Interview
Interview with Dr. Edward Neal
With Apricot Grove Colleague and Student Dean Mouscher, LAc
In this interview by Dean Mouscher, Dr. Edward Neal discusses the philosophy behind his approach to teaching Chinese medicine at The Apricot Grove. Dean opens with his own path to finding Dr. Neal, after years of advanced credentials and clinical experience still left his patient outcomes inconsistent. The conversation centers on what sets Dr. Neal’s teaching apart: a direct, rigorous engagement with the Huangdi Neijing (the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic”), the foundational text most practitioners are told to read in school but rarely understand. Dr. Neal’s standing as a licensed MD with hospital privileges, including work with cancer patients, grounds the discussion in clinical practice rather than abstract theory. The interview closes on a central contrast: conventional training as prepackaged and standardized, versus the living, adaptive practice taught at The Apricot Grove.
ABOUT DEAN MOUSCHER
Dean Mouscher brings nearly 25 years of experience across a wide range of acupuncture techniques, including orthopedic acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, FSM, cold laser therapy, and EFT tapping, with particular expertise in chronic pain and conditions where Western medicine falls short. He trained directly under renowned masters worldwide, including Dr. Yamamoto in Japan, Richard Tan in Taiwan, Beate Strittmatter and Terry Oleson in ear acupuncture, and EFT founder Gary Craig. He practices independently so he can focus entirely on patient outcomes, with a particular specialty in resolving chronic pain and stuck emotional trauma.
