nese herbal formula called Zi Shen Duan, and Du Zhong. In the US, you Chinese medicine group participants become one of my specialties not Yu Tai Wan, a variant called Fertile can find a formula similar to Zi Shen were administered Zi Shen Yu Tai only because of my growing experi- Tonic, and their impacts on low ovar- Yu Tai Wan under the name Fertile Wan while the Western medicine ence in the field but also because ian reserve patients in clinical trials Tonic from Treasure of the East. group participants were adminis- infertility has grown more common as well as in my own practice when tered hormone replacement therapy over time. Low ovarian reserve, in combined with acupuncture. IN CLINICAL STUDIES (HRT) in the form of Progynova and particular, has become more preva- Zi Shen Yu Tai Wan was origi- A wealth of clinical studies has progesterone. Prior to and following lent in recent years. A decade ago, nally called Shou Tai Wan when it been performed upon Zi Shen Yu Tai three months of treatment, patients’ my patients experiencing low ovarian was developed by Dr. Zhang Xichun, Wan in China. Many of these studies 1. perimenopausal symptoms, 2. reserve were reliably age 40 or older. a famous doctor of the Qing Dynasty. focus on its impact on endometrial menstrual cycle regularity, and 3. Today, it’s not uncommon for pa- In the early 1960s, the renowned receptivity or on threatened miscar- hormone levels were observed. Both tients in their mid-30s to experience fertility doctor and cofounder of the riage. While these applications are groups showed improvement follow- low ovarian reserve. At the same Guangdong University of Chinese extremely complementary to the ing treatment, though along different time, more and more patients are Medicine Dr. Luo Yuankai modified application for improving ovarian indicators. waiting longer to have children. the classical formula and named it Bu reserve, for the purposes of this ar- Dr. Yang’s team reported that pa- Fortunately, TCM treatment for Shen Gu Chong Wan. Dr. Luo was lat- ticle, I will focus on a study focused tients experiencing perimenopausal ovarian function has been found ef- er recognized by the Chinese Ministry on ovarian reserve and its symptoms symptoms related to low ovarian fective in clinical studies and in my of Public Health for his development conducted by Dr. Yang Shenghua of reserves observed marked improve- practice. TCM considers the main of the formula and another formula Guangzhou University of Traditional ment after treatment with Zi Shen Yu pathogenesis of ovarian reserve for the induction of ovulation. Chinese Medicine. Tai Wan compared with treatment dysfunction to be kidney deficiency Today, the formula that Dr. Luo In this 2010-2012 study, 40 pa- using HRT. Patients’ perimenopausal and blood stasis. Kidney deficiency popularized as Bu Shen Gu Chong tients with ovarian reserve dysfunc- symptoms included lower back pain in these patients often expresses as Wan is known across China as Zi tion in the gynecological clinic of the dysfunction in the liver, heart, and Shen Yu Tai Wan. The formula is First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou continued on page 14

TREAT WOMEN’S DISEASES WITH 11.06 RETURN TO THE NEST AND 11.24 GYNECOLOGICAL POINTS continued from page 4

combine better with Wood (An- COMMENTS: • Pregnancy: Return to the Nest ger) than with Return to the Nest. • 11.06 combined with 11.24: Uni- quiets the womb and calms the SUSAN JOHNSON, LAc, has been study- If you are needling the points laterally needled, primarily for fetus; therefore, it can be used in ing acupuncture since 1982. She is an multiple times in one week (or women, Return to the Nest is any kind of pregnancy-related ill- esteemed teacher of Master Tung’s Magic Points, a potent system of acu- even daily in the case of infertili- usually combined with 11.24 ness. Points that are used to treat puncture handed down as a treasured ty) you can alternate the arrange- Gynecological Points to treat all infertility are always safe to use family secret for generations and made ment by needling Wood (Anger) gynecological diseases, as it regu- during pregnancy. This knowl- public by Master Tung Ching-Chang. with Return to the Nest on the lates female hormones. Return to edge is helpful, as the patient patient’s left hand, and needling the Nest has a stronger effect on may not know when she has Susan graduated from the American Col- Gynecological Points on the right the ovaries, whereas 11.24 Gyne- conceived. lege of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, California, was licensed in hand. We always needle Wood cological Points adjusts the qi of • Energetic pathways: In the 1984, and began an internship with Dr. (Anger) on the left side (op- the uterus. 11.06 regulates blood name of this point, “Nest” refers Miriam Lee. She became Dr. Lee’s primary posite the liver). Gynecological (cycles), while 11.24 regulates qi. to the womb. Multiple channels student and trained extensively with her Points and Return to the Nest can • Function: Return to the Nest re- affect female reproductive or- for many years. In 1987, they traveled be needled on either hand, and leases liver qi stagnation, quiets gans, but primarily we think of to Hefei, China, to study bleeding tech- niques with Dr. Wang Xiu Zhen. Susan each can be needled unilaterally, the womb, and calms the fetus. the liver and kidney channels. studied Master Tung’s Magic Points with but they should never both be It has a strong tonification and Return to the Nest is located on both Dr. Lee and Dr. Wei-Chieh Young. needled on the same hand. regulatory effect on the kidney, the Hand Shao Yang (SJ) chan- During the 1980s she also worked with • Alternative needling methods: liver and San Jiao. nel and is used to regulate hor- Dr. Lee, lobbyist Art Krause, and elect- Other Tung’s points practitioners • Cyclical symptoms: Any symp- mones (ovaries) because of the ed officials to pass legislation expanding describe needling Return to the toms that are cyclic in nature special relationship between the the scope of acupuncture in California.

Nest by picking up the point at have an ovarian component hand Shao Yang (SJ) and the Susan Johnson practiced acupuncture the junction of red and white skin because the ovaries regulate the foot Shao Yin (KD). The hand in San Francisco until 1988, specializing (E-line or A-line), from a dorsal menstrual rhythm. and foot Shao Yang (SJ/GB) in the treatment of HIV, and has main- direction. In my opinion, once • Dysmenorrhea: 11.06 relieves dys- connect to the liver through the tained an acupuncture practice in San- the finger is relaxed, the location menorrhea better than SP6 San internal/external relationship ta Cruz ever since. Susan continues to work on innovative ways to share Mas- appears the same as in the man- Yin Jiao because Return to the between the gallbladder and ter Tung’s Magic Points with a global ner described above. I like using Nest prevents acute or chronic liver. OM audience. Her passion for Tung’s points a curving needle technique on cramping from reoccurring. How- and her desire to share this remarkable Return to the Nest because the ever, SP6 with electrical stimula- system with other practitioners has in- kidney governs hormones and tion is more effective for intense EDITOR’S NOTE: Article com- spired her to guest lecture worldwide, bones, and bone treats bone, so cramping, especially on the first pleted online: https://www. write articles, and produce webinars and tutorial DVDs. Her newest book is by bringing the shaft of the nee- day of the period once full bleed- pacificcollege.edu/news/ Tung’s Magic Points, Volume One: A De- dle into contact with the palmar ing has commenced. Unfortu- blog/2019/07/05/treat-womens- finitive Clinical Guide, which will soon surface of the bone, we create a nately, this powerful effect is only diseases-with-11-06-return-to-the- be followed by Tung’s Magic Points, Vol- strong kidney tonification. temporary and cannot be imple- nest-and-11-24-gynecological-points ume Two: The Clinician’s Best Friend. • Depth: 0.3 cun mented prior to menstruation.

10 SUMMER 2019 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu The Lymph System: Our Silent Protector

By RICK GOLD, PhD, MSTOM, LAc

Re-printed with permission from the recently published book Seitai (Lymphatic) Shiatsu, Cupping and Gua Sha for a Healthy Immune System, first published in 2019 by Singing Dragon Publishers, an im- print of Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA.

he lymphatic system is a system is not able to accomplish an complex and vital component early detection and elimination of T of our physiology. Among virus replication and we fall ill. Only the vital functions of the lymphatic when we become ill and our immune system, the immune function is system launches a dynamic counter- paramount. Our lymph system is attack, often resulting in fever, body constantly vigilant, on the lookout aches, and increased discharges, do for pathogens at the cellular level. we become aware of our lymphatics Most of the time, the lymph system and the dynamic activities they en- goes about its dynamic functions compass. The more we learn about silently and certainly away from an the lymphatic system and the dynam- individual’s conscious awareness. ic actions of our immune responses, Our immune cells are able to identify the more astounding it becomes. It and target pathogens, shuttling the is not the purview of this article to pathogens off to the lymph nodes delve into the microscopic dynamics where our vast array of fighter cells of the lymphatic system and the dif- take over and destroy the pathogens. ferent types of disease-fighting cells, Most human beings are not usually but rather to explore the primary re- ill, even though we exist in an envi- sponsibilities of the lymphatic system ronment that is filled with toxins and and to discuss ways to enhance these pathogenic factors. Recent published functions. reports indicate that the virus bio- The lymphatic system is respon- mass has an enormous variety and sible for: complexity in the environment, in- • Cleansing the cellular interstitial cluding in the oceans. Viruses are the environment most numerous microbes on Earth, • Defending the body against with an estimated 100 million differ- disease ent types. Research even indicates • Returning proteins and tissue flu- the high probability that viruses exist ids to the general blood circula- in space and on other planets.1 Ac- tory system cording to a study published in 2018 • Providing the pathway for the in The ISME Journal, trillions of vi- absorption of fatty acids into the ruses fall from the sky each day!2 bloodstream It is important to note that not all of the effects of viruses are, from a The lymphatic system is com- human perspective, negative. Viruses posed of five major components: play a central role and are essential • Lymphatic vessels to the human gut microbiome and • Lymph nodes even our immune systems. From an • The tonsils and adenoids even broader perspective, viruses • The thymus play a role in the evolution of all • The spleen species and even climate regulation. Viruses are absolutely misunder- Of these essential functions of stood in popular culture, where peo- the lymphatic system, there are two ple use numerous consumer products that create a conundrum. On the to “kill” viruses. Even in Western one hand, the lymph system is es- are present. The immune system especially challenging for sedentary medical practice, the treatment of sentially a sewage system for the has evolved in remarkable ways to people to achieve. There is no lym- viral conditions with antibiotics re- body at the cellular level. All the recognize and respond to a wide phatic pump in the body and, as a mains commonplace, even though metabolic byproducts of cellular variety of pathogens and to produce result, lymph is propelled as a sec- antibiotics are useless in these situ- activity leave the cells and enter distinct responses against these di- ondary effect of arterial blood flow ations and often have a secondary the lymphatic system to be carried verse and changing pathogens. In an with the contracting of the heart’s left effect of weakening the immune away and eventually expelled from individual with lymphatic stagnation, ventricle. Additionally, exercise and system and diminishing beneficial the body. On the other hand, the this ability of the immune response the functioning of the musculature gut bacteria. This is foolishness, as a lymph system, and in particular the to identify and target pathogens can facilitate lymph movement. Lymph is virus is a disease-causing, yet non- lymph nodes, is the location where be highly compromised. If this is also moved by breathing and the ac- living particle. A virus does not grow, the dynamic activity of immunity oc- the case, the pathogens can multi- tion of the diaphragm, and enhanced nor develop nor carry out respiration. curs. In the lymph nodes, the fighter ply and the individual will become when the body is in an inclined posi- What viruses can do is replicate, and cells of our immune system identify, symptomatic and ill. Relieving lym- tion with the legs raised above the in order to accomplish replication, a target, and fight to neutralize and phatic stagnation is a vital aspect of level of the head and heart. This can virus must enter a host cell. A virus destroy pathogens of all types. In a healthy immunity and, therefore, a be achieved utilizing a slant board3 or injects its own DNA into a host cell. order to accomplish this struggle healthy individual. practicing a yoga headstand. Finally, Viruses are parasites and, in order successfully, the active immune cells In order to function properly, lymph movement can be enhanced to function, must remain inside liv- must be able to “see,” target, and the lymph system must not become ing organisms. At times, our immune identify the pathogens when they sluggish or stagnant. This can be continued on page 15

Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2019 11 Classical Five-Element Acupuncture: Two More Powerful Treatment Strategies By NEIL R. GUMENICK, LAc, MAc (UK)

n prior articles, this author has THE SHENG CYCLE OF THE Tonification points may not work, or As in the previous example, we detailed the importance of di- ELEMENTS not work well enough. The Mother is would retain these needles until the I agnosing a patient’s primary still holding on to the excess. Thus, excess had drained and balance was elemental imbalance (aka Causative we turn to Sedation points. achieved, determined by the pulse Factor or “CF”) via odor, color, (NOTE: for a description of the change. sound, and emotion. Once we have needle techniques for tonification Note that there are other uses cleared any and all of the energetic FIRE and sedation, see Oriental Medicine, of these points. For example, PC 7 blocks to treatment efficacy, in this Summer 2018) (the Earth point) would be used as a system of medicine, we turn our at- WOOD EARTH Sedation point only if there were an tention to supporting, balancing, SEDATION POINTS excess in PC and a deficiency in SP, and harmonizing the CF, as it is the but it also could be used as a Source WATER METAL Unlike Tonification points, which source of the symptoms that invari- are the points on a meridian that cor- point, an Earth point, or for the ably spread throughout the entire respond to the Element of its Mother, spiritual connotation suggested by its system and manifest at the levels of Sedation points are points on the me- name, Great Mound, all depending body, mind, and spirit. So, when we ridian corresponding to the Element on the expressed need of the patient speak of supporting the CF, what do of its child. and the pulse picture. Energy under- we mean? Sedating these points relaxes the stands intention and the response of TONIFICATION POINTS: In this author’s last article in Ori- Mother, helping her to release the a point does, in large part, depend A BRIEF REVIEW: ental Medicine (Summer 2018), the excess and drain it into the child. The on the intention of the practitioner. The Tonification point of a me- use of Command points was covered energy knows where to go because ridian is the point that corresponds and, more specifically, Source points, sedating the Sedation point directs it JUNCTION (AKA LUO/ to its Mother—the preceding Ele- Tonification points, and Horary to the child. For example, if a patient CONNECTING) POINTS ment on the Sheng or “Creative” points. This article will focus on two were a Water CF and the pulses indi- Junction points connect the two- cycle. We observe that, on this cycle, additional types of command points: cated an excess in Metal (the Mother paired Officials within an element, Wood is the Mother of Fire. It cre- Sedation points and Junction (aka of Water), we would first try tonify- enabling them to share the available ates, promotes, and feeds Fire just as Luo/Connecting) points. ing UB 67 and KI 7 (the Tonification energy equally. In the case of Fire, a Mother would feed her child. Thus, Command points are the “bread points) to pull the excess from the which has 4 Officials, the Junction in the Element Fire, the Tonification and butter” of this system of medi- Mother. If that was not sufficient points only connect HT and SI on point of any of its Officials (organs/ cine. While any point may be called and Metal was still holding excess, the “organ side” and only PC and SJ functions) is the Wood point (HT 9, upon (as needed) for its spiritual we would sedate LI 2 and LU 5, the on the “function side”. There is no SI 3, PC 9, SJ 3), corresponding to its connotation, location, or function, Water points of Metal. This would connection via Junction points be- Mother Element. Command points are often the first be akin to getting behind the excess tween HT and PC, between HT and points we use in the early stages and pushing it into the child, as dia- SJ, between SI and PC, or between of treatment, as they are the saf- grammed below. SI and SJ. est points (with the lowest risk of over-tonifying or over-sedating) and provide the clearest feedback as to whether our diagnosis of the pa- tient’s CF is correct. Placing a needle in any point will have an effect on the whole of a person’s energy, so treating the meridians of the CF without the input and reactions of treating other elements and merid- ians will help us know what actu- ally caused the change. Command In Earth, the Tonification point is points are found distal to the elbow the Fire point (ST 41, SP 2), and so or knee flexure and include Source on around the cycle. points, Element points (including In another example, if the patient We can imagine the paired Of- These points can only be used as Tonification points, Sedation points, were a Metal CF and there was an ficials as siblings. To maintain bal- Tonification points when, by pulse and Horary points), and Junction excess in Earth (Mother of Metal), ance and harmony in the family, the diagnosis, it is determined that there points. and if tonifying LI 11 and LU 9 (the children should share their toys and is more energy in the Mother than Assuming the patient is not Earth and Tonification points) was food, and receive equal love and at- in the child. Metaphorically speak- blocked, when we treat the cor- not successful in pulling the excess tention. If there is a split between ing, there has to be more milk in the rect CF, we will get an immediate from the Mother, we would sedate the two—one having more than the Mother’s breasts than in the child’s and palpable pulse change on all 12 ST 45 and SP 5 (the Metal points) to other—jealousy and resentment will tummy. Used as such, tonifying these pulses, as well as a change in the push the excess from Earth and drain result, and the harmony of the whole points affects a simple transfer of en- intensity of the patient’s odor, color, it into Metal, as diagrammed below. family will be disrupted. ergy from the Mother to the child, as sound, and emotion. Sometimes, the In terms of the qi energy, we indicated in the above diagram. These pulse change will be the more dra- feel this split on the pulses of the points pull the excess to the child matic; sometimes the sensory indica- paired Officials. One will have too from its Mother. If successful, not only tors will register the more dramatic much and will feel stronger to our will Mother and child be balanced, change; and sometimes both will be touch, the other too little and will but all Officials will feel the relief and dramatic. With this feedback, we will feel weaker. The result of such a split will manifest a change for the better. know that the change was the result can be devastating to the energy of In the vast majority of cases, this strat- of having treated the primary core the whole of the body/mind/spirit. A egy will be successful and the pulse imbalance—the source of the prob- split in an element will create imbal- change will confirm it. However, in lem. If we do not get this result, it ance in its child and likely be passed some cases, the Mother is stubborn, may well indicate that our diagnosis unwilling or unable to freely give her is incorrect. excess to her child. In such cases, continued on page 15

