Maureen Fox, RN, L.Ac.

Maureen Fox, R.N., L.Ac. received her undergraduate degree in nursing, and worked as an R.N. prior to her study of Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture at The Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, and Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Racine, Wisconsin. She has been awarded the title Diplomate of Acupuncture by the National Committee of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (www.NCCAOM.org), and is currently licensed by the state of Missouri. In addition, she is a member of the A.A.A.O.M. (American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) and the A.A.M. (Acupuncture Association of Missouri.) She is the vice-president of the Acupuncture Association of Missouri

This is what she has to say about traditional Western medicine, Eastern medicine, and complementary medicine: “I believe traditional Western medicine is at it’s best when it is saving lives, and alternative and complementary medicine’s strength lies in improving the quality of life. It is the difference between ‘being cured,’ and allowing the body to heal.”

“As Western medicine has developed stronger, more high tech solutions to specific diseases, we have developed more complex and chronic diseases that do not respond to these specific remedies. The orientation of the practitioner of Eastern medicine is to examine and treat the whole person, to determine the underlying cause of the imbalance or illness. That is one of the things that most attracted me to this medicine.  I believe that the human body is amazingly adaptive, that with help, it will heal.”