Can Eastern And Western Medicine Work together? Meet Modern Medicine Woman chinese medicine fertility sanctuary mother nurture wellness practitioner education yin commons yinstitute Sep 10, 2026

Can Eastern and Western Medicine Work Together?

I'm Dr. Laura Erlich, a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist, and a birth doula, board-certified through ABORM and practicing integrative reproductive medicine. I've spent twenty-eight years treating women's health and fert...

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Your Disease Is Not Your Fault: Why I Teach the Way I Teach chinese medicine practitioner education yin commons yinstitute Feb 14, 2026

Your Disease Is Not Your Fault: Why I Teach the Way I Teach

Dr. Laura Erlich, DTCM, LAc, FABORM


I received an email this week from a practitioner I had the privilege of mentoring. She wrote to tell me about a continuing education course she'd recently taken from another instructor — a well-respe...

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The Year of the Fire Horse: What does it mean for practitioners and patients? chinese medicine fire element practitioner education year of the fire horse yin commons yinstitute Feb 09, 2026

February 2026 | Dr. Laura Erlich, DTCM, LAc, FABORM

Shedding the Snake

We are in the final days of the Year of the Wood Snake. In the Chinese zodiac, the Snake is associated with wisdom, introspection, and careful strategy — a Yin energy that encouraged us to look inward, plan carefully, and shed ...

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