12 SUMMER 2019 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu YUVAL RON: SOUND IS THE FUTURE MEDICINE continued from page 6

not even part of the tribe or Na- Yuval Ron: Yes, it’s all vibration, is hidden is unity. They are missing maintained all of the frequencies, to tive American at all. I see it among and the universe is like a soup. In a the unity. digital formats on CDs, where there the Sufi traditions as well. They are soup, we are all particles; each one were some reductions in the amount opening up because there is a sense of us has a different vibration, and Kara Johnstad: Yuval, in your of frequencies. We are getting fewer of urgency. we all affect each other. Every little music there’s an amazing sense sounds but the music is still beauti- thing that is going on affects the of unlimited expansiveness. I can ful, which is amazing. You could Yuval Ron: Yes, we have to re- molecules of air around it, and every stream your music from an MP3 play- listen to old, old recordings of clas- spond to the crisis of the planet. cause has an effect, and every action er and yet there’s an expansive open sical music made with lower-quality We must respond with the end of has a result. We don’t see it because possibility that’s there. Do you feel equipment and it sounds thin, but these separations between men and our brain was driven by evolution that there are always new musical it’s still Mozart. women and young people and old to slice reality to pieces and to see sounds or ways that you approach I want to conclude on a hopeful people and people from different na- things as separate. It is because it is music? Can rules be broken? note is. Technology will improve— tions, different tribes; all these sepa- for personal survival. Life and death this will be remembered as the transi- rations are old world. It’s irrelevant are one continuum. Yuval Ron: I see what you are tional period of the digital revolution. now. Now is the time. We all must In all the traditions of contem- describing. I like layered, rich sound. The technology will improve, and it unite because we all must work to- plations and ecstatic practices those Sometimes I compose with just one will allow for the Internet and work gether to deal with the crisis of the practices were done in a group, instrument. For example, on the computers and phones to stream planet. The planet cries out under the under the supervision of a master. album Voyage to the Chakras, the full-quality sound, which has much, abuse, mismanagement, and mishan- You had to have somebody hold the whole third chakra is just one solo much more information. It will be the dling by humans. It is becoming a space, supervising and navigating cello, and it’s beautiful and power- music in its full glory, its full vibration catastrophe. the ecstatic, so in those practices, the ful. Sometimes just one instrument is through the Internet, which will fix teacher often does not get ecstatic all that is called for, and sometimes this issue. Kara Johnstad: And is that the with the students or followers. The a whole symphony is called for, heart of unity? teacher watches and cares for the or many, many layers of electronic Kara Johnstad: I am sure that all health of all the other human beings sounds and acoustic sounds togeth- of your albums are available at least Yuval Ron: Yes. Unity is crucial. in the room, or the field, or in the er. I’ve done a lot of work for film, in CD format. We must work together to come up mountains. and a lot of work for modern dance with smart solutions to harmoniously In tribal and shamanic cultures, and contemporary dance, for chore- Yuval Ron: Sure, all of my albums living on Earth. some ceremonies were taught to ographers, theaters, and world music are available to download in the full- reach those ecstatic practices, but it albums, and they like rich sound. I quality FLAC format, as lower-quality Kara Johnstad: So, everything would be a special occasion. They are look for the best sounds I can get. MP3s, or as CDs. You can go to CD- is receiving and giving, everything not meant to be done all day, every When I record a cellist, for example, baby.com and search for Yuval Ron, alive has a sound, has a pulsation, day, because people had to hunt, had I try to get the best microphone and or my website, which is YuvalRon- has a rhythm. We are relating to the to maintain their camp. The reason- the best studio and the best cellist Music.com. planet Earth and to each other. It able thinking mode doesn’t allow us with the best instruments, and the doesn’t matter if you are 40 or 20, to feel the deep connection and unity richest, most beautiful sound. That’s Kara Johnstad: The dream of man or woman, black or white. We between and amongst all things, so why I wouldn’t say I like MP3 and world peace is in progress and Yuval are all pulsating, magnetic, beautiful we are alienated from an aspect of all of the streaming stuff because Ron is leading the way. Thank you electric beings. We are connected ourselves and of the universe. The it’s degrading, the quality has less so much. with every single thing that is alive universe is unity expressed through vibration than the real thing. We on this earth. variety. What we see is variety; what went from analog, LPs and vinyl that Yuval Ron: Thank you, Kara. OM

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and knee pain, insomnia and hyper- and egg quality. The combination of active dreaming, fatigue, shortness of acupuncture and herbs has a greater breath, and aversion to socializing. effect in fertility care than either Of patients experiencing men- alone. With acupuncture and herbs, Head Start! strual cycle irregularity related to low it’s possible to help patients with ovarian function, the majority recov- many aspects of fertility including ered to normal menstrual cycles after ovarian function, egg quality, cycle treatment with HRT. Zi Shen Yu Tai regulation, avoidance of miscarriage, Wan was effective in many patients, and IVF preparation and support. but a smaller proportion of patients Acupuncture. The method of with menstrual cycle irregularity re- acupuncture I have been using in covered fully after treatment with my practice is based on Dr. Zheng herbs than with HRT. Guoping’s four groups of Acupunc- The hormones observed in the ture Fertility Assisting Points. The study were follicle stimulating hor- first group is to calm the mind, relax mone (FSH), luteinizing hormone the body, and improve the blood (LH), estradiol (E2), inhibin B (INHB) calculation. The acupoints used and antimullerian hormone (AMH). are Shen Ting (DU-24) and He Gu The hormones FSH and AMH are (LI-04). The second group consists indicators of ovarian reserve, while of auricular points to stabilize the E2 is an indicator of ovarian function mind, relax the body, and regulate and egg quality. The hormone LH the ovarian uterus function. There regulates the function of the ovaries are four auricular points (the ovaries, and menstrual cycle, and INHB is a uterus, kidneys and Shenmen), but lagging indicator of the development only two points should be used at a of ovarian follicles. time. The third group is a set of six Dr. Yang’s team found that com- fertility points for tonifying Chongren pared to patients’ hormone levels channels, regulating qi and blood, prior to treatment, patients taking Zi and supporting the ovary and uterus Full Kit with 387 Shen Yu Tai Wan observed improved function. The acupoints are Zhong Ji levels of FSH and LH, but observed (CV-3), Guan Yuan (CV-4), Gui Lai real herb samples ( 12 binders ) no significant change in E2. Patients (ST-29, bilateral), and Zi Gong (EX- taking HRT observed improved levels CA1, bilateral). The fourth group is to of FSH, but observed no significant invigorate the kidney and liver, regu- -or- change in LH or E2. Both groups late the blood, strength the spleen showed improvement in their levels and stomach function to support the Just of AMH and INHB compared to their ovary and uterus. The acupoints are levels prior to treatment. Tai Xi (KD-3), San Yin Jiao (SP-6), the cards During the two-year period of Yin Ling Quan (SP-9), Zu San Li (ST- the study, 4 out of 20 patients treated 36), Zhong Wan (CV-12) and Bai Hui with Zi Shen Yu Tai Wan became (GV-20). pregnant. An additional 8 patients im- Additionally, I use modifications proved significantly, while 6 patients according to patient differentiation improved, and 2 patients observed in TCM diagnosis, and differentiation no response. In the Western medi- according to menstruation phases. cine group, 2 out of 20 patients be- For example, in the menstrual phase, came pregnant, 7 patients improved the acupoints Shi Qi Zhui (EX-B-8) significantly, 8 patients improved, and Ming Men (GV-4) are added to and 3 patients showed no response. the four groups of Acupuncture Fer- No adverse reactions were observed tility Assting Points described above. in the Chinese medicine group. In In the follicular phase, the acupoints the Western medicine group, 3 pa- Qi Hai (Ren-6), Guan Yuan (CV-4), tients reported breast swelling and Yang Ling Quan (GB-34) and Tai pain and 2 patients reported nausea Chong (LV-3) are emphasized; during and vomiting. the ovulation phase, the acupoints After statistical analysis, Dr. Yang Qi Hai (Ren-6), Guan Yuan (CV-4), concluded there was no significant Zi Gong (EX-CA1, bilateral), San Yin difference between outcomes in the Jiao (SP-6), and Zu San Li (ST-36) traditional Chinese medicine group are emphasized; and during the lu- and the Western medicine group, but teal phase, the acupoints Shen Shu that both groups showed improve- (BL-23), Ge Shu (BL-17) and Fu Liu Mayway’s Herb ID Kit is the perfect study tool for learning ment compared to indicators prior to (KI-17) are added. The combination herbs. For a limited time, buy ten or more sets and save $40 per treatment. of these acupuncture points can help kit plus get one set FREE! Call for details. to improve the reproductive function, IN MY PRACTICE relax the body and mind, regulate the I use a combination of acupunc- hormones, and balance the yin and ture and herbs in my fertility practice. yang to create a healthy environment It has been my experience that, in for fertility. the treatment of fertility, acupuncture Herbs. Zhi Shen Yu Tai Wan is is most effective for stress reduction, an extremely effective and widely menstrual cycle regulation, ovula- used formula; however, I’ve used a tion induction, and in vitro fertiliza- variant of it for many years in my tion (IVF) support. I find that herbs practice that is specifically designed are most effective for restoring or for Western patients with low ovarian improving ovarian reserve, constitu- Real Chinese Medicine Since 1969 tional balance, glandular function, continued on page 38

SUMMER 2019 14 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu THE LYMPH SYSTEM: OUR SILENT PROTECTOR continued from page 11

by manual, body therapy techniques, is designated as lymph spends a for instance Seitai shiatsu, cupping, significant part of its lifetime in the and gua sha. general blood circulation. Lymph Lymph (as distinct from its time and plasma have essentially the same in the general blood circulation) only composition, with the location being flows in one direction, from the ex- the primary distinguishing factor. The tremities and central core of the body source of plasma is ingested water back to the area just below the clavi- and the liquid components of foods. cles (or collar bones) to join the two Plasma flows within blood vessels subclavian veins, and then dumps and lymph flows within lymphatic back into the heart. I encourage the vessels and in the interstitial spaces. reader to search online for diagrams Lymph pours into the bloodstream of the lymph system in order to gain at the junction of the internal jugular a visual understanding of this vital and subclavian veins located just be- system. low the clavicle. OM In the heart, the returning lymph joins the general blood circulatory REFERENCES system, and is then expelled from 1. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/ the left ventricle of the heart into the 2018/01/180118142558.htm aorta to begin the recirculation pro- 2. www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/science/ cess again—first as part of the blood, virosphere-evolution.html then gradually filtering out through 3. www.colonhealthinfo.com/equipment/ the tiny blood capillaries and seep- slant_board.htm ing into the interstitial and intercel- lular spaces. During this process of DR. RICHARD GOLD, PhD, MSTOM, LAc, filtration, the lymph emerges from graduated from Oberlin College in 1972 the general arterial blood circulation. and the New England School of Acupunc- What is designated as lymph spends ture in 1978. Ever since, he has devoted part of its time circulating in the gen- his career to the study, practice, research- eral blood circulation. Lymph is de- ing, teaching, and publishing in the field of East Asian medicine. Dr. Gold has pur- rived from blood by filtration through sued advanced studies in China, Japan, the tiny capillary walls in the tissues. and Thailand, and holds a doctorate in • Blood and lymph: psychology. He is one of the earliest pio- • Circulate ceaselessly in an endless neers of Thai massage therapy in te Unit- cycle ed States, Brazil, Israel and Europe, and has published several books on the topic. • Are two aspects of one system

• Continually join and then separate Dr. Gold was one of the four founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, In Western physiology, the lym- served on the board of the college for phatic system is considered a sepa- many years, and continues to teach there. rate system from the cardiovascular In addition, he served for over twenty years as the President and Chairman of (circulatory) system. From a reduc- the Board of the International Professional tionist perspective, this is accurate. School of Bodywork (IPSB), where he was From a holistic (synthetic) perspec- also a senior faculty member. In recent tive, the circulatory and lymph sys- years, Dr. Gold has been working in the tems are two aspects of one great field of applied neuroscience and sound. Currently, he is the President and Execu- system. Both systems are intimately tive Producer of Metta Mindfulness Music, associated developmentally. They a company devoted to creating original flow together at various sites, espe- music to facilitate meditation, health and cially when exiting the heart. What mindfulness.

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further along the Sheng Cycle and tity of water on both sides. meridians are as follows: HT 5, SI 7, Insect Ditch. Energy does understand throughout the system. It is better For example, if we found by UB 58, KI 4, PC 6, SJ 5, GB 37, LIV 5, intention. OM that whatever amount of energy is pulse diagnosis that there was a split LU 7, LI 6, ST 40, and SP 4. Note that present in an element is equally di- within the Wood element wherein the direction of flow is one way: into PROFESSOR NEIL R. GUMENICK is Found- vided between the paired Officials. It the predominantly yin Official, the an Official from its paired Official. er and Director of the Institute of Classical is particularly important that any split liver, was deficient in relation to its Used as Junction points, they are al- Five-Element Acupuncture Inc., which of- fers training to acupuncturists, physicians, in the CF be addressed, as balancing brother, the predominantly yang Of- ways tonified, drawing the energy to and students of Oriental Medicine in this the CF will tend to balance out splits ficial, the gall bladder, we would the deficiency from the excess. profound system of body/mind/spirit medi- in other Elements. tonify LIV 5, bilaterally, allowing the As in the case of many kinds cine. He has maintained a private practice To resolve such a split in an Ele- excess to flow from gall bladder to of points, the use is determined by in Santa Monica, CA, since 1981 and is a professor at Yo San University. Neil holds ment, we tonify the Junction point liver, creating balance and harmony the expressed need of the patient three degrees and an advanced teaching of the deficient Official. This is akin between the two. and the pulses. For example, GB 37 credential from The College of Traditional to opening a lock or valve on a wa- If the situation were reversed and would be used as a Junction point Acupuncture (UK), awarded by the late terway. If, on one side of the valve, liver had the excess, we would tonify in the situation described above, but Professor J.R. Worsley. Neil was recipient of there is excess water, and very little GB 37, the Junction point of gall could also be used for its spiritual the 2007 AAAOM Pioneers and Leaders in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Award, on the other, opening the valve will bladder, allowing the excess to flow connotation, suggested by its name: and is one of the world’s foremost practitio- allow the excess to flow into the de- from liver to gall bladder. Bright and Clear. LIV 5 could also ners, teachers, and writers on the subject of ficiency, resulting in an equal quan- The Junction points of the twelve be used for its spiritual connotation: Classical Five-Element Acupuncture.

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motor point locations with a surface Figure 1. Palpable qualities of diagnostic ashi points electrode device, although there is a notable lack of consistency from per- son to person when using this loca- tion technique. The thickness and hydration of the subcutaneous layer significantly impacts the effectiveness of the electrical stimulation and de- tectability of the cutaneous locations of muscle motor points.14 There is a high likelihood that the MEP can be found in the central aspect of the muscle, which is the lo- cation that provides the best advan- tage for neuro-mechanical efficiency to affect the entire muscle.15 When meets its terminal end at the motor endings are most densely populated. tor nerve branches off the primary examining muscle motor points in end-plates, which is the location that This explains why the MEP has the nerve to eventually enter the muscle cadaver dissection, there is usually some refer to as the intramuscular most electrical conductivity.18 The far- at the MEP varies markedly from one primary MEP in each muscle. If motor point.16-17 The MEP and the ther the motor nerve travels through specimen to specimen. For example, there are two or more, a frequent oc- intramuscular motor points are both the intramuscular tissue, the thinner the author has seen variability in currence in the infraspinatus muscle, considered to innervate the muscle it becomes. In some muscles, it is so the location where the motor nerve one MEP is usually more reactive to tissue. small and indistinguishable that iden- branches off the ulnar nerve to inner- surface electrode stimulation than The motor nerve at the MEP is tifying the intramuscular motor points vate the flexor carpi ulnaris, which the other due to the higher quantity usually larger in diameter and car- is very difficult, even with the use of has a motor point location of 3-4 cun of motor and sensory nerve fibers. ries a greater quantity of motor and microscopic dissection.19-20 distal from SI 8 (xiaohai). In certain Once the motor nerve has entered sensory fibers than after the nerve Based on the author’s examina- specimens, a very short collateral the muscle, in most cases it will bi- bifurcates in the intramuscular tissue. tions of nerve topography and motor branch splits from the nearby ulnar furcate with one branch travelling in Although proximal and distal intra- point locations from over 20 years of nerve very close to the motor point a proximal direction and the other muscular motor points can be nearby cadaver dissections, it is safe to say location and travels at a 70˚-80˚ angle in a distal direction. These proxi- or a fair distance away from the MEP, that there are similar and predictable to enter directly into the muscle mo- mal and distal branches of the mo- research indicates that the MEP, lo- trajectories for the large nerves that tor point. In other specimens, the tor nerve traverse the intramuscular cated between the intramuscular mo- traverse the extremities (sciatic, ulnar, spaces until the nerve eventually tor points, is where the motor nerve etc.), but the point at which the mo- continued on page 36

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Learn how cannabis sativa has been used traditionally within natural ONLINE MAIL CALL medicine, with an emphasis on TCM and Ayurvedic perspectives. Conner PacificCollege.edu/Symposium PS2019 - Registration 619-365-4088 or 619-732-3945 will also cover how to add cannabis sativa into traditional Chinese herb 7445 Mission Valley Road, Ste. 105 combinations and formulas. We will explore the importance of dosage and San Diego, CA 92108 modes of administration to get the best results, including how to personalize the ratios of CBD to THC and terpene profiles, and how to read a certificate CONFERENCE DETAILS of analysis and apply it to TCM theory.

