As health care providers, we spend our lives searching for treatments that reduce suffering and lengthen the lives of our patients. Sometimes we find solutions in surprising places. Although we all have hopes for advancements in technology, the future of medicine is also about challenging preconceptions as we change our healing biases. In many ways, this is the natural evolution of “global medicine.” We have global communications and global banking; however, until recently medicine has remained remarkably provincial. Traditionally, healers arose from their local culture with the same biases as their patients. As a result, only recently have Western physicians become aware of the mysteries and opportunities of Eastern approaches
