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The brain from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective
There’s an inside joke that Traditional Chinese Medicine has two hearts and no brain. However, in TCM most of the organs as delineated in this medical system are responsible for at least one brain function. So, when we address the health of any organ, we are also addressing brain health, physical, mental, and emotional, all interlinked. The Overthinking Brain When most people reflect on the brain, it’s the thinking aspect of the forebrain—planning, organizing, and concentrating—that is…
An Inside Look at the Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus
The Congressional Integrative Health and Wellness Caucus took place on Wednesday March 6 at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Experts from academic, government, and association settings educated Congress members and staff attendees on the field of integrative pain management, covering multi-modality models of care, including models currently being implemented within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, university hospital systems, and integrative pain
Financial health literacy for the integrative practitioner
In my experience as a healthcare practitioner, patients rarely know what their insurance plan covers. The norm is for them to call the office and ask if you take their insurance. The expectation is on the doctor to call the insurance carrier and determine the exact parameters of coverage. The patient may or may not know the amount of their copay or if they also have a co-insurance fee. They are certainly not likely to know the difference. Earlier this month, David Himmelstein, PhD, and
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