REFUND POLICY PARKING All cancellations must be in writing via email to symposium@ Please note the following rates if you are planning to park at the pacificcollege.edu. An administrative fee of $50 is assessed on ALL Catamaran Hotel. Hotel Guest: $25.00, $29.00 Valet cancellation emails dated before Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Starting Non-Catamaran Hotel Guest: $10.00 for the first hour, $2.00 each POST-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS Wednesday, October 2, 2019, a 50% cancellation fee will apply. NO additional 1/2 hour, with a daily maximum of $35.00. refunds will be granted after Friday, October 25, 2019, including no- *Street parking is available. If you choose street parking, please A Balanced Diet & Gastrointestinal Issues from a Chinese Come and visit the shows. Refunds will be processed within 3 weeks of your request. note the streetsweeping signs posted in the Pacific Beach area Your refund will either be credited back to your credit card or Medical Perspective by Jeffrey Yuen PCOM booth for daily mailed by check. 7 book signings by CEU/PDA HOURS PENDING CEU/PDA Monday, November 4, 9:00 am-5:00 pm Pacific Symposium provides up to 56 Continuing Education hours MEETING SPACE + SEATING total. Schedule is subject to change without notice. At the time of The notion of a “balanced diet” has often been espoused by nutritionists, prestigious authors! All seating is "first come, first served". All meeting spaces are this publication, all CEUs/PDAs are pending as we apply for approval but rarely has there been agreement as to what constitutes one. While there locked while not in session and no items can be left in rooms to from NCCAOM and CAB. Any changes made to the CEU/PDA totals are diet plans that do work for some, they do not work for everyone. Chinese Jill Blakeway reserve a seat. For the afternoon workshops, the doors will open will be updated on the website. You must pay the professional rate medicine contends that seasonal, individual, digestive, and constitutional and seats become available 15 minutes prior to the start of the to receive CEU credit. Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Alumni factors account for the disparities in the efficacy of these diet plans. Since Energy Medicine: workshop start time. Plan accordingly and arrive early to lectures receive 10% off the professional rate. diet is a crucial cultivation of yang sheng, this seminar will focus on how The Science and Mystery of Healing and workshops to secure a seat. Once a room is full and there are to develop and tailor a diet plan specific to an individual based on his/ no seats remaining, please plan to go to another workshop loca- RECORDING her wellness or illness. In addition, we will review the digestive process Matt Callison tion. No refunds will be granted based on no seats available to By registering for the Symposium, you understand that lectures from a Chinese medical perspective and how to treat certain gastrointestinal preferred courses. and presentations held within the Symposium venues may be Sports Medicine Acupuncture disorders through the application of Chinese dietary therapy. video and/or audio recorded for internal, broadcast, non- HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS broadcast and promotional purposes. As an audience member, Rick Gold The Catamaran Hotel (Symposium site) 3999 Mission Blvd., San some of these recordings may contain your likeness and/or your Kidney Treatments for Longevity and Detoxification Seitai, Cupping and Gua Sha for Diego, CA 92109 1-800-422-8386 voice. By your registration, you grant Pacific Symposium and its https://www.catamaranresort.com/PCOM affiliates the irrevocable right to record and use any recordings Kiiko Matsumoto a Healthy Immune System $189 Single/Double, $199 Triple, and $209 Quad containing your likeness and/or your voice for internal, broadcast, 7 Monday, November 4, 9:00am-5:00 pm non-broadcast, and promotional purposes. CEU/PDA Claudia Citkovitz QUESTIONS REGARDING HOTELS AND AIRLINES The strength of the kidneys is important for the health of any patient, especially Acupressure and Contact Barbara Weber, (619) 334-3180 or [email protected], No personal audio or video recording will be permitted. Dismissal for information regarding room sharing options. from the conference will be enforced. High quality CD recordings those with a history of long-term medication use—whether prescription or over Acupuncture during Birth For airport shuttle service to and from the hotel, the Catamaran will be made of most sessions and available for purchase during the counter—as well as allergies, irregular eating, diabetes, or autoimmune resort is contracted with Cloud 9 Shuttle Services. and after the Symposium. disease. Because the kidney is the organ responsible for clearing many toxic East Haradin substances from the body, treating the kidney can have wide-ranging systemic More Than a Treatment effects. Z’ev Rosenberg Ripples in the Flow: Nan Jing Vessel Diagnosis THURSDAY–SUNDAY Facial Manifestations of Shen* FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 by Lilian Bridges Dr. Xie Eight Energies Qigong by Bill Helm and Robert Nations Are We on the Same Page? TCM and the Modern Microbiome* TCM Microbiome Strategies: Mood, Weight 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA by Janet Zand Control, and Immunity* by Janet Zand 1 Daily, 7:00-7:50am and 12:15-1:05 CAB pm Category: 1 CEU/PDA The face is the best place on the body to recognize the shen 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 1 Friday, November 1, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Learn specific exercises in the Yi Jin Jing sequence to teach in a patient, best seen as the light behind the eyes and under CEU/PDA your patients. These can be useful in the treatment of the skin, radiating outward when healthy and flourishing. In The human microbiome is currently one of the most exciting topics As TCM practitioners, we are aware that drugs don’t generally treat conditions such as chronic musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, this workshop, you will be shown the various manifestations in life sciences. Will conventional medicine’s acceptance of the the underlying causes of chronic illness, and even our genes are neck and shoulder tension, and shortness of breath. of shen, from signs of health to deficiency and disturbances. microbiome lead to a bridging of the gap between modern medicine not at the root of diseases. Instead the roots lie in diet, lifestyle, Bridges will teach you how to perceive brain function, evaluate and traditional Chinese medicine? Ancient practitioners of TCM stress, how connected we are to our communities, toxic chemicals emotional fluctuations, and recognize psychological and developed an understanding of the activity and primary importance and pollutants in our environment, and the balance and wellness of psychiatric conditions. of the microbiome—and even microorganisms. This session will our microbiome. The health of the microbiome has been linked to THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 introduce you to how TCM captures this microbiome balance and has weight, mood, energy, immunity, and even longevity. This workshop Treatment of Lyme with Chinese Medicine the potential to improve weight management, longevity, immunity, will present strategies for combining new scientific microbiome Diagnosing from Facial Colors* by Hillary Thing and mental performance. information with TCM to further enhance the quality of your patients’ by Lillian Bridges lives. 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm 1 CAB Category: 1 Introduction to Posture Therapy and Functional Medicine in your Treatment of Pediatric Allergies CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 9:00-9:50am Learn how to navigate complex, chronic cases of Lyme disease, TCM Practice* by Dustin Dillberg by Moshe Heller The Chinese pictogram for color involves a radical for the from clinical diagnosis to the final phases of regeneration and 1 Friday, November 1, 9:55–10:45am CAB Category: 1 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 face, implying that color on the face is important. In classical recovery. Thing will cover how to interpret Lyme-Borreliosis CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Chinese medicine, facial color was used extensively as part of and co-infection lab work, and accurately explain to patients Dr. Dustin Dillberg will present multiple ways to make your Chinese Allergies are becoming more prevalent—and causing a wide variety the “looking” aspect of diagnosis. In this session, you will learn what it suggests. Discover when it is advantageous to utilize medicine practice even more comprehensive, integrative, and of symptoms. Fatigue, depression, anxiety, muscle pains, joint pains, pharmaceutical antibiotics for Lyme disease and co-infections more about the diagnostic meanings of facial colors, and how effective using complementary therapies that are compatible with headaches, brain fog, stomach aches, bloating and yes, even weight the manifestation of these colors on specific parts of the face and how to augment their effects with natural medicine—or our Chinese medicine principles and philosophies. These include gain, could be related to allergies. In this workshop we will look at corresponds to the functioning of the internal organs. Bridges when to avoid them altogether. Foundation Training, breath work, laser therapy, the Egoscue Method, the pathomechanisms from both biomedical and Chinese medical will also offer some recommended treatments for immediate and in-office lab testing such as the omega index and functional perspectives. We will discuss Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, look at use in the clinic. Cannabis Medicine from a TCM and Genomics Perspective* medicine. different treatment protocols, and use case studies to demonstrate by Chad Conner the principles for treatment of pediatric allergies. Introduction to Peak Performance: Optimizing your Practice* Fundamentals of Yang Sheng: Food and Herbal Therapy* by Amy Albright 3 Herb-Drug Interactions Update CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 by Deirdre Courtney by John Chen 1 1 Friday, November 1, 11:10am–12:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October31, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 Explore more deeply how to personalize cannabis medicine by CEU/PDA combining the modern Western scientific approach with the 2 Friday, November 1, 2:00–4:00pm CAB Category: 1 Courtney presents the fundamental principles of Yang Sheng from CEU/PDA Biohacking, an emergent area of healthcare, has been defined TCM perspective. Integrate information gained from genomics classical Chinese medicine, using the teachings of Sun Si Miao, The practice of medicine is at a crossroads: countless patients are and DNA into the diagnostic framework of Chinese medicine’s as the use of science and technology to change both the inner Yellow Emperor’s Classic, and Herbal Compendiums. Learn how Yang being treated simultaneously with both prescription medications and Eight Principles. Learn how to determine cannabis ratios, and outer environment to become the best version of the self. Sheng food and herbal therapies can be adapted to modern Chinese herbal formulas. Safety has become a major issue. Patients today In this workshop, Albright will introduce some commonalities terpene profiles, dosages, and modes of administration. We medicine practice. are well-informed, and they want to know how compatible herbs between TCM and biohacking, exploring concepts such as will also use case studies to show how these apply in your are with their prescription medication and what possible adverse practice. whether TCM is a form of biohacking, and explain how the Yang Sheng: Food and Herbal Therapy* interactions they should be aware of. With some general insights in philosophies and treatment principles of TCM and biohacking by Deirdre Courtney pharmacology, you can foresee possible interactions and thus take are aligned. Enhance your TCM practice with the introduction of Peak Performance: Optimizing your Practice precautions to avoid incompatibilities. by Amy Albright metrics and treatments found within this new healthcare field. 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 Introduction to Cannabis Medicine from a TCM and Genomics CEU/PDA Food is the first and best medicine, yet it is important to use it Perspective* by Chad Conner in a way that is not just healing, but enjoyable and delicious. This Biohacking has much to provide to us and our patients. Explore KEYNOTE PERFORMANCE workshop is designed to help you understand how food and herbs the use of biohacking equipment and testing while learning 1 Thursday, October 31, 11:10am-12:05pm CAB Category: 1 influence health, and how to choose foods based on temperature, CEU/PDA how to prescribe their usage via TCM theory to improve the Music as Medicine: Explorations of Healing Sounds taste, and nutritional value. Special attention will be paid to modern by Rick Gold/Yuval Ron/Úyanga Bold Western science personalizes medicine using the patient's efficacy of our treatments, and ultimately better resolve our issues around food. Learn which foods and herbs are most helpful genetic profile. Find out how this can be integrated with natural patients' health challenges. Reassure your patients that they for common conditions seen in the clinic. medicine and TCM, and how to use the resulting information to are making improvements and keep them engaged in their 1.5 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Friday, November 1, 7:00–8:30pm personalize cannabis medicine. own care. Posture Therapy and Functional Medicine in your TCM Practice by Dustin Dillberg This course will present how music and sound can enhance Physiology and Treatment of the Lymphatic System treatment and play a role in the movement and balancing of by Rick Gold KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 energy during and after treatment. Using information from the CEU/PDA Nei Jing describing musical tones that influence the elements, 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Applying Chronobiology in the Clinical Setting by Jason Prall Brought to life with cases from his private practice, Dr. Dillberg will participants will learn to incorporate music into their clinical present complementary therapies that are compatible with our sessions. Drawing from the Ayurvedic tradition, participants will Our lymphatic system has two vital functions: the movement 1.5 Thursday, October 31, 7:00-8:30 pm CAB Category: 1 Chinese medicine principles and philosophies, including the Egoscue CEU/PDA learn the use of the sacred Aum chant in invoking and balancing of metabolic ash, or toxic material, that is released from cells, Method and Foundation Training, breath work, and functional The modern industrial world has brought with it a drastic effectively serving as the body’s sewage system, and immune medicine. We will also cover neurological tests, omega index, and the three doshas and academic insights from neuroscience change in our lighting environment. Bright LED screens and functions. In this second capacity, the lymphatics must be as other in-office testing options. Discover the methods for integrating and physics will be presented showing how music and sound uncongested as possible, so that our immune fighter cells can overhead lighting are now part of nearly everyone’s life and few such modalities and examples of their progression during treatment can benefit the brain and the rest of the body. identify and destroy antigens and pathogens. In this workshop, are asking how this impacts chronic disease. In this course, we we will explore the physiology of the lymphatic system from will discuss the role circadian rhythms play in health and the both the Western and East Asian perspectives as well as pathophysiology of a variety of chronic disease states. Learn Courses that will also be offered live-streamed, online, strategies to relieve lymphatic and blood stagnation—and how the light/dark cycle impacts physiological pathways, why during the conference are marked with an asterisk. thereby enhance immune potential. circadian biology should be included in every patient evaluation, Registration for these courses will open on July 20th. and why the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for research on this very topic in 2017. REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM THURSDAY–SUNDAY Facial Manifestations of Shen* FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 by Lilian Bridges Dr. Xie Eight Energies Qigong by Bill Helm and Robert Nations Are We on the Same Page? TCM and the Modern Microbiome* TCM Microbiome Strategies: Mood, Weight 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA by Janet Zand Control, and Immunity* by Janet Zand 1 Daily, 7:00-7:50am and 12:15-1:05 CAB pm Category: 1 CEU/PDA The face is the best place on the body to recognize the shen 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 1 Friday, November 1, 9:00-9:50 am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Learn specific exercises in the Yi Jin Jing sequence to teach in a patient, best seen as the light behind the eyes and under CEU/PDA your patients. These can be useful in the treatment of the skin, radiating outward when healthy and flourishing. In The human microbiome is currently one of the most exciting topics As TCM practitioners, we are aware that drugs don’t generally treat conditions such as chronic musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, this workshop, you will be shown the various manifestations in life sciences. Will conventional medicine’s acceptance of the the underlying causes of chronic illness, and even our genes are neck and shoulder tension, and shortness of breath. of shen, from signs of health to deficiency and disturbances. microbiome lead to a bridging of the gap between modern medicine not at the root of diseases. Instead the roots lie in diet, lifestyle, Bridges will teach you how to perceive brain function, evaluate and traditional Chinese medicine? Ancient practitioners of TCM stress, how connected we are to our communities, toxic chemicals emotional fluctuations, and recognize psychological and developed an understanding of the activity and primary importance and pollutants in our environment, and the balance and wellness of psychiatric conditions. of the microbiome—and even microorganisms. This session will our microbiome. The health of the microbiome has been linked to THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 introduce you to how TCM captures this microbiome balance and has weight, mood, energy, immunity, and even longevity. This workshop Treatment of Lyme with Chinese Medicine the potential to improve weight management, longevity, immunity, will present strategies for combining new scientific microbiome Diagnosing from Facial Colors* by Hillary Thing and mental performance. information with TCM to further enhance the quality of your patients’ by Lillian Bridges lives. 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm 1 CAB Category: 1 Introduction to Posture Therapy and Functional Medicine in your Treatment of Pediatric Allergies CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 9:00-9:50am Learn how to navigate complex, chronic cases of Lyme disease, TCM Practice* by Dustin Dillberg by Moshe Heller The Chinese pictogram for color involves a radical for the from clinical diagnosis to the final phases of regeneration and 1 Friday, November 1, 9:55–10:45am CAB Category: 1 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 face, implying that color on the face is important. In classical recovery. Thing will cover how to interpret Lyme-Borreliosis CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Chinese medicine, facial color was used extensively as part of and co-infection lab work, and accurately explain to patients Dr. Dustin Dillberg will present multiple ways to make your Chinese Allergies are becoming more prevalent—and causing a wide variety the “looking” aspect of diagnosis. In this session, you will learn what it suggests. Discover when it is advantageous to utilize medicine practice even more comprehensive, integrative, and of symptoms. Fatigue, depression, anxiety, muscle pains, joint pains, pharmaceutical antibiotics for Lyme disease and co-infections more about the diagnostic meanings of facial colors, and how effective using complementary therapies that are compatible with headaches, brain fog, stomach aches, bloating and yes, even weight the manifestation of these colors on specific parts of the face and how to augment their effects with natural medicine—or our Chinese medicine principles and philosophies. These include gain, could be related to allergies. In this workshop we will look at corresponds to the functioning of the internal organs. Bridges when to avoid them altogether. Foundation Training, breath work, laser therapy, the Egoscue Method, the pathomechanisms from both biomedical and Chinese medical will also offer some recommended treatments for immediate and in-office lab testing such as the omega index and functional perspectives. We will discuss Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, look at use in the clinic. Cannabis Medicine from a TCM and Genomics Perspective* medicine. different treatment protocols, and use case studies to demonstrate by Chad Conner the principles for treatment of pediatric allergies. Introduction to Peak Performance: Optimizing your Practice* Fundamentals of Yang Sheng: Food and Herbal Therapy* by Amy Albright 3 Herb-Drug Interactions Update CEU/PDA Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 by Deirdre Courtney by John Chen 1 1 Friday, November 1, 11:10am–12:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Thursday, October31, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 Explore more deeply how to personalize cannabis medicine by CEU/PDA combining the modern Western scientific approach with the 2 Friday, November 1, 2:00–4:00pm CAB Category: 1 Courtney presents the fundamental principles of Yang Sheng from CEU/PDA Biohacking, an emergent area of healthcare, has been defined TCM perspective. Integrate information gained from genomics classical Chinese medicine, using the teachings of Sun Si Miao, The practice of medicine is at a crossroads: countless patients are and DNA into the diagnostic framework of Chinese medicine’s as the use of science and technology to change both the inner Yellow Emperor’s Classic, and Herbal Compendiums. Learn how Yang being treated simultaneously with both prescription medications and Eight Principles. Learn how to determine cannabis ratios, and outer environment to become the best version of the self. Sheng food and herbal therapies can be adapted to modern Chinese herbal formulas. Safety has become a major issue. Patients today In this workshop, Albright will introduce some commonalities terpene profiles, dosages, and modes of administration. We medicine practice. are well-informed, and they want to know how compatible herbs between TCM and biohacking, exploring concepts such as will also use case studies to show how these apply in your are with their prescription medication and what possible adverse practice. whether TCM is a form of biohacking, and explain how the Yang Sheng: Food and Herbal Therapy* interactions they should be aware of. With some general insights in philosophies and treatment principles of TCM and biohacking by Deirdre Courtney pharmacology, you can foresee possible interactions and thus take are aligned. Enhance your TCM practice with the introduction of Peak Performance: Optimizing your Practice precautions to avoid incompatibilities. by Amy Albright metrics and treatments found within this new healthcare field. 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 Introduction to Cannabis Medicine from a TCM and Genomics CEU/PDA Food is the first and best medicine, yet it is important to use it Perspective* by Chad Conner in a way that is not just healing, but enjoyable and delicious. This Biohacking has much to provide to us and our patients. Explore KEYNOTE PERFORMANCE workshop is designed to help you understand how food and herbs the use of biohacking equipment and testing while learning 1 Thursday, October 31, 11:10am-12:05pm CAB Category: 1 influence health, and how to choose foods based on temperature, CEU/PDA how to prescribe their usage via TCM theory to improve the Music as Medicine: Explorations of Healing Sounds taste, and nutritional value. Special attention will be paid to modern by Rick Gold/Yuval Ron/Úyanga Bold Western science personalizes medicine using the patient's efficacy of our treatments, and ultimately better resolve our issues around food. Learn which foods and herbs are most helpful genetic profile. Find out how this can be integrated with natural patients' health challenges. Reassure your patients that they for common conditions seen in the clinic. medicine and TCM, and how to use the resulting information to are making improvements and keep them engaged in their 1.5 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Friday, November 1, 7:00–8:30pm personalize cannabis medicine. own care. Posture Therapy and Functional Medicine in your TCM Practice by Dustin Dillberg This course will present how music and sound can enhance Physiology and Treatment of the Lymphatic System treatment and play a role in the movement and balancing of by Rick Gold KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 Friday, November 1, 2:00–5:00pm CAB Category: 1 energy during and after treatment. Using information from the CEU/PDA Nei Jing describing musical tones that influence the elements, 3 Thursday, October 31, 2:00-5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Applying Chronobiology in the Clinical Setting by Jason Prall Brought to life with cases from his private practice, Dr. Dillberg will participants will learn to incorporate music into their clinical present complementary therapies that are compatible with our sessions. Drawing from the Ayurvedic tradition, participants will Our lymphatic system has two vital functions: the movement 1.5 Thursday, October 31, 7:00-8:30 pm CAB Category: 1 Chinese medicine principles and philosophies, including the Egoscue CEU/PDA learn the use of the sacred Aum chant in invoking and balancing of metabolic ash, or toxic material, that is released from cells, Method and Foundation Training, breath work, and functional The modern industrial world has brought with it a drastic effectively serving as the body’s sewage system, and immune medicine. We will also cover neurological tests, omega index, and the three doshas and academic insights from neuroscience change in our lighting environment. Bright LED screens and functions. In this second capacity, the lymphatics must be as other in-office testing options. Discover the methods for integrating and physics will be presented showing how music and sound uncongested as possible, so that our immune fighter cells can overhead lighting are now part of nearly everyone’s life and few such modalities and examples of their progression during treatment can benefit the brain and the rest of the body. identify and destroy antigens and pathogens. In this workshop, are asking how this impacts chronic disease. In this course, we we will explore the physiology of the lymphatic system from will discuss the role circadian rhythms play in health and the both the Western and East Asian perspectives as well as pathophysiology of a variety of chronic disease states. Learn Courses that will also be offered live-streamed, online, strategies to relieve lymphatic and blood stagnation—and how the light/dark cycle impacts physiological pathways, why during the conference are marked with an asterisk. thereby enhance immune potential. circadian biology should be included in every patient evaluation, Registration for these courses will open on July 20th. and why the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded for research on this very topic in 2017. REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing* Maximizing the Energetic Effects of Acupuncture Treatment* Introduction to Yang Sheng: Nurturing Life and Longevity* Pain Management Based on Wai Ke/External Specialty* by Jill Blakeway by Jill Blakeway by Bill Helm by Jeffrey Yuen

1 Saturday, November 3, 9:00-9:50am CAB Category: 1 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00- 5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 CAB Category: 1 3 Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 9:00-9:50am CEU/PDA

