acu-alchemy
The future of healthcare might need acupuncturist / healers to act as alchemists, that draw on the legacy of AOM treatment of acute diseases to help us fight infectious diseases today (for which an effective Western medicine alternative is still unavailable).
We charted out the nature of the channels (as summarized in Inner Classic, Líng Shū ) in a heating pot metaphor, as a starting point for understanding metabolic processes.
The way our bodies regulate and manage energy (our metabolism) and our body's ability to defend itself against pathogens (the immune response) are closely linked because a strong immune response relies on energy.
A solution oriented mind might be lulled into an oracular, vibrating state, wide open to insight.