Everyday Acupuncture Podcast

My name is Stacy Whitcomb. I am in Bellingham, Washington, licensed acupuncturist, and the podcast host of the AcuSprout podcast. Did you know that acupuncture is only one of five branches of Asian medicine? That's only 20% of the big picture The five branches include herbal medicine, manual therapy, acupuncture, cheek, cultivation, and diet. In this three minute acupuncture point, I'm going to cover each branch and tell you how each one is an essential 20% of the big picture. Let's start with herbal medicine. Typically in the United States, practitioners who studied herbal medicine in school started by learning 365 single herbs. And about 10 key pieces of information about each herb, including, but not limited to the English name, the opinion or Chinese name. The herbs properties like bitter the temperature it's key characteristics such as does it tonify or move and its actions and indications. Once we've memorized all of the herbs, we then move on to learning how to combine them in formulas. And then we lea