What is the energy that heals us? A variety of prompts, both In this workshop, Dr. Blakeway will share practical tools Yang sheng is the traditional study of how to nurture the life Wai ke, or external medicine, evolved from the Chinese military’s physical and psychological, can encourage the body to heal. that practitioners can use in their own clinics to maximize force to improve the quality and length of a person’s life. approach to pain. Many of its principles have been retained in In 2017, Harper Collins sent Jill Blakeway around the world acupuncture’s energetic effects. We will discuss the Tao as the Based on living harmoniously with the natural cycles of yin and the study of die dat, sports medicine or “bonesetting”, which in search of answers from the halls of academia, healers, container for human experience, qi as the body’s intelligence, yang and the Five Phases, yang sheng teaches how to follow provides practitioners with guidelines on how to manipulate researchers, and practitioners. The result is Energy Medicine: and the role both play in self-healing. We will also explore these principles. Application, practical methods from multiple the sinews and bones. Gain an understanding of the guiding The Science and Mystery of Healing, which examines the healing the various prompts, physical, psychological, and emotional, sources, and meditation methods will also be introduced. principles of wai ke, how limb pain can manifest from other modalities used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating that practitioners can give their patients to encourage the unresolved issues located in other regions of the body, and Four Treatments Every Caesarean Section Patient Should Have* body to recalibrate, and the work of the Princeton PEAR lab develop treatment strategies for chronic pain within the the energy that pulses through us. Blakeway will draw upon by Claudia Citkovitz her research into acupuncture as a form of energy medicine and the CUNY mouse studies, as well as their significance to modalities of Chinese medicine. and explore the science behind its profound effects. acupuncturists 1 Saturday, November 3, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Blood Pressure and Autonomic Nerve Imbalances Caesarean section is epidemic, including for many fertility by Kiiko Matsumoto Posture and Pain: A TCM Perspective* Posture and Pain: A TCM Perspective patients. As much as we try to prevent Caesarean section, by Matt Callison by Matt Callison 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 we can also be of tremendous help to patients who have CEU/PDA 1 CAB Category: 1 3 CAB Category: 1 undergone this routine, but highly invasive, abdominal surgery. CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 9:55-10:45am CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm This course will focus on autonomic nerve imbalances, Expect to learn a set of four key treatment strategies (and their identifying patients as high or low blood pressure types TCM practitioners understand that zang fu-related pathologies In TCM, ashi points were first mentioned in the Tang Dynasty appropriate time windows) to help reinstate normal qi and (with or without an official medical diagnosis), and using can contribute to the patient’s musculoskeletal pain and text Thousand Ducat Prescriptions and they are still used today blood flow in the lower abdomen, reduce adhesions, prevent these tendencies to determine autonomic nerve-based root dysfunction. This internal and external relationship must be to treat pain. Understanding that the channels and collaterals subsequent Caesarean sections, and reduce the risk of uterine treatments. We will discuss governing vessel points on the diagnosed and treated for successful long-term outcomes. respond to pathologies in a predictable manner by manifesting rupture. head, points selection, and how to treat a variety of complaints In 2011, Callison presented the results of over 100 postural ashi tenderness, we can see that an ashi point is a diagnostic by addressing the underlying physiological imbalances. assessment and TCM differential diagnosis case studies sign of a specific underlying causative factor. This workshop Pain Management: Point Selections* correlating specific postures with zang-related pathologies. will define diagnostic ashi points that reflect the status of by Jeffrey Yuen This session will present the evolution of this ongoing the jing luo and the zang fu, then discuss and demonstrate 1 Saturday, November 3, 11:10am-12:00pm CAB Category: 1 research. Understanding the relationships between posture, treatment methods and needle techniques, both traditional CEU/PDA the myofascial sequences (jingjin), and zang fu pathology and modern, that are geared toward treating the excess and/ Historically, pain was commonly encountered in the Chinese allows you to further refine your assessment and treatment or deficient qualities of these ashi points. military and its subsequent management evolved into wai ke, techniques. or external medicine, with many of its principles retained in SYMPOSIUM PARTY the study of die dat, sports medicine or “bonesetting”, which Master Tung's Magic Points Introduction to Master Tung's Magic Points* provides practitioners with guidelines on how to manipulate Be sure to join our Symposium Party, by Susan Johnson by Susan Johnson the sinews and bones. Crucial to this understanding is the co-sponsored by Treasure of the East and 3 Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 angle of manipulation, local and distal selection, bilateral and/ 1 Saturday, November 2, 11:10am-12:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. CEU/PDA or contralateral inclusion, and activation or desensitization of This session will begin with an introduction to the system, This workshop offers a thorough look at a few of Tung’s most certain points or areas. Saturday, November 2, 7:30–10:00pm including a very brief history of Master Tung Ching Chang and relevant points or point patterns—the ones the instructor uses in the Aviary Ballroom. Enjoy live music, in her clinic all day, every day. As the Symposium takes place in Yang Sheng: Nurturing Life and Longevity Tung’s Points in America. She will then cover in detail the seven by Bill Helm light dinner, and a cash bar. Make sure you theories implemented in choosing the proper acupuncture the fall, she will discuss the best points and point patterns for bring your business card to enter points within Tung’s system, differentiating between pain colds and flus, sinus infections, allergy to winter-pollinating 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm management and organ system imbalances. trees, pneumonia, and other winter or fall-associated ailments. the raffle sponsored by our generous Learn points and point patterns through location, indications, Yang sheng, which teaches how to live harmoniously with the Symposium exhibitors. We give away operative theory and commentary, and video. natural cycles of yin and yang and the Five Phases, can improve amazing prizes! the quality and length of a person’s life. Application involves The Egoscue Method: Unlocking Human Potential Difficult Decisions in Ethics adjusting the vital substances of shen, qi, and jing. Practical by Brian Bradley by Holly Guzman* methods from the Huang Di Nei Jing, Tao Te Ching, and the I Ching will be presented. Meditation methods for clearing and 3 CAB Category: 1 2 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-4:00pm focusing the shen and qi gong exercises for generating and harmonizing the flow of qi will also be included. The Egoscue Method can synergize multiple therapies or Knowledge of laws and regulations is basic. Social norms, and performance enhacements into a stronger therapeutic whole. the sensitive subjects of power, money, and sex, are evolving The New Normal: Acupuncture to Prevent Unnecessary Labor Through the simple exercises taught in this workshop, your differently between generations, populations, cultures, and Induction by Claudia Citkovitz patients will get better results from their complementary religions. This workshop will consider these differing norms 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 therapies. As the skeleton aligns, so will the body’s reaction to and present updates on gender considerations, conflicts of CEU/PDA other treatment modalities. During this workshop, attendees interest, scope of practice, kickbacks, reporting requirements, Recent research suggests that maternal and fetal outcomes will explore the causes of chronic pain and limitations to pain- and boundaries for difficult patients. It will also consider are better when labor is induced at 39 weeks, although the free movement. Functional exercises will be discussed in detail decision-making protocols, as well as the six parameters of evidence is debatable. Acupuncturists in this course will learn and practiced. medical ethics that make right things right, and wrong things to successfully engage patients and providers in that debate, Courses that will also be offered live-streamed, online, wrong. suggesting prenatal acupuncture as a safe way to encourage during the conference are marked with an asterisk. timely natural onset of labor. Learn Dr. Citkovitz's approach to Registration for these courses will open on July 20th. diagnosis and treatment for labor preparation. She will also cover diagnosis, needling, and manual therapies, as well as REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM acupressure, moxa, and lifestyle homework. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing* Maximizing the Energetic Effects of Acupuncture Treatment* Introduction to Yang Sheng: Nurturing Life and Longevity* Pain Management Based on Wai Ke/External Specialty* by Jill Blakeway by Jill Blakeway by Bill Helm by Jeffrey Yuen

1 Saturday, November 3, 9:00-9:50am CAB Category: 1 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00- 5:00 pm CAB Category: 1 1 CAB Category: 1 3 Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA CEU/PDA CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 9:00-9:50am CEU/PDA

