In Pursuit of Professional Excellence By Brian Carter, MSCi, LAc

Brian Benjamin Carter is an acupuncturist, herbalist, author, speaker, and consumer health advocate. His passion is to explain Oriental medicine to the layperson. Since 1999, hundreds of thousands of readers all over the world have visited his Pulse of Oriental Medicine (www.pulsemed.org), and read his more than 200 articles. Brian has also written for Massage & Bodywork Magazine, and consulted with national media, including Glamour, Real Simple, Christian Singles, and ESPN magazines. He is currently working with his literary agent on a series of Chinese medicine books for the layperson.

Brian humbly hopes to help expand the vision and increase the skills of Chinese medicine professionals, and is devoted in the long-run to raising personal and academic standards, and to integrating Chinese and western medicine.

To further his development in body, mind, and spirit, Brian keeps his head in the Chinese classics and MEDLINE, his heart in the Hebrew and Greek of the Christian Bible, and his body in rock climbing and basketball. He hopes one day to be the oldest, shortest player ever to be drafted into the National Basketball Association.

Brian lives in sunny San Diego, California, with his wife, Lynda Harvey-Carter, and their two wonderful kittens.

Previous Articles

You Better, You Better, You Blog

  February, 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 02)

New Surgeon General Proposes Chinese Medicine Solutions

  December, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 12)

Why I'm Going to Western Medical School

  September, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 09)

Getting More Patients From the Web, Part Two

  May, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 05)

Getting More Patients From the Web, Part One

  April, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 04)

Claiming the Web for Acupuncture, Part Two

  February, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 02)

Claiming the Web for Acupuncture, Part One

  January, 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 01)

The Best Herbs for You and Your Patients

  November, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 11)

How and Why to Write About Chinese Medicine to the Public, Part Two

  October, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 10)

How and Why to Write About Chinese Medicine to the Public, Part One

  September, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 09)

Is Chinese Medicine a Religion?

  August, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 08)

Be a Hedgehog! Achieving Greatness Through Simplicity

  April, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 04)

The Importance of Diet Therapy: An Interview with Juliette Aiyana, LAc, Part Two

  March, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 03)

The Importance of Diet Therapy: An Interview with Juliette Aiyana, LAc, Part One

  February, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 02)

An Interview with Robert Chu, LAc, QME, Master Tong-Style Acupuncturist: Part Two of Two

  January, 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 01)

An Interview with Robert Chu, LAc, QME, Master Tong-Style Acupuncturist: Part One of Two

  December, 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 12)

An Interview with Philippe Sionneau

  September, 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 09)

An Interview with Bob Damone, LAc, PCOM Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Practice: Part II

  July, 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 07)

An Interview with Bob Damone, LAc, PCOM Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Practice: Part I

  May, 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 05)