One of the most valuable lessons I learned while teaching Western Medicine courses at an acupuncture college was that, unlike Western Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) included emotion as part of the evaluation and management of disease.  Now, I am not an acupuncturist nor do I have any official training in TCM, so please bear with me while I try to explain this from my perspective.  Emotion as a key factor in overall health or illness. What a great idea! As humans, so much of our experience in life involves emotion.  It makes sense to me to include that as part of an evaluation … [Read more...]