What is the energy that heals us? A variety of prompts, both In this workshop, Dr. Blakeway will share practical tools Yang sheng is the traditional study of how to nurture the life Wai ke, or external medicine, evolved from the Chinese military’s physical and psychological, can encourage the body to heal. that practitioners can use in their own clinics to maximize force to improve the quality and length of a person’s life. approach to pain. Many of its principles have been retained in In 2017, Harper Collins sent Jill Blakeway around the world acupuncture’s energetic effects. We will discuss the Tao as the Based on living harmoniously with the natural cycles of yin and the study of die dat, sports medicine or “bonesetting”, which in search of answers from the halls of academia, healers, container for human experience, qi as the body’s intelligence, yang and the Five Phases, yang sheng teaches how to follow provides practitioners with guidelines on how to manipulate researchers, and practitioners. The result is Energy Medicine: and the role both play in self-healing. We will also explore these principles. Application, practical methods from multiple the sinews and bones. Gain an understanding of the guiding The Science and Mystery of Healing, which examines the healing the various prompts, physical, psychological, and emotional, sources, and meditation methods will also be introduced. principles of wai ke, how limb pain can manifest from other modalities used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating that practitioners can give their patients to encourage the unresolved issues located in other regions of the body, and Four Treatments Every Caesarean Section Patient Should Have* body to recalibrate, and the work of the Princeton PEAR lab develop treatment strategies for chronic pain within the the energy that pulses through us. Blakeway will draw upon by Claudia Citkovitz her research into acupuncture as a form of energy medicine and the CUNY mouse studies, as well as their significance to modalities of Chinese medicine. and explore the science behind its profound effects. acupuncturists 1 Saturday, November 3, 9:55-10:45am CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Blood Pressure and Autonomic Nerve Imbalances Caesarean section is epidemic, including for many fertility by Kiiko Matsumoto Posture and Pain: A TCM Perspective* Posture and Pain: A TCM Perspective patients. As much as we try to prevent Caesarean section, by Matt Callison by Matt Callison 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 we can also be of tremendous help to patients who have CEU/PDA 1 CAB Category: 1 3 CAB Category: 1 undergone this routine, but highly invasive, abdominal surgery. CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 9:55-10:45am CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm This course will focus on autonomic nerve imbalances, Expect to learn a set of four key treatment strategies (and their identifying patients as high or low blood pressure types TCM practitioners understand that zang fu-related pathologies In TCM, ashi points were first mentioned in the Tang Dynasty appropriate time windows) to help reinstate normal qi and (with or without an official medical diagnosis), and using can contribute to the patient’s musculoskeletal pain and text Thousand Ducat Prescriptions and they are still used today blood flow in the lower abdomen, reduce adhesions, prevent these tendencies to determine autonomic nerve-based root dysfunction. This internal and external relationship must be to treat pain. Understanding that the channels and collaterals subsequent Caesarean sections, and reduce the risk of uterine treatments. We will discuss governing vessel points on the diagnosed and treated for successful long-term outcomes. respond to pathologies in a predictable manner by manifesting rupture. head, points selection, and how to treat a variety of complaints In 2011, Callison presented the results of over 100 postural ashi tenderness, we can see that an ashi point is a diagnostic by addressing the underlying physiological imbalances. assessment and TCM differential diagnosis case studies sign of a specific underlying causative factor. This workshop Pain Management: Point Selections* correlating specific postures with zang-related pathologies. will define diagnostic ashi points that reflect the status of by Jeffrey Yuen This session will present the evolution of this ongoing the jing luo and the zang fu, then discuss and demonstrate 1 Saturday, November 3, 11:10am-12:00pm CAB Category: 1 research. Understanding the relationships between posture, treatment methods and needle techniques, both traditional CEU/PDA the myofascial sequences (jingjin), and zang fu pathology and modern, that are geared toward treating the excess and/ Historically, pain was commonly encountered in the Chinese allows you to further refine your assessment and treatment or deficient qualities of these ashi points. military and its subsequent management evolved into wai ke, techniques. or external medicine, with many of its principles retained in SYMPOSIUM PARTY the study of die dat, sports medicine or “bonesetting”, which Master Tung's Magic Points Introduction to Master Tung's Magic Points* provides practitioners with guidelines on how to manipulate Be sure to join our Symposium Party, by Susan Johnson by Susan Johnson the sinews and bones. Crucial to this understanding is the co-sponsored by Treasure of the East and 3 Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 angle of manipulation, local and distal selection, bilateral and/ 1 Saturday, November 2, 11:10am-12:00pm CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. CEU/PDA or contralateral inclusion, and activation or desensitization of This session will begin with an introduction to the system, This workshop offers a thorough look at a few of Tung’s most certain points or areas. Saturday, November 2, 7:30–10:00pm including a very brief history of Master Tung Ching Chang and relevant points or point patterns—the ones the instructor uses in the Aviary Ballroom. Enjoy live music, in her clinic all day, every day. As the Symposium takes place in Yang Sheng: Nurturing Life and Longevity Tung’s Points in America. She will then cover in detail the seven by Bill Helm light dinner, and a cash bar. Make sure you theories implemented in choosing the proper acupuncture the fall, she will discuss the best points and point patterns for bring your business card to enter points within Tung’s system, differentiating between pain colds and flus, sinus infections, allergy to winter-pollinating 3 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm management and organ system imbalances. trees, pneumonia, and other winter or fall-associated ailments. the raffle sponsored by our generous Learn points and point patterns through location, indications, Yang sheng, which teaches how to live harmoniously with the Symposium exhibitors. We give away operative theory and commentary, and video. natural cycles of yin and yang and the Five Phases, can improve amazing prizes! the quality and length of a person’s life. Application involves The Egoscue Method: Unlocking Human Potential Difficult Decisions in Ethics adjusting the vital substances of shen, qi, and jing. Practical by Brian Bradley by Holly Guzman* methods from the Huang Di Nei Jing, Tao Te Ching, and the I Ching will be presented. Meditation methods for clearing and 3 CAB Category: 1 2 CAB Category: 1 CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-5:00pm CEU/PDA Saturday, November 2, 2:00-4:00pm focusing the shen and qi gong exercises for generating and harmonizing the flow of qi will also be included. The Egoscue Method can synergize multiple therapies or Knowledge of laws and regulations is basic. Social norms, and performance enhacements into a stronger therapeutic whole. the sensitive subjects of power, money, and sex, are evolving The New Normal: Acupuncture to Prevent Unnecessary Labor Through the simple exercises taught in this workshop, your differently between generations, populations, cultures, and Induction by Claudia Citkovitz patients will get better results from their complementary religions. This workshop will consider these differing norms 3 Saturday, November 3, 2:00-5:00pm CAB Category: 1 therapies. As the skeleton aligns, so will the body’s reaction to and present updates on gender considerations, conflicts of CEU/PDA other treatment modalities. During this workshop, attendees interest, scope of practice, kickbacks, reporting requirements, Recent research suggests that maternal and fetal outcomes will explore the causes of chronic pain and limitations to pain- and boundaries for difficult patients. It will also consider are better when labor is induced at 39 weeks, although the free movement. Functional exercises will be discussed in detail decision-making protocols, as well as the six parameters of evidence is debatable. Acupuncturists in this course will learn and practiced. medical ethics that make right things right, and wrong things to successfully engage patients and providers in that debate, Courses that will also be offered live-streamed, online, wrong. suggesting prenatal acupuncture as a safe way to encourage during the conference are marked with an asterisk. timely natural onset of labor. Learn Dr. Citkovitz's approach to Registration for these courses will open on July 20th. diagnosis and treatment for labor preparation. She will also cover diagnosis, needling, and manual therapies, as well as REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM acupressure, moxa, and lifestyle homework. THIS YEAR’S SPEAKERS Claudia Citkovitz Rick Gold Kiiko Matsumoto Dr. Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc, has directed the inpatient Acupuncture Dr. Richard Gold, PhD, MSTOM, LAc, graduated from Oberlin College in 1972 and Kiiko Matsumoto, LAc, is a world-renowned acupuncturist and teacher, best Service at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn since 2004, where she and the New England School of Acupuncture in 1978. Ever since, he has devoted known for her ability to integrate the work of Japanese masters such as Amy Albright her team provide postgraduate instruction in inpatient care. Her PhD his career to the study, practice, researching, teaching, and publishing in the Master Nagano, Master Kawai, and Dr. Manaka into a coherent and clinically study on acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation was the first in the U.S., Dr. Amy Albright, DACM had her first experiences with “biohacking” 17 years ago, field of East Asian medicine. Dr. Gold has pursued advanced studies in China, effective style. She is co-director of the KINKO Psychiatric Hospital in Yokohama as was her 2006 study of acupuncture during birth. Claudia teaches and when she used rare equipment to induce theta and other brain waves, creating Japan, and Thailand, and holds a doctorate in psychology. He is one of the City, Japan, researching and treating depression using Master Nagano-style. practices acupuncture for birth and neurological conditions in New York and profound healing and insights for her patients. More recently, Dr. Albright earliest pioneers of Thai massage therapy in the United States, Brazil, Israel Matsumoto is also the author of several books on acupuncture, based on a Massachusetts. She sits on the Accrediting Commission for Acupuncture worked full time as an executive for a company called Bulletproof, where she and Europe, and has published several books on the topic. Dr. Gold was one growing understanding and deep interest in classical Chinese medical texts. and Oriental Medicine and is an editorial board member on several scholarly spearheaded the creation of Bulletproof Labs (now called Upgrade Labs), a of the four founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, served on the Her two-volume Kiiko Matsumoto’s Clinical Strategies is a seminal work and journals including the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and first-of-its-kind $2M biohacking facility in Santa Monica, CA. board of the college for many years, and continues to teach there. In addition, cornerstone of palpation-based acupuncture. She continues to travel all over Meridians. Dr. Albright runs a coaching and consulting practice, advising executives and he served for over twenty years as the President and Chairman of the Board of the world to teach her style of acupuncture and sees an average of 60 patients She worked in the obstetrics and gynecology rotation at the University of other changemakers from all over the world. Although she rarely uses needles the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB), where he was also a each week at her private clinic in Newton, MA, allowing her to continually Chicago School of Medicine, and authored, presented research, and conducted and herbs anymore, she does work in conjunction with acupuncturists and senior faculty member. In recent years, Dr. Gold has been working in the field of evaluate and refine her techniques. www.kiikomatsumoto.com clinical trials related to labor and delivery for the Society for Acupuncture other doctors and routinely prescribes technology and testing to her clients to applied neuroscience and sound. Currently, he is the President and Executive Research, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Lutheran optimize their performance. Producer of Metta Mindfulness Music, a company devoted to creating original Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and University of North music to facilitate meditation, health and mindfulness. Carolina, among others. Jason Prall Jill Blakeway Holly Guzman Jason Prall, founder and CEO of the Human Longevity Project, is an optimal Dr. Jill Blakeway, DACM, LAc, is a practitioner, author, and speaker who appears Chad Conner Holly Guzman, OMD, LAc, began studying acupuncture at the age of 13, with health and longevity practitioner who works remotely with individuals around regularly in the media to talk about Chinese medicine. Jill graduated from Chad Conner, MSOM, has over 20 years of experience developing and help from the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, where she lived in 1972. There, the world who are those struggling with weight loss, or suffering from complex Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego in 1999 and is the founder and overseeing successful, integrative medicine centers in both the United States she was given a booklet on curing deaf mutes. A few years later, Guzman health issues that their doctors have been unable to resolve. Clinic Director of the YinOva Center, a large multidisciplinary complementary and abroad. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist and massage therapist, Chad traveled to the Guang Zhou School for the Deaf Mute in China to see the He shares his unique and innovative approach as a nationally-recognized medical center in New York City. She coauthored her first book, Making Babies, has provided Chinese medical services to the University of San Diego’s medical successful acupuncture protocol in action. She also witnessed acupuncture speaker and radio host, transforming the lives of thousands with simple, with a reproductive endocrinologist; so far it has been translated into six school free clinic and San Diego Hospice while running a successful private anesthesia in major surgery and national health care programs using Chinese practical, powerful solutions to combat chronic health conditions and improve languages and remains a bestseller in its genre. Her second book, Sex Again: practice. He also currently serves as a professor and clinic supervisor at Pacific herbs. quality of life. In 2016, Prall was honored with the Community Award by Recharging Your Libido, was published in 2013, and her third in 2019: Energy College of Oriental Medicine. Guzman attended NESA in 1979, and a year later assisted Ted Kaptchuk in the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. He is also the author of Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing. Formally the host of a CBS Radio While abroad, Conner co-founded Ananda Health Centers in Casablanca, opening the first acupuncture program at a state hospital. In 1983, she joined the forthcoming book Longevity: Living Beyond 100 with Abundant Energy, weekly podcast called Grow Cook Heal, Jill has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show; Morocco, the first multi-disciplinary wellness centers in the country, and the the first graduating class of ACTCM, assisted Miriam Lee, and studied with Yat Ki Happiness, and Vitality by Applying the Secret Wisdom of the World's Healthiest CNN; the Early Show; Good Morning America; NBC, ABC, and Fox News; the Institute of Wu Wei, the first acupuncture school in the country, where he Lai. Guzman regularly lectures at major Chinese medicine symposiums, one of People. https://humanlongevityfilm.com/ Real Housewives of New York; and The Talk. She has also been quoted in New partnered with SPERE, the oldest acupuncture school in France, and had many the very few unpublished speakers with this honor. She is a contributing author York Magazine, the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Elle, W, and Town & students pass their acupuncture certification in France. in Acupuncture in Practice, The Natural Health First Aid Guide, and Breast Country. www.yinovacenter.com Over the last five years, he has studied and incorporated cannabis medicine Cancer/Breast Health. Yuval Ron into his practice. He has been featured in several podcasts on cannabis and Holly has practiced in Santa Cruz, CA since 1983, specializing in women’s health, Yuval Ron is a world-renowned musician, composer, educator, peace activist Úyanga Bold Chinese medicine, and co-founded Pure Ratios, a vertically-integrated medical pediatrics, immune issues, cancer, and epilepsy. and record producer. He composed the music for the Oscar-winning film Úyanga Bold is a vocalist, composer, and performing artist from Mongolia, cannabis and CBD hemp company specializing in unique product combinations www.hollyguzmanseminars.com/ West Bank Story and was invited to perform for the Dalai Lama. Ron has based in Los Angeles, who has worked as a vocal soloist with Oscar-nominated of Eastern natural medicine and Western scientific research. collaborated with Sufi leaders, master musicians, Zen Buddhist priests, visual composer Marco Beltrami and Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory. www.pureratios.com Moshe Heller artists, choreographers, and neuroscientists. He was awarded with the Los She has sung on films including the award-winning Madagasikara (2018), Angeles Treasures Award and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Moshe Heller, a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine - San Diego, including the main title theme, and a piece that won a Hollywood Music in American Composers Forum, California Council for the Humanities, and the Deidre Courtney is the former academic dean and department chair of Oriental medicine, Media award with Thomas Parisch. Rockefeller Foundation. He is a noted lecturer and has been invited to speak Deirdre Courtney, MTCM, CAc (China), DiplAc, came to acupuncture and face herbal medicine, and the clinic at Pacific College - New York. Heller has been Bold performed as a vocal soloist with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra at schools including Yale, John Hopkins University, UCLA, MIT, Berklee College reading through her passion for cooking good, healthy, macrobiotic food. In practicing and teaching Chinese medicine for nearly 25 years. He taught at the on Hans Zimmer’s “Batman: The Dark Knight” Suite, projects with Disney and of Music, and University of Chicago. Yuval has been on the faculty of Esalen the 1980s, she was in demand as a chef, working in French, Italian, vegetarian Hebrew University’s Medicine College and the Israeli College of Complementary Google Japan, and the Boston Ballet. Her solo voice is also heard on video Institute, is an affiliated artist with the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, and macrobiotic restaurants in her home town of Dublin, as well as in Denver, Medicine. Heller developed a year-long certification course in Chinese medical game soundtracks and vocal libraries. When she is not working as a soundtrack and a “Guiding Voice” for Seven Pillars – House of Wisdom. Yuval's first book Colorado, and Los Angeles. She also became a teacher, showing other cooks pediatrics with Dr. Stephen Cowan and has lectured at the Pacific Symposium vocalist or a composer, Bold creates multi-instrumental live performances with Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom won the Gold Medal for Best how to use the healing power of healthy food to help people recovering from in San Diego, FSOMA Conference in Florida, and ICCM conference in Israel. dilruba, sitar, frame drum, guitar, and bulbul tarang, amongst others. Book in the Spirituality Category at the Indie Book Awards 2015. To listen to the alcohol, drug abuse, and obesity. He has completed postgraduate work on internal medicine, TCM gynecology, www.uyangabold.com music of Yuval Ron and to find more information about his recordings, books, Seeking to develop her healing talents further, she earned her master’s in pediatrics, and Japanese acupuncture, and participated in a research study on talks, master-classes, workshops and concerts, please visit: Lillian Pearl Bridges traditional Chinese medicine from Yo San University and opened a private the use of acupuncture during labor. Heller currently maintains a busy practice practice. Courtney has since lectured and conducted workshops worldwide, www.yuvalronmusic.com Lillian Pearl Bridges is the world’s leading authority on face reading and facial in NYC. been published in journals, magazines, and newspapers, and made many diagnosis. She is credited with reawakening Chinese medicine to this body of appearances on TV and radio. She was the head of the acupuncture ancient knowledge and introducing it to Western medicine. Bridges has taught Bill Helm Hillary Thing department at the College of Naturopathic Medicine CNM Ireland for 12 years doctors, acupuncturists, and psychologists around the world. She is also the Hillary Thing, LAc, is a holistic medicine practitioner with two decades of and Chairperson of the Irish Register of Chinese Medical Herbalism for four. Helm is the director and lead instructor at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego founder of the Lotus Institute, Inc., based in Seattle, WA and trains students and the former department chair of the massage and bodywork program at clinical experience. Lyme disease became her specialty ten years ago, after in her Master Face Reading Certification Program. She is a lineage holder from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He has been studying Chinese martial her husband suffered repeated bouts of Lyme and co-infection. Hillary now a long line of Master Chinese practitioners in her Chen family and author Stephen Cowan and healing arts since 1965, specializing in taijiquan, tui na, qigong, and herbal trains other health professionals through a year-long training, the Holistic of Face Reading in Chinese Medicine, 2nd Edition. Bridges has contributed Dr. Stephen Cowan, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician with 30 years of medicine. Helm is a 20th generation Indoor Disciple of Grandmaster Chen Lyme Practitioner Mentorship. She and her associates treat patients both in- to several books on Chinese medicine, been a guest columnist for Natural clinical experience working with children. He sub-specializes in developmental Xiaowang and holds a 6th Duan Wei from the Chinese Wushu Association. He person at Accord Acupuncture & Herbs in High Falls, NY and internationally via Health Magazine, and has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles. pediatrics and is New York state certified in Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Cowan has also studied with taijiquan masters Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Zhiquang, Ren telemedicine. Hillary also speaks at scientific and holistic medical conferences She hosted her own internet radio show in Seattle, called “Conscious Living”, is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of both the Guangyi, and Chen Bing. Helm studied traditional Chinese Medicine at the throughout the US and was featured on the Dr. Oz Show in 2013 in the episode “What Your Face AAP Committee on Children with Disabilities and the American Academy of Shanghai College of Medicine and the Beijing Olympic Training Center in China Reveals About Your Health." She also writes the internationally popular food Medical Acupuncture. He founded the Westchester Center for Holistic Families, and in the U.S. with Taoist Master Share K. Lew and Dr. Yu Da Fang. blog, 5 Element Food: http://5elementfood.blogspot.com where he offers holistic evaluation and treatments for children. Dr. Cowan Jeffrey Yuen also sees patients at Tournesol Wellness in NYC, and is director of health and Susan Johnson Yuen is a frequent lecturer at Pacific Symposium. Coming from a classical Matt Callison education for the nonprofit Tournesol Kids. He has lectured internationally on Susan Johnson, LAc, has been studying acupuncture since 1982. She is Chinese medical approach, he offers different perspectives to understanding Matt Callison, MS, LAc, is well known for his work with professional athletes; he alternative approaches to health problems in children. Dr. Cowan is the author an esteemed teacher of Master Tung’s Magic Points, a potent system of the rigors of Chinese medicine. He comes from two Daoist traditions, the has traveled across the United States in his work with NFL players. His unique of Fire Child, Water Child and has contributed chapters to several books about acupuncture handed down as a treasured family secret for generations and Shangqing and Quanzhen schools. He was instrumental in developing the first ability to blend Chinese medicine with sports medicine is particularly evident holistic approaches to childhood conditions. He specializes in the diagnosis made public by Master Tung Ching-Chang. classical Chinese medicine doctoral program in the state of California and is in his international certification program, Sports Medicine Acupuncture. He has and treatment of pediatric problems such as attention deficit disorder, autism Susan graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Director of Classical Studies in Daoist Traditions at an acupuncture school been published on acupuncture and tibial stress syndromes and sports-related spectrum disorders, migraine, Tourette syndrome, asthma, and allergies. San Francisco, California, was licensed in 1984, and began an internship with in Asheville, NC. muscle tension headaches. Matt created the Motor Point and Acupuncture Understanding the child as an interrelated part of family and environment is Dr. Miriam Lee. She became Dr. Lee’s primary student and trained extensively Yuen was the first recipient of the “Educator of the Year” award, conferred by Meridian Chart and is the author of The Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders and the central focus of his practice. This approach respects the inseparability of with her for many years. In 1987, they travelled to Hefei, China, to study bleeding the AAAOM. He is most noted for bringing the influence of Daoism into the the Sports Medicine Acupuncture textbook. He has worked at Alvarado Sports mind, body, and spirit and promotes a deeper understanding of what it means techniques with Dr. Wang Xiu Zhen. Susan studied Master Tung’s Magic Points practice and teachings of Chinese medicine. He resides in New York City and Medicine Clinic and Scripps Hospital in La Jolla for six years. Matt received to be healthy. with both Dr. Lee and Dr. Wei-Chieh Young. During the 1980s she also worked serves as President of the International Tai Chi Institute. his master’s from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and serves as PCOM’s with Dr. Lee, lobbyist Art Krause, and elected officials to pass legislation supervisor of acupuncture interns at the University of California San Diego Dustin Dillberg expanding the scope of acupuncture in California. Sports Medicine RIMAC Center www.sportsmedicineacupuncture.com Susan Johnson practiced acupuncture in San Francisco until 1988, specializing Dr. Dustin Dillberg, DACM, LAc, is a speaker, writer, and educator specializing Janet Zand in the treatment of HIV, and has maintained an acupuncture practice in Santa in sports medicine, myofascial systems, lymphatics, pain management, and Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, has over thirty years of private practice experience in Cruz ever since. John Chen functional medicine. He is a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, natural medicine including acupuncture, herbal medicine, functional medicine, Susan continues to work on innovative ways to share Master Tung’s Magic Egoscue Institute, and Pettibon Spinal Technologies. Dr. Dillberg has extensive and nutrition. She has taught and lectured to physicians, acupuncturists, Dr. John Chen, PhD, OMD, LAc, is a recognized authority on Chinese herbal Points with a global audience. Her passion for Tung’s points and her desire to clinical experience working with many top professional athletes and co- chiropractors and nurses throughout the United States and Europe. medicine and Western pharmacology. Holding doctoral degrees from both share this remarkable system with other practitioners has inspired her to guest authored the book Body and Soul with Bethany Hamilton in 2014. Dr. Dillberg Zand is the author of Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, A Parent’s Guide to USC School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University, he currently teaches lecture worldwide, write articles, and produce webinars and tutorial DVDs. Her lives and works on the island of Kauai, where he runs the Pain Free Kauai clinic, Medical Emergencies, and Smart Medicine for Healthier Living and The Nitric at USC and other universities of traditional Chinese medicine. Chen actively newest book is Tung’s Magic Points, Volume One: A Definitive Clinical Guide, providing traditional Chinese medicine along with postural corrective exercise, Oxide Solution, and she currently writes a popular weekly Women’s Health participates in education and research, and lectures widely at conferences at which will soon be followed by Tung’s Magic Points, Volume Two: The Clinician’s laser therapy, and functional medicine. He is a speaker and consultant to e-alert. local, state, national, and international levels. He also appeared in a six-hour Best Friend. Discovery Channel documentary on complementary and alternative medicine healthcare professionals on integrating posture-based exercise and functional Zand began her first term on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in February in 1999. Chen is the author of three textbooks: Chinese Medical Herbology and medicine into practice. www.painfreekauai.com 2017 In 2015, she was inducted into the Hall of Legends, and acknowledged by Robert Nations the National Nutritional Food Association and New Hope as a thought leader, Pharmacology, Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications, and Chinese Herbal Dr. Robert Nations has been involved with healing and traditional medicine Formulas for Veterinarians. innovator, and leader in the natural products industry. In 2009, Dr. Zand joined since 1983. For years, he has studied and trained with the Taoist Sanctuary forces with Dr. Nathan Bryan in nitric oxide research and the co-formulation of of San Diego, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the Institute of Canonical NEO40, a nutritional supplement that has since sold over a million doses. Zand East Asian Medicine, and the Alexander Technique. He has worked with cofounded Zand Herbal Formulas, Inc., and was Chairman of the Board for multiple organizations and agencies training and promoting Chinese medicine, more than twenty years. philosophy, and health practices. His primary interests are the aging process REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM and working with older adults. He and his wife operate their clinic in San Diego. www.nations-acupuncture.com THIS YEAR’S SPEAKERS Claudia Citkovitz Rick Gold Kiiko Matsumoto Dr. Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc, has directed the inpatient Acupuncture Dr. Richard Gold, PhD, MSTOM, LAc, graduated from Oberlin College in 1972 and Kiiko Matsumoto, LAc, is a world-renowned acupuncturist and teacher, best Service at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn since 2004, where she and the New England School of Acupuncture in 1978. Ever since, he has devoted known for her ability to integrate the work of Japanese masters such as Amy Albright her team provide postgraduate instruction in inpatient care. Her PhD his career to the study, practice, researching, teaching, and publishing in the Master Nagano, Master Kawai, and Dr. Manaka into a coherent and clinically study on acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation was the first in the U.S., Dr. Amy Albright, DACM had her first experiences with “biohacking” 17 years ago, field of East Asian medicine. Dr. Gold has pursued advanced studies in China, effective style. She is co-director of the KINKO Psychiatric Hospital in Yokohama as was her 2006 study of acupuncture during birth. Claudia teaches and when she used rare equipment to induce theta and other brain waves, creating Japan, and Thailand, and holds a doctorate in psychology. He is one of the City, Japan, researching and treating depression using Master Nagano-style. practices acupuncture for birth and neurological conditions in New York and profound healing and insights for her patients. More recently, Dr. Albright earliest pioneers of Thai massage therapy in the United States, Brazil, Israel Matsumoto is also the author of several books on acupuncture, based on a Massachusetts. She sits on the Accrediting Commission for Acupuncture worked full time as an executive for a company called Bulletproof, where she and Europe, and has published several books on the topic. Dr. Gold was one growing understanding and deep interest in classical Chinese medical texts. and Oriental Medicine and is an editorial board member on several scholarly spearheaded the creation of Bulletproof Labs (now called Upgrade Labs), a of the four founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, served on the Her two-volume Kiiko Matsumoto’s Clinical Strategies is a seminal work and journals including the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine and first-of-its-kind $2M biohacking facility in Santa Monica, CA. board of the college for many years, and continues to teach there. In addition, cornerstone of palpation-based acupuncture. She continues to travel all over Meridians. Dr. Albright runs a coaching and consulting practice, advising executives and he served for over twenty years as the President and Chairman of the Board of the world to teach her style of acupuncture and sees an average of 60 patients She worked in the obstetrics and gynecology rotation at the University of other changemakers from all over the world. Although she rarely uses needles the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB), where he was also a each week at her private clinic in Newton, MA, allowing her to continually Chicago School of Medicine, and authored, presented research, and conducted and herbs anymore, she does work in conjunction with acupuncturists and senior faculty member. In recent years, Dr. Gold has been working in the field of evaluate and refine her techniques. www.kiikomatsumoto.com clinical trials related to labor and delivery for the Society for Acupuncture other doctors and routinely prescribes technology and testing to her clients to applied neuroscience and sound. Currently, he is the President and Executive Research, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Lutheran optimize their performance. Producer of Metta Mindfulness Music, a company devoted to creating original Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and University of North music to facilitate meditation, health and mindfulness. Carolina, among others. Jason Prall Jill Blakeway Holly Guzman Jason Prall, founder and CEO of the Human Longevity Project, is an optimal Dr. Jill Blakeway, DACM, LAc, is a practitioner, author, and speaker who appears Chad Conner Holly Guzman, OMD, LAc, began studying acupuncture at the age of 13, with health and longevity practitioner who works remotely with individuals around regularly in the media to talk about Chinese medicine. Jill graduated from Chad Conner, MSOM, has over 20 years of experience developing and help from the Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan, where she lived in 1972. There, the world who are those struggling with weight loss, or suffering from complex Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego in 1999 and is the founder and overseeing successful, integrative medicine centers in both the United States she was given a booklet on curing deaf mutes. A few years later, Guzman health issues that their doctors have been unable to resolve. Clinic Director of the YinOva Center, a large multidisciplinary complementary and abroad. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist and massage therapist, Chad traveled to the Guang Zhou School for the Deaf Mute in China to see the He shares his unique and innovative approach as a nationally-recognized medical center in New York City. She coauthored her first book, Making Babies, has provided Chinese medical services to the University of San Diego’s medical successful acupuncture protocol in action. She also witnessed acupuncture speaker and radio host, transforming the lives of thousands with simple, with a reproductive endocrinologist; so far it has been translated into six school free clinic and San Diego Hospice while running a successful private anesthesia in major surgery and national health care programs using Chinese practical, powerful solutions to combat chronic health conditions and improve languages and remains a bestseller in its genre. Her second book, Sex Again: practice. He also currently serves as a professor and clinic supervisor at Pacific herbs. quality of life. In 2016, Prall was honored with the Community Award by Recharging Your Libido, was published in 2013, and her third in 2019: Energy College of Oriental Medicine. Guzman attended NESA in 1979, and a year later assisted Ted Kaptchuk in the National Association of Nutrition Professionals. He is also the author of Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing. Formally the host of a CBS Radio While abroad, Conner co-founded Ananda Health Centers in Casablanca, opening the first acupuncture program at a state hospital. In 1983, she joined the forthcoming book Longevity: Living Beyond 100 with Abundant Energy, weekly podcast called Grow Cook Heal, Jill has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show; Morocco, the first multi-disciplinary wellness centers in the country, and the the first graduating class of ACTCM, assisted Miriam Lee, and studied with Yat Ki Happiness, and Vitality by Applying the Secret Wisdom of the World's Healthiest CNN; the Early Show; Good Morning America; NBC, ABC, and Fox News; the Institute of Wu Wei, the first acupuncture school in the country, where he Lai. Guzman regularly lectures at major Chinese medicine symposiums, one of People. https://humanlongevityfilm.com/ Real Housewives of New York; and The Talk. She has also been quoted in New partnered with SPERE, the oldest acupuncture school in France, and had many the very few unpublished speakers with this honor. She is a contributing author York Magazine, the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Elle, W, and Town & students pass their acupuncture certification in France. in Acupuncture in Practice, The Natural Health First Aid Guide, and Breast Country. www.yinovacenter.com Over the last five years, he has studied and incorporated cannabis medicine Cancer/Breast Health. Yuval Ron into his practice. He has been featured in several podcasts on cannabis and Holly has practiced in Santa Cruz, CA since 1983, specializing in women’s health, Yuval Ron is a world-renowned musician, composer, educator, peace activist Úyanga Bold Chinese medicine, and co-founded Pure Ratios, a vertically-integrated medical pediatrics, immune issues, cancer, and epilepsy. and record producer. He composed the music for the Oscar-winning film Úyanga Bold is a vocalist, composer, and performing artist from Mongolia, cannabis and CBD hemp company specializing in unique product combinations www.hollyguzmanseminars.com/ West Bank Story and was invited to perform for the Dalai Lama. Ron has based in Los Angeles, who has worked as a vocal soloist with Oscar-nominated of Eastern natural medicine and Western scientific research. collaborated with Sufi leaders, master musicians, Zen Buddhist priests, visual composer Marco Beltrami and Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory. www.pureratios.com Moshe Heller artists, choreographers, and neuroscientists. He was awarded with the Los She has sung on films including the award-winning Madagasikara (2018), Angeles Treasures Award and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Moshe Heller, a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine - San Diego, including the main title theme, and a piece that won a Hollywood Music in American Composers Forum, California Council for the Humanities, and the Deidre Courtney is the former academic dean and department chair of Oriental medicine, Media award with Thomas Parisch. Rockefeller Foundation. He is a noted lecturer and has been invited to speak Deirdre Courtney, MTCM, CAc (China), DiplAc, came to acupuncture and face herbal medicine, and the clinic at Pacific College - New York. Heller has been Bold performed as a vocal soloist with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra at schools including Yale, John Hopkins University, UCLA, MIT, Berklee College reading through her passion for cooking good, healthy, macrobiotic food. In practicing and teaching Chinese medicine for nearly 25 years. He taught at the on Hans Zimmer’s “Batman: The Dark Knight” Suite, projects with Disney and of Music, and University of Chicago. Yuval has been on the faculty of Esalen the 1980s, she was in demand as a chef, working in French, Italian, vegetarian Hebrew University’s Medicine College and the Israeli College of Complementary Google Japan, and the Boston Ballet. Her solo voice is also heard on video Institute, is an affiliated artist with the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, and macrobiotic restaurants in her home town of Dublin, as well as in Denver, Medicine. Heller developed a year-long certification course in Chinese medical game soundtracks and vocal libraries. When she is not working as a soundtrack and a “Guiding Voice” for Seven Pillars – House of Wisdom. Yuval's first book Colorado, and Los Angeles. She also became a teacher, showing other cooks pediatrics with Dr. Stephen Cowan and has lectured at the Pacific Symposium vocalist or a composer, Bold creates multi-instrumental live performances with Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom won the Gold Medal for Best how to use the healing power of healthy food to help people recovering from in San Diego, FSOMA Conference in Florida, and ICCM conference in Israel. dilruba, sitar, frame drum, guitar, and bulbul tarang, amongst others. Book in the Spirituality Category at the Indie Book Awards 2015. To listen to the alcohol, drug abuse, and obesity. He has completed postgraduate work on internal medicine, TCM gynecology, www.uyangabold.com music of Yuval Ron and to find more information about his recordings, books, Seeking to develop her healing talents further, she earned her master’s in pediatrics, and Japanese acupuncture, and participated in a research study on talks, master-classes, workshops and concerts, please visit: Lillian Pearl Bridges traditional Chinese medicine from Yo San University and opened a private the use of acupuncture during labor. Heller currently maintains a busy practice practice. Courtney has since lectured and conducted workshops worldwide, www.yuvalronmusic.com Lillian Pearl Bridges is the world’s leading authority on face reading and facial in NYC. been published in journals, magazines, and newspapers, and made many diagnosis. She is credited with reawakening Chinese medicine to this body of appearances on TV and radio. She was the head of the acupuncture ancient knowledge and introducing it to Western medicine. Bridges has taught Bill Helm Hillary Thing department at the College of Naturopathic Medicine CNM Ireland for 12 years doctors, acupuncturists, and psychologists around the world. She is also the Hillary Thing, LAc, is a holistic medicine practitioner with two decades of and Chairperson of the Irish Register of Chinese Medical Herbalism for four. Helm is the director and lead instructor at the Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego founder of the Lotus Institute, Inc., based in Seattle, WA and trains students and the former department chair of the massage and bodywork program at clinical experience. Lyme disease became her specialty ten years ago, after in her Master Face Reading Certification Program. She is a lineage holder from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He has been studying Chinese martial her husband suffered repeated bouts of Lyme and co-infection. Hillary now a long line of Master Chinese practitioners in her Chen family and author Stephen Cowan and healing arts since 1965, specializing in taijiquan, tui na, qigong, and herbal trains other health professionals through a year-long training, the Holistic of Face Reading in Chinese Medicine, 2nd Edition. Bridges has contributed Dr. Stephen Cowan, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician with 30 years of medicine. Helm is a 20th generation Indoor Disciple of Grandmaster Chen Lyme Practitioner Mentorship. She and her associates treat patients both in- to several books on Chinese medicine, been a guest columnist for Natural clinical experience working with children. He sub-specializes in developmental Xiaowang and holds a 6th Duan Wei from the Chinese Wushu Association. He person at Accord Acupuncture & Herbs in High Falls, NY and internationally via Health Magazine, and has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles. pediatrics and is New York state certified in Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Cowan has also studied with taijiquan masters Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Zhiquang, Ren telemedicine. Hillary also speaks at scientific and holistic medical conferences She hosted her own internet radio show in Seattle, called “Conscious Living”, is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of both the Guangyi, and Chen Bing. Helm studied traditional Chinese Medicine at the throughout the US and was featured on the Dr. Oz Show in 2013 in the episode “What Your Face AAP Committee on Children with Disabilities and the American Academy of Shanghai College of Medicine and the Beijing Olympic Training Center in China Reveals About Your Health." She also writes the internationally popular food Medical Acupuncture. He founded the Westchester Center for Holistic Families, and in the U.S. with Taoist Master Share K. Lew and Dr. Yu Da Fang. blog, 5 Element Food: http://5elementfood.blogspot.com where he offers holistic evaluation and treatments for children. Dr. Cowan Jeffrey Yuen also sees patients at Tournesol Wellness in NYC, and is director of health and Susan Johnson Yuen is a frequent lecturer at Pacific Symposium. Coming from a classical Matt Callison education for the nonprofit Tournesol Kids. He has lectured internationally on Susan Johnson, LAc, has been studying acupuncture since 1982. She is Chinese medical approach, he offers different perspectives to understanding Matt Callison, MS, LAc, is well known for his work with professional athletes; he alternative approaches to health problems in children. Dr. Cowan is the author an esteemed teacher of Master Tung’s Magic Points, a potent system of the rigors of Chinese medicine. He comes from two Daoist traditions, the has traveled across the United States in his work with NFL players. His unique of Fire Child, Water Child and has contributed chapters to several books about acupuncture handed down as a treasured family secret for generations and Shangqing and Quanzhen schools. He was instrumental in developing the first ability to blend Chinese medicine with sports medicine is particularly evident holistic approaches to childhood conditions. He specializes in the diagnosis made public by Master Tung Ching-Chang. classical Chinese medicine doctoral program in the state of California and is in his international certification program, Sports Medicine Acupuncture. He has and treatment of pediatric problems such as attention deficit disorder, autism Susan graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Director of Classical Studies in Daoist Traditions at an acupuncture school been published on acupuncture and tibial stress syndromes and sports-related spectrum disorders, migraine, Tourette syndrome, asthma, and allergies. San Francisco, California, was licensed in 1984, and began an internship with in Asheville, NC. muscle tension headaches. Matt created the Motor Point and Acupuncture Understanding the child as an interrelated part of family and environment is Dr. Miriam Lee. She became Dr. Lee’s primary student and trained extensively Yuen was the first recipient of the “Educator of the Year” award, conferred by Meridian Chart and is the author of The Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders and the central focus of his practice. This approach respects the inseparability of with her for many years. In 1987, they travelled to Hefei, China, to study bleeding the AAAOM. He is most noted for bringing the influence of Daoism into the the Sports Medicine Acupuncture textbook. He has worked at Alvarado Sports mind, body, and spirit and promotes a deeper understanding of what it means techniques with Dr. Wang Xiu Zhen. Susan studied Master Tung’s Magic Points practice and teachings of Chinese medicine. He resides in New York City and Medicine Clinic and Scripps Hospital in La Jolla for six years. Matt received to be healthy. with both Dr. Lee and Dr. Wei-Chieh Young. During the 1980s she also worked serves as President of the International Tai Chi Institute. his master’s from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and serves as PCOM’s with Dr. Lee, lobbyist Art Krause, and elected officials to pass legislation supervisor of acupuncture interns at the University of California San Diego Dustin Dillberg expanding the scope of acupuncture in California. Sports Medicine RIMAC Center www.sportsmedicineacupuncture.com Susan Johnson practiced acupuncture in San Francisco until 1988, specializing Dr. Dustin Dillberg, DACM, LAc, is a speaker, writer, and educator specializing Janet Zand in the treatment of HIV, and has maintained an acupuncture practice in Santa in sports medicine, myofascial systems, lymphatics, pain management, and Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, has over thirty years of private practice experience in Cruz ever since. John Chen functional medicine. He is a graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, natural medicine including acupuncture, herbal medicine, functional medicine, Susan continues to work on innovative ways to share Master Tung’s Magic Egoscue Institute, and Pettibon Spinal Technologies. Dr. Dillberg has extensive and nutrition. She has taught and lectured to physicians, acupuncturists, Dr. John Chen, PhD, OMD, LAc, is a recognized authority on Chinese herbal Points with a global audience. Her passion for Tung’s points and her desire to clinical experience working with many top professional athletes and co- chiropractors and nurses throughout the United States and Europe. medicine and Western pharmacology. Holding doctoral degrees from both share this remarkable system with other practitioners has inspired her to guest authored the book Body and Soul with Bethany Hamilton in 2014. Dr. Dillberg Zand is the author of Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child, A Parent’s Guide to USC School of Pharmacy and South Baylo University, he currently teaches lecture worldwide, write articles, and produce webinars and tutorial DVDs. Her lives and works on the island of Kauai, where he runs the Pain Free Kauai clinic, Medical Emergencies, and Smart Medicine for Healthier Living and The Nitric at USC and other universities of traditional Chinese medicine. Chen actively newest book is Tung’s Magic Points, Volume One: A Definitive Clinical Guide, providing traditional Chinese medicine along with postural corrective exercise, Oxide Solution, and she currently writes a popular weekly Women’s Health participates in education and research, and lectures widely at conferences at which will soon be followed by Tung’s Magic Points, Volume Two: The Clinician’s laser therapy, and functional medicine. He is a speaker and consultant to e-alert. local, state, national, and international levels. He also appeared in a six-hour Best Friend. Discovery Channel documentary on complementary and alternative medicine healthcare professionals on integrating posture-based exercise and functional Zand began her first term on the NCCAOM Board of Commissioners in February in 1999. Chen is the author of three textbooks: Chinese Medical Herbology and medicine into practice. www.painfreekauai.com 2017 In 2015, she was inducted into the Hall of Legends, and acknowledged by Robert Nations the National Nutritional Food Association and New Hope as a thought leader, Pharmacology, Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications, and Chinese Herbal Dr. Robert Nations has been involved with healing and traditional medicine Formulas for Veterinarians. innovator, and leader in the natural products industry. In 2009, Dr. Zand joined since 1983. For years, he has studied and trained with the Taoist Sanctuary forces with Dr. Nathan Bryan in nitric oxide research and the co-formulation of of San Diego, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the Institute of Canonical NEO40, a nutritional supplement that has since sold over a million doses. Zand East Asian Medicine, and the Alexander Technique. He has worked with cofounded Zand Herbal Formulas, Inc., and was Chairman of the Board for multiple organizations and agencies training and promoting Chinese medicine, more than twenty years. philosophy, and health practices. His primary interests are the aging process REGISTER AT PACIFICCOLLEGE.EDU/SYMPOSIUM and working with older adults. He and his wife operate their clinic in San Diego. www.nations-acupuncture.com This Year’s Current Exhibitor List EXHIBITOR HALL HOURS FRIDAY: 10:30 am-2:15 pm AND 4:45-7:00 pm THIS YEAR'S CURRENT EXHIBITOR LIST — Open to All — SATURDAY: 10:30 am-2:15 pm AND 4:45-7:00 pm NO PASS REQUIRED SUNDAY: 8:30 am-1:00 pm This Year’s Current Exhibitor List EXHIBITOR HALL HOURS FRIDAY: 10:30 am-2:15 pm AND 4:45-7:00 pm THIS YEAR'S CURRENT EXHIBITOR LIST — Open to All — SATURDAY: 10:30 am-2:15 pm AND 4:45-7:00 pm NO PASS REQUIRED SUNDAY: 8:30 am-1:00 pm Lyme Treatment Success with Chinese Medicine

