About me:
I worked my way through an associates program of applied science and asian bodywork at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and then graduated from a combined bachelors in the science of nutrition and masters in the science of oriental medicine program at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in 2021. Prior to that I oversaw two health food stores and worked out of Saint Louis’s oldest martial arts school. One progression followed another and eventually I ended up becoming licensed to practice acupuncture and work as a natural healthcare provider which has been a great joy.
I named this practice after Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865), a Hungarian physician of German descent who was a pioneer of antiseptic procedure within the field of medicine. Semmelweis observed that incidence of nosocomial infection was drastically reduced by way of hand washing with chlorinated lime solutions and that mortality rate dropped from 18% of patients to 2% just from doing so. Though he could offer no explanation as to why such a small change would make such a big difference, he knew it did. The old guard took great offense to his proposal and abhorrently rejected it only later to find that what he advocated for was not only efficacious but would become regulated practice. Small changes, even when their specific mechanisms of action aren’t fully known or well understood can make the biggest of differences. My practice of healthcare is based on this. Common sense itself is life saving even if not well accepted.
