At a cocktail reception last week, I ended up chatting with an American lady. Let’s call her Susan. Susan is an acupuncturist. She practices acupuncture in a neighboring country up north. Now, an American practicing traditional chinese medicine is definitely not a common occurrence, at least in my context. My curiosity was piqued and I asked her how she got down to studying and eventually practicing it. Susan was happy to share. She has been a clinical psychologist for many years before. She had many patients coming to see her for their problems, including but not limited to alcoholism, drug abuse, depression and so on and so forth. She helped some but many fell by the wayside. She thought there must be a more concrete way of helping these people other than just listening and giving them advice. With that in mind, Susan went in search of alternative medicine and ......