By HILLARY THING, LAc Acupuncture Malpractice Insurance

yme and similar devastating Due perhaps to decreased im- • AAC is an active participant in your acupuncture stealth infections are on a rise munity, compromised genetics, diet, community L across the world. Chinese med- or our sedentary tendencies, the icine practitioners across the United average modern person is more sus- States and beyond are being faced ceptible to parasitic infection than • Our legal professionals are experts in handling with patients with illnesses that are people of the past. acupuncture and oriental medicine claims difficult to diagnose and even more Gu syndrome encompasses all difficult to treat. complex chronic infections and in- Many of us are drawn to Chi- flammatory diseases and gives us • AAC helps promote and fund acupuncture nese medicine for its refined holistic a profound understanding of what diagnostic approach and untapped we’re dealing with when a patient research and education programs range of plant, dietary, and lifestyle has chaotic multi-system health prob- medicines that can heal all types of lems—whether or not we can identify infections and symptoms. We have a through bloodwork the exact infec- rich tradition to draw from, yet most tion or infections that a patient has. practitioners still feel overwhelmed and unable to knowledgably lead THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GU these enigmatic patients out of the (LYME AND LYME-LIKE) DISEASES woods and into full health and dis- Gu, as described in the classical ease resilience. Chinese medical texts, is character- The real problem is not the ef- ized by a complex disease picture fectiveness of Chinese medicine to that first and foremost is triggered by treat these problems, but our ability infection from a parasitic organism as practitioners to: such as Borreliosis burgdorferi, Babe- • Recognize the true underlying sia, or Bartonella. causes of chronic multi-system Next, it often manifests in a com- inflammatory disease. bination of digestive, mental/cogni- • Know how to navigate the maze tive, and nervous system symptoms of diagnostic and treatment op- such as insomnia and anxiety. tions and be positive leaders for It is understood to: our patients. • Be a disease experience that feels • Understand how to wield the like a terrible calamity, like the tools of Chinese medicine most worst thing that has or could ever effectively to create powerful happen to you. Lyme patients results for this unique patient will often say “I feel like I’m dy- population. ing”, “I feel like I’m being tor- tured,” or “I can’t take any more”. The little-known secret sauce of This is a trademark characteristic Chinese medicine’s success in the of Gu syndrome. treatment of mysterious and difficult- • Involve nonsensical or inexpli- to-treat illnesses such as Lyme and cable symptoms (both for pa- tick-borne infections lies in some tient and practitioner) such as profound insights and treatment a seizure-like experience that strategies that are as relevant today doesn’t show up on an EEG or as when they were developed 3,000 sensations that patients have a years ago. Understanding the charac- hard time putting into. This is 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group, Inc. a Risk Retention Group, Insurance Company, 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals teristics of Gu disease will give you common with Lyme disease and immediate holistic insight into the with Gu. nature of Lyme, parasitic, and chronic • Typically, medical diagnostic ex- inflammatory disease. ams turn up nothing. Both Lyme and Gu are the diagnosis that’s GU SYNDROME: ANCIENT INSIGHTS left when all else has been prov- INTO A MODERN EPIDEMIC en negative. Gu zheng, which can be trans- • Gu pathogens also act as a type lated as “possession syndrome”, is a of toxin or poison (Gu du = Gu Chinese medical diagnosis that de- poison). We know this is true in scribes a situation where a person’s Lyme disease because it’s cor- body is overcome with one or many roborated by the fact that the parasitic-type organisms. The visual metabolic byproducts of parasitic pictogram of Gu in written language organisms are known to have a depicts worms breeding in a pot. toxic effect on the body. Since Gu is one of the oldest Chinese the 7th century, classical Chinese characters, and therefore a very old medical texts have stated that concept in Chinese culture. It’s been “Gu can transform itself into part of medical practice for many harmful toxins”. thousands of years and is discussed in the earliest Chinese medical texts, which are 3,000 years old. continued on NEXT PAGE 800-838-0383 SUMMER 2019 30 Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu LYME TREATMENT SUCCESS WITH CHINESE MEDICINE continued from page 30

LYME DISEASE RE-DEFINED: also have detoxifying properties. A SUPER-INFECTION THAT A few common examples are gan CONSUMES ITS HOST’S RESOURCES cao, dang gui, and huang qi (not Lyme disease is not just a spiro- honey-fried!). chetal infection. Through the lens of 2. Detoxify and move the stagnant Gu, we can see Lyme as more than liver qi and blood. Lyme is a dis- Acupuncture Malpractice Insurance simply a super-infection involving ease of toxicity. The suffering it a combination of different strains creates is largely a result of the of parasitic organisms. It also oper- endotoxins the Borreliosis spp. • PCOM has chosen AAC to cover you while in ates by consuming the resources of and other pathogens produce as school, in part, because of AAC’s low rates the host, leading to a physical and they live, breed and die inside emotional wasting of the person, and the body. creating great mental, physical and Detoxification is always compro- • Lower cost limits of liability and program emotional suffering in the process. mised in long-term and severe options available Gu are chronic inflammatory cases of Lyme disease, and the degenerative syndromes, super-infec- pathways of elimination must tions involving a variety of pathogens be strengthened before the true • Special PCOM student discount available such as funguses, viruses and spiro- healing progress can begin. This chetes, that may lead to malnourish- equates to coursing, harmonizing upon starting with AAC ment and a depleted, dysfunctional and softening the liver qi, as well immune system. as invigorating the movement of These co-existing infections thrive liver blood. upon each other as well as other toxic In our work with patients we uti- material stored within the body. They lize many tools of Chinese medi- symbiotically assist each other in the cine to support detoxification in- process of feeding upon their more cluding lifestyle practices, herbs, and more deficient host. Unfortu- acupuncture, diet, and exercise. nately, the choices humans have made 3. Eliminate the pathogenic fac- over the recent past decades have tors. Antimicrobial herbs and led to our bodies becoming attractive techniques are used to reduce havens and easy targets for infestation the total load of parasites, bacte- by these types of microbes. ria, protozoa, viruses, and other This is the nature of Gu disease, microbes that burden the body. as well as a very accurate descrip- Herbs are chosen to target specif- tion of Lyme and Lyme-like illnesses ic species or classes of microbes that we see in the modern clinic. (such as Bartonella and viruses, The treatment approaches that were or Lyme and Babesia) depend- developed in response to Gu dis- ing on what the current symptom ease are still highly valuable today. picture is showing are the active In our clinic we’ve developed many infection or infections. protocols that evolved out of the Gu Some favorite anti-gu herbals in- approach and are highly effective at clude ding xiang, qing hao, gui bringing the modern Gu patient back zhen cao, hu zhang, and chuan to a state of health. xin lian. We typically include dif- ferent herbs for elimination of THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS eggs, spore forms, and at some OF LYME TREATMENT WITH CHINESE point in the treatment journey MEDICINE: (generally not the beginning) Successful treatment of complex we also use herbs to initiate the chronic disease requires a multi- breakdown of biofilm, hidden layered, strategic treatment approach. colonies of pathogenic microbes There are numerous strategies that that remain protected from antibi- we apply in different cases depend- otics and the immune system. 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals Insurance Company, a Risk Retention Group, Inc. a Risk Retention Group, Insurance Company, 2015-AAC-OM Coverage underwritten by Allied Professionals ing on the symptom presentation, diagnoses, and what phase of healing Practitioners of Chinese medicine they are in. can (and indeed must!) play a leading However, there are 3 crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of treatment strategies that are founda- Lyme and Lyme-like illness with our tional to nearly all cases of chronic holistic diagnostic perspective and Lyme disease. They are: non-toxic treatment tools that focus 1. Rebuild and restore the life force not only on the elimination of the mi- energy flow. This is the central crobes but also on the generation of factor around which our treat- health and disease resilience. OM ment plans are built and the primary principle that we use HILLARY THING, LAc, is a holistic medicine to navigate treatment decisions practitioner with two decades of clinical ex- perience. Lyme disease became her special- with our patients. This translates ty ten years ago, after her husband suffered into TCM terms as tonifying the repeated bouts of Lyme and co-infection. patient’s qi, blood, yin, and yang Hillary now trains other health profession- (emphasis varies patient to pa- als through a year-long training, the Holistic tient). Lyme Practitioner Mentorship. She and her One of the unique and critical as- associates treat patients both in-person at Accord Acupuncture & Herbs in High Falls, pects of successful Gu treatment NY and internationally via telemedicine. is that all the tonic herbs that we Hillary also speaks at scientific and holistic use for rebuilding the deficiencies medical conferences throughout the US. www.acupuncturecouncil.com Oriental Medicine • www.PacificCollege.edu SUMMER 2019 31 Our Congee Calling

