helping acupuncturists with the acupuncture schools didn’t teach + patients with things medical doctors miss.

most of the Acupuncture practiced today is not what you think it is.

Sadly, This means the results you’re looking for are often not what you’re going to get.‍

modern acupuncture has become something that manages symptoms or supports western medical treatments; it’s no longer widely considered a solution for serious disease. this is because the complete system of acupuncture is not widely practiced due to the colonization of the medicine in the 1900’s.

this is why we hear Things like this:

• “I tried acupuncture, and it didn’t work for me”

• “Acupuncture helped but only when i kept going to appointments”

• “I feel confident treating one specific thing but not all things”

• “I don’t know how to handle ‘complex’ cases”

complex cases are a myth.

frequently, the people I see have been told they have “incurable” diagnoses

or something for which they’ve been told there isn’t any treatment. But interestingly, after working together, they no longer have the symptoms that got them that diagnosis.

patients don’t have to keep coming to appointments forever, because the complete channel system allows us to work where the problem actually is; tcm cannot do this. even though I emphasize my work with migraines, I treat a full spectrum of concerns.

what acupuncturists learn in school is limited.

acupuncture schools don’t teach the complete channel system; they teach modern acupuncture called traditional chinese medicine (TCM), which can be helful in some situations but does not have access to the areas where chronic disease lives. this is important to understand when choosing acupuncture.

the difference between tcm & the complete channel system

Think of the complete system of acupuncture like an operating system; it has different parts, but the parts all have an important job to do.

in the case of acupuncture channels, we have The primary channels & the complement channels. the primary channels connect with the organs, have familiar biological names, and run the 24/7 function of the body. when there is a threat that is continuous or too severe for the primary channels to handle, the complement channels step in to move the threat to other levels of the body in order to protect the primary channels.

the complement channels are sometimes referred to as secondary vessels, which is a misnomer, because they are essential if we are going to treat chronic or degenerative disease with acupuncture. by design, the primary channels cannot reach where the threat has been stored.

This is why a primary channel treatment for a complement channel problem is going to yield limited results, because the problem is no longer in the primary channels. from this explanation, you can see why the complement channels are not secondary at all but in fact, critical for treating serious disease.

a part is not the same as the whole.

modern acupuncture (TCm) is often thought of as complementary medicine, an adjunct therapy, or a drug-free way to manage symptoms, but the complete system of acupuncture is a complete approach to healing, all on its own.

acupuncturists often struggle to deliver their patients complete results—not because they don’t have good intentions—but simply because most acupuncture schools worldwide are not teaching this information.

this means that if you have tried acupuncture before without lasting results, this doesn’t mean acupuncture doesn’t work. There were probably just missing parts.

and if you’re an acupuncturist, knowing that there’s so much more to acupuncture, let’s get started.