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Sancheong, Korea 9-13 September 2013 I chose to go to ICTAM to learn more about Korean and Tibetan medicine, and to experience a gathering concentrating on the context, not the content, of Asian medicine. I found an astonishing array of panels. This meant participants could choose to concentrate on Korean medicine, Indian medicine, anthropologists’ studies, […]

The 44th TCM Kongress 2013 What I learnt There is a resurgence of classical acupuncture, that TCM is recognised as just a brand, that there are amazing research findings in all countries and that the European experience of medically trained health workers is allowing acupuncture to be integrated within hospitals – especially for cancer and

AUTISM Immediately prior to the WAFS was a workshop on autism and acupuncture. I was so outraged at the outdated and patently wrong information presented, (one presenter postulating that the child was autistic as his mother was 35 when she had him!! Against all research that shows it is PATERNAL age that increases its prevalence) 

Heather presented papers at the 2012 WFAS International Congress and Workshop on Acupuncture 16th – 18th November 2012 in Bandung, Indonesia We all on the rush to be ‘validated; missed that LIFE is all we need – and to follow this NOTE – We are looking in the wrong place and asking the wrong questions to