LarryG's blog

“…physicians should not rely on their own excellence, neither should they strive with their whole heart for material goods. On the contrary, they should develop an attitude of good will. If they move on the right path, concealed from the eyes of their contemporaries, they will receive great happiness as a reward without asking for it. The wealth of others should not be the reason to prescribe expensive and precious drugs, and thus make the access to help more difficult and underscore one’s own merits and abilities. Such conduct has to be regarded as contrary to the teaching of magnanimity. The object is help.”
-Sun Si Miao

Please allow me to introduce myself, as this is my first ever blog on CAN. My name is Larry and I am a new practitioner out of Arizona. I was schooled back east at the Tri-State College of Acupuncture and graduated in 2007. I read "The Remedy" early in the last semester of school and felt that it addressed the bulk of my concerns as a student regarding patient accessability to acupuncture and East Asian medicine in general. On one hand I was set to graduate, having a very successful student career and enjoying the student clinic. On the other, I was casually indifferent to the whole thing and didn't exactly know why. "The boards? No, I haven't scheduled them yet?". "Business cards? Wow, you're really thinking ahead!". When I read the Remedy, I was excited for the first time since year three began, feeling a sense of purpose that had been missing up to that point.