by Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N. As a practitioner of Chinese Medicine, I would imagine that I would be considered to be in the category of alternative healing. Complementary healing incorporates both allopathic medicine and...
by Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N. Plant Medicine brings forth a special interest in this modern cultural emergence of alternative healing sources. Mark Plotkin and others have stimulated especially a resurgence in interest of the plants...
by Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N. I doubt if there is a human being who has not felt like they hit a wall at some point in their life. It’s really not something we discuss much with each other. A wall may be an unexpected accident or a...
Chinese Herbology by Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N. The historical roots of modern pharmacology were embedded in herbal medicine. For example: ASA- white willow bark Morphine- seeds of poppy flowers Penicillin from fungus Quinine from...
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine by Bonnie McLean O.M.D., A.P., M.A., B.S.N. Chinese Medicine is about 5,000 years old. It is originally based on Taoist philosophy which speaks about the human body in terms of energy rather than...