Immortalizing Emotions: A Chinese Medicine perspective of Tattoos

Dr. Fujio McPherson, Lieutenant Colonel (US Army, Retired) DAOM, ARNP is currently the director of Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine Institute (aiminst.org) in Olympia, WA. He continues to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Medicine combining Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and western medicine. He continues to be an advocate for combining and using many world traditions with certifications in Ayurvedic, Genetic, and Functional Medicine. And AIM Institute offers others the opportunities to study world medicines through their study abroad program and acupuncture training program. Dr. Marina Ponton has been a practitioner of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine in private practice since 1998. Her belief in healing the body through natural methods has led her to practice and lecture in the United States, Sweden, and Holland. She studied at the American University of Paris, FAMU University in Prague, University of Miami, Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, and Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) where she received her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, with a specialization in women's health and longevity medicine.
Her exceptional talent and expertise in Extraordinary Vessel theory have made her invaluable to her patients specifically in the area of pain management, women's health, and fertility, emotional disorders, digestive disorders, chronic fatigue (ME), and environmental sensitivities. She is also bilingual in English and Spanish.