In this podcast episode:
- Toby’s introduction to Saam while traveling in India and perchance meeting a Korean wandering monk beats any “entry to the medicine” story I have ever heard! 
- We talk a bit about the wandering monks and what their lifestyle looks like. 
- Toby presents an acupuncture case study where the patient has severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease that was unresponsive to western pharmaceutical medications. 
- We journey thru this case thru the lens of Sa’am acupuncture which is based on yin/yang, five phases and six conformations. 
- Lastly, Toby discusses his 4 needle selections with a brief description of why he chose them. 
- Then we follow up with how the treatment plan went and how his patient is doing now. 
Podcast link: https://www.acusprout.com/episodes/case-study-treating-severe-irritable-bowel-syndrome-with-saam-acupuncture-with-toby-daly-lac
