John Kim

An unusual idea, and a very old one Most people expect medicine to work in a straightforward way. You get sick, you get treated. If you have asthma that gets worse in winter, you treat it in winter. That's the logic we're used to. Chinese medicine has a different suggestion. It says that some conditions — the ones that come back every cold season, year after year — are best treated in the middle of summer. Specifically, on three particular days when the weather is at its hottest. The idea has...

Stroke recovery is one of the most challenging journeys in medicine. Conventional rehabilitation — physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy — forms the foundation of care. But there is a growing body of clinical evidence, and a rich tradition of East Asian clinical practice, suggesting that scalp acupuncture (neuro-acupuncture) can meaningfully accelerate and deepen the neurological recovery process. What Is Scalp Acupuncture? Scalp acupuncture, also called neuro-acupuncture,...

Most integrative clinics offer acupuncture or osteopathy. SUUM Clinic was built around the premise that these two disciplines — when applied within the same treatment framework — produce outcomes that neither can achieve in isolation. This is not simply a convenience. It reflects a deeper clinical reality about how the body heals. The Limits of Single-Discipline Treatment Acupuncture works through the nervous system, connective tissue, and the body's bioelectrical pathways. It regulates...