13 May 2025 There is one event that I always look forward to each spring, and that is making the journey to St. Louis to participate in Dr. Simon Yu’s Introductory Acupuncture Meridian Assessment seminar and workshop. It’s a long day of travel and flying each direction for me from our beautiful little resort community in the interior of British Columbia – but well worth it. Attended this spring by nearly 20 docs and dentists, this session was exceptional. I was able to present all three of my lectures [...]

April 2024 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Although we continue to see an avalanche of information and commentary as the pandemic and political narratives escalate, my commentary section will be a bit shorter this month. I will be participating in Dr. Simon Yu’s Acupuncture Meridian Assessment (AMA) standard workshop April 25-28, 2024 [see Dr. Yu’s website for current registration information]. For now I am busily updating my lectures since I last dusted them off for presentation. Although the history lecture changes little, we are seeing more and more information about [...]

Pathways to the Future of Energy Medicine TFIM Conference Summary March 2023 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Were you there? Did you take in the Forum for Integrative Medicine (TFIM) online conference in the first weekend of March? Titled “Exploring Complex, Chronic Illness Through the Lens of True Healing” this is/was the premier event of the year in my humble opinion. If you missed it, get in touch with the organizers and see if you can obtain permission to get the slide and video presentations. This was an incredible experience. [...]

AcciDental Blow Up in Medicine Battle Plan for Your Life By Simon Yu, MD This book shares new information, innovative approaches, case studies and experience, and doctor-patient journeys to illustrate what you can do to get to the roots of your health challenges and empower your health. It contains guidance for physicians, dentists, and other members of healthcare teams who work with patients facing serious chronic and “unexplained illnesses.” For patients, it includes practical health advice and tips that you can use to find new practitioners to work [...]

accidental cure, (Extraordinary Medicine for Extraordinary Patients) Living Life by a Symphony of Strings and Meridians By Simon Yu, MD Eastern medical philosophy merges with Western medical science in this book that explains paradigm-changing “curing” of incurable diseases by addressing five principals underlying causes of illness. Dr. Simon Yu was born in Korea and has spent most of his life in the United Sates. Today, Dr. Yu is a leading medical doctor and clinician who has learned to use energy medicine as a new biometric diagnostic technique. His [...]

A Few Updates, Reminders and a “Happy Holidays” Greeting! 06 December2018 Dear Colleagues and Friends, As the weeks and months have passed, it has taken more time and effort to actually close OIRF honorably than I would have ever imagined. But I believe that I have finally reached the point where all the chores are completed and I can now look forward to the projects and activities that are not so pressing. This allows me the freedom to work on the many projects, translations and commentaries that led me [...]

14 August 2018 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of the former Occidental Institute, It has now been several weeks since the doors of Occidental Institute Research Foundation made that final closing “kathunk” and freed me from all its business and corporate obligations and responsibilities. Although they tell me I’m supposed to be “retired” I haven’t been idle. It does however take time and some thoughtful introspection to look at the future possibilities and consider how I will go forward into this next chapter of my life. During these weeks [...]

Forensic Case Study from New York Who else committed the crime of Post-Lyme? The Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of the Tick-borne Diseases Conference will be held in Baltimore on April 20-21, 2018, and the Lyme Disease Association of Delmarva invited me give a talk. I told them I do not treat Lyme disease, I am not Lyme-literate, nor specialized in Lyme disease, in tick-borne disease. They may not like what I have to say, and may be asking the wrong person to give a [...]

Enhanced Interrogation Technique for Parasites by a Theoretical Internist: “Pop” goes the Universe, Paradigm Shifting to Non-Empirical Science. Parasites are masters of deception. They are directly engaged in a deceptive, asymmetric biological and psychological warfare on mankind. Curing the “incurables” by using parasite medications after I was deployed in Bolivia as a US Army medical officer, has been the most rewarding experience in my medical career, both as a medical officer and an Internal Medicine doctor. My experiences turned into my book, Accidental Cure. However, the dramatic improvements I [...]

Past, Present and Future A History of Point and Medication Testing By Carolyn L. Winsor This is a carefully researched and accurate history of the basic point measurement techniques. Based on the ancient acupuncture meridians and points, moving forward through from the early 1800’s and then into modern day applications, follow the longstanding documented history of our current point and medication testing methods. This article is reformatted from conference lecture notes. Seventeen pages now available in digital PDF format. Again: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to [...]