In recent years the number of acupuncture graduates opting to train in Chinese herbal medicine appears to have diminished. There are a number of possible reasons for this. Training in Chinese medicine has become more expensive, time consuming and exhausting....

Combining Acupuncture and Herbs   In my own practise and at the White Crane Academy we maintain herbal medicine is Yin to acupuncture’s Yang. They are both essential facets of Chinese medicine that are different yet complementary, and when used together can...

This is a really interesting and important discussion. I have a few comments about phytoestrogens which I suspect will also be relevant to phyto-androgenic herbs too.   First of all there is an assumption that phytoestrogens are to be avoided by women with breast...