By KAREN M TAYLOR, LAc

ue to today’s fraught po- litical climate and frenzied D pace of life, Americans are experiencing increased levels of worry and stress. The New York Times recently reported that “in the United States, about 55 percent of adults said they had experienced stress during ‘a lot of the day’ prior, compared with just 35 percent globally. Statistically, that put the country on par with Greece, which had led the rankings on stress since 2012.” 1 As physicians of Asian medicine, MIEC offers we are aware of the epidemic levels of digestive distress. We understand the strain this cultural climate has put precision upon on our digestion, but we also provide treatment that reduces stress and protects the spleen against the coverage and detrimental effects of so much worry- ing. To meet the demands of today, unmatched our remedy must be quick, easy, con- venient, and accessible. But it must also be warm, whole, slow, soothing, support. healing, and agreeable to the average person. The solution is thousands of My mission is two-fold: make it years old, and it’s been in our doc- so easy that success is guaranteed, tor’s bag all along. and create recipes that delight the Congee is that simple wisdom; Western palate. Congee is convenient that ancient elixir. A traditional Asian because it cooks overnight while you MIEC has been providing Medical Professional rice porridge that’s been around since sleep. It offers a warm, well-cooked, Liability Insurance to physicians and other healthcare the time of the Buddha, this medici- homemade meal that is ready when professionals for more than 40 years. As a member- nal meal benefits the stomach and you wake up and easy to digest and owned exchange, our mission is to deliver innovative intestines and is excellent for diges- absorb. It dawned on me that a pre- and cost effective professional liability protection tion. Slow-cooked with lots of water, packaged, easy-to-make, high-quality and patient safety services for physicians and other congee is exceptional at hydrating, congee might also be the key to com- pliance. I was right. healthcare professionals, including acupuncturists. often fed to babies, nursing mothers, or the ill and depleted. This simple The prospect of making congee In addition to competitive & stable premium rates, porridge easily delivers needed nutri- from scratch is often daunting and the MIEC Acupuncture Program Coverage includes: ents to those with compromised di- congee packets can be training wheels • No Arbitration Agreement required gestion, while simultaneously healing that allow patients to see, taste, and and repairing the organs and associ- feel what is possible. Some will be • Premises Coverage (Slip and Fall) included ated channels. inspired to create their own personal- • Never settle a case without your consent In my practice, congee is the first ized recipes, while others will be re- • Flat 10% dividend* discount line of defense for patients who suf- lieved to have pre-packaged options. fer from loose stools or constipation Either way, the key to my Breakfast • Defense Coverage up to 25K for CAB of any type. It regulates and balanc- Cure method is to slow-cook the con- • Security and Privacy Liability es, working equally well for both dry gee overnight while you sleep, elimi- nating morning stress from deciding, • Cyber Extortion and Terrorism and damp conditions. The benefits extend far beyond discomfort in the prepping, and cooking. To learn more about becoming an MIEC policyholder, or abdomen or epigastrium. Strength- When this message came in re- to apply, visit miec.com or call 800.227.4527. ening qi and yang, nourishing yin, cently I was thrilled—one more per- *For acupuncturists who have been insured with MIEC for at least 1 full policy year. building blood, and calming shen son blown away by the power of a must be part of a daily routine. simple old porridge: From surveying my patients over “Hi Karen. I wanted to let you the decades, I have come to believe know that I made the Fig Carda- The best part of my job is helping our policyholders; that breakfast is the meal most likely mom Congee and ate it with the There is no question that is too simple or too routine to damage spleen qi and yang. Cold pistachios. It was divine! I don’t for me. I’m always happy to help. smoothies and granola bars on the know how I’ve lived without it —Ronni Fan, JD, Senior Underwriter run are not the nourishment our until now. I’m not bloated or 能够帮助我们的医生解答误医保险方面 bodies need. I know congee offers uncomfortable at all. I will make 的各种问题是我工作中最大的快乐。 a nourishing alternative because I’ve one of the other flavors on Sun- been eating it for breakfast for 27 day night.” years. When my beloved mother passed Then another update: away from complications of constipa- “I still feel great. It was exactly as New look. tion, my calling became crystal clear: you said it would be, but it was Same protection. to bring the simple, healing power of still surprising to me. The congee congee to my home country and the 800.227.4527 West. Breakfast Cure was born. continued on NEXT PAGE miec.com

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INTRODUCING ® is strangely comforting, and eat- We are the ones who can bring DBC PROMAXX ing it makes me feel like I’m do- congee and all its healing powers SPORT THERAPY NEEDLE ing something profoundly good to the people around us. As acu- for my health. It’s nourishing in puncturists, we understand why it is a deep, spiritual way. Breakfast genuinely good for everyone. We are Cure certainly lives up to its not part of the bandwagon mental- name. Thank you!” ity, judging a food group the “bad” food of the decade. Meat was bad for My passion redoubles upon re- you in the 80s, fat was unacceptable ceiving a glowing report like this in the 90s, and today grains are the one. I share it with you here to em- demonized food. Chinese medicine phasize that it doesn’t have to take provides us a vantage point that al- CHANGING a long time. It is as powerful as it is lows us to see beyond trendy fads simple. Love your spleen, and make and draw instead upon our beautiful, it a daily routine. time-tested traditions. Congee works because it pres- The pioneers among us who THEGAME ents no challenges to a weak diges- brought our medicine to the West, tive system. There is nothing raw, like Bob Flaws, shared so much wis- A new generation of acupuncture cold, hard, dry, or difficult to digest dom with early acupuncturists here. needle engineered specifi cally for after cooking with five or more times The Book of Jook, first published the volume of water at a low tem- the year I graduated from South- treating athletes. perature for 8 to 14 hours. Breakfast west Acupuncture College, was an DBC ProMAXX is the only needle Cure recipes emphasize organic, early English-language resource that gluten-free whole grains and a wide opened the path for us to embrace manufactured to have the fi rm feel variety of ingredients, which is one of this healing medicinal porridge. The of a thicker needle with a thinner the keys to good nutrition. book’s tagline even suggests congee gauge, making it ideal for use on Traditional recipes, as well as as a “healthy alternative to the typical athletes of all levels. Breakfast Cure flavors, target specific Western breakfast.” 3 patterns. For example, The Book of I imagine that, like me, many Jook’s basic congee recipe for a mal- among us have tried and failed to get nourished patient is made from white patients to make congee at home. rice and water and served with butter Compliance is the key as well as the and honey. Many people are surprised greatest challenge. I had the same to learn that white rice is best in some issue when I first started my practice cases: it is soothing and easy to digest. with a full, loose-herb pharmacy. I love introducing people to a truly Now we have the option of so many whole oat groat and the delicious easy-to-take, high-quality Chinese congee it makes. I created Apple Cin- herbal formulas that compliance isn’t namon Breakfast Cure as a way to much of a barrier. introduce people to congee using a As acupuncturists, we know that flavor already popular for breakfast, the concept of spleen yang and our yet made with a grain so complete it theory of digestion are often difficult requires a much longer cook time. 2 for our patients to fully understand. One of my recipes, Masala Chai The immediate, tangible, soothing ef- Spice, I call a quintessential modern fect of eating congee first thing in the congee because it is a soothing qi morning, coupled with the deeper and yang tonic made primarily of long-term benefits, allow patients to white rice. I formulated Mega Ome- experience this abstract theory through ga, a more complex flavor, to nourish personal experience. They feel good! yin and clear false heat. I recently I sleep better knowing that I’m introduced my first true culinary me- following the teachings of the ancient dicinal flavor: Red Mushroom Med- masters by turning first to tools of ley. Drawing on the benefits of Wuyi diet and lifestyle. Congee and Break- mushrooms to nourish blood, it also fast Cure have allowed me to share contains Da Zao (jujubes) and longan these tools with others in a way that fruit. Scallions, ginger, shiitake mush- will reduce stress, nourish, and heal. rooms, and red rice round out this I invite you to try it. OM Chinese herbal offering. The results are in: this savory, Chinese herbal flavor rivals my other top recipes in REFERENCES: popularity. This is a significant mile- 1. Chokshi, Niraj, The New York Times, stone: Americans are finally ready to Americans Are Among the Most Stressed love our congee mornings. People in the World, April 25, 2019. It is my personal mission to 2. Flaws, Bob, The Book of Jook, Blue Poppy hear “congee” uttered as a common Press, 1995, p. 58. household word, just as I have wit- 3. Flaws, Bob, The Book of Jook, Blue Poppy nessed with “acupuncture” during my Press, 1995. career. When I started acupuncture school, needles were still considered KAREN TAYLOR, LAc, DiplAc, lives in Eu- experimental by the FDA. When I be- gene, Oregon and has been in private prac- gan my practice in 1995, I spent most tice since 1995. Taylor received her Diplo- mate of Chinese Herbology in 1994. She of my days educating patients about founded Breakfast Cure in 2017 to facilitate Acupuncture Needles | Clinic Supplies | CBD Products acupuncture. Most people had never the adoption of congee as a morning ritual Electro-Therapy | Herbal Products heard of it and didn’t know anyone for everyone from toddlers to doctors of who had tried it. Chinese medicine. www.LhasaOMS.com +1 (800) 722-8775

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Self-Care. Get a treatment or mit yourself to meeting at least Create a Master Mind. When Stop Over-Passionating. I coined massage, listen to motivational once per week. A strategy that two people meet to discuss and the phrase “over-passionating” podcasts, read inspirational sto- has worked for me for nearly 20 explore an idea or topic there after personally suffering from ries/books/articles, have a spa years is to teach fitness classes: I become three minds: The first this dis-ease for countless years day, get out in nature, get a sub have to be there because people person’s mind, the second per- and witnessing many other to teach your class, take a class are counting on me, and I get son’s mind, and the third mind, people doing the same thing. I in something that makes you free health club memberships. considered the “mastermind”, often have a hard time saying happy. The idea is to engage in Can you teach yoga, fitness, or that is created between them. no to things—I want to do it all! activities that recharge your bat- another form of exercise that To tap into this powerful peak The problem is that I simply can- teries and bring you joy. forces you to get out there and state-promoting strategy, meet not do all the things for which Eat Right. Diet really does make exercise? It can also become an- regularly with a colleague for col- I have passion. I want to have a difference in how we feel. Even other revenue source. laboration and motivation. I have a successful product business, hydration plays a significant role been doing this for several years be the best mother, volunteer at in how we think and perform. Say No. I love how Derek Sivers, and find it to be incredibly help- MOPS, read at least 40 books per Did you know that, since our a successful American entrepre- ful in countless ways. Every two year, teach fitness classes, have a bodies and brains are mostly neur, approaches his decision weeks, I meet with my practice/ successful private practice, write water, that dehydration of even making: “If it’s not a ‘Hell Yeah,’ business mastermind colleague, books, teach acupuncture classes, 2% can have negative cognitive then it’s a ‘No.4’ and we present to each other run workshops, speak at events, implications?3 Moral of the story: our highs, lows, challenges, and start new product businesses, drink water and eat well. Most of Hire Out. Stop doing things that successes while we offer insight coach and consult… are you diz- us have been trained in Eastern you don’t want to do. It drains and ideas to each other. It is zy yet? I am. I finally had to write and Western nutrition. We not your energy and has also been often easier for someone else a prioritized list of all the things only understand the importance considered a contributor to career to see what’s going on in our I wanted to do and for which I of feeding our bodies, minds, burnout. Is it finally time for you blind spots. Since I tend to “over- had enthusiasm. I then picked and souls, good food we preach to hire someone to do all your passionate”, my practice/business the top three on the list and told this to our patients. Let’s be good billing or get a house keeper? mastermind colleague regularly the remaining 99+ items that they role models and walk our talk. What are you waiting for? I prom- points out that I’m taking on too will have to wait for the time be- ise you that once you hire out much work and will inevitably ing. Think of juggling: typically, Exercise. Stagnation leads to the tasks you hate to do, you will crash if I don’t let some things there are three balls in motion dis-ease. Move your qi. If you hear yourself think or say “darn it, go. It is so effective, and it helps because any more becomes al- don’t have the disciple to exer- why didn’t I do this sooner?” Stop to reduce the feelings of isolation most impossible. So why do we cise regularly then get a workout waiting and start living your life many of us feel as private practi- accountability partner and com- the way you want now. tioners and entrepreneurs. continued on NEXT PAGE

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try to juggle more than three ma- sit and talk with patients all day. Yes, immediately. I cannot stress out. It is actually an opportunity to jor efforts in our lives and then How hard can that be?” While enough the importance of taking finally reach this kind of rock bot- wonder why we aren’t incredibly people that aren’t healthcare pro- immediate, massive action (thank tom burnout because only then will successful in any of them? viders may not ever understand you, Tony Robbins, for these words you will take action in the direction how taxing it can be, you and I of motivation). I often hear my cli- of your heart. I often tell my clients Empower your Lists. Having huge know the toll it takes on us. I’ve ents and/or patients say things like, and patients that “nobody gets off task lists can weigh us down and been coaching practitioners for “Yeah, I know I need to do that but a comfortable couch.” Perhaps the contribute to the sense of burn- nearly 10 years now, and 95% of I can’t right now because I am wait- universe is making your couch un- out. Therefore, here are some them have come to me with this ing until I make more money or I’m comfortable enough that you will strategies for having your lists dilemma. They want to make the waiting for my kids to grow up, or I finally make some changes in your empower and serve you rather same amount of money, if not can’t do it until I lose some weight, career or life. than bog you down: more, but not have to see more or I just signed a lease or…(enter Remember, you were drawn to 1. Marie Kondo your list5. If it patients. You are going to have any and all excuses here).” To this, a career in healthcare for a reason. doesn’t lead you to joy, get to raise your prices and/or bring I’d like to offer a quote from Richard Something called to you like a song- rid of it. If you do not know additional revenue streams to Bach, author of the book Illusions: bird until you answered the sum- about Marie Kondo’s move- your practice to correct this issue. “Argue for your limitations, and sure mons and dedicated a good part of ment of tidying up your life – enough they are yours.” Circle 1 to 3 your life to helping others. Maybe following her advice alone can Additional Revenue Streams. Sell- options for each burnout cause and you became a healthcare practitio- reduce your stress and burn- ing herbs, supplements, adjunc- commit to them now. ner to heal yourself, or perhaps you out tremendously. tive treatment tools, instructional once loved it and now find yourself videos, and/or other products 2. Rename your list. Instead of a Step 3 of the 4-step COPE process: out of love. It’s up to you to honor that you endorse or use in your “To Do List” have a “I Get To Pick your options and make a plan the warning signs and do what you Do This List.” treatment sessions is a great way need to do to get yourself back on 3. Devote an entire day to your to bring in additional revenue E is for Execute. Now it’s time track even if it means taking a seri- “I Get to Do This List.” Wake without having to see more pa- to act on what you’ve determined is ous time out, getting help or going up and get yourself into a tients. You can incorporate e- necessary if you are going to trans- into a different direction all together. peak state by exercising, medi- commerce into your website and form the burnout into an opportuni- As your mechanic, I encourage tating, etc. and then turn off sell these items online. If you ty to improve your situation. We all you to pay attention to the warn- the outside world while you aren’t sure how to do this, hire a know that engaging in activities like ing signs that your body, mind, and go through each item on the consultant to help you get start- exercise, yoga, meditation, nature, spirit are giving you. Honor those list and finally complete them. ed. They can save you hundreds and music will reduce our stress messages because they are a bless- Get motivation by promising of hours and dollars from you levels, but we must take action for ing. They are there to provide you yourself that once you finish trying to learn it all on your own. them to have any effect on our situ- with the opportunity to bring your- a certain number of the items ation. I give you permission to: stop self back into alignment and onto a from your list that you will re- Monetize what you are already do- working Saturdays or late nights, get track that feels right, brings you joy ward yourself. You’ll go get a ing for free. For many years, stu- a new office space, gracefully refer and a deep sense of job fulfillment. treat, have lunch with a friend, dents, recent graduates, and even out the patients that aren’t willing Bringing your car into the shop for engage in something artsy, go seasoned practitioners would call to pay you what your services are occasional check-ups and to make for a hike, go to the beach, or email me asking for advice worth, raise your prices, take some sure you get routine maintenance is have a glass of wine, watch on how to take their practice or time off, leave private practice and important. Take care of your vehicle. your favorite Netflix show – business to the next level. I loved create a product business, do what- Take care of yourself. Stay aligned whatever is the perfect carrot helping these individuals, and it ever it takes to bring you back to and turn the seeming setback of to dangle in front of yourself felt good to know I was being of your true self—the same person that burnout into a breakthrough. OM to stop procrastinating and service to a fellow practitioner. eagerly and most passionately pur- finally finish something that After one particular email ex- sued a career in healthcare. must get done and is causing change which went on for days you stress. and took up several of my hours, REFERENCES the prior student of mine whom “A journey of a thousand miles 1. Herbert, Fred. L and Scheid, Mark S. begins with a single step” (2018). Physician Burnout: Causes, Con- OHIO. Only Handle It Once. I had just given a ton of helpful advice ended his email by saying -Famous Chinese proverb sequences, and (?) Cures. Texas Heart Insti- This is a great strategy to keep tute Journal 45(4), 198-202. your “I Get to Do This” List short “Gosh. You are so good at this. Jim Collins, author of Good to 2. Accessed 6/7/19: https://www.mayoclinic. and stress levels low. If there is You should charge for it.” That’s org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/ Great and Built to Last, writes about any chance you get something when a light bulb turned on for burnout/art-20046642 the concept of the “20 Mile March” done immediately rather than me. What are you doing a lot of, 3. Carroll, Linda (2018) Dehydration Impairs in his book Great by Choice. If you placing it on the list—do it right for free, that you could start to Cognitive Function. Psychiatry & Behav- marched 20 miles every day, regard- ioral Health Learning Network accessed: away. Only handle it once, not charge for? What are people tell- ing you should charge for? less of rain or shine, extenuating https://www.psychcongress.com/news/ twice or three times while you dehydration-impairs-cognitive-function situations or outside events, you put it on your list and then keep would eventually go across the en- 4. Tim Ferris Podcast #371 Derek Sivers on procrastinating on it. While I have provided you with Developing Confidence, Finding Happi- some potential options, it’s now tire United States. By engaging in ness, and Saying “No” to Millions. the 20 Mile March approach to a Raise your prices. A major cause time for you to explore all possible 5. Marie Kondo is a world-famous Japanese goal you will invoke order amidst of burnout is too much people options for each of your burnout organizing expert/consultant and author causes. Take a moment to write disorder, discipline amidst the cha- of the bestselling book: The Life Changing contact. Another common cause Magic of Tidying Up. down all your options next to each os, and consistency amidst uncer- of burnout is feeling as though cause identified in Step 1. tainty. Simply stated: one step at a you aren’t being paid adequately. time. The key to all of it is in taking Are you seeing too many patients the steps. or charging too little? I remember Step 2 of the 4-step COPE process: With a commitment to helping others ac- tualize their greatest potential and well- Write down all possible options one particular Friday night as I being, EAST PHILLIPS, DAOM, LAc, has was driving home from a week next to each root cause Step 4 of the 4-step COPE process: been a licensed acupuncturist since 1999 where I treated 40 patients—I Do something every day that moves and professor of Chinese Medicine at the cried the whole way home. I was P is for Pick and Plan. From all you towards your transformation Pacific College of Oriental Medicine since so spent. When I arrived home, possible options, select those op- 2004. She currently resides in Del Mar, CA with her husband and two kids and my boyfriend couldn’t understand tions that are both necessary and The 4-Step process of COPE continues to help patients, students, other why I was so emotionally, men- realistic for you at this time and can get you out of a burnout phase practitioners, and the general public with tally, and physically drained. His design a plan to incorporate these and recognize the incredible gift her books, lectures, workshops, coaching response to me was, “You just remedies into your life immediately. you are given when you feel burn- and wellness related products.

