Needling is NO BIG DEAL. After all theory and discussion, fancy systems and foreign concepts, acupuncture is DIRT_SIMPLE relief of pain and stress.

1. 8 Secrets to Monetizing your Acupuncture Skills
1. Needling is NO BIG DEAL. After all theory and discussion, fancy systems and foreign
concepts, acupuncture is DIRT_SIMPLE relief of pain and stress.
2. Needling is only ½ of your professional competency. The other ½ is language and
communication skills. The ‘language’ of holism is every bit as technical as the language of bio-
medicine; but it is based on metaphor and nature-images. Don’t be fooled. The technical
implication of language and metaphor in holism contains an almost absurdly rich world of
meaning. How you THINK about acupuncture matters!
3. Practicing well means practicing within the holistic model. Professional quality
understanding of holism will change your medical practice. Not only does understanding of
professional quality holism permit the best and most comprehensive practice of acupuncture; it
allows for the prescribing of (herbal) internal medicinal formulas and highlights the strengths
and limitations of conventional medicine.
4. Lightening fast and consistent treatment outcomes with acupuncture requires knowledge of
holistic path physiology. The disease causes / disease mechanisms that result in chronic disease
are dirt-simple and easy to recognize once you learn the logic of holistic path physiology. What
are the most common patterns in chronic disease? How can you recognize them at a glance?
5. Professional quality holism does not treat disease – it treats patterns. These patterns (viz.
syndromes) are the technically exact, professionally agreed upon signs and symptoms which
have been worked out over not less than 2,400 years of literate debate and have been
standardized by physicians in national symposia since the Cultural Revolution. In other words,
the kinks have been pretty well ironed out. You can have confidence that if your diagnosis of a
patient’s patterns are correct, you will know what points to choose, what herbs to prescribe
and that you will get consistent and predictable results.
6. Pattern discrimination CAN be understood and researched (i.e. peer reviewed) by physicians.
Understanding research in holism begins with a clear 2 grasp of the fact the holism is based on

2. mind-body inseparability. The RCT double-blind studies that are the gold-standard for
conventional medicine is not suited to this approach since – obviously – any research that seeks
to minimize the importance of thoughts and feelings in affecting health and illness MUST be
flawed. Think. If a patient feels better, that patient is better. Does the patient actually care
about double-blinding and the argument which places one medical system over another? The
only thing that matters is results. DO WHAT WORKS!
7. #1 smartest reasons to learn Physician Acupuncture for pain and stress MARKET-SHARE OF
CHRONIC DISEASE. If patients are increasingly seeking care outside of ‘normal’ channels for
their chronic conditions, what are you waiting for? If they find relief for simple complaints, OF
COURSE the will trust and come to you for your other services as well.
8. The best way to monetize your acupuncture skills is a high-volume, community-style clinic.
The skills required to treat 3-8 patients per hour are demonstrably different than the skills
taught in other medical acupuncture training courses. Neuro-anatomical and bio-psycho-social
types may be useful in certain clinical scenarios; but not for high-volume practice; and it is the
HIGH_VOLUME clinic the holds the greatest promise for physicians to monetize their
acupuncture skills.
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