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Listening to Albert Einstein
October 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 10)
Making Light of Pain
June 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 06)
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem New Bones
October 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 10)
Laser TCM Meeting Roundup
October 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 10)
Lasers and De Qi
May 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 05)
Bioelectromagnetic Therapy
April 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 04)
Laser Therapy in Ear Disorders
October 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 10)
Laser Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease
April 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 04)
Illuminating the Mother of Qi
February 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 02)
Laser Therapy in North America: NAALT 2005
August 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 08)
The Practice of Laser Acupuncture
May 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 05)
Laser Acupuncture and Respiratory Disease
February 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 02)
Let There Be Light! - Stimulated Emission
November 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 11)
Would You Take a Knife to a Gunfight?
August 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 08)
Lasers, Tricorders and NAALT
August 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 08)
What Is the Nature of Laser Therapy?
May 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 05)
Laser Acupuncture and Musculoskeletal Pain
February 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 02)
Laser Acupuncture, Part II: Let There Be Light!
August 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 08)
Integrating Low-Level Laser Therapy and Oriental Medicine, Part One
June 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 06)
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Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Cultivating the Empowered Patient: Help Them Commit to Their Own Process
Cultivating the Empowered Patient: Help Them Commit to Their Own Process

The most important relationship I seek to nurture in the treatment room is the one a patient has with their own body. We live in a culture that teaches us to override pain, defer to outside authority, and push through discomfort. Patients often arrive hoping I can “fix” them, but the truth is, we can’t do the work for them. We can offer guidance, insight and support, but healing requires their full participation.

Aiden Jakob Seraphim, DACM, LAc
Healthcare / Public Health
From Needle to Knife
From Needle to Knife

Chinese medical theory details each meridian’s functions and associations, which can be extrapolated for metaphorical significance. For example, the Large Intestine (LI) meridian expels physical and emotional waste, supporting systemic purification and renewal. Its anatomical trajectory, which traverses the index finger, upper extremity, shoulder, neck, and terminates at the contralateral nasolabial groove, also serves as a narrative metaphor, eloquently illustrating my journey from acupuncturist to colon and rectal surgeon.

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Vanessa Hortian, DO, MS, LAc, CHSE
Chronic / Acute Conditions
Transformational Work With Anxiety (Pt. 1): Panic Attack
Transformational Work With Anxiety

When we are in the grips of an anxious pattern, it dominates our brain and nervous system, and we lose our normal body-mind regulation. In this and subsequent articles, I present effective mindfulness-based method* via case study, that we can add to our acupuncture treatments to help clients consciously stop the dysregulating cascade of events and bring “distressed parts” into coherent body-mind-spirit integration.

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Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc