Editorial intro from the latest issue of NAJOM
NAJOM Editorial July 2017
Remembering Andrew Fitzcharles
Dear Readers,
This, our 70th issue, is dedicated to the memory of Andrew Fitzcharles (October 30, 1957-April 18, 2017), a NAJOM editor for 16 years. He is greatly missed by all of us at NAJOM and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and the many patients and colleagues touched by his warmth and wisdom.
We learned of Andrew's sudden passing just one day prior to our third annual general meeting as a non-profit society, a meeting he had meant to attend. He was to be part of an important discussion on how to carry NAJOM into its second quarter century. NAJOM has more than accomplished its original mandate as outlined in our 1994 mission statement to create a North American network for practitioners of Japanese traditional medicine. Andrew had already begun revising that statement to acknowledge NAJOM's evolution into a non-profit society of esteemed teachers, practitioners, and students whose engagement in humanitarian efforts now reaches around the globe.
Taking stock at NAJOM, we realize there's a lot of work to do and big shoes to fill with Andrew's loss. In this issue, we present our revised mission statement, as well as a list of some of the tasks we need help with. At the very least, this will give you some idea of the day-to-day work that goes into publishing a journal and nurturing a global non-profit society. We also think there should be more opportunities for members of this society to meet face-to-face, not just in print. On our wish list for 2019 is an international conference celebrating NAJOM's 25th anniversary, bringing our membership together for the first time ever.
Keenly attuned to our interdependence as practitioners, it seems fitting that our theme this issue is "the body holographic." We are grateful to Bob Quinn for once again skillfully encapsulating our theme topic. "The idea of the whole being imbedded in the part" is fundamental "in all traditional medicines," he explains, leading the way for other writers to explore some specific and familiar microsystems, from scalp to abdomen to foot. Mizutani Junji takes us into new territory with Dr Hirata's 12 horizontally aligned reaction zones rarely described in English texts. Fujikawa Naotaka meanwhile explores the 12 vertically oriented cutaneous regions accessed by treatment points on the wrist and ankles. Traditional Japanese medicine is particularly rich in microsystemic protocols: it is our hope that you will continue to contemplate, explore, and share your deepening understanding of their fundamental role in our work.
To nudge you along, our next issue's theme is a closely related subject, "palpation of the vital areas" – such as the pulses, back shu points and abdomen – and corresponding treatments. Please send us your articles by September 10 (and thank you for taking time to review our writer's guidelines).
Wishing you a happy and healthy summer,
Cheryl Coull, editor
Remembering Andrew Fitzcharles
Dear Readers,
This, our 70th issue, is dedicated to the memory of Andrew Fitzcharles (October 30, 1957-April 18, 2017), a NAJOM editor for 16 years. He is greatly missed by all of us at NAJOM and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and the many patients and colleagues touched by his warmth and wisdom.
We learned of Andrew's sudden passing just one day prior to our third annual general meeting as a non-profit society, a meeting he had meant to attend. He was to be part of an important discussion on how to carry NAJOM into its second quarter century. NAJOM has more than accomplished its original mandate as outlined in our 1994 mission statement to create a North American network for practitioners of Japanese traditional medicine. Andrew had already begun revising that statement to acknowledge NAJOM's evolution into a non-profit society of esteemed teachers, practitioners, and students whose engagement in humanitarian efforts now reaches around the globe.
Taking stock at NAJOM, we realize there's a lot of work to do and big shoes to fill with Andrew's loss. In this issue, we present our revised mission statement, as well as a list of some of the tasks we need help with. At the very least, this will give you some idea of the day-to-day work that goes into publishing a journal and nurturing a global non-profit society. We also think there should be more opportunities for members of this society to meet face-to-face, not just in print. On our wish list for 2019 is an international conference celebrating NAJOM's 25th anniversary, bringing our membership together for the first time ever.
Keenly attuned to our interdependence as practitioners, it seems fitting that our theme this issue is "the body holographic." We are grateful to Bob Quinn for once again skillfully encapsulating our theme topic. "The idea of the whole being imbedded in the part" is fundamental "in all traditional medicines," he explains, leading the way for other writers to explore some specific and familiar microsystems, from scalp to abdomen to foot. Mizutani Junji takes us into new territory with Dr Hirata's 12 horizontally aligned reaction zones rarely described in English texts. Fujikawa Naotaka meanwhile explores the 12 vertically oriented cutaneous regions accessed by treatment points on the wrist and ankles. Traditional Japanese medicine is particularly rich in microsystemic protocols: it is our hope that you will continue to contemplate, explore, and share your deepening understanding of their fundamental role in our work.
To nudge you along, our next issue's theme is a closely related subject, "palpation of the vital areas" – such as the pulses, back shu points and abdomen – and corresponding treatments. Please send us your articles by September 10 (and thank you for taking time to review our writer's guidelines).
Wishing you a happy and healthy summer,
Cheryl Coull, editor
Other Sample Articles from the pages of NAJOM
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Perspective on Ho-sha and kyo-jitsu:
Historical and modern clinical reflections by Stephen Birch |
Questions to Senior Acupuncturists
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The Characteristics and Essence of Japanese Acupuncture
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Acupuncture & Moxibustion Treatment for Depression
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The Potential of Head as a Treatment zone
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Bamboo Tube Moxibustion
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