Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast, So what do you think when you hear the word

acupuncture? Do you think about scary needles? Do you think about pain relief?

Fake news? Well, there's certainly a lot of people out there who really think treatments like acupuncture are all a bunch of hocus pocus.

Not today's guess.

Dr. Jill Blakeway is going to explain why the effects of acupuncture and energy medicine, one of my favorite subjects, believe

or not, are real in how they can help you on your health and wellness journey.

So Dr. Blakeway has spent decades studying Eastern Medicine, is the founder and director of the Yinova Center in New York City, and the author of a brand new book, Energy Medicine, the Science and

Mystery of Healing.

On this episode, she and I are actually going to talk all about energy medicine, what it is, how it works,

and how you can actually use it to improve your life.

So Dr. Blakeway, thanks for coming on the podcast.

Well, thank you for having me, Dr. Gundry.

I'm thrilled to be here.

So tell me a little bit about your background.

What brought you to Eastern medicine in the first place?

Well, like a lot of people of my generation,

and I've been an acupuncturist for almost 25 years,

I discovered Chinese medicine as a patient, and I had a variety of chronic health issues and a woman in a health food store

suggested that I try acupuncture and I was blown away by how well it worked and of course acupuncture and

Chinese medicine are particularly good for chronic illnesses and so that sent me on a journey and I described that in my book

Energy Medicine because it's part memoir and I ended up doing a master of science

in traditional Chinese medicine and then subsequently a doctorate and I love my job.

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