Blog | Emma Lee, Acupuncturist

What the Placebo Effect Can Teach Us about Treating Depression, And How We Can Do Better

What makes an antidepressant effective? And what can the placebo effect teach us about patient care in the context of the current...

Shining the Light from Within

In Chinese medicine, this time of year is very yin. Think of the summer as being very yang. Think of the darkness, the grey, the cold;...

Holistic Medicine as a Form of Activism

A journey through American medical history and a manifesto for the future of holistic medicine

How Acupuncture Can Work for Chronic Pain

I've been thinking about chronic pain a lot lately. How many people are in it, how western medicine treats it, and how receiving regular...

Acupuncture for Consciousness Raising in 2020

As with most of my epiphanies as a practitioner, my last one happened while I was treating a patient the other day. We were talking about...