By Kelly Mondesire and Dr. Jeffrey R. Lemler

Nine years ago, I was told a story by one of my herbology professors. She grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China in a poor and rural section of the country. When she was a little girl, she experienced a toothache in one of her molars. Her grandmother mixed Shi Gao (gypsum) with a raw duck egg and gave the mixture to her for the toothache. The toothache being gone, the little girl realized that if she feigned another toothache, she would get another duck egg (eggs were very hard to come by in that area and were quite a treat!).

By Roger Jahnke

"The most profound medicine is produced naturally in the human body - for free!" This is the innovative foundation of a very low cost health care system. There are many ways to turn on (activate, create, maximize) the internal medicine. By enhancing wellbeing and function - disease is neutralized (healed), or even better, disease is prevented. These methods were fully described in the ancient yet practical tradition of Chinese medicine. The Yellow Emperor and his master physicians compiled an entire book on mobilizing the ‘healer within' "

By Belinda Anderson, Ph.D., L.Ac.

The move towards integrated medicine (IM) is now at its greatest momentum thus far. The recent Institute of Medicine Summit on Integrated Medicine and the Health of the Public, and the healthcare agenda of the Obama administration have taken IM into a new arena of possibilities, which may well materialize quite quickly. Integrative medicine is basically a system of medicine that embraces patient-centered care, focuses on prevention and wellness, embraces the significance of lifestyle, environmental and psycho-social factors as determinants of health, and selects appropriate treatments according to effectiveness based on evidence.