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motor nerve branch can split from 2. In order to complete the stimu- Figure 2. The two major categories of diagnostic ashi points the ulnar nerve 1-1.5 inches proximal lation current loop (monopolar to the motor point location and travel stimulation), a reference electrode alongside the ulnar nerve until it en- was placed over the antagonist ters the MEP. In other words, there muscle unit before the electrical may be differences in where the mo- current was initiated. tor nerve branches off the primary 3. A small electrical current was ap- nerve but the MEP is generally at plied from the electrical stimula- the same location from specimen to tor to different locations on the specimen. In addition, the size of the skin where the motor point was motor nerve that enters the muscle suspected to lie until it evoked a tissue does not seem to be based on muscle twitch. the size or sex of the individual. For 4. The twitch response was deter- example, a collateral branch of the mined by visual inspection and median nerve that enters the prona- manual palpation of the muscle and tor teres muscle in a 5-foot tall wom- its proximal or distal tendon. When an can be twice the size as the same the twitch response was identified, nerve of a 6-foot tall man. These the stimulation current was de- types of disparities may be attribut- creased to a value that still elicited able to anthropometric differences a small response of the muscle in or they may be adaptations to the order to further refine the location individual’s health and activity level. of the muscle motor point. Other researchers have observed 5. Once the motor point was found that the sciatic nerve branches to the and recorded, the author tested hamstring musculature can vary ran- the same point location on at least domly in length and size, which can 5 other people to determine the alter the innervation patterning.21-22 reliability of the location. motor point and acupuncture point hiding and ready to leap with speed IDENTIFYING MOTOR POINT In the vast majority of cases, the share the same location, the acu- and power. In this case, the name of LOCATIONS motor points had consistent locations puncture point names or their classi- the point provides us with useful clini- Motor point location references but there was a small percentage fications can provide additional clini- cal information. After years of experi- dating as far back as the 1920s were of subjects for which certain motor cal information that enables a more menting with needling this point, the mostly research articles or electro- point locations varied by as much comprehensive, holistic treatment. author suggests that it is best palpated myographic user manuals that pro- as 0.5 inches from the identified For example, the primary mo- and needled when the knee is flexed vided little more than line drawings location. tor point for the external oblique between 45˚-60˚. The vastus lateralis is of a figure with black dots of approx- At the present time the author shares the same location as LIV 13 a large and powerful muscle and has imate motor point locations. These uses a pen electrode to locate cu- (zhangmen). This motor point has a two primary MEPs. Xinfutu in particu- types of drawings were commonly taneous motor points because it is profound effect on correcting pelvic lar enhances the explosive nature of provided with commercially avail- easier to use than the galvanic stimu- rotations, but if we look at its TCM knee extension, such as in jumping able electrical stimulators. Even by lator. It is important to remember that categorization, we will remember that sports. This point also has an incredi- the late 1990s, there were still only a surface electrode testing is not useful this point is not only the front-mu ble proprioceptive effect on regulating few publications that were helpful in or reliable for locating muscle motor point of the spleen, but also a meet- quadriceps muscle firing sequences showing the approximate locations points in the deeper muscle layers. ing point of the liver and gallbladder when combined with the vastus me- of motor points.23-26 When the author Motor point locations for muscles channels. Front-mu points are known dialis motor points. went through and cross-referenced such as the hip external rotators and as “alarm” points, which display ashi In another example where point these books, it became apparent that the tibialis posterior are too deep to tenderness when the corresponding nomenclature provides additional in- there was a lack of consistency be- be tested on the surface of the skin. organ is not functioning properly. formation, the peroneus tertius motor tween the locations noted in these For these motor point locations, the Knowledge of the crossing points of point occupies the same location as reference books. For an acupunctur- author relied on research articles particular channels is useful because an extra point called naoqing, mean- ist to effectively use motor points, to describe the approximate loca- of the point’s influence on those par- ing “brain’s clearing.”. This point is more precise locations were needed tions of the motor nerve entry points ticular channels and organs. So, if the not only useful for musculoskeletal for accurate needle insertion. Around and then, whenever possible, has external oblique motor point is ten- injuries (ankle sprain or foot-over- this time, the most commonly used confirmed these research findings der, the practitioner can understand pronation, for example) but by pay- electronic neuromuscular stimulator through cadaver dissection. that not only does the muscle need to ing attention to the point’s name was the EMS-2A from Medlabs, which be regulated, but there is also a high and its traditional functions, the TCM used an interrupted galvanic current MOTOR POINT LOCATIONS AND probability that the patient has some practitioner understands that it also to test and locate cutaneous motor TCM THEORY manner of spleen disharmony that has a remarkable ability as a distal points. As discussed previously, su- In many Western-based research may be related to a liver/gallbladder point to help with lassitude, amnesia perficial muscle motor points corre- articles on motor point locations, the disharmony. There is even the poten- and vertigo. sponded to the locations on the skin measurements are specified through tial that the muscle dysfunction and In addition to over 20 years of the above the MEP, where an electrical the use of X and Y coordinates that pelvic rotation is physically affecting author’s testing, refining, and clinical pulse evoked a muscle twitch with are based on anatomical landmarks. the spleen’s ability to function. This is use, editorial references are provided the least amount of current. While this can be an efficient way to the type of integrative information that for the motor point locations that Starting in the early 1990s, the locate a point, this type of mapping practitioners can gain by remembering the author has used from 1998 until author used the EMS-2A to begin the doesn’t offer any additional insights. some of the basics of TCM theory. the publication of this article. Motor process of finding the precise motor TCM practitioners have the advan- In another example, extra point point locations can definitely vary and point locations on the skin, so that tage of a comprehensive system of xinfutu shares the same location as finding the most consistent locations acupuncturists would be able to ac- inter-connected acupuncture points the distal motor point of the vastus of large diameter motor nerve entry curately stimulate these points. The that are categorized and classified in lateralis muscle. Xinfutu, translated points—those that have the greatest process of testing the points went many different ways, including the as “new hidden rabbit”, is an extra clinical impact when needled—has much like this: traditional names of the acupunc- point located 1 cun posterior to the been a long process. The passion and 1. Once the area of the skin was ture points themselves. This gives traditional acupuncture point ST 32 desire to continue this research has identified as the probable loca- the TCM practitioner not only an (futu), meaning “hidden rabbit’. The not waned for the author because tion of the motor point, the 8 mm easy and practical way to find motor Chinese characters for this point de- matching anatomical findings with circular head from the electrical points using cun measurements, but scribe how the rabbit, sitting back on stimulator was placed on the skin. in certain cases, especially when a its haunches with its knees flexed, is continued on page 38

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Table 3. Foods That corticosteroids). Lastly, many cosmet- human body. Sulfur is also found in of cross-allergy between sulfon- Contains Sulfites ic products also contain sulfites (hair many foods, such as garlic, onions, amide antimicrobials and Chinese colors and bleaches, home perma- and broccoli. herbs. Fruits, dried (excluding dark nent solutions, skin fading/lighteners, While some individuals may be • Sulfites, including bisulfite, raisins and prunes) false tan lotions, anti-aging creams allergic to the action of sulfonamide metabisulfite, and sulfur diox- and moisturizers, facial cleansers, antimicrobials and sulfites, they do ide, are widely present in foods, Grape juices (white, white around-the-eye creams, body wash- not have true allergy to sulfur itself. dietary supplements, drugs and sparkling, pink sparkling, red es/cleansers, hair sprays, perfumes, cosmetic products. There is no sparkling) True allergy to sulfur is virtually im- blush, bronzers, and highlighters). possible, as sulfur is present in all evidence of cross-allergy be- Lemon juice, bottled Sulfites are present in many living tissues and humans cannot sur- tween sulfonamide antimicrobials (non-frozen) forms including bisulfite, metabi- vive without it. and sulfites. For patients with sulfite, and sulfur dioxide. Sulfites true sulfite allergy, seven herbs Lime juice, bottled (non-frozen) cause allergy in approximately 1% of CONCLUSION (listed above) should be tested to Pickled cocktail onions population. Hypersensitivity reactions Sulfa, sulfite, sulfate, and sulfur ensure they are sulfite-free. include hives, dyspnea, and in severe are four terms that sound similar but • Sulfates are widely present in Salad cases, anaphylactic shock. Products have completely different clinical everyday life as drugs, dietary Sauerkraut (and its juice) that contain more than 10 ppm of implications. In addition to inquiring supplements, and personal care sulfite require disclosure on the label, Wine after patients’ allergy profiles, health- products. Sulfate allergies are according to the US FDA. care practitioners must help patients rare. There is no evidence of Sulfites and sulfonamides have understand the differences between cross-allergy between sulfates Table 4. Drugs That different chemical structures, and these four terms so patients who with sulfonamide antimicrobials Contains Sulfites there is no evidence of cross-allergy have true allergy or cross-allergy with and sulfites. Adrenaline , between sulfites and sulfonamides. sulfa, sulfites, and/or sulfates can • Sulfur is a chemical element that Aminoglycoside antibiotics For patients with sulfite allergy, avoid those drugs, herbs, foods, and is naturally present in human inquiry should be made to ensure the body and many foods. It is virtu- Anaesthetics, local products. seven herbs listed below are sulfite • Sulfa drugs, specifically sulfon- ally impossible to be allergic to Antifungal (creams and free. Chinese herbs that may be treat- amide antimicrobials, may cause sulfur. OM ointments) ed with sulfite include: Bai Guo (Se- allergy in approximately 3% of Corticosteroids men Ginkgo), Bai He (Bulbus Lilii), the population. There is no clini- DR. JOHN K. CHEN, PhD, PharmD, OMD, Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae Lobatae), (creams and ointments) cal evidence of cross-allergy be- LAc, is the lead author of Chinese Medi- Gou Qi Zi (Fructus Lycii), Ren Shen cal Herbology and Pharmacology (2003, Corticosteroids (injectable) tween sulfonamide antimicrobials (Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng), Shan Art of Medicine Press) and Chinese Herbal and sulfonamide non-antimicro- Dexamethasone Yao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae), Yu Zhu Formulas and Applications (2008, Art of bials, or documented evidence Medicine Press). Dopamine (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati). Oriental Medicine Ad_May_2019.qxp_Layout 1 5/20/19 8:27 AM Page 2 Doxycycline SULFATE Isoetharine The Institute of Isoprenaline Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Inc. Isoproterenol Metoclopramide The Classical Five-Element Phenylephrine Acupuncture Program Propofol Sulfate Beginning September 13-16, 2019 One Year - 9 monthly Weekend Modules Table 5. Cosmetic Products Sulfates contain one sulfur atom That Contains Sulfites surrounded by 4 oxygen atoms. Sul- Anti-aging creams and fates are widely present in everyday Presented by moisturizers life: sulfate-containing drugs (i.e., Around-the-eye creams ferrous sulfate), dietary supplements Neil R. Gumenick Blush (i.e., glucosamine sulfate), and per- M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. Body washes/cleansers sonal care products (i.e., shampoo, and Staff toothpaste, shaving foam, body Bronzers and highlighters washes and facial cleansers). “By far the most valuable training I have had in acupuncture and Facial cleansers Sulfate allergies are rare. In ad- False tan lotions dition, sulfates, again, are different Oriental Medicine – exceptional beyond what I had ever imagined” Hair colors and bleaches from sulfonamide antimicrobials as Brian Bender, DACM, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. Hair sprays well as sulfites and do not cause al- CA CEU Provider #231 – 7.5 Category 1 CEUs/day approved lergic or sensitivity reactions. Home permanent solutions 182 PDAs pending This activity has been approved for 196 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Perfumes SULFUR Refund policy detailed in application, available upon request Skin fading/lighteners Open to acupuncturists, physicians, and students of Oriental Medicine Table 5. Herbs That May Contain Sulfites Become the Practitioner Bai Guo (Semen Ginkgo) You Always Wanted to Be Bai He (Bulbus Lilii) Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae www.5elements.com • (310) 453-2235 Lobatae) Sulfur Gou Qi Zi (Fructus Lycii) Sulfur is a chemical element Ren Shen (Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng) that is naturally present in many amino acids and other important Shan Yao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae) molecules in the body. In fact, af- Yu Zhu (Rhizoma Polygonati ter calcium and phosphorus, it is the Odorati) third most abundant mineral in the

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Fertile Tonic, like Zhi Shen Yu Tai and remove blood stasis as early in when also undergoing TCM treatment tools for building your integrative Wan, works to improve ovarian re- the process as possible. for ovarian function. Of patients un- fertility practice. Particularly when serves by invigorating the kidneys, Low ovarian reserves may also dergoing IVF, those with low ovarian combined with acupuncture, patients regulating the liver, and tonifying manifest in irregular menstruation. reserve are more likely to respond experiencing a wide range of fertility the blood. Additionally, Fertile Tonic If so, patients will benefit from acu- to follicle stimulating drugs poorly issues may benefit and increase their contains Chai Hu to smooth the liver puncture 1-2 times every week and (few mature eggs) or not at all (eggs chances of conception. qi to regulate emotions for a happy herbs taken twice a day for 20 days are not mature). Even when mature It takes patience and dedication and peaceful feeling during the treat- starting on the 5th day of menstrua- eggs are retrieved, the eggs are more to see patients through their fertility ment of fertility, and Dan Shen to tion for a period of three months. often of low quality and so they less issues, but the rewards are tremen- remove blood stasis for improved While HRT is the most direct treat- frequently capable of developing dous for patients, families, and practi- egg quality. The ingredients in Fertile ment for cycle regulation, acu- into the stage needed to successfully tioner alike. The fertility work I do is Tonic are Bai Shao, Bu Gu Zhi, Chai puncture and herbs can gently and transfer. Further, poor egg quality the work that I personally welcome Hu, Chuan Xiong, Dan Shen, Dang successfully regulate the cycle and can lead to higher rates of miscar- and appreciate the most. I hope that Gui, Du Zhong, Gan Cao, Gou Qi the uterine environment while also riage after successful transfer and you too may experience the immense Zi, Gui Ban, Shu Di Huang, Tu Si Zi, addressing delayed menstruation or implantation. joy of meeting highly-anticipated The benefits of acupuncture Xian Mao, and Yin Yang Huo. hypomenorrhea. Acupuncture and newborns and the delight of seeing It is advised when taking both herbs may also be used in conjunc- and herbal treatment in advance of them grow year after year. OM Zhi Shen Yu Tai Wan and Fertile tion with HRT for severe cases or IVF are especially beneficial, as I’ve Tonic to avoid consuming radishes, for patients who prefer to see faster seen in my last 17 years of treating coix seeds (also known as Yi Yi Ren results. infertility patients in partnership with ANN WANG, CMD, LAc is the Founder or Jacob’s Tears), and mung bean Low ovarian reserve patients, IVF specialists in central New York. and Director of the Integrative Medicine sprouts at the same time. If liver and due to associated poor egg quality, In patients simultaneously undergo- Center in Ithaca, NY and consultant for kidney yin deficiency patients feel are also often at risk of threatened ing Chinese medicine and IVF, I’ve Treasure of the East. She received her dryness or bitterness in their mouths, miscarriage or recurrent miscarriage. observed improved response to ovu- medical degree in Chinese medicine from they are advised to take the formula In these cases, the goal is to improve lation simulation drugs, higher num- Shandong University of Traditional Chi- with water and honey. luteal function and endometrial re- bers of retrieved mature eggs, more nese Medicine. Previously, she was a chief In Conjunction. To boost ovar- ceptivity by invigorating the kidney fertilized eggs, more quality embryos, medical administrator of the Chinese State Administration of Traditional Chinese Med- ian reserves, improve follicular de- and spleen, to nourish the blood, and and higher chances of conception icine, an adjunct professor of the China velopment, promote ovulation, and to stabilize the fetus. Particularly for with each round of IVF. Even after Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and improve the quality of eggs, it is im- patients with frequent spotting, lum- IVF, the rates of miscarriage are fre- a faculty member at Cornell University. She portant to work with patients well in bar soreness and lower abdominal quently reduced in patients undergo- is one the first overseas practitioners to be advance of pregnancy. Typically 3-6 pain, acupuncture should be admin- ing treatment with acupuncture and awarded the title of Doctor of Chinese months of treatment are needed prior istered 1-2 times a week and herbs herbs. Medicine, Physician in Chief by the World to pregnancy to fully invigorate the should be taken 12 weeks prior to Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies. She is also a member of the Presidential kidney and the spleen. Patients expe- pregnancy through the first 12 weeks IN CONCLUSION Council of the World Federation of Chi- riencing poor egg quality should take of pregnancy. While fertility is an extremely nese Medicine Societies. She specializes in Fertile Tonic or other herbal formulas Finally, patients undergoing IVF complex field, the herbal formulas pain reduction, management of chronic ill- that work to revitalize the kidneys frequently see higher rates of success described in this article are effective ness, and women’s health and fertility.

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