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Saying Goodbye To Healing
December 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 12)
Establishing Personal Rules In The Workplace
April 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 04)
Learning From Rookie Mistakes
February 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 02)
Community Justice
December 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 12)
Diversity and Acceptance
October 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 10)
Easy Acupuncture
August 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 08)
Santa Claus and the Evil Eye
June 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 06)
Violence and Stereotypes
April 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 04)
Excuses and Absurdities
February 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 02)
Death and the Clinic
December 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 12)
Consistency in the Face of Chaos
October 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 10)
Patient Confidentiality
August 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 08)
A Day in My Life
June 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 06)
The Voice of Risk Management
April 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 04)
The Little Laughing Lady
December 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 12)
Needle Sickness, Code Blue and Vasovagal Attack
October 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 10)
Is It Billable?
August 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 08)
Not the Emperor's Acupuncturist
June 2008 (Vol. 09, 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