Mentioned in Day Acupuncture Newsletter
In What People Say About Acupuncture part six, Acupuncturist Rachel Day is in conversation with Poke Acupuncture’s Russell Brown. This post mentions a quote from Dr. Emily Siy. Read the article to learn more about the history of acupuncture in the United States at Day Acupuncture’s substack
Russell Brown writes:
“As a Caucasian practitioner, I have to see myself in this lineage, even as I know better. I try to be mindful when I occupy space in “Chinese Medicine” dialogue online or in the press: how might I be affecting my Asian and Asian-American colleagues? And more insidiously–as my colleague Dr. Emily Siy once asked me to consider–how do I actually benefit from the absence or erasure of Asian people from the dialogue? “