Courtney in The Wall Street Journal

Staff Editorial Coordinator Lynn Eder was scanning various AOM articles when she came upon this.

“Terry Courtney, dean of Bastyr University’s School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Seattle, says she has found in her patients that Biyan Pian tablets work well as a mild herbal decongestant. It is appropriate for “dry” congestion, a condition in which phlegm and mucus seems stuck and the person may feel headachy or hot, she adds. “Within 20 minutes of ingesting it, people begin to blow their nose. Inflamed and swollen passages start to calm down,” Ms. Courtney says. “If you see no effect, Biyan Pian may not be the best treatment for you,” she adds. “The treatment isn’t best suited for people with runny noses and sneezing,” she says.

When a conservative publication like The Wall Street Journal begins to seek professional advice from luminaries such as Terry Courtney, one can only sense a sea-change occurring in the way mainstream media approaches AOM. It’s too early to say at this point, but moments like this seem to belong squarely to the crest of the wave we call integrative medicine.
online.wsj.com