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...

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...

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 ...