Traditional Chinese Medicine is fascinating.
And I think more people should know why.
I’m Lacey Park—an acupuncturist, writer, educator, and unapologetic TCM nerd. This website is where I document a lifelong fascination with Traditional Chinese Medicine, from clinic and Chinese hospitals to herbs, history, research, books, and the questions that keep me up far too late.
Whether you’re a practitioner, a student, another healthcare professional, or simply curious about this medicine, I’m glad you’re here.
Chinese medicine deserves more curiosity.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the oldest continuously practised medical systems in the world, yet most people only encounter a tiny piece of it. A few acupuncture needles. A list of conditions. Maybe a conversation about Qi.
There’s so much more to discover.
I’m interested in the stories behind the medicine. Why certain herbs have endured for centuries. What experienced practitioners notice that textbooks don’t always capture. How modern research supports, challenges, or expands traditional ideas. What I learned while visiting hospitals in China. What surprises me in clinic. What I wish someone had explained during my first year of acupuncture school.
This website is my place to collect those discoveries and share them with anyone else who enjoys asking, “Why?”
Browse by Curiosity
Follow your curiosity.
I'll meet you there.
ACUPUNCTURE
CLINIC PEARLS
DIAGNOSIS
HERBOLOGY
FIELD NOTES
TCM HISTORY
Building a career in Chinese medicine.
One of the things I care deeply about is helping other practitioners build careers they genuinely enjoy.
That means sharing what I’ve learned about websites, blogging, local SEO, social media, branding, and building an online presence that reflects who you are—not just what you treat.
Chinese medicine needs more great practitioners. It also needs more practitioners whose work is easy to find, enjoyable to read, and impossible to forget.
The clinic.
This is where the books become people.
I’m currently treating patients in student clinic, where I’m fortunate to learn alongside experienced supervisors while caring for members of the community. Every treatment deepens my understanding of this medicine and reminds me why I chose this profession.
This October, I’ll be bringing that same curiosity and care home to Carleton County, New Brunswick, where I’ll open my own practice.
Until then, you’re welcome to visit me in student clinic or follow along as I build the clinic I’ve imagined for years.
Visit the Student Clinic
Coming Soon: My Carleton County, New Brunswick Practice
For the TCM Nerds.
If you’ve ever stayed up far too late reading about an acupuncture point, stopped a lecture to scribble down a question, taken a photo of a plant because it reminded you of a herb, or walked out of clinic thinking, “I need to talk to someone about what I just saw,” you’ll probably feel at home here.
Every so often I send a letter with the things that didn’t fit on Instagram. The clinic moments that changed how I think, interesting research papers, stories from China, books I’m reading, questions I can’t stop chasing, mistakes that taught me something, and the rabbit holes that make Traditional Chinese Medicine endlessly fascinating.
If that sounds like your kind of email, I’d love to have you along.